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## com.bea.p13n.cache
Class CacheFactory

    java.lang.Object
      |
      +--com.bea.p13n.cache.CacheFactory

public class CacheFactory
extends Object

Factory to create Singleton Cache objects. This implementation can be used by clients running inside of the CacheMBean application context (eg, most EJBs) as well as clients running outside of that context (eg, JDBC Connection Pools).

Constructor Summary
`CacheFactory()`

Method Summary
`static boolean` | `cacheExists(String cacheName)` Determine whether named cache exists in our collection
`static Cache` | `getCache(String name)` Create a new or access an existing Cache.
`static String[]` | `getCacheNames()` Returns all Cache names
`static void` | `removeCache(String cacheName)` Remove a cache from the system.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### CacheFactory

    public CacheFactory()

Method Detail

### getCacheNames

    public static String[] getCacheNames()

  Returns all Cache names

### cacheExists

    public static boolean cacheExists(String cacheName)

  Determine whether named cache exists in our collection

  Returns:
    true if exists, false otherwise

### getCache

    public static Cache getCache(String name)

  Create a new or access an existing Cache.

  If the cache has been pre-configured using MBeans, then create an instance of a cache with those parameters and return it. If the cache has not been pre-configured with MBeans, then create a cache with default parameters (defined in CacheDefaults) and return it.

  If the cache exists already in the CacheFactory's collection (eg, it has been created by a previous call to CacheFactory.getCache()), then return an instance of that named cache.

  Parameters:
    `name` - the name of the cache to create or retrieve
  Returns:
    the cache that was created or retrieved.
  See Also:
    `CacheDefaults`

### removeCache

    public static void removeCache(String cacheName)

  Remove a cache from the system. Clear cache before setting to null and removing it from our collection. Allows the Garbage Collector to clean up.

  Parameters:
    `cacheName` - The name of the cache to remove.

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