Lightweight Java Object cache API [closed]

Answer 1

You can check out LinkedHashMap to implement a simple cache without third party jars:

    Map <String, Foo> cache = new LinkedHashMap<String, Foo>(MAX_ENTRIES + 1, .75F, true) {

        public boolean removeEldestEntry(Map.Entry<String, Foo> eldest) {
            return size() > MAX_ENTRIES;
        }
    };

then you can get from the cache like

    Foo foo = cache.get(key);
    if (foo == null && !cache.containsKey(key)) {
        try {
            FooDAO fooDAO = DAOFactory.getFooDAO(conn);
            foo = fooDAO.getFooByKey(key);
            cache.put(key, foo);
        } catch (SQLException sqle) {
            logger.error("[getFoo] SQL Exception when accessing Foo", sqle);
        }
    }

rest left as exercise for reader :)