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+/*
+ * Jalview - A Sequence Alignment Editor and Viewer ($$Version-Rel$$)
+ * Copyright (C) $$Year-Rel$$ The Jalview Authors
+ *
+ * This file is part of Jalview.
+ *
+ * Jalview is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Jalview is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty
+ * of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+ * PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with Jalview. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ * The Jalview Authors are detailed in the 'AUTHORS' file.
+ */
+package jalview.io.cache;
+
+import jalview.bin.Cache;
+
+import java.util.Hashtable;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+
+/**
+ * A singleton class used for querying and persisting cache items.
+ *
+ * @author tcnofoegbu
+ *
+ */
+public class AppCache
+{
+ public static final String DEFAULT_LIMIT = "99";
+
+ public static final String CACHE_DELIMITER = ";";
+
+ private static AppCache instance = null;
+
+ private static final String DEFAULT_LIMIT_KEY = ".DEFAULT_LIMIT";
+
+ private Hashtable<String, LinkedHashSet<String>> cacheItems;
+
+ private AppCache()
+ {
+ cacheItems = new Hashtable<String, LinkedHashSet<String>>();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Method to obtain all the cache items for a given cache key
+ *
+ * @param cacheKey
+ * @return
+ */
+ public LinkedHashSet<String> getAllCachedItemsFor(String cacheKey)
+ {
+ LinkedHashSet<String> foundCache = cacheItems.get(cacheKey);
+ if (foundCache == null)
+ {
+ foundCache = new LinkedHashSet<String>();
+ cacheItems.put(cacheKey, foundCache);
+ }
+ return foundCache;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a singleton instance of AppCache
+ *
+ * @return
+ */
+ public static AppCache getInstance()
+ {
+ if (instance == null)
+ {
+ instance = new AppCache();
+ }
+ return instance;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Method for persisting cache items for a given cache key
+ *
+ * @param cacheKey
+ */
+ public void persistCache(String cacheKey)
+ {
+ LinkedHashSet<String> foundCacheItems = getAllCachedItemsFor(cacheKey);
+ StringBuffer delimitedCacheBuf = new StringBuffer();
+ for (String cacheItem : foundCacheItems)
+ {
+ delimitedCacheBuf.append(CACHE_DELIMITER).append(cacheItem);
+ }
+ if (delimitedCacheBuf.length() > 0)
+ {
+ delimitedCacheBuf.deleteCharAt(0);
+ }
+ String delimitedCacheString = delimitedCacheBuf.toString();
+
+ Cache.setProperty(cacheKey, delimitedCacheString);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Method for deleting cached items for a given cache key
+ *
+ * @param cacheKey
+ * the cache key
+ */
+ public void deleteCacheItems(String cacheKey)
+ {
+ cacheItems.put(cacheKey, new LinkedHashSet<String>());
+ persistCache(cacheKey);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Method for obtaining the preset maximum cache limit for a given cache key
+ *
+ * @param cacheKey
+ * the cache key
+ * @return the max number of items that could be cached
+ */
+ public String getCacheLimit(String cacheKey)
+ {
+ String uniqueKey = cacheKey + DEFAULT_LIMIT_KEY;
+ return Cache.getDefault(uniqueKey, DEFAULT_LIMIT);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Method for updating the preset maximum cache limit for a given cache key
+ *
+ * @param cacheKey
+ * the cache key
+ * @param newLimit
+ * the max number of items that could be cached for the given cache
+ * key
+ * @return
+ */
+ public int updateCacheLimit(String cacheKey, int newUserLimit)
+ {
+ String newLimit = String.valueOf(newUserLimit);
+ String uniqueKey = cacheKey + DEFAULT_LIMIT_KEY;
+ String formerLimit = getCacheLimit(cacheKey);
+ if (newLimit != null && !newLimit.isEmpty()
+ && !formerLimit.equals(newLimit))
+ {
+ Cache.setProperty(uniqueKey, newLimit);
+ formerLimit = newLimit;
+ }
+ return Integer.valueOf(formerLimit);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Method for inserting cache items for given cache key into the cache data
+ * structure
+ *
+ * @param cacheKey
+ * the cache key
+ * @param cacheItems
+ * the items to add to the cache
+ */
+ public void putCache(String cacheKey, LinkedHashSet<String> newCacheItems)
+ {
+ cacheItems.put(cacheKey, newCacheItems);
+ }
+
+}