Re: [Springframework-developer] oscache

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> As far as a pluggable cache system goes, I think hibernate's model =
works
fairly well and I would like to see something like that in Spring.

The difference is that Spring does not currently have a use case for =
such a cache abstraction itself. This is a bit similar to our current =
support for scheduling and also O/R mapping: I prefer to not go for a =
complete abstraction here but rather for convenient means to work with =
the respective *native* API of existing cache products.
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So IMO, an EhCacheFactoryBean like Dmitriy proposes is certainly a =
useful addition, exposing EhCache's native Cache object for bean =
references. I just don't think that trying to abstract that cache API is =
the right way to go for Spring: There are potentially too many subtle =
features and semantic details involved. Let's rather expose the full =
power of the respective native API.
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Juergen