/*
* Copyright (c) 2024 Vaughn Nugent
*
* Library: VNLib
* Package: VNLib.Plugins.Extensions.VNCache
* File: ICacheExpirationPolicy.cs
*
* ICacheExpirationPolicy.cs is part of VNLib.Plugins.Extensions.VNCache
* which is part of the larger VNLib collection of libraries and utilities.
*
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*/
namespace VNLib.Plugins.Extensions.VNCache.DataModel
{
///
/// Provides an expiration policy for cache entities
///
///
public interface ICacheExpirationPolicy
{
///
/// Determines if the entity is expired and should be
/// reloaded from the backing store.
///
/// The entity to check status of
/// True of the entity has expired and should be reloaded, false if it is still a valid result
bool IsExpired(TEntity result);
///
/// Fired directly after the entity has been refreshed
///
/// The entity freshly fetched from the backing store
virtual void OnRefreshed(TEntity entity)
{ }
}
}