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package eu.etaxonomy.cdm.api.cache;

import java.util.UUID;

import org.apache.log4j.Logger;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.ICdmUuidCacher;

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.common.CdmBase;

import net.sf.ehcache.Cache;

import net.sf.ehcache.CacheManager;

import net.sf.ehcache.Element;

import net.sf.ehcache.config.CacheConfiguration;

import net.sf.ehcache.config.CacheConfiguration.CacheEventListenerFactoryConfiguration;

import net.sf.ehcache.store.MemoryStoreEvictionPolicy;

/**

 * CDM Entity Cacher class based on EhCache using UUID as key.

 * The cacher allows null values to be cached.

 *

 * @author cmathew

 */

public abstract class CdmCacherBase implements ICdmUuidCacher {

    public static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(CdmCacherBase.class);

    @Autowired

    public CacheManager cacheManager;

    public static final String DEFAULT_CACHE_NAME = "cdmDefaultCache"; //TODO compare with CacheConfiguration where the name for the default cache is 'default', Why another name here?

    /**

     * Constructor which initializes a singleton {@link net.sf.ehcache.CacheManager}

     */

    public CdmCacherBase() {

        init();

    }

    /**

     * Initializes an empty singleton {@link net.sf.ehcache.CacheManager} and

     * sets itself as the cacher object in specific CDM Entity objects.

     */

    private void init() {

        setup();

    }

    protected abstract void setup();

    /**

     * Returns the singleton default cache manager.

     */

    public void addCacheManager(CacheManager cacheManager) {

        if(this.cacheManager == null){

            this.cacheManager = cacheManager;

        } else {

            logger.error("There is already a CacheManager configured.");

        }

    }

    /**

     * Returns the default cache configuration.

     */

    protected CacheConfiguration getDefaultCacheConfiguration() {

        CacheEventListenerFactoryConfiguration factory;

        // For a better understanding on how to size caches, refer to

        // http://ehcache.org/documentation/configuration/cache-size

        CacheConfiguration cc = new CacheConfiguration(DEFAULT_CACHE_NAME, 500)

                .memoryStoreEvictionPolicy(MemoryStoreEvictionPolicy.LFU)

                .eternal(false)

                // default ttl and tti set to 2 hours

                .timeToLiveSeconds(60*60*2)

                .timeToIdleSeconds(60*60*2)

                .statistics(true);

        return cc;

    }

    /**

     * Returns the default cache

     *

     * @return

     */

    public Cache getDefaultCache() {

        Cache defaultCache = cacheManager.getCache(DEFAULT_CACHE_NAME);

        if(defaultCache == null) {

            // Create default cache

            cacheManager.addCache(DEFAULT_CACHE_NAME);

            defaultCache = cacheManager.getCache(DEFAULT_CACHE_NAME);

            //FIXME write test to check if default config as defined in EhCacheConfiguration is being used

        }

        return defaultCache;

    }

    @Override

    public void dispose(){

        cacheManager.getCache(DEFAULT_CACHE_NAME).dispose();

    }

    /**

     * Gets the cache element corresponding to the given {@link java.util.UUID}

     */

    public Element getCacheElement(UUID uuid) {

        return getDefaultCache().get(uuid);

    }

    @Override

    public  void put(UUID uuid, CdmBase cdmEntity) {

        CdmBase cachedCdmEntity = getFromCache(uuid);

        if(cachedCdmEntity == null) {

            getDefaultCache().put(new Element(uuid, cdmEntity));

        }

    }

    @Override

    public CdmBase load(UUID uuid) {

        Element e = getCacheElement(uuid);

        CdmBase cdmEntity;

        if (e == null) {

            // nothing in the cache for "key" (or expired) ... re-load the entity

            cdmEntity = findByUuid(uuid);

            // currently default cache is a non-null cache

            // We would like to have the possibility to put null values in the cache,

            // but we need to first distinguish between real null values and null values

            // returned by the service is the type of class does not match

            if(cdmEntity != null) {

                put(uuid, cdmEntity);

            }

        } else {

            // there is a valid element in the cache, however getObjectValue() may be null

            cdmEntity = (CdmBase)e.getObjectValue();

        }

        return cdmEntity;

    }

    @Override

    public  CdmBase getFromCache(UUID uuid) {

        Element e = getCacheElement(uuid);

        if (e == null) {

            return null;

        } else {

            return(CdmBase)e.getObjectValue();

        }

    }

    @Override

    public <T extends CdmBase> T getFromCache(T cdmBase) {

        return (T)getFromCache(cdmBase.getUuid());

    }

    @Override

    public void putToCache(CdmBase cdmEntity) {

        if(cdmEntity != null) {

            put(cdmEntity.getUuid(), cdmEntity);

        }

    }

    @Override

    public abstract <T extends CdmBase> T load(T cdmEntity);

    @Override

    public boolean exists(UUID uuid) {

        return getCacheElement(uuid) != null;

    }

    @Override

    public boolean exists(CdmBase cdmBase) {

        if(cdmBase != null) {

            return exists(cdmBase.getUuid());

        }

        return false;

    }

    @Override

    public boolean existsAndIsNotNull(UUID uuid) {

        Element e = getCacheElement(uuid);

        if (e != null) {

            return e.getObjectValue() != null;

        }

        return false;

    }

    /**

     * Finds CDM Entity by uuid

     */

    protected abstract CdmBase findByUuid(UUID uuid);

    @Override

    public boolean ignoreRecursiveLoad(CdmBase cdmBase){

        return false;

    }

}