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019package org.apache.reef.util.cache;
020
021import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
022import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
023
024/**
025 * Cache with get-if-absent-compute semantics.
026 * Supports explicit invalidation.
027 * Implementation may add other features, e.g. eviction on expire-after-write
028 */
029public interface Cache<K, V> {
030  /**
031   * Returns a value for the key if cached; otherwise creates, caches and returns.
032   * When it creates a value for a key, only one callable for the key is executed
033   *
034   * @param key          a key
035   * @param valueFetcher a value fetcher
036   * @return a value
037   * @throws ExecutionException
038   */
039  V get(K key, Callable<V> valueFetcher) throws ExecutionException;
040
041  /**
042   * Invalidates a key from the cache.
043   *
044   * @param key a key
045   */
046  void invalidate(K key);
047
048}