ExpirationPolicy Interface

com.bea.p13n.common
ExpirationPolicy Interface

public interface ExpirationPolicy

This interface contains the operations necessary to define an expiration policy. The implementing classes determine the strategy used to determine whether or not the policy has expired.

Method Summary

public void
expire()
Forces the policy to expire.
public boolean
hasExpired(Object target)
Returns the expiration status of the policy.

Method Detail

expire() Method

public void expire()
Forces the policy to expire.


hasExpired(Object) Method

public boolean hasExpired(Object target)
Returns the expiration status of the policy.

Parameters

target
the expiration target.

Returns

true if the policy has expired.