//$Id: EhCacheProvider.java,v 1.1 2004/07/15 16:11:14 epbernard Exp $
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package net.sf.hibernate.cache;

import java.util.Properties;

/**
 * Cache Provider plugin for Hibernate
 *
 * Use <code>hibernate.cache.provider_class=org.hibernate.cache.EhCacheProvider</code>
 * in Hibernate 3.x or later
 * 
 * Taken from EhCache 0.9 distribution
 * @author Greg Luck
 * @author Emmanuel Bernard
 */
public class EhCacheProvider implements CacheProvider {

    /**
     * Builds a Cache.
     * <p>
     * Even though this method provides properties, they are not used.
     * Properties for EHCache are specified in the ehcache.xml file.
     * Configuration will be read from ehcache.xml for a cache declaration
     * where the name attribute matches the name parameter in this builder.
     * @param name the name of the cache. Must match a cache configured in ehcache.xml
     * @param properties not used
     * @return a newly built cache will be built and initialised
     * @throws CacheException inter alia, if a cache of the same name already exists
     */
    public Cache buildCache(String name, Properties properties) throws CacheException {
        return new EhCache(name);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the next timestamp.
     */
    public long nextTimestamp() {
        return Timestamper.next();
    }
}
