Package lumis.portal.rest.util

Annotation Type CacheControl

@Documented
@Target({TYPE,METHOD})
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@StableMinor(version="17.0",
             sinceVersion="8.0")
public @interface CacheControl

An annotation which specifies the Cache-Control header to include in the response produced by the annotated method.

This annotation may be applied to a REST method or to its class. If it is present in both the method and the class, the one present in the method is the one used.

When no Cache-Control header is present in the response, a header according to this annotation present in the method or class will be added to the response (note that if the values of this annotation corresponds to an empty header, it will not be added).

If the response already has a Cache-Control header present, it is not modified, independently of this annotation. Any Cache-Control header set in the response is considered to override this annotation or the default behavior.

If neither a Cache-Control header is in the response or this annotation is applied, LumisXP includes the following response header as default:
Cache-Control: private, no-cache, no-store, no-transform

Example:

 @CacheControl(maxAge=60)
 public class MyRest
 {
        @GET
        @Path("/hello1")
        @Produces({MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN})
        public String helloCachedFor60Seconds()
        {
                // since this method does not have @CacheControl but the class has it, the one in the class will be used, specifying max-age=60
                // Note that the actual use of cache depends on the HTTP client being used.
                return new java.util.Date().toString(); 
        }
 
        @GET
        @Path("/hello2")
        @Produces({MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN})
        @CacheControl
        public String helloNoCacheControlHeader()
        {
                // the @CacheControl in this method will not generate any Cache-Control header
                return new java.util.Date().toString(); 
        } 
 
        @GET
        @Path("/hello3")
        @Produces({MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN})
        @CacheControl(noCache=true)
        public String helloNoCache()
        {
                // the @CacheControl annotation in this method will generate a no-cache header
                return new java.util.Date().toString(); 
        } 
 } 

Since:

8.0.0

Version:

$Revision$ $Date$

See Also:

HTTP Cache-Control header specification

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element	Description
boolean	isPrivate	Controls the private setting of the Cache-Control header.
int	maxAge	Controls the max-age setting of the Cache-Control header.
boolean	mustRevalidate	Controls the must-revalidate setting of the Cache-Control header.
boolean	noCache	Controls the no-cache setting of the Cache-Control header.
boolean	noStore	Controls the no-store setting of the Cache-Control header.
boolean	noTransform	Controls the no-transform setting of the Cache-Control header.
boolean	proxyRevalidate	Controls the proxy-revalidate setting of the Cache-Control header.
int	sharedMaxAge	Controls the s-max-age setting of the Cache-Control header.

Element Detail

isPrivate

boolean isPrivate

Controls the private setting of the Cache-Control header.

Returns:

true if private must be included in the the Cache-Control header.

Since:

8.0.0

See Also:

HTTP Cache-Control header specification

Default:

false

noCache

boolean noCache

Controls the no-cache setting of the Cache-Control header.

Returns:

true if no-cache must be included in the the Cache-Control header.

Since:

8.0.0

See Also:

HTTP Cache-Control header specification

Default:

false

noStore

boolean noStore

Controls the no-store setting of the Cache-Control header.

Returns:

true if no-store must be included in the the Cache-Control header.

Since:

8.0.0

See Also:

HTTP Cache-Control header specification

Default:

false

noTransform

boolean noTransform

Controls the no-transform setting of the Cache-Control header.

Returns:

true if no-transform must be included in the the Cache-Control header.

Since:

8.0.0

See Also:

HTTP Cache-Control header specification

Default:

false

mustRevalidate

boolean mustRevalidate

Controls the must-revalidate setting of the Cache-Control header.

Returns:

true if must-revalidate must be included in the the Cache-Control header.

Since:

8.0.0

See Also:

HTTP Cache-Control header specification

Default:

false

proxyRevalidate

boolean proxyRevalidate

Controls the proxy-revalidate setting of the Cache-Control header.

Returns:

true if proxy-revalidate must be included in the the Cache-Control header.

Since:

8.0.0

See Also:

HTTP Cache-Control header specification

Default:

false

maxAge

int maxAge

Controls the max-age setting of the Cache-Control header.

Returns:

the number of seconds for which the response should be considered fresh, or -1 to disable this setting.

Since:

8.0.0

See Also:

HTTP Cache-Control header specification

Default:

-1

sharedMaxAge

int sharedMaxAge

Controls the s-max-age setting of the Cache-Control header.

Returns:

the number of seconds for which the response should be considered fresh in shared caches, or -1 to disable this setting.

Since:

8.0.0

See Also:

HTTP Cache-Control header specification

Default:

-1