gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/account/AccountCache.java

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package com.google.gerrit.server.account;

import com.google.gerrit.common.Nullable;
import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Account;
import java.io.IOException;

/** Caches important (but small) account state to avoid database hits. */
public interface AccountCache {
  /**
   * Returns an {@code AccountState} instance for the given account ID. If not cached yet the
   * account is loaded. Returns an empty {@code AccountState} instance to represent a missing
   * account.
   *
   * @param accountId ID of the account that should be retrieved
   * @return {@code AccountState} instance for the given account ID, if no account with this ID
   *     exists an empty {@code AccountState} instance is returned to represent the missing account
   */
  AccountState get(Account.Id accountId);

  /**
   * Returns an {@code AccountState} instance for the given account ID. If not cached yet the
   * account is loaded. Returns {@code null} if the account is missing.
   *
   * @param accountId ID of the account that should be retrieved
   * @return {@code AccountState} instance for the given account ID, if no account with this ID
   *     exists {@code null} is returned
   */
  @Nullable
  AccountState getOrNull(Account.Id accountId);

  /**
   * Returns an {@code AccountState} instance for the given username.
   *
   * <p>This method first loads the external ID for the username and then uses the account ID of the
   * external ID to lookup the account from the cache.
   *
   * @param username username of the account that should be retrieved
   * @return {@code AccountState} instance for the given username, if no account with this username
   *     exists or if loading the external ID fails {@code null} is returned
   */
  AccountState getByUsername(String username);

  /**
   * Evicts the account from the cache and triggers a reindex for it.
   *
   * @param accountId account ID of the account that should be evicted
   * @throws IOException thrown if reindexing fails
   */
  void evict(Account.Id accountId) throws IOException;

  /** Evict all accounts from the cache, but doesn't trigger reindex of all accounts. */
  void evictAllNoReindex();
}