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package com.google.gerrit.server.account;

import com.google.gerrit.common.Nullable;
import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.AccountGroup;

/** Tracks group objects in memory for efficient access. */
public interface GroupCache {
  public AccountGroup get(AccountGroup.Id groupId);

  public AccountGroup get(AccountGroup.NameKey name);

  /**
   * Lookup a group definition by its UUID. The returned definition may be null
   * if the group has been deleted and the UUID reference is stale, or was
   * copied from another server.
   */
  @Nullable
  public AccountGroup get(AccountGroup.UUID uuid);

  /** @return sorted iteration of groups. */
  public abstract Iterable<AccountGroup> all();

  /** Notify the cache that a new group was constructed. */
  public void onCreateGroup(AccountGroup.NameKey newGroupName);

  public void evict(AccountGroup group);

  public void evictAfterRename(final AccountGroup.NameKey oldName,
      final AccountGroup.NameKey newName);
}