ValidTimestampPolicy (Parent module for everything of interest. 6.2.3 API)

java.lang.Object
- edu.uiuc.ncsa.security.core.cache.ValidTimestampPolicy

All Implemented Interfaces:

RetentionPolicy
```
public class ValidTimestampPolicy
extends Object
implements RetentionPolicy
```
The given key is overloaded to have the timestamp information. This just looks at that and parses it to make the decision.
Created by Jeff Gaynor
on 7/12/11 at 12:26 PM

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

protected long maxTimeout

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

ValidTimestampPolicy()

ValidTimestampPolicy(long maxTimeout)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`applies()`	If this applies to the current cache.
`Cache`	`getMap()`	This returns null, since the retention decision requires only the key of the entry, not the entire store (cf.
`boolean`	`retain(Object key, Object value)`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - maxTimeout
```
protected long maxTimeout
```
- Constructor Detail
  - ValidTimestampPolicy
```
public ValidTimestampPolicy(long maxTimeout)
```
  - ValidTimestampPolicy
```
public ValidTimestampPolicy()
```
- Method Detail
  - applies
```
public boolean applies()
```
    Description copied from interface: RetentionPolicy
    
    If this applies to the current cache. While this is true, the RetentionPolicy.retain(Object, Object) method will be applied to each element of the cache. When false, this policy will be skipped.
    E.g. for a cache that limits the number of cached items, there is no reason to check every item in the cache directly if the cache size is below a certain threshold.
    
    Specified by:
    
    applies in interface RetentionPolicy
    
    Returns:
  - retain
```
public boolean retain(Object key,
                      Object value)
```
    Specified by:
    
    retain in interface RetentionPolicy
  - getMap
```
public Cache getMap()
```
    This returns null, since the retention decision requires only the key of the entry, not the entire store (cf. MaxSizePolicy which does have to think about the store size.) No reason to have setters or getters.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getMap in interface RetentionPolicy
    
    Returns: