What does pojoCache.findAll() actually do?

[niuxuetao_fiserv]

Hello,

I need to traverse the pojo cache and have questions about the pojoCache.findAll() method.

1. The javadoc says it is not thread-safe, but what does it mean? Does it mean it returns a map that is not accessible by multiple threads? Or the method can't simply be called concurrently from different threads?

2. Does the method load all evicted objects back into memory? Or it just returns a Map of fqns on accessing which the corresponding object is lazily loaded into memory (if ever evicted into disk)?

Thanks!
Xuetao

[jason.greene]

The docs are confusing. The method can be executed concurrently, the map it returns is not thread-safe, and should not be passed to other threads.

It will effectively load everything back into memory that is under that fqn, as the scanning will force jboss cache to reload it. However the cache could decide to evict them again at a later date, and the objects in the map would still work.

[niuxuetao_fiserv]

Thanks, that answers my questions.