cache.exists() not passed up the interceptor chain?

[manik]

Any idea why this was written this way - while all other calls are passed up the chain, this one call isn't. If the exists() call needs to bypass the interceptor stack, we could use an internal _exists() like we do with get(), etc?

The reason I ask is because of this bug reported by a customer:

http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBCACHE-565

[brian.stansberry]

This also means exists() returns false if a node has been evicted but is still available via the cache loader.

[manik]

Yes, and this 'feature' is actually made use of in the cache loader interceptor to determine whether a node needs to be loaded! :)

[manik]

Ok, now the question is, does this need a fix? Do we need a separate _exists() which is not passed up the interceptor stack?