// CacheSweeper.java
// $Id: CacheSweeper.java,v 1.25 2000/08/16 21:38:03 ylafon Exp $
// (c) COPYRIGHT MIT, INRIA and Keio, 1999.
// Please first read the full copyright statement in file COPYRIGHT.html

package org.w3c.www.protocol.http.cache;

public abstract class CacheSweeper extends Thread {
    // the states are used for the timed calls to the collect methods

    // clean only the deleted resources
    protected static final int STATE_CLEAN_STORED            = 1;
    // force the deletion of the maximum number of deleted resources
    protected static final int STATE_FORCE_CLEAN_STORED      = 2;
    // delete resources and clean stale cached resources
    protected static final int STATE_CLEAN_GENERATIONS       = 3;
    // get space as fast as it can, and wipe them out as fast as possible
    protected static final int STATE_FORCE_CLEAN_GENERATIONS = 4;

    /** 
     * Used to trigger a signal
     */
    public abstract void signal();
    /**
     * change the state of the Sweeper
     * @param an integer, setting the new cache state
     */
    protected abstract void setState(int state);

    /**
     * collect the still stored resources (disk)
     * @param generation, the CacheGeneration to clean
     */
    protected abstract void collectStored(CacheGeneration generation);

    /**
     * collect the still stored resources (disk)
     * in the whole cache
     */
    protected abstract void collectStored();

    /**
     * collect the existing resources
     * @param generation, the CacheGeneration to clean
     * @param bytes, a long. The number of bytes to collect
     * @param check, a boolean. If true, then only the stale resources
     * will be removed
     * @return a long, the number of collected bytes
     */
    protected abstract long collectCached(CacheGeneration generation,
					  long bytes, boolean check);

    /**
     * collect the existing resources
     * @param bytes, a long. The number of bytes to collect
     * @param check, a boolean. If true, then only the stale resources
     * will be removed
     * @return a long, the number of collected bytes
     */
    protected abstract long collectCached(long bytes, boolean check);

   
    /**
     * initialize the sweeper
     */
    public abstract void initialize(CacheFilter filter);
}
