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Find - returns detached or cached? [message #801744]

Sat, 18 February 2012 17:11

Eclipse User

A query can be programmed to returned a cached instance of an entity:

// This hint ensure that the shared instance be returned from cache.
query.setHint(QueryHints.READ_ONLY, HintValues.TRUE);

Is there the same control for a "find()"?

Does a find (by default) return a detached instance or reference to shared cache if an entity is cacheable?

[Updated on: Sat, 18 February 2012 17:13] by Moderator

Re: Find - returns detached or cached? [message #804383 is a reply to message #801744]

Wed, 22 February 2012 10:10

Eclipse User

By default find returns the object from the persistence context. To use find in a read-only fashion, call the find that takes a properties Map and pass the read-only hint.

You could also just execute a query that queries by id.

Re: Find - returns detached or cached? [message #804414 is a reply to message #804383]

Wed, 22 February 2012 10:46

Eclipse User

Is a return from the "persistence context" a detached instance? (Said another way, when the term 'detached instance' is used does that mean detached from Level 2 Shared Cache? And is the term 'persistence context' synonymous with Level 1 cache?)

Re: Find - returns detached or cached? [message #808350 is a reply to message #804414]

Mon, 27 February 2012 12:34

Eclipse User

> And is the term 'persistence context' synonymous with Level 1 cache?

Basically yes. The managed object in the current EntityManager.

Detached means an object that is not in the persistence context, normally an object not in the L1 or L2 cache.

Re: Find - returns detached or cached? [message #808369 is a reply to message #808350]

Mon, 27 February 2012 13:05

Eclipse User

I'm sorry, I'm having trouble parsing the above. If an instance that is "detached" is not in the L1 or L2 cache... and an instance that is "cached" is in Level 1 AND Level 2 cache... what is an instance that is only in L1 cache? (Is it considered "cached" or "detached" or "managed"???)

If there are three unique states... cached/detached/managed... it is unclear to me the 'recommended practise' for an update given that our queries are all read-only.

Said antoher way, following a read-only query... is it necessary to update a "detached" instance or simply a "managed"???

Re: Find - returns detached or cached? [message #808388 is a reply to message #808369]

Mon, 27 February 2012 13:33

Eclipse User

An object that is in the L1 cache (i.e. the EntityManager's persistence context) is a managed object.

You should only update managed objects (objects registered in the EntityManager).

Re: Find - returns detached or cached? [message #809651 is a reply to message #808388]

Tue, 28 February 2012 23:45

Eclipse User

Let's go back to the starting point. If a read-only query is executed are the results in both L1 and L2 cache? That is, are the instances considered "cached" - meaning both L2 and L1?

We have ~6 GB of data we want in L2 cache only (in the form of a List<DebtorQO>)... so that it can be shared by multiple requests. How do we accomplish this? We do not have sufficient memory for every request (that executes the query - and refreshes L2 cache) to have it's own L1 set of instances.

/**
* This class is a Query Object for performance optimization.
*/
@Entity
@ReadOnly
@Cacheable(true)
@Cache(size = 60000000, alwaysRefresh = true, refreshOnlyIfNewer = true)
@Table(name = "DEBTOR")
public class DebtorQO extends TopBaseUuidNoAuditBO {

private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@Column(name = "DEBTOR_TIN_NR")
private int debtorTin;

@Column(name = "UUID_KEY")
@Id
private byte[] debtorUuid;

/**
* Constructor
*/
public DebtorQO() {
super();

return;
}

/**
* Constructor
*
* @param debtorUuid
* @param debtorTin
* @param updateTime
*
*/
public DebtorQO(final byte[] debtorUuid, final int debtorTin,
final Timestamp updateTime) {

this.debtorUuid = debtorUuid;
this.debtorTin = debtorTin;
this.updateTime = updateTime;

return;
}

... Accessor methods here...

And the query:

<named-query name="QueryDebtorTinByStatus">

<query>
SELECT new gov.treas.fms.top.domain.entity.debt.DebtorQO(debtor.uuid, debtor.debtorTin, debtor.updateTime)
FROM DebtorBO debtor
WHERE debtor.debtorStatus = :debtorStatus

</query>

</named-query>

[Updated on: Wed, 29 February 2012 08:06] by Moderator

Re: Find - returns detached or cached? [message #810808 is a reply to message #809651]

Thu, 01 March 2012 10:33

Eclipse User

Any read-only object, or read-only query will only be in the L2 cache, not the L1 cache.

In your query you are not return Entity objects, but using a DebtorQO constructor, so these objects will not be in any cache, as they are not persistent objects.

Re: Find - returns detached or cached? [message #815007 is a reply to message #810808]

Wed, 07 March 2012 00:31

Eclipse User

As follow-up... here is the API we are implementing in SOAj to clarify the state of L1 and L2 cache:

• containsInstanceInPersistenceContext()
• containsInstanceInSharedCache()
• clearAllInstancesFromPersistenceContext()
• detachInstanceFromPersistenceContext()
• evictSingleInstanceFromSharedCache()
• evictInstancesFromSharedCache()
• evictAllInstancesFromSharedCache()

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