Merged HEAD-QA to HEAD (4.2) (including moving test classes into separate folders)

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git-svn-id: https://svn.alfresco.com/repos/alfresco-enterprise/alfresco/HEAD/root@54310 c4b6b30b-aa2e-2d43-bbcb-ca4b014f7261

source/java/org/alfresco/repo/cache/CacheFactory.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2012 Alfresco Software Limited.
+ *
+ * This file is part of Alfresco
+ *
+ * Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+package org.alfresco.repo.cache;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+/**
+ * Cache factory interface. Implementing classes create {@link SimpleCache} objects
+ * for a given cache name. It is the responsibility of the implementation to lookup
+ * specific cache configuration details using the supplied name.
+ *  
+ * @author Matt Ward
+ */
+public interface CacheFactory<K extends Serializable, V>
+{
+    SimpleCache<K, V> createCache(String cacheName);
+    SimpleCache<K, V> createLocalCache(String cacheName);
+    SimpleCache<K, V> createInvalidatingCache(String cacheName);
+    SimpleCache<K, V> createInvalidateRemovalCache(String cacheName);
+}