Examples of caching backfiring on performance

In 2015 it should not surprise anyone that caching frequently used data is likely to improve the performance of the…

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How does Hibernate Collection Cache work

Introduction Previously, I described the second-level cache entry structure, Hibernate uses for storing entities. Besides entities, Hibernate can also store…

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A beginner’s guide to Cache synchronization strategies

Introduction A system of record is the authoritative data source when information is scattered among various data providers. When we…

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Things to consider before jumping to enterprise caching

Introduction Relational database transactions are ACID and the strong consistency model simplifies application development. Because enabling Hibernate caching is one…

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@Cacheable overhead in Spring

Spring 3.1 introduced great caching abstraction layer. Finally we can abandon all home-grown aspects, decorators and code polluting our business…

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Be Careful With Cache Managers

If you are using spring and JPA, it is very likely that you utilize ehcache (or another cache provider). And…

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Java Temporary Caching API – Test-driving the Early Draft Review RI

It was known as ‘ The Neverending Story‘. The JSR kicked of 11 and a half year ago and passed the…

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Spring 3.1: Caching and EhCache

If you look around the web for examples of using Spring 3.1’s built in caching then you’ll usually bump into…

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Android: Level Two Image Cache

In the mobile world, it’s very common to have scrollable lists of items that contain information and an image or…

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