Hands-On Design Patterns with Java

Implementing the caching design pattern in Java

We will demonstrate the implementation of the caching design pattern with a simple example. We will create a Player class that is used to record a basketball team's all-time top scorers. We will create a pairing with jersey numbers and total points. We will also have an ExampleCache class and a ClassDriver class.

The Player class is provided next. It has four class variables and a constructor method:

public class Player {    int playerJersey;    int playerPoints;    Player before;    Player next;    // constructor    public Player(int jersey, int points) {        this.playerJersey = jersey;        this.playerPoints = points;    }}

The ExampleCache class is presented in five sequential segments. The first segment contains the ...