@CacheRefresh to request a refresh of a stale object in the cache [SPR-9592]

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Adib Saikali opened SPR-9592 and commented

It would be nice to have an @RefreshCache annotation this would indicate to the cache abstraction that it should not evict the element in the cache but should replace it with the returned value of a method marked with @RefreshCache annotation.

Ideally the @RefreshCache should have an option to indicate that calls to @Cacheable methods should block unit the refresh is complete, or should see stale data until refresh is complete.

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Affects: 3.1 GA

Issue Links:

• Provide some synchronization between @Cacheable and @CacheEvict annotated methods [SPR-9304] #13942 Provide some synchronization between @Cacheable and @CacheEvict annotated methods

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Stéphane Nicoll commented

I would replace this with @Cacheable(alwaysInvoke = true) or something rather than introducing yet another annotation. That being said, if we offer synchronization/blocking capabilities in the cache abstraction, this should be enough for your use case, right?

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Brian Clozel commented

Resolving for now due to lack of feedback.