ResponseCache

Class ResponseCache

• java.lang.Object
• • java.net.ResponseCache

public abstract class ResponseCache
extends Object

Represents implementations of URLConnection caches. An instance of such a class can be registered with the system by doing ResponseCache.setDefault(ResponseCache), and the system will call this object in order to:

• store resource data which has been retrieved from an external source into the cache
• try to fetch a requested resource that may have been stored in the cache

The ResponseCache implementation decides which resources should be cached, and for how long they should be cached. If a request resource cannot be retrieved from the cache, then the protocol handlers will fetch the resource from its original location. The settings for URLConnect