Ehcache, how to remove keys when an item has expired?

Question

I am trying to get only valid objects from the cache. if I do List list = cache.getKeys();, it will also return keys that have expired. I want to add a listener and try to remove the key myself, but my listener is notifyElementExpirednever called.

Here is my code:

public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub

    CacheManager.getInstance().addCache("test");

    Cache cache = CacheManager.getInstance().getCache("test");

    cache.getCacheConfiguration().setTimeToLiveSeconds(10);

    cache.getCacheEventNotificationService().registerListener(new CacheEventListener() {

        public void notifyRemoveAll(Ehcache arg0) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
            System.out.println("notifyRemoveAll cache=" + arg0);
        }

        public void notifyElementUpdated(Ehcache arg0, Element arg1)
                throws CacheException {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
            System.out.println("notifyElementUpdated cache=" + arg0 + "  element=" + arg1);
        }

        public void notifyElementRemoved(Ehcache arg0, Element arg1)
                throws CacheException {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
            System.out.println("notifyElementRemoved cache=" + arg0 + "  element=" + arg1);
        }

        public void notifyElementPut(Ehcache arg0, Element arg1)
                throws CacheException {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
            System.out.println("notifyElementPut cache=" + arg0 + "  element=" + arg1);
        }

        public void notifyElementExpired(Ehcache arg0, Element arg1) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
            System.out.println("notifyElementExpired cache=" + arg0 + "  element=" + arg1);
        }

        public void notifyElementEvicted(Ehcache arg0, Element arg1) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
            System.out.println("notifyElementEvicted cache=" + arg0 + "  element=" + arg1);
        }

        public void dispose() {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
            System.out.println("dispose");
        }

        public Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
            throw new CloneNotSupportedException();
        }
    });

    //cache.getCacheConfiguration().setTimeToLiveSeconds(0);

    String key = "key";
    String value = "value1";

    System.out.println("created at = " + new Date());
    //cache.put(new Element(key, value, false, new Integer(1), new Integer(5)));
    cache.put(new Element(key, value, false, new Integer(1), new Integer(5)));
    System.out.println("key=" + key + "will expired at object=" + new Date(cache.get(key).getExpirationTime()));


    Thread.sleep(7000);

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    List list = cache.getKeys();

    System.out.println("current time = " + new Date());
    for (Object item : list) {
        System.out.println("created at = " + new Date());
        //System.out.println("key=" + item + "  object=" + new Date(cache.get(item).getExpirationTime()));

        //System.out.println(item + "  isExpired=" + cache.get(item).isExpired());
    }

    Thread.sleep(30000);

}

Answer 1

Before getting the number of keys from the cache, you can wipe out expired items, as shown below. cache.evictExpiredElements ();

So, you will receive only active keys.

Answer 2

. , elementExpired , . .

.getKeysWithExpiryCheck() .