JCache - Hazelcast Instance Integration

You can retrieve javax.cache.Cache instances using the interface ICacheManager of HazelcastInstance. This interface has the method getCache(String name) where name is the prefixed cache name. The prefixes in the cache name are URI and classloader prefixes, which are optional.

If you create a cache through a ICacheManager which has its own specified URI scope (and/or specified classloader), it must be prepended to the pure cache name as a prefix while retrieving the cache through getCache(String name). Prefix generation for full cache name is exposed through com.hazelcast.cache.CacheUtil.getPrefixedCacheName(String name, java.net.URI uri, ClassLoader classloader). If the URI scope and classloader is not specified, the pure cache name can be used directly while retrieving cache over ICacheManager.

If you have a cache which is not created, but is defined/exists (cache is specified in Hazelcast configuration but not created yet), you can retrieve this cache by its name. This also triggers cache creation before retrieving it. This retrieval is supported through HazelcastInstance. However, HazelcastInstance does not support creating a cache by specifying configuration; this is supported by Hazelcast’s ICacheManager as it is.