BeaconCacheEvictor (openkit-java 3.3.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- com.dynatrace.openkit.core.caching.BeaconCacheEvictor

```
public class BeaconCacheEvictor
extends java.lang.Object
```
Class responsible for handling an eviction thread, to ensure BeaconCache stays in configured boundaries.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`BeaconCacheEvictor(Logger logger, BeaconCache beaconCache, BeaconCacheConfiguration configuration, TimingProvider timingProvider)`	Public constructor, initializing the eviction thread with the default `TimeEvictionStrategy` and `SpaceEvictionStrategy` strategies.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`isAlive()`
`boolean`	`start()`	Starts the eviction thread.
`boolean`	`stop()`	Stops the eviction thread and joins with `EVICTION_THREAD_JOIN_TIMEOUT`.
`boolean`	`stop(long timeout)`	Stops the eviction thread via `Thread.interrupt()`, if it's alive and joins the eviction thread with given `timeout`.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - BeaconCacheEvictor
```
public BeaconCacheEvictor(Logger logger,
                          BeaconCache beaconCache,
                          BeaconCacheConfiguration configuration,
                          TimingProvider timingProvider)
```
    Public constructor, initializing the eviction thread with the default TimeEvictionStrategy and SpaceEvictionStrategy strategies.
    
    Parameters:
    
    logger - Logger to write some debug output
    
    beaconCache - The Beacon cache to check if entries need to be evicted
    
    configuration - Beacon cache configuration
    
    timingProvider - Timing provider required for time retrieval
- Method Detail
  - start
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public boolean start()
```
    Starts the eviction thread.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the eviction thread was started, false if the thread was already running.
  - stop
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public boolean stop()
```
    Stops the eviction thread and joins with EVICTION_THREAD_JOIN_TIMEOUT.
    See also stop(long).
  - stop
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public boolean stop(long timeout)
```
    Stops the eviction thread via Thread.interrupt(), if it's alive and joins the eviction thread with given timeout.
    
    Parameters:
    
    timeout - The number of milliseconds to join the thread.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if stopping was successful, false if eviction thread is not running or could not be stopped in time.
  - isAlive
```
public boolean isAlive()
```