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 *
 * querycache.h -- 
 * Copyright (C) 1999  The New Zealand Digital Library Project
 *
 * A component of the Greenstone digital library software
 * from the New Zealand Digital Library Project at the
 * University of Waikato, New Zealand.
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#ifndef QUERYCACHE_H
#define QUERYCACHE_H


#include "text_t.h"
#include "queryinfo.h"

class resultcacheel
{
public:
  resultcacheel ();

  int accessnum;
  queryparamclass queryparameters;
  queryresultsclass queryresults;
};


class querycache {
public:
  querycache (int themaxcachesize);
  ~querycache ();

  // returns true if the query was found in the cache
  // if the query was found then queryresults contains
  // the results
  bool find (const queryparamclass &queryparams, 
	     queryresultsclass &queryresults);

  void cache (const queryparamclass &queryparams,
	    const queryresultsclass &queryresults);

protected:
  resultcacheel *resultcache;

  int maxcachesize;
  int nextaccessnum;
  
  int getnextaccessnum ();
  int getfreecachenum ();
};


#endif