Convenient EhCache CacheManager setup in an @Bean method [SPR-12093]

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Juergen Hoeller opened SPR-12093 and commented

Currently, there's a choice between Spring's EhCacheManagerFactoryBean (which is not a great fit for @Bean methods) and the native EhCache CacheManager bootstrapping options (which are a good match for Java-style setup but lack Spring-driven resource setup etc). Some convenience methods to close that gap would be nice.

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Affects: 4.1 RC2

Referenced from: commits 0d0d713

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Juergen Hoeller commented

I've introduced an EhCacheManagerUtils class with several buildCacheManager methods, accepting Resource handles and/or a cache manager name. For advanced purposes, there's also a parseConfiguration(Resource) method which allows for further tweaking of the EhCache Configuration before building the CacheManager.

While being at it, and towards our 4.1 theme, I've also revised EhCacheCacheManager's setup logic to call EhCacheManagerUtils.buildCacheManager() now if not given a specific CacheManager, analogous to what JCacheCacheManager does already.

Juergen