I'm using the EHCache for a read-only caches on my classes. The EHCache object contains some simple statistics (hitCount, missCountExpired, missCountNotFound) that I would like to use to tune my cache settings.

How do I access the net.sf.ehcache.Cache object? It looks like I need to change hibernate code to do this (specifically, by adding "getCache()" to the various cache objects (like ReadOnlyCache)).

Is there a better way for me to access the cache statistics?

thanks
Sam

You can probably create your own CacheProvider to keep a reference to the cache.

I've tried that, but unfortunately, the Cache that net.sf.ehcache.hibernate.Provider returns from buildCache is actually an instance of net.sf.ehcache.hibernate.Plugin which stores the Cache in a private member variable. This effectively hides all of the cache statistics from me.

Good point, we probably should offer a cache hook in Hibernate3 for monitoring. I think you can just modify the EHCache source for a quick solution.

I ended up using my own CacheProvider that passes through to the EHCache Provider but remembers each cache that is created (it would be nice if there was an API for retrieving the cache from the ClassPersistor perhaps). I then use reflection to get the private "cache" field from the Plugin object.

Thanks for your help.
sam