Projects/src/main/resources/ehcache.xml

<!-- src/main/resources/ehcache.xml - Enhanced version -->
<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        xmlns="http://www.ehcache.org/v3"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.ehcache.org/v3 http://www.ehcache.org/schema/ehcache-core-3.0.xsd">
    
    <!-- Disk persistence configuration -->
    <persistence directory="${java.io.tmpdir}/research-platform-cache"/>
    
    <!-- Cache Templates -->
    <cache-template name="default">
        <key-type>java.lang.String</key-type>
        <value-type>java.lang.Object</value-type>
        <expiry>
            <ttl unit="seconds">300</ttl>
        </expiry>
        <heap unit="entries">1000</heap>
        <off-heap unit="MB">10</off-heap>
        <disk unit="MB">100</disk>
        <resources>
            <heap unit="entries">1000</heap>
            <offheap unit="MB">10</offheap>
            <disk unit="MB">100</disk>
        </resources>
    </cache-template>
    
    <cache-template name="long-live">
        <key-type>java.lang.String</key-type>
        <value-type>java.lang.Object</value-type>
        <expiry>
            <ttl unit="seconds">7200</ttl>
        </expiry>
        <heap unit="entries">500</heap>
        <off-heap unit="MB">20</off-heap>
    </cache-template>
    
    <!-- Article Cache - High traffic, short TTL -->
    <cache alias="article" uses-template="default">
        <expiry>
            <ttl unit="seconds">300</ttl>
        </expiry>
        <heap unit="entries">2000</heap>
        <off-heap unit="MB">100</off-heap>
    </cache>
    
    <!-- Articles List Cache - Medium TTL -->
    <cache alias="articles" uses-template="default">
        <expiry>
            <ttl unit="seconds">600</ttl>
        </expiry>
        <heap unit="entries">100</heap>
    </cache>
    
    <!-- User Cache - Longer TTL -->
    <cache alias="user" uses-template="long-live">
        <expiry>
            <ttl unit="seconds">3600</ttl>
        </expiry>
        <heap unit="entries">1000</heap>
    </cache>
    
    <!-- Session Cache - Very short TTL -->
    <cache alias="session" uses-template="default">
        <expiry>
            <ttl unit="seconds">300</ttl>
        </expiry>
        <heap unit="entries">5000</heap>
    </cache>
    
    <!-- Tool Cache -->
    <cache alias="tool" uses-template="default">
        <expiry>
            <ttl unit="seconds">1800</ttl>
        </expiry>
        <heap unit="entries">500</heap>
    </cache>
    
    <!-- Tag Cache - High hit rate, long TTL -->
    <cache alias="tag" uses-template="long-live">
        <expiry>
            <ttl unit="seconds">86400</ttl>
        </expiry>
        <heap unit="entries">500</heap>
    </cache>
    
    <!-- API Response Cache -->
    <cache alias="api_response" uses-template="default">
        <expiry>
            <ttl unit="seconds">60</ttl>
        </expiry>
        <heap unit="entries">500</heap>
    </cache>
    
    <!-- Rate Limiter Cache -->
    <cache alias="rate_limiter" uses-template="default">
        <expiry>
            <ttl unit="seconds">60</ttl>
        </expiry>
        <heap unit="entries">10000</heap>
    </cache>
    
    <!-- Search Results - Very short TTL -->
    <cache alias="search" uses-template="default">
        <expiry>
            <ttl unit="seconds">30</ttl>
        </expiry>
        <heap unit="entries">100</heap>
    </cache>
</config>