Bug in Cache Element Removal when its expired

[an...@axa.com.au]

When Cache Element is expired in Memory, it should be removed from Map 
object, which contains all cache elements.
But it doesn't happen. and I found the cause of it. Here is the code in 
CompositeCache which tries to remove cache item if
it is expired:

    protected ICacheElement get( Serializable key, boolean localOnly )
    {
.............................................
                if ( isExpired( element ) )
                {
                    if ( log.isDebugEnabled() )
                    {
                        log.debug( cacheName +
                                   " - Memory cache hit, but element 
expired" );
                    }

                    missCountExpired++;

                    remove( element );

                    element = null;
                }
                else
                {
        .......................................
}

remove(element) doens't work as here key needs to be passed not the entire 
element.

Can anybody fix it and release it along with disk caching fixes?





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