<ehcache> <cache name="myCache" maxEntriesLocalHeap="10000" eternal="false" timeToLiveSeconds="3600" memoryStoreEvictionPolicy="LRU"/> </ehcache> import net.sf.ehcache.Cache; import net.sf.ehcache.CacheManager; import net.sf.ehcache.Element; CacheManager cacheManager = CacheManager.getInstance(); Cache cache = cacheManager.getCache("myCache"); Element element = new Element("key", "value"); cache.put(element); Element cachedElement = cache.get("key"); if (cachedElement != null) { String value = (String) cachedElement.getObjectValue(); } else { }