2.7.0

Cache

• Added async asMap() view (#156)
• Introduced AsyncCache for manual async cache (#246)
• Fixed async expiration when create races with reads (#298)
• Improved hit rates by using an adaptive eviction policy (#106)
• Fixed refresh to use the stats ticker for recording the load time (#240)
• Rescheduled async maintenance immediately if pending work remains (#225)
• Migrated from JSR-305 annotations to CheckerFramework & ErrorProne (#242)

JCache

• Added config file setting for the executor (#276)

This release includes improvements to the eviction policy by using a hill climber to optimize for frequency or recency. For more details, see the HighScalability article and our paper Adaptive Software Cache Management.