diff --git a/Data/CacheStructure.hs b/Data/CacheStructure.hs
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- |
+-- Module      :  Data.CacheStructure
+-- Copyright   :  Peter Robinson 2009
+-- License     :  LGPL
+--
+-- Maintainer  :  Peter Robinson <thaldyron@gmail.com>
+-- Stability   :  experimental
+-- Portability :  non-portable (requires STM)
+--
+-- A type class for implementing different caching policies (e.g. LRU, LFU,... ).
+-- Should be imported qualified.
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+module Data.CacheStructure( CacheStructure(..), CacheException(..) )
+where
+import Control.Exception 
+import Data.Typeable
+
+data CacheException = CacheException String
+                      deriving (Show,Eq,Typeable)
+
+instance Exception CacheException
+
+-- | A type class for implementing a caching policy (e.g. LRU)
+class CacheStructure c a where
+  -- | A new element is added to the cache or an already existing element
+  -- was accessed.
+  hit    :: a -> c a -> c a
+  -- | Returns the \"last\" element w.r.t. the caching policy.
+  last   :: c a -> a
+  -- | Removes and returns the \"last\" element w.r.t. the caching policy.
+  pop    :: c a -> (c a,a)
+  -- | Creates an empty cache structure.
+  empty  :: c a
+  -- | Checks for emptyness. 
+  null   :: c a -> Bool
+  -- | Transforms the cache structure to a list.
+  toList :: c a -> [a]
+  -- | An element is deleted.
+  delete :: a -> c a -> c a
+  -- | Checks if an element is in the cache structure.
+  member :: a -> c a -> Bool
+  -- | Returns the size. Should be /O(1)/.
+  size   :: c a -> Int
+  -- | Runs 'pop' a number of times. Has a default implementation. 
+  popMany :: Int -> c a -> (c a,[a])
+  popMany = popMany' []
+            where
+                popMany' del 0 cs = (cs,del) 
+                popMany' del i cs 
+                  | i < 0     = throw $ CacheException "Invalid size for cache structure!"
+                  | otherwise = let (cs',a) = pop cs
+                                in  popMany' (a:del) (i-1) cs' 
+  
+
diff --git a/Data/CacheStructure/LRU.hs b/Data/CacheStructure/LRU.hs
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- |
+-- Module      :  Data.Policy.LRU
+-- Copyright   :  Peter Robinson 2009
+-- License     :  LGPL
+--
+-- Maintainer  :  Peter Robinson <thaldyron@gmail.com>
+-- Stability   :  experimental
+-- Portability :  non-portable (requires STM)
+--
+-- Provides a least recently used caching policy.
+-- Note: This module is simply a wrapper around the LRU-package.
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+module Data.CacheStructure.LRU( L.LRU )
+where
+import Control.Exception 
+import Data.CacheStructure
+import qualified Data.LRU as L
+
+instance Ord a => CacheStructure L.LRU a where
+  hit          = L.hit
+  pop l = case L.last l of
+                   Nothing -> throw $ CacheException "Cache structure is empty!"
+                   Just a  -> (L.pop l,a)
+  last l       = case L.last l of
+                   Nothing -> throw $ CacheException "Cache structure is empty!"
+                   Just a  -> a
+  empty  = L.empty
+  null   = L.null
+  toList = L.toList
+  delete = L.delete
+  member = L.member
+  size   = L.size
+ 
diff --git a/Data/TMap.hs b/Data/TMap.hs
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- |
+-- Module      :  Data.TMap
+-- Copyright   :  Peter Robinson 2009
+-- License     :  LGPL
+--
+-- Maintainer  :  Peter Robinson <thaldyron@gmail.com>
+-- Stability   :  experimental
+-- Portability :  non-portable (requires STM)
+--
+-- Provides a thread-safe STM interface for finite map types with optional persistent
+-- storage.
+--
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+module Data.TMap( -- * TMap 
+                  TMap, 
+                  -- * Creating a new TMap
+                  newTMapIO, 
+                  -- * Finite Map Interace
+                  lookup, 
+                  insert, 
+                  delete, 
+                  member, 
+                  adjust, 
+                  -- * Handling the size of the TMap 
+                  purgeTMap, 
+                  purgeTMapIO, 
+                  getMaximumSize, 
+                  setMaximumSize, 
+                  getCurrentSize,
+                  -- * Flushing the backend
+                  flushBackend,
+                  -- * Exception Type
+                  TMapException(..),
+                  )
+where
+
+import Control.Concurrent.AdvSTM
+import Control.Concurrent.AdvSTM.TVar
+-- import Control.Monad.CatchIO
+import Control.Monad( liftM, when )
+import Control.Monad.Trans( MonadIO, liftIO )
+
+import qualified Control.Exception as Exc
+import Data.Maybe( isJust )
+import Prelude hiding (lookup,catch)
+
+import qualified Data.TMap.Backend as B
+import qualified Data.CacheStructure as C
+import Data.TMap.Exception( TMapException(..) )
+
+import qualified Data.Edison.Assoc as M
+
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+data Entry a = Entry a         -- ^ Cache hit
+             | NotInTMap       -- ^ Cache miss
+             | NotInBackend    -- ^ Element exists neither in backend nor in cache
+             deriving (Show,Eq)
+
+instance Functor Entry where
+  fmap _ NotInBackend = NotInBackend
+  fmap _ NotInTMap    = NotInTMap
+  fmap f (Entry a)    = Entry (f a)
+
+
+data TMap map k a b c = TMap 
+  { backend  :: B.Backend k a b => b k a
+  , sizeTVar :: TVar (Maybe Int)
+  , tmapTVar :: (M.FiniteMapX map k, C.CacheStructure c k) 
+             => TVar (map (Entry a),c k)
+  }
+
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-- | Creates a new TMap. You will need to use an apropriate backend and specify
+-- the caching policy, e.g.,
+--
+-- @
+--   import Data.TMap.Backend.StdoutBackend( newStdoutBackend )
+--   import Data.TMap.CacheStructure.LRU
+-- @
+--
+-- will simply log all backend operations to Stdout and use a \"least recently
+-- used\" cache algorithm.
+--
+-- Now, to create an unbounded map that uses the 'FM Int String' (see package EdisonCore) 
+-- as the map type, you can write
+--
+-- @
+--   tmap = newTMapIO newStdoutBackend Nothing :: IO (TMap (FM Int) Int String StdoutBackend LRU)
+-- @
+newTMapIO :: (M.FiniteMapX map k, Ord k, B.Backend k a b,C.CacheStructure c k) 
+          => b k a            -- ^ the backend
+          -> Maybe Int        -- ^ maximum-size: Use 'Nothing' for unbounded size.
+          -> IO (TMap map k a b c)
+newTMapIO b maxsize = do 
+  tvar <- newTVarIO (M.empty,C.empty)
+  tvarSize <- newTVarIO maxsize
+  B.initialize b
+  return $ TMap b tvarSize tvar 
+
+{-
+ - Deactivated --- Can cause a non-terminating retry-loop when used with lookup k:
+ - When key 'k' is not found lookup retries.  (Cond 1)
+ - But this causes the creation of the tmap to be rolled back too, and so 
+ - (Cond 1) holds forever.
+newTMap :: (M.FiniteMapX map k, Ord k, B.Backend k a b, MonadAdvSTM m) 
+            => b -> m (TMap map k a b)
+newTMap b = do 
+  tvar <- newTVar M.empty 
+  return $ TMap b tvar 
+-}
+
+
+-- | Looks for a given key in the map and (if necessary) in the persistent storage 
+-- and updates the map if necessary.
+lookup :: (M.FiniteMapX map k, MonadAdvSTM m, Ord k, B.Backend k a b,C.CacheStructure c k)
+       => k -> TMap map k a b c -> m (Maybe a) 
+lookup k tmap = do
+  (themap,accSeq) <- readTVar (tmapTVar tmap)
+  case M.lookupWithDefault NotInTMap k themap of
+    Entry v      -> do 
+      writeTVar (tmapTVar tmap) (themap,C.hit k accSeq)
+--      onCommit $ print ("OldAccess List: ",C.toList accSeq)
+--      onCommit $ print ("NewAccess List: ",C.toList $ C.hit k accSeq)
+      return $ Just v
+    NotInBackend -> return Nothing
+    NotInTMap    -> retryWith $ do 
+--      print $ "Lookup: Didn't find " ++ show k ++ ", retrying lookup..."
+      result <- B.lookup (backend tmap) k 
+      case result of 
+        Nothing -> do 
+--          print "Entry not in backend"
+          atomically $ do 
+            (themap',accSeq') <- readTVar (tmapTVar tmap)
+            writeTVar (tmapTVar tmap) (M.insert k (NotInBackend) themap', accSeq')
+        Just v  -> do 
+--          print "Found entry in backend"
+          atomically $ do 
+            (themap',accSeq') <- readTVar (tmapTVar tmap)
+            writeTVar (tmapTVar tmap) ( M.insert k (Entry v) themap'
+                                      , C.hit k accSeq')
+--            onCommit $ print ("Access List: ",C.toList $ C.hit k accSeq')
+
+-- | Checks whether the given key is in the map.
+member :: (M.FiniteMapX map k, MonadAdvSTM m, Ord k, B.Backend k a b,C.CacheStructure c k) 
+       => k -> TMap map k a b c -> m Bool
+member k tmap = liftM isJust (lookup k tmap)
+
+
+-- | Adds a key-value mapping to the map. Can throw a 'DuplicateEntry'
+-- exception.
+insert :: (M.FiniteMapX map k, MonadAdvSTM m, Ord k, B.Backend k a b, C.CacheStructure c k) 
+       => k -> a -> TMap map k a b c -> m () 
+insert k a tmap = do
+  res <- lookup k tmap 
+  case res of
+    Just _  -> Exc.throw $ DuplicateEntry -- (show (k,v))
+    Nothing -> do
+      (themap,accSeq) <- readTVar (tmapTVar tmap)
+      writeTVar (tmapTVar tmap) ( M.insert k (Entry a) themap
+                                , C.hit k accSeq)
+      onCommit $ B.insert (backend tmap) k a
+
+
+-- | Applies a function to the element identified by the key. Can throw an 'EntryNotFound' exception.
+adjust :: (M.FiniteMapX map k, MonadAdvSTM m, Ord k, B.Backend k a b, C.CacheStructure c k) 
+       => (a -> a) -> k -> TMap map k a b c -> m () 
+adjust f k tmap = do
+  res <- lookup k tmap 
+  case res of
+    Nothing -> Exc.throw EntryNotFound 
+    Just _  -> do
+      (themap,accSeq) <- readTVar (tmapTVar tmap)
+      writeTVar (tmapTVar tmap) (M.adjust (fmap f) k themap, C.hit k accSeq)
+      onCommit $ B.adjust (backend tmap) f k 
+
+
+-- | Removes a key from the map. Can throw an 'EntryNotFound' exception.
+delete :: (M.FiniteMapX map k, MonadAdvSTM m, Ord k, B.Backend k a b,C.CacheStructure c k) 
+       => k -> TMap map k a b c -> m () 
+delete k tmap = do
+  res <- lookup k tmap 
+  case res of
+    Nothing -> Exc.throw EntryNotFound 
+    Just _  -> do
+      (themap,accSeq) <- readTVar (tmapTVar tmap)
+      writeTVar (tmapTVar tmap) (M.insert k NotInBackend themap, accSeq)
+      onCommit $ B.delete (backend tmap) k 
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-- | Reduces the map to the appropriate size if the maximum size was exceeded.
+-- Calls /Data.TMap.Backend.flush/ if the map is purged.
+-- Runs in /O(1)/ if the map size is within bounds, otherwise /O(n)/.
+purgeTMapIO :: (M.FiniteMapX map k, MonadIO m, Ord k, B.Backend k a b, C.CacheStructure c k) 
+            => TMap map k a b c -> m ()
+purgeTMapIO tmap = liftIO . atomically  $ purgeTMap tmap           
+
+
+-- | Reduces the map to the appropriate size if the maximum size was exceeded.
+-- Calls /Data.TMap.Backend.flush/ if the map is purged.
+-- Runs in /O(1)/ if the map size is within bounds, otherwise /O(n)/. 
+-- /Warning:/ This function should always be called at the end of a transaction to
+-- prevent nonterminating retry-loops!
+purgeTMap :: (M.FiniteMapX map k, MonadAdvSTM m, Ord k, B.Backend k a b, C.CacheStructure c k) 
+          => TMap map k a b c -> m () 
+purgeTMap tmap =   do
+  mSize <- readTVar (sizeTVar tmap)
+  case mSize of
+    Just maxSize -> do
+      (themap,accSeq) <- readTVar (tmapTVar tmap)
+--      onCommit $ print ("Old List: ",C.toList accSeq)
+      when (C.size accSeq > maxSize) $ do
+        let (restSeq,delSeq) = C.popMany (C.size accSeq - maxSize) accSeq
+        writeTVar (tmapTVar tmap) (foldr M.delete themap delSeq, restSeq)
+        onCommit $ B.flush (backend tmap)
+--        onCommit $ print ("Purged List: ",C.toList restSeq)
+    Nothing -> return ()
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-- | Sets the maximum size of the map. /O(1)/. Note that the size of the TMap needs
+-- to be reduced manually to the maximum size by calling /purgeTMap/.
+setMaximumSize :: (M.FiniteMapX map k, MonadAdvSTM m, Ord k, B.Backend k a b, C.CacheStructure c k) 
+               => TMap map k a b  c -> Int -> m () 
+setMaximumSize tmap maxSize
+  | maxSize <= 0 = Exc.throw $ TMapDefaultExc "setMaximumSize: Invalid size specified."
+  | otherwise    = writeTVar (sizeTVar tmap) $ Just maxSize
+
+-- | Gets the maximum size of the map. /O(1)/.
+getMaximumSize :: (M.FiniteMapX map k, MonadAdvSTM m, Ord k, B.Backend k a b, C.CacheStructure c k) 
+               => TMap map k a b c 
+               -> m (Maybe Int)
+getMaximumSize tmap 
+  | otherwise = readTVar (sizeTVar tmap) 
+
+
+-- | Gets the current size of the map. /O(1)/.
+getCurrentSize :: (M.FiniteMapX map k, MonadAdvSTM m, Ord k, B.Backend k a b, C.CacheStructure c k) 
+               => TMap map k a b c 
+               -> m Int
+getCurrentSize tmap = do
+  (_,accSeq) <- readTVar (tmapTVar tmap) 
+  return $ C.size accSeq
+
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-- | Sends a /B.flush/ request to the backend. Useful for asynchronous backend
+-- implementations.
+flushBackend :: (M.FiniteMapX map k, MonadIO m, Ord k, B.Backend k a b, C.CacheStructure c k) 
+             => TMap map k a b c -> m ()
+flushBackend tmap = B.flush (backend tmap)
+
diff --git a/Data/TMap/Backend.hs b/Data/TMap/Backend.hs
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- |
+-- Module      :  Data.TMap.Backend
+-- Copyright   :  Peter Robinson 2009
+-- License     :  LGPL
+--
+-- Maintainer  :  Peter Robinson <thaldyron@gmail.com>
+-- Stability   :  experimental
+-- Portability :  non-portable (requires STM)
+--
+-- Provides a type class for backend instantiations. To avoid data
+-- inconsistencies, these functions should not be used directly but only by 
+-- means of the TMap interface.
+--
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+module Data.TMap.Backend( Backend(..) )
+where
+import Control.Monad.Trans( MonadIO )
+
+-- | This class needs to be instantiated when developing a new
+-- backend. The backend is expected to be able to handle concurrent
+-- (non-conflicting) requests.
+class Backend k a b | a -> k where
+
+    -- | Called when a new element was inserted.
+    insert     :: MonadIO m => b k a -> k -> a -> m ()
+
+    -- | Called when an element was updated.
+    adjust     :: MonadIO m => b k a-> (a -> a) -> k -> m ()
+    
+    -- | Called when an element was deleted from the map.
+    delete     :: MonadIO m => b k a-> k -> m ()
+    
+    -- | Called when an element is not found in the map. 
+    lookup     :: MonadIO m => b k a -> k -> m (Maybe a)
+
+    -- | Called by /flushBackend/ and /purgeTMap/.
+    flush      :: MonadIO m => b k a -> m ()
+
+    -- | Called in 'newTMapIO' 
+    initialize :: MonadIO m => b k a -> m ()
+
+    flush      _ = return ()
+    initialize _ = return ()
+
diff --git a/Data/TMap/Backend/NoBackend.hs b/Data/TMap/Backend/NoBackend.hs
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- |
+-- Module      :  Data.TMap.Backend.NoBackend
+-- Copyright   :  Peter Robinson 2009
+-- License     :  LGPL
+--
+-- Maintainer  :  Peter Robinson <thaldyron@gmail.com>
+-- Stability   :  experimental
+-- Portability :  non-portable (requires STM)
+--
+-- A backend instantiation that ignores all requests.
+-- 
+--
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+module Data.TMap.Backend.NoBackend( NoBackend(..) )
+where
+import Data.TMap.Backend( Backend(..) )
+
+data NoBackend k a = NoBackend
+
+instance Backend k a NoBackend where
+  insert _ _ _ = return ()
+  adjust _ _ _ = return ()
+  lookup _ _   = return Nothing
+  delete _ _   = return ()
+
diff --git a/Data/TMap/Backend/StdoutBackend.hs b/Data/TMap/Backend/StdoutBackend.hs
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+++ b/Data/TMap/Backend/StdoutBackend.hs
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- |
+-- Module      :  Data.TMap.Backend.StdoutBackend
+-- Copyright   :  Peter Robinson 2009
+-- License     :  LGPL
+--
+-- Maintainer  :  Peter Robinson <thaldyron@gmail.com>
+-- Stability   :  experimental
+-- Portability :  non-portable (requires STM)
+--
+-- Simply prints out all backend requests to stdout.
+--
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+module Data.TMap.Backend.StdoutBackend( StdoutBackend
+                                      , newStdoutBackend )
+where
+import Data.TMap.Backend
+import Control.Monad.Trans( MonadIO, liftIO )
+
+data StdoutBackend k a = StdoutBackend
+
+instance (Show a,Show k) => Backend k a StdoutBackend where
+    insert _ _ a = liftIO (print ("inserting: ",a)) >> return ()
+    adjust _ _ k = liftIO (print ("adjusting: ",k)) >> return ()
+    lookup _ k   = liftIO (print ("looking up: ",k)) >> return Nothing
+    delete _ k   = liftIO (print ("deleting: ",k)) >> return ()
+
+-- | Creates a new 'StdoutBackend'.
+newStdoutBackend :: StdoutBackend k a
+newStdoutBackend = StdoutBackend
+
diff --git a/Data/TMap/Exception.hs b/Data/TMap/Exception.hs
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- |
+-- Module      :  Data.TMap.Exception
+-- Copyright   :  Peter Robinson 2009
+-- License     :  LGPL
+--
+-- Maintainer  :  Peter Robinson <thaldyron@gmail.com>
+-- Stability   :  experimental
+-- Portability :  non-portable (requires STM)
+--
+-- 
+--
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+module Data.TMap.Exception( TMapException(..) )
+where
+import Control.Exception
+import Data.Typeable
+
+data TMapException = DuplicateEntry 
+                   | EntryNotFound 
+                   | TMapNotFound 
+                   | TMapDefaultExc String
+                   | BackendException String
+                   deriving (Show,Eq,Typeable)
+   
+instance Exception TMapException   
+
+
diff --git a/Data/TStorage.hs b/Data/TStorage.hs
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- |
+-- Module      :  Data.TStorage
+-- Copyright   :  Peter Robinson 2009
+-- License     :  LGPL
+--
+-- Maintainer  :  Peter Robinson <thaldyron@gmail.com>
+-- Stability   :  experimental
+-- Portability :  non-portable (requires STM)
+--
+-- Provides a high level interface to 'Data.TMap'. This module was inspired
+-- by the TCache package, (C) Alberto Gomez Corona.
+--
+-- The essential difference to the low level functions in 'Data.TMap' is 
+-- that this interface assumes that the stored type is an instance of 
+-- 'HasKey', allowing partially filled (i.e. complete enough for deducing 
+-- the key) values to be passed to the interface functions. 
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+module Data.TStorage( TMap,
+                      HasKey(..),
+                      newTMapIO,
+                      add,
+                      tryComplete,
+                      complete,
+                      remove,
+                      removeKey,
+                      apply,
+                      purgeTMap,
+                      purgeTMapIO,
+                    )
+                    
+where
+import Control.Concurrent.AdvSTM
+import Control.Exception 
+import Prelude hiding (lookup,catch)
+
+import qualified Data.TMap.Backend as B
+import qualified Data.CacheStructure as C
+
+import qualified Data.Edison.Assoc as M
+
+import Data.TMap
+
+-- | Instantiated by types where values have a unique key. 
+class HasKey a k | a -> k where
+  key :: a -> k
+
+-- | Adds a new element to the map. The key is automatically deduced by the
+-- 'HasKey' instantiation.
+add :: (M.FiniteMapX map k, MonadAdvSTM m, Ord k, B.Backend k a b, C.CacheStructure c k
+       , HasKey a k) 
+    => a -> TMap map k a b c -> m () 
+add a = insert (key a) a
+
+
+-- | Tries to fill a partially initialized value with data from the TMap. Returns
+-- 'Nothing' if the TMap does not contain a corresponding entry. 
+tryComplete :: (M.FiniteMapX map k, MonadAdvSTM m, Ord k, B.Backend k a b, C.CacheStructure c k
+               , HasKey a k) 
+            => a -> TMap map k a b c -> m (Maybe a)
+tryComplete a = lookup (key a)
+
+-- | Fills a partially initialized value with data from the TMap. Throws
+-- a 'TMapNotFound' exception if there is no corresponding entry.
+complete :: (M.FiniteMapX map k, MonadAdvSTM m, Ord k, B.Backend k a b, C.CacheStructure c k
+            , HasKey a k) 
+         => a -> TMap map k a b c -> m a
+complete a tmap = do
+  mval <- tryComplete a tmap
+  case mval of
+    Just val -> return val
+    Nothing  -> throw TMapNotFound
+
+-- | Removes the element from the map.
+remove :: (M.FiniteMapX map k, MonadAdvSTM m, Ord k, B.Backend k a b, C.CacheStructure c k
+          , HasKey a k) 
+       => a -> TMap map k a b c -> m ()
+remove a = delete (key a) 
+
+-- | Removes the entry that has the supplied key.
+removeKey :: (M.FiniteMapX map k, MonadAdvSTM m, Ord k, B.Backend k a b, C.CacheStructure c k
+             , HasKey a k) 
+          => k -> TMap map k a b c -> m ()
+removeKey = delete 
+
+-- | Applies a function to an element that might be only partially initialized.
+apply :: (M.FiniteMapX map k, MonadAdvSTM m, Ord k, B.Backend k a b, C.CacheStructure c k
+         , HasKey a k) 
+       => (a -> a) -> a -> TMap map k a b c -> m a
+apply f a tmap = do
+  adjust f (key a) tmap
+  complete a tmap
+
+
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+++ b/LICENSE
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+Copyright 2008-2009, Peter Robinson <thaldyron@gmail.com>. All rights reserved.
+
+          GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+               Version 2.1, February 1999
+
+ Copyright (C) 1991, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
+ of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
+
+[This is the first released version of the Lesser GPL.  It also counts
+ as the successor of the GNU Library Public License, version 2, hence
+ the version number 2.1.]
+
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+
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diff --git a/Sample.hs b/Sample.hs
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+module Sample
+where
+import Control.Monad( when )
+import Data.TStorage
+import Data.TMap
+import Data.TMap.Backend.StdoutBackend
+import qualified Data.CacheStructure.LRU as C
+import Control.Concurrent.AdvSTM 
+import qualified Control.Exception as Exc
+import qualified Data.Edison.Assoc.StandardMap as M
+import Prelude hiding( lookup )
+
+data Sometype = Sometype { theid :: Int, name :: String }
+                deriving (Show,Eq,Ord)
+
+instance HasKey Sometype Int where
+  key = theid
+
+sample :: IO ()
+sample = Exc.handle (\(e::Exc.SomeException) -> print e) $ do
+  tmap <- newTMapIO newStdoutBackend (Just 4) 
+            :: IO (TMap (M.FM Int) Int Sometype StdoutBackend C.LRU)
+  -- First the low level TMap interface:
+  res  <- atomically $ do
+    insert 1 (Sometype 1 "somename")  tmap
+    insert 2 (Sometype 2 "somename2") tmap
+    insert 3 (Sometype 3 "somename3") tmap
+    insert 4 (Sometype 4 "somename4") tmap
+    insert 5 (Sometype 5 "somename5") tmap
+    insert 6 (Sometype 6 "somename6") tmap
+    lookup 2 tmap
+    delete 2 tmap
+    lookup 2 tmap
+  atomically $ purgeTMap tmap
+  print ("Result1: ",res) 
+
+  -- Let's try the high-level TStorage interface:
+  res2 <- atomically $ do
+    add (Sometype 7 "somename7") tmap
+    v1 <- apply (\s -> s{name="_"}) (Sometype {theid = 4}) tmap
+    v2 <- complete (Sometype {theid = 5}) tmap
+    return (v1,v2)
+  print ("Result2: ",res2)
+
+test :: IO ()
+test = do
+   tmap <- newTMapIO newStdoutBackend (Just 4) 
+            :: IO (TMap (M.FM Int) Int String StdoutBackend C.LRU)
+   atomically $ do
+       isMemb <- member 1 tmap
+       when (not isMemb) $ 
+         insert 1 "john doe" tmap
+  
+   atomically $ do
+     v <- lookup 1 tmap
+     -- ... doing something here with 'v'
+     adjust (\_ -> "jd") 1 tmap
+
diff --git a/Setup.lhs b/Setup.lhs
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+#! /usr/bin/env runhaskell
+
+> import Distribution.Simple
+> main = defaultMain
diff --git a/persistent-map.cabal b/persistent-map.cabal
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+Name:           persistent-map
+Synopsis:       A thread-safe interface for finite map types with optional persistency support.
+Description:
+    This library provides a thread-safe (STM) frontend for finite map types together with a
+    backend interface for persistent storage. The /TMap/ data type
+    is thread-safe, since all access functions run inside an STM monad . Any type 
+    instantiating 'Data.Edison.Assoc.FiniteMapX' 
+    (see EdisonAPI) can be used as a map type. 
+    .
+    When a TMap is modified within an STM transaction, a corresponding
+    backend IO-request is added using the onCommit hook (cf. stm-io-hooks
+    package). To ensure consistency,
+    the (Adv)STM monad runs these requests iff the transaction commits.  
+    Additional backends (e.g. HDBC) can be added by instantiating the class 
+    'Backend'.
+    .
+    /Example:/
+    .
+    Thread 1:
+    .
+    > atomically $ do
+    >   isMemb <- member 1 tmap
+    >   when (not isMemb) $ 
+    >     insert 1 "john doe" tmap
+    .
+    Thread 2:
+    .
+    > atomically $ do
+    >   v <- lookup 1 tmap
+    >   -- ... do something with 'v'
+    >   adjust (\_ -> "jd") 1 tmap
+    .
+    The function 'member' will first check whether the key value '1' is in the map;
+    if not, it sends a lookup-request to the persistent backend 
+    and then retries the transaction. Note that \"sending a lookup-request\"
+    essentially means adding a call to the corresponding IO-function of the backend 
+    to the list of retry-IO actions. (This is done using the 'retryWith' 
+    IO hook of the stm-io-package.)
+    .
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+    TMap and sends an insert-request to the backend using the
+    'onCommit' hook of the stm-io-package. Note that 'onCommit' guarantees that
+    the backend IO action is only executed iff the transaction commits. Any 
+    changes that were made to the TMap are invisible to other threads until 
+    the onCommit actions are run.  Therefore, the threads will always observe a
+    consistent state.
+    .
+    The module 'Data.TStorage' provides a high level interface to TMap inspired
+    by the TCache package ((C) Alberto Gomez Corona). It
+    can store any type that has a key (i.e. is an instance of type class 'HasKey').
+    See file Sample.hs for an example on how to use it.
+    .
+    /Warning:/ This package is very experimental and the interface will
+    probably change.
+
+Author:         Peter Robinson
+Maintainer:     thaldyron@gmail.com
+License:        LGPL
+License-file:   LICENSE
+Version:        0.0.0
+Category:       Data, Concurrency
+Stability:      experimental
+Homepage:       http://darcs.monoid.at/persistent-map
+
+build-type:     Simple                        
+cabal-version: >= 1.2.3
+library
+    ghc-options:        -Wall -fno-ignore-asserts
+
+    exposed-modules:    Data.TMap
+                        Data.TStorage
+--                        Data.TMap.Exception
+                        Data.TMap.Backend
+                        Data.TMap.Backend.NoBackend
+                        Data.TMap.Backend.StdoutBackend
+                        Data.CacheStructure
+                        Data.CacheStructure.LRU
+
+    other-modules:      Sample
+                        Data.TMap.Exception
+
+    build-depends:      base >= 4 && < 5, 
+                        EdisonAPI  >= 1.2.1 && < 1.3,
+                        LRU >= 0.1.1 && < 0.2,
+                        EdisonCore >= 1.2.1.3 && < 1.3,
+--                        binary,
+                        stm-io-hooks >= 0.2.0 && < 0.3, 
+--                        HDBC >= 2.0 && < 2.1, 
+                        mtl >= 1.1.0.2 && < 1.2
+--                        MonadCatchIO-mtl
+
+    extensions:         MultiParamTypeClasses,
+                        RankNTypes, 
+                        FunctionalDependencies, 
+                        FlexibleContexts,
+                        FlexibleInstances,
+                        UndecidableInstances,
+                        DeriveDataTypeable,
+                        ScopedTypeVariables
+
