* @return {@link Cache}
*/
public Ehcache initializeCache() {
CacheManager cacheManager = getCacheManagerFactory().getInstance();
Ehcache cache;
if (cacheManager.cacheExists(config.getCacheName())) {
if (LOG.isTraceEnabled()) {
LOG.trace("Found an existing cache: {}", config.getCacheName());
LOG.trace("Cache {} currently contains {} elements",
config.getCacheName(),
cacheManager.getEhcache(config.getCacheName()).getSize());