@Beta
@GwtCompatible
public interface LoadingCache
   extends Cache, Function

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
import com.google.common.cache.CacheBuilder;
import com.google.common.cache.CacheLoader;
import com.google.common.cache.LoadingCache;

public class GuavaTester {
   public static void main(String args[]) {
   
      //create a cache for employees based on their employee id
      LoadingCache employeeCache = 
         CacheBuilder.newBuilder()
         .maximumSize(100)                             // maximum 100 records can be cached
         .expireAfterAccess(30, TimeUnit.MINUTES)      // cache will expire after 30 minutes of access
         .build(new CacheLoader() {  // build the cacheloader
            
            @Override
            public Employee load(String empId) throws Exception {
               //make the expensive call
               return getFromDatabase(empId);
            } 
         });

      try {            
         //on first invocation, cache will be populated with corresponding
         //employee record
         System.out.println("Invocation #1");
         System.out.println(employeeCache.get("100"));
         System.out.println(employeeCache.get("103"));
         System.out.println(employeeCache.get("110"));
         
         //second invocation, data will be returned from cache
         System.out.println("Invocation #2");
         System.out.println(employeeCache.get("100"));
         System.out.println(employeeCache.get("103"));
         System.out.println(employeeCache.get("110"));

      } catch (ExecutionException e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
      }
   }

   private static Employee getFromDatabase(String empId) {
   
      Employee e1 = new Employee("Mahesh", "Finance", "100");
      Employee e2 = new Employee("Rohan", "IT", "103");
      Employee e3 = new Employee("Sohan", "Admin", "110");

      Map database = new HashMap();
      
      database.put("100", e1);
      database.put("103", e2);
      database.put("110", e3);
      
      System.out.println("Database hit for" + empId);
      
      return database.get(empId);        
   }
}

class Employee {
   String name;
   String dept;
   String emplD;

   public Employee(String name, String dept, String empID) {
      this.name = name;
      this.dept = dept;
      this.emplD = empID;
   }
   
   public String getName() {
      return name;
   }
   
   public void setName(String name) {
      this.name = name;
   }
   
   public String getDept() {
      return dept;
   }
   
   public void setDept(String dept) {
      this.dept = dept;
   }
   
   public String getEmplD() {
      return emplD;
   }
   
   public void setEmplD(String emplD) {
      this.emplD = emplD;
   }

   @Override
   public String toString() {
      return MoreObjects.toStringHelper(Employee.class)
      .add("Name", name)
      .add("Department", dept)
      .add("Emp Id", emplD).toString();
   }    
}

C:\Guava>javac GuavaTester.java

C:\Guava>java GuavaTester

Invocation #1
Database hit for100
Employee{Name=Mahesh, Department=Finance, Emp Id=100}
Database hit for103
Employee{Name=Rohan, Department=IT, Emp Id=103}
Database hit for110
Employee{Name=Sohan, Department=Admin, Emp Id=110}
Invocation #2
Employee{Name=Mahesh, Department=Finance, Emp Id=100}
Employee{Name=Rohan, Department=IT, Emp Id=103}
Employee{Name=Sohan, Department=Admin, Emp Id=110}