How to automatically refresh Cache using Google Guava?

Guava provides no way to refresh the cache in bulk, but you can schedule a periodic refresh yourself:

LoadingCache<K, V> cache = CacheBuilder.newBuilder()
        .refreshAfterWrite(15, TimeUnit.MINUTES)
        .maximumSize(100)
        .build(new MyCacheLoader());

for (K key : cache.asMap().keySet()) {
    cache.refresh(key);
}

But in that case you may want to override the CacheLoader.reload(K, V) method in MyCacheLoader so it performs asynchronously.

As for the second question, no, you cannot set a per-entry expiration in Guava.

JAVA 8 version with parallel stream:

Executors
        .newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor()
        .scheduleWithFixedDelay(() -> configurationCache
                .asMap()
                .keySet()
                .parallelStream()
                .forEach((key) -> configurationCache.refresh(key)),
            0,
            1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);

Can you reload the cache value automatically using the below code snippet, without calling the refresh method ??

cacher =
        CacheBuilder.newBuilder()
            .refreshAfterWrite(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
          .build(CacheLoader.asyncReloading(new CacheLoader<String, String>() {

              @Override
              public String load(String key) throws Exception {
                return method-call();
              }
            }, Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor()));

1st question. Use a scheduled executor to kick off a periodic refresh.

2nd question. If you can infer your expiration policy from you cache key, or the previously cached value, it is possible to refresh you data at varying intervals.

based on this: https://code.google.com/p/guava-libraries/wiki/CachesExplained#Refresh

LoadingCache<Key, Graph> graphs = CacheBuilder.newBuilder()
   .refreshAfterWrite(1, TimeUnit.MINUTES)
   .build(
       new CacheLoader<Key, Graph>() {
         public Graph load(Key key) { // no checked exception
           return getGraphFromDatabase(key);
         }

         public ListenableFuture<Graph> reload(final Key key, Graph prevGraph) {
           if (!needsRefresh(key,prevGraph)) {
             return Futures.immediateFuture(prevGraph);
           } else {
             // asynchronous!
             ListenableFutureTask<Graph> task = ListenableFutureTask.create(new Callable<Graph>() {
               public Graph call() {
                 return getGraphFromDatabase(key);
               }
             });
             executor.execute(task);
             return task;
           }
         }
       });

ScheduledExecutorService ses = Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor();
ses.scheduleWithFixedDelay(
    new Runnable() {
        public void run() {
            for (Key key : graphs.asMap().keySet()) {
                graphs.refresh(key);
            }
        }
    }, 0, UPDATE_INTERVAL, TimeUnit.MINUTES);