CacheManager manager = CacheManager.getInstance(); URL url = getClass().getResource("/package/anothername.xml"); CacheManager manager = CacheManager.create(url); CacheManager manager = CacheManager.create("src/config/ehcache.xml"); manager.shutdown(); Cache cache = manager.getCache("sampleCache1"); // Cache(String name, int maximumSize, boolean overflowToDisk, // boolean eternal, long timeToLiveSe