diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index b660844369..af034ff5b4 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ task ciBuild {
 
 
 task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
-	gradleVersion = '4.4'
+	gradleVersion = '4.6'
 	distributionType = 'ALL'
 }
 
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 61e0490bbe..9a4163a4f5 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.4-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.6-all.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/internal/QueryResultRegionAccessImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/internal/QueryResultRegionAccessImpl.java
index 54b8692784..7511438b74 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/internal/QueryResultRegionAccessImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/internal/QueryResultRegionAccessImpl.java
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public class QueryResultRegionAccessImpl implements QueryResultRegionAccess {
 
 		try {
 			session.getEventListenerManager().cachePutStart();
-			cacheRegion.getStorageAccess().putIntoCache( key, cacheItem );
+			cacheRegion.putIntoCache( key, cacheItem );
 		}
 		finally {
 			session.getEventListenerManager().cachePutEnd();
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ public class QueryResultRegionAccessImpl implements QueryResultRegionAccess {
 		CacheItem cachedItem = null;
 		try {
 			session.getEventListenerManager().cacheGetStart();
-			cachedItem = (CacheItem) cacheRegion.getStorageAccess().getFromCache( key );
+			cachedItem = (CacheItem) cacheRegion.getFromCache( key );
 		}
 		finally {
 			session.getEventListenerManager().cacheGetEnd( cachedItem != null );
@@ -286,11 +286,6 @@ public class QueryResultRegionAccessImpl implements QueryResultRegionAccess {
 		return "QueryResultsCache(" + cacheRegion.getName() + ')';
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public void clear() throws CacheException {
-		cacheRegion.getStorageAccess().clearCache();
-	}
-
 	public static class CacheItem implements Serializable {
 		private final long timestamp;
 		private final List results;
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/internal/TimestampsRegionAccessEnabledImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/internal/TimestampsRegionAccessEnabledImpl.java
index c6258d98f3..4020b54e78 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/internal/TimestampsRegionAccessEnabledImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/internal/TimestampsRegionAccessEnabledImpl.java
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ package org.hibernate.cache.internal;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 
 import org.hibernate.cache.spi.RegionFactory;
-import org.hibernate.cache.spi.TimestampsRegionAccess;
 import org.hibernate.cache.spi.TimestampsRegion;
+import org.hibernate.cache.spi.TimestampsRegionAccess;
 import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SessionFactoryImplementor;
 import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SharedSessionContractImplementor;
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public class TimestampsRegionAccessEnabledImpl implements TimestampsRegionAccess
 
 				//put() has nowait semantics, is this really appropriate?
 				//note that it needs to be async replication, never local or sync
-				timestampsRegion.getStorageAccess().putIntoCache( space, ts );
+				timestampsRegion.putIntoCache( space, ts );
 			}
 			finally {
 				session.getEventListenerManager().cachePutEnd();
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public class TimestampsRegionAccessEnabledImpl implements TimestampsRegionAccess
 
 			try {
 				session.getEventListenerManager().cachePutStart();
-				timestampsRegion.getStorageAccess().putIntoCache( space, ts );
+				timestampsRegion.putIntoCache( space, ts );
 			}
 			finally {
 				session.getEventListenerManager().cachePutEnd();
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ public class TimestampsRegionAccessEnabledImpl implements TimestampsRegionAccess
 		Long ts = null;
 		try {
 			session.getEventListenerManager().cacheGetStart();
-			ts = (Long) timestampsRegion.getStorageAccess().getFromCache( space );
+			ts = (Long) timestampsRegion.getFromCache( space );
 		}
 		finally {
 			session.getEventListenerManager().cacheGetEnd( ts != null );
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/spi/DirectAccessRegion.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/spi/DirectAccessRegion.java
index 9c173e2c12..8be620ddc6 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/spi/DirectAccessRegion.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/spi/DirectAccessRegion.java
@@ -6,25 +6,20 @@
  */
 package org.hibernate.cache.spi;
 
-import org.hibernate.cache.CacheException;
-import org.hibernate.cache.spi.support.StorageAccess;
-
 /**
  * Specialized Region whose data is accessed directly - not requiring
- * key wrapping, e.g.
+ * key/item wrapping, e.g.
  *
  * @author Steve Ebersole
  */
 public interface DirectAccessRegion extends Region {
-	StorageAccess getStorageAccess();
-
-	@Override
-	default void clear() {
-		getStorageAccess().clearCache();
+	default boolean contains(Object key) {
+		return getFromCache( key ) != null;
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	default void destroy() throws CacheException {
-		getStorageAccess().release();
-	}
+	Object getFromCache(Object key);
+
+	void putIntoCache(Object key, Object value);
+
+	void removeFromCache(Object key);
 }
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/spi/QueryResultRegionAccess.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/spi/QueryResultRegionAccess.java
index 9a5ae4d912..491efe7866 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/spi/QueryResultRegionAccess.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/spi/QueryResultRegionAccess.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public interface QueryResultRegionAccess extends QueryCache {
 	 */
 	@Override
 	default void clear() throws CacheException {
-		getRegion().getStorageAccess().clearCache();
+		getRegion().clear();
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/spi/TimestampsRegionAccess.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/spi/TimestampsRegionAccess.java
index dead81dc94..e7612c8df9 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/spi/TimestampsRegionAccess.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/spi/TimestampsRegionAccess.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public interface TimestampsRegionAccess extends UpdateTimestampsCache {
 
 	@Override
 	default void clear() throws CacheException {
-		getRegion().getStorageAccess().clearCache();
+		getRegion().clear();
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/spi/support/DirectAccessRegionTemplate.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/spi/support/DirectAccessRegionTemplate.java
index 280fcfa0cc..08aef16d69 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/spi/support/DirectAccessRegionTemplate.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cache/spi/support/DirectAccessRegionTemplate.java
@@ -16,4 +16,37 @@ public abstract class DirectAccessRegionTemplate extends AbstractRegion implemen
 	public DirectAccessRegionTemplate(String name, RegionFactory regionFactory) {
 		super( name, regionFactory );
 	}
+
+	public abstract StorageAccess getStorageAccess();
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean contains(Object key) {
+		return getStorageAccess().contains( key );
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object getFromCache(Object key) {
+		return getStorageAccess().getFromCache( key );
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void putIntoCache(Object key, Object value) {
+		getStorageAccess().putIntoCache( key, value );
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void removeFromCache(Object key) {
+		getStorageAccess().removeFromCache( key );
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void clear() {
+		getStorageAccess().clearCache();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void destroy() {
+		getStorageAccess().release();
+	}
+
 }