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Posted to modperl@perl.apache.org by DeWitt Clinton <de...@unto.net> on 2001/03/17 17:01:34 UTC
[ANNOUNCE] Cache-Cache-0.04
Summary:
The Perl Cache package provides Cache::Cache, a generic interface
for creating persistent data stores. This interface is implemented
by the Cache::MemoryCache, Cache::SharedMemoryCache, Cache::FileCache,
Cache::SizeAwareFileCache, Cache::SizeAwareMemoryCache, and
Cache::SizeAwareSharedMemoryCache classes. This work replaces
File::Cache and IPC::Cache.
Release Notes:
This release offers two new classes, the SizeAwareMemoryCache
and the SizeAwareSharedMemoryCache, replaces the Data::Dumper
persistence mechanism with Storable, and adds a new
SizeAwareCache interface, plus some small bug fixes.
Project Homepage:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/perl-cache/
Tar/GZ:
http://ftp1.sourceforge.net/perl-cache/Cache-Cache-0.04.tar.gz
Changelog:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=27594
CVS tree (cvsweb):
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi?cvsroot=perl-cache
The following is the Cache-Cache-0.04 README file:
Copyright (C) 2001 DeWitt Clinton All Rights Reserved
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option)
any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
NAME
Cache::Cache
DESCRIPTION
The Perl Cache package provides Cache::Cache, a generic interface
for creating persistent data stores. This interface is implemented
by the Cache::MemoryCache, Cache::SharedMemoryCache, Cache::FileCache,
Cache::SizeAwareFileCache, Cache::SizeAwareMemoryCache, and
Cache::SizeAwareSharedMemoryCache classes. This work replaces
File::Cache and IPC::Cache.
REQUIREMENTS
Digest::MD5
File::Spec
File::Path
IPC::Shareable
Storable
INSTALLATION
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install
USAGE
First, choose the best type of cache implementation for your needs.
The simplest cache is the MemoryCache, which is suitable for
applications that are serving multiple sequential requests, and
which to avoid making redundant expensive queries, such as an
Apache/mod_perl application talking to a database. If you wish to
share that data between processes, then perhaps the
SharedMemoryCache is appropriate, although its behavior is tightly
bound to the underlying IPC mechanism, which varies from system to
system, and is unsuitable for large objects or large numbers of
objects. When the SharedMemoryCache is not acceptable, then
FileCache offers all of the same functionality with similar
performance metrics, and it is not limited in terms of the number of
objects or their size. If you wish to maintain a strict limit on
the size of a file system based cache, then the SizeAwareFileCache
is the way to go. Similarly, the SizeAwareMemoryCache and the
SizeAwareSharedMemoryCache add size management functionality
to the MemoryCache and SharedMemoryCache classes respectively.
Using a cache is simple. Here is some sample code for instantiating
and using a MemoryCache:
use Cache::Cache qw( $EXPIRES_NEVER $EXPIRES_NOW );
use Cache::MemoryCache;
my $options_hash_ref = { 'default_expires_in' => '10 seconds' };
my $cache = new Cache::MemoryCache( $options_hash_ref );
my $expires_in = '10 minutes';
$cache->set( 'Key', 'Value', $expires_in );
# if the next line is called within 10 minutes, then this
# will return the cache value
my $value = $cache->get( 'Key' );
Please refer to the perldoc for Cache::Cache and the related
implementations for complete documentation.
SEE ALSO
File::Cache and IPC::Cache
AUTHOR
Original author: DeWitt Clinton <de...@unto.net>
Last author: $Author: dclinton $
Copyright (C) 2001 DeWitt Clinton