CacheEntry

Description

The CacheEntry class allows you to create a data object that can be used to store cached values with their keys used by MemoryCache.

Constructors

Creates a new instance of the cache entry and assigns its values.

CacheEntry(key: str, value: str, timeout: int)

• key: str - a unique key to locate the value.
• value: str - a value to be stored.
• timeout: int - expiration timeout in milliseconds.

Instance methods

get_expiration

Gets the expiration timeout.

get_expiration(): int

• returns: int - the expiration timeout in milliseconds.

get_key

Gets the key to locate the cached value.

get_key(): str

• returns: str - the value key.

get_value

Gets the cached value.

get_value(): Any

• returns: Any - the value object.

is_expired

Checks if this value has already expired.

is_expired(): bool

• returns: bool - true if the value has already expired and false otherwise.

set_value

Sets a new value and extends its expiration.

set_value(value: Any, timeout: int)

• value: Any - a new cached value.
• timeout: int - a expiration timeout in milliseconds.