CacheEntry

Data object to store cached values with their keys used by MemoryCache

Description

TODO: add description

Constructors

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

NewCacheEntry[T any](key string, value T, timeout int64) *CacheEntry[T]

  • key: string - a unique key to locate the value.
  • value: T - a value to be stored.
  • timeout: int64 - expiration timeout in milliseconds.

Instance methods

Key

Gets the key to locate the cached value.

(c *CacheEntry[T]) Key() string

  • returns: string - the value key.

Value

Gets the cached value.

func (c *CacheEntry[T]) Value() T

  • returns: any - the value object.

Expiration

Gets the expiration timeout.

func (c *CacheEntry[T]) Expiration() time.Time

  • returns: time -Time the expiration timeout in milliseconds.

setValue

Sets a new value and extends its expiration.

(c *CacheEntry[T]) SetValue(value T, timeout int64)

  • value: T - a new cached value.
  • timeout: int64 - a expiration timeout in milliseconds.

isExpired

Checks if this value already expired.

func (c *CacheEntry[T]) IsExpired() bool

  • returns: boolean - true if the value already expires and false otherwise.