ICache

Interface for caches that are used to cache values to improve performance.

Description

The ICache interface defines methods for caches that are used to cache values, in order to improve performance.

Instance methods

remove

Removes a value from the cache by its key.

remove(context: Optional[IContext], key: str)

  • context: IContext - (optional) a context to trace execution through a call chain.
  • key: str - a unique value key.

retrieve

Retrieves cached value from the cache using its key. If value is missing in the cache or expired it returns None.

retrieve(context: Optional[IContext], key: str): Any

  • context: IContext - (optional) a context to trace execution through a call chain.
  • key: str - a unique value key.
  • returns: Any - a cached value or None if value wasn’t found or timeout expired.

store

Stores value in the cache with expiration time.

store(context: Optional[IContext], key: str, value: Any, timeout: int): Any

  • context: IContext - (optional) a context to trace execution through a call chain.
  • key: str - a unique value key.
  • value: Any - a value to store.
  • timeout: int - expiration timeout in milliseconds.
  • returns: Any - a cached value stored in the cache.