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NAME
Rose::DB::Object::Cached - Memory cached object representation of a single row in a database table.
SYNOPSIS
package Category;
use base 'Rose::DB::Object::Cached';
__PACKAGE__->meta->setup
(
table => 'categories',
columns =>
[
id => { type => 'int', primary_key => 1 },
name => { type => 'varchar', length => 255 },
description => { type => 'text' },
],
unique_key => 'name',
);
...
$cat1 = Category->new(id => 123,
name => 'Art');
$cat1->save or die $category->error;
$cat2 = Category->new(id => 123);
# This will load from the memory cache, not the database
$cat2->load or die $cat2->error;
# $cat2 is the same object as $cat1
print "Yep, cached" if($cat1 eq $cat2);
# No, really, it's the same object
$cat1->name('Blah');
print $cat2->name; # prints "Blah"
# The object cache supports time-based expiration
Category->cached_objects_expire_in('15 minutes');
$cat1 = Category->new(id => 123);
$cat1->save or $cat1->die;
$cat1->load; # loaded from cache
$cat2 = Category->new(id => 123);
$cat2->load; # loaded from cache
<15 minutes pass>
$cat3 = Category->new(id => 123);
$cat3->load; # NOT loaded from cache
...
DESCRIPTION
"Rose::DB::Object::Cached" is a subclass of Rose::DB::Object that is backed by a write-through memory
cache. Whenever an object is loaded from or saved to the database, it is cached in memory. Any
subsequent attempt to load an object of the same class with the same primary key or unique key value(s)
will give you the cached object instead of loading from the database.
This means that modifications to an object will also modify all other objects in memory that have the
same primary key. The synopsis above highlights this fact.
This class is most useful for encapsulating "read-only" rows, or other data that is updated very
infrequently. In the "Category" example above, it would be inefficient to repeatedly load category
information in a long-running process (such as a mod_perl Apache web server) if that information changes
infrequently.
The memory cache can be cleared for an individual object or all objects of the same class. There is also
support for simple time-based cache expiration. See the clear_object_cache and cached_objects_expire_in
methods for more information.
Only the methods that are overridden or otherwise behaviorally modified are documented here. See the
Rose::DB::Object documentation for the rest.
CLASS METHODS
cached_objects_expire_in [DURATION]
This method controls the expiration of cached objects.
If called with no arguments, the cache expiration limit in seconds is returned. If passed a
DURATION, the cache expiration is set. Valid formats for DURATION are in the form "NUMBER UNIT"
where NUMBER is a positive number and UNIT is one of the following:
s sec secs second seconds
m min mins minute minutes
h hr hrs hour hours
d day days
w wk wks week weeks
y yr yrs year years
All formats of the DURATION argument are converted to seconds. Days are exactly 24 hours, weeks are
7 days, and years are 365 days.
If an object was read from the database the specified number of seconds ago or earlier, it is purged
from the cache and reloaded from the database the next time it is loaded.
A cached_objects_expire_in value of undef or zero means that nothing will ever expire from the object
cache. This is the default.
clear_object_cache
Clear the memory cache for all objects of this class.
OBJECT METHODS
delete [PARAMS]
This method works like the delete method from Rose::DB::Object except that it also calls the forget
method if the object was deleted successfully or did not exist in the first place.
forget
Delete the current object from the memory cache.
load [PARAMS]
Load an object based on either a primary key or a unique key.
If the object exists in the memory cache, the current object "becomes" the cached object. See the
synopsis or description above for more information.
If the object is not in the memory cache, it is loaded from the database. If the load succeeds, it
is also written to the memory cache.
PARAMS are name/value pairs, and are optional. Valid parameters are:
refresh
If set to a true value, then the data is always loaded from the database rather than from the
memory cache. If the load succeeds, the object replaces whatever was in the cache. If it fails,
the cache is not modified.
Returns true if the object was loaded successfully, false if the row could not be loaded or did not
exist in the database. The true value returned on success will be the object itself. If the object
overloads its boolean value such that it is not true, then a true value will be returned instead of
the object itself.
insert [PARAMS]
This method does the same thing as the Rose::DB::Object method of the same name, except that it also
saves the object to the memory cache if the insert succeeds. If it fails, the memory cache is not
modified.
remember
Save the current object to the memory cache without saving it to the database as well. Objects are
cached based on their primary key values and all their unique key values.
remember_all [PARAMS]
Load and remember all objects from this table, optionally filtered by PARAMS which can be any valid
Rose::DB::Object::Manager->get_objects() parameters. Remembered objects will replace any previously
cached objects with the same keys.
remember_by_primary_key [PARAMS]
Save the current object to the memory cache without saving it to the database as well. The object
will be cached based on its primary key value only. This is unlike the remeber method which caches
objects based on their primary key values and all their unique key values.
save [PARAMS]
This method does the same thing as the Rose::DB::Object method of the same name, except that it also
saves the object to the memory cache if the save succeeds. If it fails, the memory cache is not
modified.
update [PARAMS]
This method does the same thing as the Rose::DB::Object method of the same name, except that it also
saves the object to the memory cache if the update succeeds. If it fails, the memory cache is not
modified.
RESERVED METHODS
In addition to the reserved methods listed in the Rose::DB::Object documentation, the following method
names are also reserved for objects that inherit from this class:
cached_objects_expire_in
clear_object_cache
forget
remember
remember_all
remember_by_primary_key
If you have a column with one of these names, you must alias it. See the Rose::DB::Object documentation
for more information on column aliasing and reserved methods.
AUTHOR
John C. Siracusa (siracusa@gmail.com)
LICENSE
Copyright (c) 2010 by John C. Siracusa. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can
redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
perl v5.36.0 2022-10-14 Rose::DB::Object::Cached(3pm)