app/django/core/cache/backends/base.py
author Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:50:56 +0000
changeset 590 37735d97b541
parent 323 ff1a9aa48cfd
permissions -rw-r--r--
Created a seperate module for editSelf things This improves the coherency in the user module, while at the same time making it easier to set proper access control for the editSelf related pages. Patch by: Sverre Rabbelier

"Base Cache class."

from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured

class InvalidCacheBackendError(ImproperlyConfigured):
    pass

class BaseCache(object):
    def __init__(self, params):
        timeout = params.get('timeout', 300)
        try:
            timeout = int(timeout)
        except (ValueError, TypeError):
            timeout = 300
        self.default_timeout = timeout

    def add(self, key, value, timeout=None):
        """
        Set a value in the cache if the key does not already exist. If
        timeout is given, that timeout will be used for the key; otherwise
        the default cache timeout will be used.

        Returns True if the value was stored, False otherwise.
        """
        raise NotImplementedError

    def get(self, key, default=None):
        """
        Fetch a given key from the cache. If the key does not exist, return
        default, which itself defaults to None.
        """
        raise NotImplementedError

    def set(self, key, value, timeout=None):
        """
        Set a value in the cache. If timeout is given, that timeout will be
        used for the key; otherwise the default cache timeout will be used.
        """
        raise NotImplementedError

    def delete(self, key):
        """
        Delete a key from the cache, failing silently.
        """
        raise NotImplementedError

    def get_many(self, keys):
        """
        Fetch a bunch of keys from the cache. For certain backends (memcached,
        pgsql) this can be *much* faster when fetching multiple values.

        Returns a dict mapping each key in keys to its value. If the given
        key is missing, it will be missing from the response dict.
        """
        d = {}
        for k in keys:
            val = self.get(k)
            if val is not None:
                d[k] = val
        return d

    def has_key(self, key):
        """
        Returns True if the key is in the cache and has not expired.
        """
        return self.get(key) is not None

    def __contains__(self, key):
        """
        Returns True if the key is in the cache and has not expired.
        """
        # This is a separate method, rather than just a copy of has_key(),
        # so that it always has the same functionality as has_key(), even
        # if a subclass overrides it.
        return self.has_key(key)