app/django/core/cache/__init__.py
author Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:59:34 +0000
changeset 553 c0cc20b4afc9
parent 323 ff1a9aa48cfd
permissions -rw-r--r--
Make redirect generic using the new Lists object This makes it possible (and easier) to have the list view redirect to any page specially tailored to the current item. Patch by: Sverre Rabbelier

"""
Caching framework.

This package defines set of cache backends that all conform to a simple API.
In a nutshell, a cache is a set of values -- which can be any object that
may be pickled -- identified by string keys.  For the complete API, see
the abstract BaseCache class in django.core.cache.backends.base.

Client code should not access a cache backend directly; instead it should
either use the "cache" variable made available here, or it should use the
get_cache() function made available here. get_cache() takes a backend URI
(e.g. "memcached://127.0.0.1:11211/") and returns an instance of a backend
cache class.

See docs/cache.txt for information on the public API.
"""

from cgi import parse_qsl
from django.conf import settings
from django.core import signals
from django.core.cache.backends.base import InvalidCacheBackendError

# Name for use in settings file --> name of module in "backends" directory.
# Any backend scheme that is not in this dictionary is treated as a Python
# import path to a custom backend.
BACKENDS = {
    'memcached': 'memcached',
    'locmem': 'locmem',
    'file': 'filebased',
    'db': 'db',
    'dummy': 'dummy',
}

def get_cache(backend_uri):
    if backend_uri.find(':') == -1:
        raise InvalidCacheBackendError, "Backend URI must start with scheme://"
    scheme, rest = backend_uri.split(':', 1)
    if not rest.startswith('//'):
        raise InvalidCacheBackendError, "Backend URI must start with scheme://"

    host = rest[2:]
    qpos = rest.find('?')
    if qpos != -1:
        params = dict(parse_qsl(rest[qpos+1:]))
        host = rest[2:qpos]
    else:
        params = {}
    if host.endswith('/'):
        host = host[:-1]

    if scheme in BACKENDS:
        module = __import__('django.core.cache.backends.%s' % BACKENDS[scheme], {}, {}, [''])
    else:
        module = __import__(scheme, {}, {}, [''])
    return getattr(module, 'CacheClass')(host, params)

cache = get_cache(settings.CACHE_BACKEND)

# Some caches -- pythont-memcached in particular -- need to do a cleanup at the
# end of a request cycle. If the cache provides a close() method, wire it up
# here.
if hasattr(cache, 'close'):
    signals.request_finished.connect(cache.close)