symphonycms / symphony-2

symphony/lib/interface/interface.cache.php

<?php

/**
 * @package interface
 */
/**
 * This interface is to be implemented by Extensions who wish to provide
 * cacheable objects for Symphony to use.
 *
 * @since Symphony 2.3.5
 */
interface iCache

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{
    /**
     * Returns the human readable name of this cache type. This is
     * displayed in the system preferences cache options.
     *
     * @return string
     */
    public static function getName();

    /**
     * This function returns all the settings of the current Cache
     * instance.
     *
     * @return array
     *  An associative array of settings for this cache where the
     *  key is `getClass` and the value is an associative array of settings,
     *  key being the setting name, value being, the value
     */
    public function settings();

    /**
     * Given the hash of a some data, check to see whether it exists in
     * `tbl_cache`. If no cached object is found, this function will return
     * false, otherwise the cached object will be returned as an array.
     *
     * @param string $hash
     *  The hash of the Cached object, as defined by the user
     * @return array|boolean
     *  An associative array of the cached object including the creation time,
     *  expiry time, the hash and the data. If the object is not found, false will
     *  be returned.
     */
    public function read($hash);

    /**
     * This function will compress data for storage in `tbl_cache`.
     * It is left to the user to define a unique hash for this data so that it can be
     * retrieved in the future. Optionally, a `$ttl` parameter can
     * be passed for this data. If this is omitted, it data is considered to be valid
     * forever. This function utilizes the Mutex class to act as a crude locking
     * mechanism.
     *
     * @see toolkit.Mutex
     * @param string $hash
     *  The hash of the Cached object, as defined by the user
     * @param string $data
     *  The data to be cached, this will be compressed prior to saving.
     * @param integer $ttl
     *  A integer representing how long the data should be valid for in minutes.
     *  By default this is null, meaning the data is valid forever
     * @return boolean
     *  If an error occurs, this function will return false otherwise true
     */
    public function write($hash, $data, $ttl = null);

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    /**
     * Given the hash of a cacheable object, remove it from `tbl_cache`
     * regardless of if it has expired or not. If no $hash is given,
     * this removes all cache objects from `tbl_cache` that have expired.
     * After removing, the function uses the `__optimise` function
     *
     * @see core.Cacheable#optimise()
     * @param string $hash
     *  The hash of the Cached object, as defined by the user
     */
    public function delete($hash);
}