Module disco :: Class CacheDictionary

Class CacheDictionary

A dictionary that keeps items around for only a specific time. Lifetime is in minutes. Getrefresh specifies whether to refresh when an item is merely accessed instead of set aswell

Nested Classes

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CacheItem
An object to store cache items and their timeouts

Instance Methods

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__init__(self, lifetime, getrefresh=True)

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cleanup(self)

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_expire_timeout(self, key)
The timeout has expired, remove the object

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_refresh_timeout(self, key)
The object was accessed, refresh the timeout

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__getitem__(self, key)

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__setitem__(self, key, value)

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__delitem__(self, key)

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__contains__(self, key)

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has_key(self, key)

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Method Details

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The timeout has expired, remove the object

_refresh_timeout(self, key)

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The object was accessed, refresh the timeout

getitem(self, key)
(Indexing operator)

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setitem(self, key, value)
(Index assignment operator)

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delitem(self, key)
(Index deletion operator)

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contains(self, key)
(In operator)

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has_key(self, key)

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Class CacheDictionary

__init__(self, lifetime, getrefresh=True) (Constructor)

cleanup(self)

_expire_timeout(self, key)

_refresh_timeout(self, key)

__getitem__(self, key) (Indexing operator)

__setitem__(self, key, value) (Index assignment operator)

__delitem__(self, key) (Index deletion operator)

__contains__(self, key) (In operator)

has_key(self, key)

init(self, lifetime, getrefresh=True)
(Constructor)

getitem(self, key)
(Indexing operator)

setitem(self, key, value)
(Index assignment operator)

delitem(self, key)
(Index deletion operator)

contains(self, key)
(In operator)