Package web2py :: Package gluon :: Module cache

Module cache

This file is part of web2py Web Framework (Copyrighted, 2007-2010). Developed by Massimo Di Pierro <mdipierro@cs.depaul.edu>. License: GPL v2

Basic caching classes and methods

Cache - The generic caching object interfacing with the others
CacheInRam - providing caching in ram
CacheInDisk - provides caches on disk
Memcache is also available via a different module (see gluon.contrib.memcache)

When web2py is running on Google App Engine, caching will be provided by the GAE memcache (see gluon.contrib.gae_memcache)

Classes

CacheAbstract
Abstract class for cache implementations.

CacheInRam
Ram based caching

CacheOnDisk
Disk based cache

Cache
Sets up generic caching, creating an instance of both CacheInRam and CacheOnDisk.

Variables

DEFAULT_TIME_EXPIRE = 300