. /** * Cache API interfaces * * This file is part of Moodle's cache API, affectionately called MUC. * It contains the components that are requried in order to use caching. * * @package core * @category cache * @copyright 2012 Sam Hemelryk * @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later */ defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die(); /** * Cache Loader. * * This cache loader interface provides the required structure for classes that wish to be interacted with as a * means of accessing and interacting with a cache. * * Can be implemented by any class wishing to be a cache loader. */ interface cache_loader { /** * Retrieves the value for the given key from the cache. * * @param string|int $key The key for the data being requested. * @param int $strictness One of IGNORE_MISSING or MUST_EXIST. * @return mixed The data retrieved from the cache, or false if the key did not exist within the cache. * If MUST_EXIST was used then an exception will be thrown if the key does not exist within the cache. */ public function get($key, $strictness = IGNORE_MISSING); /** * Retrieves an array of values for an array of keys. * * Using this function comes with potential performance implications. * Not all cache stores will support get_many/set_many operations and in order to replicate this functionality will call * the equivalent singular method for each item provided. * This should not deter you from using this function as there is a performance benefit in situations where the cache * store does support it, but you should be aware of this fact. * * @param array $keys The keys of the data being requested. * @param int $strictness One of IGNORE_MISSING or MUST_EXIST. * @return array An array of key value pairs for the items that could be retrieved from the cache. * If MUST_EXIST was used and not all keys existed within the cache then an exception will be thrown. * Otherwise any key that did not exist will have a data value of false within the results. */ public function get_many(array $keys, $strictness = IGNORE_MISSING); /** * Sends a key => value pair to the cache. * * * // This code will add four entries to the cache, one for each url. * $cache->set('main', 'http://moodle.org'); * $cache->set('docs', 'http://docs.moodle.org'); * $cache->set('tracker', 'http://tracker.moodle.org'); * $cache->set('qa', 'http://qa.moodle.net'); * * * @param string|int $key The key for the data being requested. * @param mixed $data The data to set against the key. * @return bool True on success, false otherwise. */ public function set($key, $data); /** * Sends several key => value pairs to the cache. * * Using this function comes with potential performance implications. * Not all cache stores will support get_many/set_many operations and in order to replicate this functionality will call * the equivalent singular method for each item provided. * This should not deter you from using this function as there is a performance benefit in situations where the cache store * does support it, but you should be aware of this fact. * * * // This code will add four entries to the cache, one for each url. * $cache->set_many(array( * 'main' => 'http://moodle.org', * 'docs' => 'http://docs.moodle.org', * 'tracker' => 'http://tracker.moodle.org', * 'qa' => ''http://qa.moodle.net' * )); * * * @param array $keyvaluearray An array of key => value pairs to send to the cache. * @return int The number of items successfully set. It is up to the developer to check this matches the number of items. * ... if they care that is. */ public function set_many(array $keyvaluearray); /** * Test is a cache has a key. * * The use of the has methods is strongly discouraged. In a high load environment the cache may well change between the * test and any subsequent action (get, set, delete etc). * Instead it is recommended to write your code in such a way they it performs the following steps: *
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  1. Attempt to retrieve the information.
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* * Its also worth mentioning that not all stores support key tests. * For stores that don't support key tests this functionality is mimicked by using the equivalent get method. * Just one more reason you should not use these methods unless you have a very good reason to do so. * * @param string|int $key * @return bool True if the cache has the requested key, false otherwise. */ public function has($key); /** * Test if a cache has at least one of the given keys. * * It is strongly recommended to avoid the use of this function if not absolutely required. * In a high load environment the cache may well change between the test and any subsequent action (get, set, delete etc). * * Its also worth mentioning that not all stores support key tests. * For stores that don't support key tests this functionality is mimicked by using the equivalent get method. * Just one more reason you should not use these methods unless you have a very good reason to do so. * * @param array $keys * @return bool True if the cache has at least one of the given keys */ public function has_any(array $keys); /** * Test is a cache has all of the given keys. * * It is strongly recommended to avoid the use of this function if not absolutely required. * In a high load environment the cache may well change between the test and any subsequent action (get, set, delete etc). * * Its also worth mentioning that not all stores support key tests. * For stores that don't support key tests this functionality is mimicked by using the equivalent get method. * Just one more reason you should not use these methods unless you have a very good reason to do so. * * @param array $keys * @return bool True if the cache has all of the given keys, false otherwise. */ public function has_all(array $keys); /** * Delete the given key from the cache. * * @param string|int $key The key to delete. * @param bool $recurse When set to true the key will also be deleted from all stacked cache loaders and their stores. * This happens by default and ensure that all the caches are consistent. It is NOT recommended to change this. * @return bool True of success, false otherwise. */ public function delete($key, $recurse = true); /** * Delete all of the given keys from the cache. * * @param array $keys The key to delete. * @param bool $recurse When set to true the key will also be deleted from all stacked cache loaders and their stores. * This happens by default and ensure that all the caches are consistent. It is NOT recommended to change this. * @return int The number of items successfully deleted. */ public function delete_many(array $keys, $recurse = true); } /** * Cache Loader supporting locking. * * This interface should be given to classes already implementing cache_loader that also wish to support locking. * It outlines the required structure for utilising locking functionality when using a cache. * * Can be implemented by any class already implementing the cache_loader interface. */ interface cache_loader_with_locking { /** * Acquires a lock for the given key. * * Please note that this happens automatically if the cache definition requires locking. * it is still made a public method so that adhoc caches can use it if they choose. * However this doesn't guarantee consistent access. It will become the reponsiblity of the calling code to ensure locks * are acquired, checked, and released. * * @param string|int $key * @return bool True if the lock could be acquired, false otherwise. */ public function acquire_lock($key); /** * Checks if the cache loader owns the lock for the given key. * * Please note that this happens automatically if the cache definition requires locking. * it is still made a public method so that adhoc caches can use it if they choose. * However this doesn't guarantee consistent access. It will become the reponsiblity of the calling code to ensure locks * are acquired, checked, and released. * * @param string|int $key * @return bool True if this code has the lock, false if there is a lock but this code doesn't have it, * null if there is no lock. */ public function check_lock_state($key); /** * Releases the lock for the given key. * * Please note that this happens automatically if the cache definition requires locking. * it is still made a public method so that adhoc caches can use it if they choose. * However this doesn't guarantee consistent access. It will become the reponsiblity of the calling code to ensure locks * are acquired, checked, and released. * * @param string|int $key * @return bool True if the lock has been released, false if there was a problem releasing the lock. */ public function release_lock($key); } /** * Cache store. * * This interface outlines the requirements for a cache store plugin. * It must be implemented by all such plugins and provides a reference to interacting with cache stores. * * Must be implemented by all cache store plugins. * * @package core * @category cache * @copyright 2012 Sam Hemelryk * @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later */ interface cache_store { /**#@+ * Constants for features a cache store can support */ /** * Supports multi-part keys */ const SUPPORTS_MULTIPLE_IDENTIFIERS = 1; /** * Ensures data remains in the cache once set. */ const SUPPORTS_DATA_GUARANTEE = 2; /** * Supports a native ttl system. */ const SUPPORTS_NATIVE_TTL = 4; /**#@-*/ /**#@+ * Constants for the modes of a cache store */ /** * Application caches. These are shared caches. */ const MODE_APPLICATION = 1; /** * Session caches. Just access to the PHP session. */ const MODE_SESSION = 2; /** * Request caches. Static caches really. */ const MODE_REQUEST = 4; /**#@-*/ /** * Static method to check if the store requirements are met. * * @return bool True if the stores software/hardware requirements have been met and it can be used. False otherwise. */ public static function are_requirements_met(); /** * Static method to check if a store is usable with the given mode. * * @param int $mode One of cache_store::MODE_* */ public static function is_supported_mode($mode); /** * Returns the supported features as a binary flag. * * @param array $configuration The configuration of a store to consider specifically. * @return int The supported features. */ public static function get_supported_features(array $configuration = array()); /** * Returns the supported modes as a binary flag. * * @param array $configuration The configuration of a store to consider specifically. * @return int The supported modes. */ public static function get_supported_modes(array $configuration = array()); /** * Returns true if this cache store instance supports multiple identifiers. * * @return bool */ public function supports_multiple_indentifiers(); /** * Returns true if this cache store instance promotes data guarantee. * * @return bool */ public function supports_data_guarantee(); /** * Returns true if this cache store instance supports ttl natively. * * @return bool */ public function supports_native_ttl(); /** * Used to control the ability to add an instance of this store through the admin interfaces. * * @return bool True if the user can add an instance, false otherwise. */ public static function can_add_instance(); /** * Constructs an instance of the cache store. * * This method should not create connections or perform and processing, it should be used * * @param string $name The name of the cache store * @param array $configuration The configuration for this store instance. */ public function __construct($name, array $configuration = array()); /** * Returns the name of this store instance. * @return string */ public function my_name(); /** * Initialises a new instance of the cache store given the definition the instance is to be used for. * * This function should prepare any given connections etc. * * @param cache_definition $definition */ public function initialise(cache_definition $definition); /** * Returns true if this cache store instance has been initialised. * @return bool */ public function is_initialised(); /** * Returns true if this cache store instance is ready to use. * @return bool */ public function is_ready(); /** * Retrieves an item from the cache store given its key. * * @param string $key The key to retrieve * @return mixed The data that was associated with the key, or false if the key did not exist. */ public function get($key); /** * Retrieves several items from the cache store in a single transaction. * * If not all of the items are available in the cache then the data value for those that are missing will be set to false. * * @param array $keys The array of keys to retrieve * @return array An array of items from the cache. There will be an item for each key, those that were not in the store will * be set to false. */ public function get_many($keys); /** * Sets an item in the cache given its key and data value. * * @param string $key The key to use. * @param mixed $data The data to set. * @return bool True if the operation was a success false otherwise. */ public function set($key, $data); /** * Sets many items in the cache in a single transaction. * * @param array $keyvaluearray An array of key value pairs. Each item in the array will be an associative array with two * keys, 'key' and 'value'. * @return int The number of items successfully set. It is up to the developer to check this matches the number of items * sent ... if they care that is. */ public function set_many(array $keyvaluearray); /** * Deletes an item from the cache store. * * @param string $key The key to delete. * @return bool Returns true if the operation was a success, false otherwise. */ public function delete($key); /** * Deletes several keys from the cache in a single action. * * @param array $keys The keys to delete * @return int The number of items successfully deleted. */ public function delete_many(array $keys); /** * Purges the cache deleting all items within it. * * @return boolean True on success. False otherwise. */ public function purge(); /** * Performs any necessary clean up when the store instance is being deleted. */ public function cleanup(); /** * Generates an instance of the cache store that can be used for testing. * * Returns an instance of the cache store, or false if one cannot be created. * * @param cache_definition $definition * @return cache_store|false */ public static function initialise_test_instance(cache_definition $definition); } /** * Cache store feature: locking * * This is a feature that cache stores can implement if they wish to support locking themselves rather * than having the cache loader handle it for them. * * Can be implemented by classes already implementing cache_store. */ interface cache_is_lockable { /** * Acquires a lock on the given key for the given identifier. * * @param string $key The key we are locking. * @param string $ownerid The identifier so we can check if we have the lock or if it is someone else. * The use of this property is entirely optional and implementations can act as they like upon it. * @return bool True if the lock could be acquired, false otherwise. */ public function acquire_lock($key, $ownerid); /** * Test if there is already a lock for the given key and if there is whether it belongs to the calling code. * * @param string $key The key we are locking. * @param string $ownerid The identifier so we can check if we have the lock or if it is someone else. * @return bool True if this code has the lock, false if there is a lock but this code doesn't have it, null if there * is no lock. */ public function check_lock_state($key, $ownerid); /** * Releases the lock on the given key. * * @param string $key The key we are locking. * @param string $ownerid The identifier so we can check if we have the lock or if it is someone else. * The use of this property is entirely optional and implementations can act as they like upon it. * @return bool True if the lock has been released, false if there was a problem releasing the lock. */ public function release_lock($key, $ownerid); } /** * Cache store feature: key awareness. * * This is a feature that cache stores and cache loaders can both choose to implement. * If a cache store implements this then it will be made responsible for tests for items within the cache. * If the cache store being used doesn't implement this then it will be the responsibility of the cache loader to use the * equivalent get methods to mimick the functionality of these tests. * * Cache stores should only override these methods if they natively support such features or if they have a better performing * means of performing these tests than the handling that would otherwise take place in the cache_loader. * * Can be implemented by classes already implementing cache_store. */ interface cache_is_key_aware { /** * Test is a cache has a key. * * The use of the has methods is strongly discouraged. In a high load environment the cache may well change between the * test and any subsequent action (get, set, delete etc). * Instead it is recommended to write your code in such a way they it performs the following steps: *
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  1. Attempt to retrieve the information.
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  3. Generate the information.
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  5. Attempt to set the information
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* * Its also worth mentioning that not all stores support key tests. * For stores that don't support key tests this functionality is mimicked by using the equivalent get method. * Just one more reason you should not use these methods unless you have a very good reason to do so. * * @param string|int $key * @return bool True if the cache has the requested key, false otherwise. */ public function has($key); /** * Test if a cache has at least one of the given keys. * * It is strongly recommended to avoid the use of this function if not absolutely required. * In a high load environment the cache may well change between the test and any subsequent action (get, set, delete etc). * * Its also worth mentioning that not all stores support key tests. * For stores that don't support key tests this functionality is mimicked by using the equivalent get method. * Just one more reason you should not use these methods unless you have a very good reason to do so. * * @param array $keys * @return bool True if the cache has at least one of the given keys */ public function has_any(array $keys); /** * Test is a cache has all of the given keys. * * It is strongly recommended to avoid the use of this function if not absolutely required. * In a high load environment the cache may well change between the test and any subsequent action (get, set, delete etc). * * Its also worth mentioning that not all stores support key tests. * For stores that don't support key tests this functionality is mimicked by using the equivalent get method. * Just one more reason you should not use these methods unless you have a very good reason to do so. * * @param array $keys * @return bool True if the cache has all of the given keys, false otherwise. */ public function has_all(array $keys); } /** * Cache Data Source. * * The cache data source interface can be implemented by any class within Moodle. * If implemented then the class can be reference in a cache definition and will be used to load information that cannot be * retrieved from the cache. As part of its retrieval that information will also be loaded into the cache. * * This allows developers to created a complete cache solution that can be used through code ensuring consistent cache * interaction and loading. Allowing them in turn to centralise code and help keeps things more easily maintainable. * * Can be implemented by any class. * * @package core * @category cache * @copyright 2012 Sam Hemelryk * @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later */ interface cache_data_source { /** * Returns an instance of the data source class that the cache can use for loading data using the other methods * specified by this interface. * * @param cache_definition $definition * @return object */ public static function get_instance_for_cache(cache_definition $definition); /** * Loads the data for the key provided ready formatted for caching. * * @param string|int $key The key to load. * @return mixed What ever data should be returned, or false if it can't be loaded. */ public function load_for_cache($key); /** * Loads several keys for the cache. * * @param array $keys An array of keys each of which will be string|int. * @return array An array of matching data items. */ public function load_many_for_cache(array $keys); } /** * Cacheable object. * * This interface can be implemented by any class that is going to be passed into a cache and allows it to take control of the * structure and the information about to be cached, as well as how to deal with it when it is retrieved from a cache. * Think of it like serialisation and the __sleep and __wakeup methods. * This is used because cache stores are responsible for how they interact with data and what they do when storing it. This * interface ensures there is always a guaranteed action. */ interface cacheable_object { /** * Prepares the object for caching. Works like the __sleep method. * * @return mixed The data to cache, can be anything except a class that implements the cacheable_object... that would * be dumb. */ public function prepare_to_cache(); /** * Takes the data provided by prepare_to_cache and reinitialises an instance of the associated from it. * * @param mixed $data * @return object The instance for the given data. */ public static function wake_from_cache($data); } /** * Cache lock interface * * This interface needs to be inherited by all cache lock plugins. */ interface cache_lock_interface { /** * Constructs an instance of the cache lock given its name and its configuration data * * @param string $name The unique name of the lock instance * @param array $configuration */ public function __construct($name, array $configuration = array()); /** * Acquires a lock on a given key. * * @param string $key The key to acquire a lock for. * @param string $ownerid An unique identifier for the owner of this lock. It is entirely optional for the cache lock plugin * to use this. Each implementation can decide for themselves. * @param bool $block If set to true the application will wait until a lock can be acquired * @return bool True if the lock can be acquired false otherwise. */ public function lock($key, $ownerid, $block = false); /** * Releases the lock held on a certain key. * * @param string $key The key to release the lock for. * @param string $ownerid An unique identifier for the owner of this lock. It is entirely optional for the cache lock plugin * to use this. Each implementation can decide for themselves. * @param bool $forceunlock If set to true the lock will be removed if it exists regardless of whether or not we own it. */ public function unlock($key, $ownerid, $forceunlock = false); /** * Checks the state of the given key. * * Returns true if the key is locked and belongs to the ownerid. * Returns false if the key is locked but does not belong to the ownerid. * Returns null if there is no lock * * @param string $key The key we are checking for. * @param string $ownerid The identifier so we can check if we have the lock or if it is someone else. * @return bool True if this code has the lock, false if there is a lock but this code doesn't have it, null if there * is no lock. */ public function check_state($key, $ownerid); /** * Cleans up any left over locks. * * This function MUST clean up any locks that have been acquired and not released during processing. * Although the situation of acquiring a lock and not releasing it should be insanely rare we need to deal with it. * Things such as unfortunate timeouts etc could cause this situation. */ public function __destruct(); }