# File activesupport/lib/active_support/cache.rb, line 203
def initialize(options = nil)
  @options = options ? normalize_options(options) : {}
  @options[:compress] = true unless @options.key?(:compress)
  @options[:compress_threshold] = DEFAULT_COMPRESS_LIMIT unless @options.key?(:compress_threshold)

  @coder = @options.delete(:coder) { default_coder } || NullCoder
  @coder_supports_compression = @coder.respond_to?(:dump_compressed)
end

Creates a new cache. The options will be passed to any write method calls except for :namespace which can be used to set the global namespace for the cache.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/cache.rb, line 574
def cleanup(options = nil)
  raise NotImplementedError.new("#{self.class.name} does not support cleanup")
end

Cleanups the cache by removing expired entries.

Options are passed to the underlying cache implementation.

Some implementations may not support this method.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/cache.rb, line 584
def clear(options = nil)
  raise NotImplementedError.new("#{self.class.name} does not support clear")
end

Clears the entire cache. Be careful with this method since it could affect other processes if shared cache is being used.

The options hash is passed to the underlying cache implementation.

Some implementations may not support this method.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/cache.rb, line 565
def decrement(name, amount = 1, options = nil)
  raise NotImplementedError.new("#{self.class.name} does not support decrement")
end

Decrements an integer value in the cache.

Options are passed to the underlying cache implementation.

Some implementations may not support this method.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/cache.rb, line 506
def delete(name, options = nil)
  options = merged_options(options)

  instrument(:delete, name) do
    delete_entry(normalize_key(name, options), **options)
  end
end

Deletes an entry in the cache. Returns true if an entry is deleted.

Options are passed to the underlying cache implementation.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/cache.rb, line 547
def delete_matched(matcher, options = nil)
  raise NotImplementedError.new("#{self.class.name} does not support delete_matched")
end

Deletes all entries with keys matching the pattern.

Options are passed to the underlying cache implementation.

Some implementations may not support this method.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/cache.rb, line 517
def delete_multi(names, options = nil)
  options = merged_options(options)
  names.map! { |key| normalize_key(key, options) }

  instrument :delete_multi, names do
    delete_multi_entries(names, **options)
  end
end

Deletes multiple entries in the cache.

Options are passed to the underlying cache implementation.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/cache.rb, line 529
def exist?(name, options = nil)
  options = merged_options(options)

  instrument(:exist?, name) do |payload|
    entry = read_entry(normalize_key(name, options), **options, event: payload)
    (entry && !entry.expired? && !entry.mismatched?(normalize_version(name, options))) || false
  end
end

Returns true if the cache contains an entry for the given key.

Options are passed to the underlying cache implementation.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/cache.rb, line 349
def fetch(name, options = nil, &block)
  if block_given?
    options = merged_options(options)
    key = normalize_key(name, options)

    entry = nil
    instrument(:read, name, options) do |payload|
      cached_entry = read_entry(key, **options, event: payload) unless options[:force]
      entry = handle_expired_entry(cached_entry, key, options)
      entry = nil if entry && entry.mismatched?(normalize_version(name, options))
      payload[:super_operation] = :fetch if payload
      payload[:hit] = !!entry if payload
    end

    if entry
      get_entry_value(entry, name, options)
    else
      save_block_result_to_cache(name, options, &block)
    end
  elsif options && options[:force]
    raise ArgumentError, "Missing block: Calling `Cache#fetch` with `force: true` requires a block."
  else
    read(name, options)
  end
end

Fetches data from the cache, using the given key. If there is data in the cache with the given key, then that data is returned.

If there is no such data in the cache (a cache miss), then nil will be returned. However, if a block has been passed, that block will be passed the key and executed in the event of a cache miss. The return value of the block will be written to the cache under the given cache key, and that return value will be returned.

cache.write('today', 'Monday')
cache.fetch('today')  # => "Monday"

cache.fetch('city')   # => nil
cache.fetch('city') do
  'Duckburgh'
end
cache.fetch('city')   # => "Duckburgh"

You may also specify additional options via the options argument. Setting force: true forces a cache “miss,” meaning we treat the cache value as missing even if it's present. Passing a block is required when force is true so this always results in a cache write.

cache.write('today', 'Monday')
cache.fetch('today', force: true) { 'Tuesday' } # => 'Tuesday'
cache.fetch('today', force: true) # => ArgumentError

The :force option is useful when you're calling some other method to ask whether you should force a cache write. Otherwise, it's clearer to just call Cache#write.

Setting skip_nil: true will not cache nil result:

cache.fetch('foo') { nil }
cache.fetch('bar', skip_nil: true) { nil }
cache.exist?('foo') # => true
cache.exist?('bar') # => false

Setting compress: false disables compression of the cache entry.

Setting :expires_in will set an expiration time on the cache. All caches support auto-expiring content after a specified number of seconds. This value can be specified as an option to the constructor (in which case all entries will be affected), or it can be supplied to the fetch or write method to affect just one entry. :expire_in and :expired_in are aliases for :expires_in.

cache = ActiveSupport::Cache::MemoryStore.new(expires_in: 5.minutes)
cache.write(key, value, expires_in: 1.minute) # Set a lower value for one entry

Setting :expires_at will set an absolute expiration time on the cache. All caches support auto-expiring content after a specified number of seconds. This value can only be supplied to the fetch or write method to affect just one entry.

cache = ActiveSupport::Cache::MemoryStore.new
cache.write(key, value, expires_at: Time.now.at_end_of_hour)

Setting :version verifies the cache stored under name is of the same version. nil is returned on mismatches despite contents. This feature is used to support recyclable cache keys.

Setting :race_condition_ttl is very useful in situations where a cache entry is used very frequently and is under heavy load. If a cache expires and due to heavy load several different processes will try to read data natively and then they all will try to write to cache. To avoid that case the first process to find an expired cache entry will bump the cache expiration time by the value set in :race_condition_ttl. Yes, this process is extending the time for a stale value by another few seconds. Because of extended life of the previous cache, other processes will continue to use slightly stale data for a just a bit longer. In the meantime that first process will go ahead and will write into cache the new value. After that all the processes will start getting the new value. The key is to keep :race_condition_ttl small.

If the process regenerating the entry errors out, the entry will be regenerated after the specified number of seconds. Also note that the life of stale cache is extended only if it expired recently. Otherwise a new value is generated and :race_condition_ttl does not play any role.

# Set all values to expire after one minute.
cache = ActiveSupport::Cache::MemoryStore.new(expires_in: 1.minute)

cache.write('foo', 'original value')
val_1 = nil
val_2 = nil
sleep 60

Thread.new do
  val_1 = cache.fetch('foo', race_condition_ttl: 10.seconds) do
    sleep 1
    'new value 1'
  end
end

Thread.new do
  val_2 = cache.fetch('foo', race_condition_ttl: 10.seconds) do
    'new value 2'
  end
end

cache.fetch('foo') # => "original value"
sleep 10 # First thread extended the life of cache by another 10 seconds
cache.fetch('foo') # => "new value 1"
val_1 # => "new value 1"
val_2 # => "original value"

Other options will be handled by the specific cache store implementation. Internally, fetch calls read_entry, and calls write_entry on a cache miss. options will be passed to the read and write calls.

For example, MemCacheStore's write method supports the :raw option, which tells the memcached server to store all values as strings. We can use this option with fetch too:

cache = ActiveSupport::Cache::MemCacheStore.new
cache.fetch("foo", force: true, raw: true) do
  :bar
end
cache.fetch('foo') # => "bar"

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/cache.rb, line 469
def fetch_multi(*names)
  raise ArgumentError, "Missing block: `Cache#fetch_multi` requires a block." unless block_given?

  options = names.extract_options!
  options = merged_options(options)

  instrument :read_multi, names, options do |payload|
    reads   = read_multi_entries(names, **options)
    writes  = {}
    ordered = names.index_with do |name|
      reads.fetch(name) { writes[name] = yield(name) }
    end

    payload[:hits] = reads.keys
    payload[:super_operation] = :fetch_multi

    write_multi(writes, options)

    ordered
  end
end

Fetches data from the cache, using the given keys. If there is data in the cache with the given keys, then that data is returned. Otherwise, the supplied block is called for each key for which there was no data, and the result will be written to the cache and returned. Therefore, you need to pass a block that returns the data to be written to the cache. If you do not want to write the cache when the cache is not found, use read_multi.

Returns a hash with the data for each of the names. For example:

cache.write("bim", "bam")
cache.fetch_multi("bim", "unknown_key") do |key|
  "Fallback value for key: #{key}"
end
# => { "bim" => "bam",
#      "unknown_key" => "Fallback value for key: unknown_key" }

Options are passed to the underlying cache implementation. For example:

cache.fetch_multi("fizz", expires_in: 5.seconds) do |key|
  "buzz"
end
# => {"fizz"=>"buzz"}
cache.read("fizz")
# => "buzz"
sleep(6)
cache.read("fizz")
# => nil

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/cache.rb, line 556
def increment(name, amount = 1, options = nil)
  raise NotImplementedError.new("#{self.class.name} does not support increment")
end

Increments an integer value in the cache.

Options are passed to the underlying cache implementation.

Some implementations may not support this method.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/cache.rb, line 219
def mute
  previous_silence, @silence = defined?(@silence) && @silence, true
  yield
ensure
  @silence = previous_silence
end

Silences the logger within a block.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/cache.rb, line 384
def read(name, options = nil)
  options = merged_options(options)
  key     = normalize_key(name, options)
  version = normalize_version(name, options)

  instrument(:read, name, options) do |payload|
    entry = read_entry(key, **options, event: payload)

    if entry
      if entry.expired?
        delete_entry(key, **options)
        payload[:hit] = false if payload
        nil
      elsif entry.mismatched?(version)
        payload[:hit] = false if payload
        nil
      else
        payload[:hit] = true if payload
        entry.value
      end
    else
      payload[:hit] = false if payload
      nil
    end
  end
end

Reads data from the cache, using the given key. If there is data in the cache with the given key, then that data is returned. Otherwise, nil is returned.

Note, if data was written with the :expires_in or :version options, both of these conditions are applied before the data is returned.

Options are passed to the underlying cache implementation.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/cache.rb, line 417
def read_multi(*names)
  options = names.extract_options!
  options = merged_options(options)

  instrument :read_multi, names, options do |payload|
    read_multi_entries(names, **options, event: payload).tap do |results|
      payload[:hits] = results.keys
    end
  end
end

Reads multiple values at once from the cache. Options can be passed in the last argument.

Some cache implementation may optimize this method.

Returns a hash mapping the names provided to the values found.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/cache.rb, line 213
def silence!
  @silence = true
  self
end

Silences the logger.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/cache.rb, line 494
def write(name, value, options = nil)
  options = merged_options(options)

  instrument(:write, name, options) do
    entry = Entry.new(value, **options.merge(version: normalize_version(name, options)))
    write_entry(normalize_key(name, options), entry, **options)
  end
end

Writes the value to the cache, with the key.

Options are passed to the underlying cache implementation.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/cache.rb, line 429
def write_multi(hash, options = nil)
  options = merged_options(options)

  instrument :write_multi, hash, options do |payload|
    entries = hash.each_with_object({}) do |(name, value), memo|
      memo[normalize_key(name, options)] = Entry.new(value, **options.merge(version: normalize_version(name, options)))
    end

    write_multi_entries entries, **options
  end
end

Cache Storage API to write multiple values at once.

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/cache.rb, line 597
def key_matcher(pattern, options) # :doc:
  prefix = options[:namespace].is_a?(Proc) ? options[:namespace].call : options[:namespace]
  if prefix
    source = pattern.source
    if source.start_with?("^")
      source = source[1, source.length]
    else
      source = ".*#{source[0, source.length]}"
    end
    Regexp.new("^#{Regexp.escape(prefix)}:#{source}", pattern.options)
  else
    pattern
  end
end

Adds the namespace defined in the options to a pattern designed to match keys. Implementations that support delete_matched should call this method to translate a pattern that matches names into one that matches namespaced keys.