Cheetah.CacheRegion module

Cache holder classes for Cheetah:

Cache regions are defined using the #cache Cheetah directive. Each cache region can be viewed as a dictionary (keyed by cacheRegionID) handling at least one cache item (the default one). It’s possible to add cacheItems in a region by using the varyBy #cache directive parameter as in the following example:

#def getArticle
   this is the article content.
#end def

#cache varyBy=$getArticleID()
   $getArticle($getArticleID())
#end cache

The code above will generate a CacheRegion and add new cacheItem for each value of $getArticleID().

class Cheetah.CacheRegion.CacheItem(cacheItemID, cacheStore)

Bases: object

A CacheItem is a container storing:

• cacheID (string)
• refreshTime (timestamp or None) : last time the cache was refreshed
• data (string) : the content of the cache

clear()

getData()

getExpiryTime()

getRefreshTime()

hasExpired()

renderOutput()

Can be overridden to implement edge-caching

setData(data)

setExpiryTime(time)

class Cheetah.CacheRegion.CacheRegion(regionID, templateCacheIdPrefix='', cacheStore=None)

Bases: object

A CacheRegion stores some CacheItem instances.

This implementation stores the data in the memory of the current process. If you need a more advanced data store, create a cacheStore class that works with Cheetah’s CacheStore protocol and provide it as the cacheStore argument to __init__. For example you could use Cheetah.CacheStore.MemcachedCacheStore, a wrapper around the Python memcached API (http://www.danga.com/memcached).

clear()

drop all the caches stored in this cache region

getCacheItem(cacheItemID)

Lazy access to a cacheItem

Try to find a cache in the stored caches. If it doesn’t exist, it’s created.

Returns a CacheItem instance.

isNew()