=head1 NAME

Cache::Null - Null implementation of the Cache interface

=head1 SYNOPSIS

  use Cache::Null;

  my $cache = Cache::Null->new();

See Cache for the usage synopsis.

=head1 DESCRIPTION

The Cache::Null class implements the Cache interface, but does not actually
persist data.  This is useful when developing and debugging a system and you
wish to easily turn off caching.  As a result, all calls return results
indicating that there is no data stored.

=cut
package Cache::Null;

require 5.005;
use strict;
use warnings;
use Cache::Null::Entry;

use base qw(Cache);
use fields qw(cache_root);

our $VERSION = '2.00';

=head1 CONSTRUCTOR

  my $cache = Cache::Null->new( %options )

The constructor takes cache properties as named arguments, for example:

  my $cache = Cache::Null->new( default_expires => '600 sec' );

See 'PROPERTIES' below and in the Cache documentation for a list of all
available properties that can be set.  However it should be noted that all the
existing properties, such as default_expires, have no effect in a Null cache.

=cut

sub new {
    my Cache::Null $self = shift;
    my $args = $#_? { @_ } : shift;

    $self = fields::new($self) unless ref $self;
    $self->SUPER::new($args);

    return $self;
}

=head1 METHODS

See 'Cache' for the API documentation.

=cut

sub entry {
    my Cache::Null $self = shift;
    my ($key) = @_;
    return Cache::Null::Entry->new($self, $key);
}

sub purge {
    #my Cache::Null $self = shift;
}

sub clear {
    #my Cache::Null $self = shift;
}

sub count {
    #my Cache::Null $self = shift;
    return 0;
}

sub size {
    #my Cache::Null $self = shift;
    return 0;
}


# UTILITY METHODS

sub remove_oldest {
    #my Cache::Null $self = shift;
    return undef;
}

sub remove_stalest {
    #my Cache::Null $self = shift;
    return undef;
}



1;
__END__

=head1 SEE ALSO

Cache

=head1 AUTHOR

 Chris Leishman <chris@leishman.org>
 Based on work by DeWitt Clinton <dewitt@unto.net>

=head1 COPYRIGHT

 Copyright (C) 2003 Chris Leishman.  All Rights Reserved.

This module is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
either expressed or implied. This program is free software; you can
redistribute or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

$Id: Null.pm,v 1.1.1.1 2003/06/05 21:46:09 caleishm Exp $

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