package App::Cache; use strict; use warnings; use File::Find::Rule; use File::HomeDir; use File::Path qw( mkpath ); use File::stat; use HTTP::Cookies; use LWP::UserAgent; use Path::Class; use Storable qw(nstore retrieve); use base qw( Class::Accessor::Chained::Fast ); __PACKAGE__->mk_accessors(qw( application directory ttl )); our $VERSION = '0.36'; sub new { my $class = shift; my $self = $class->SUPER::new(@_); unless ( $self->application ) { my $caller = (caller)[0]; $self->application($caller); } unless ( $self->directory ) { my $dir = dir( home(), "." . $self->_clean( $self->application ), "cache" ); $self->directory($dir); } my $dir = $self->directory; unless ( -d "$dir" ) { mkpath("$dir") || die "Error mkdiring " . $self->directory . ": $!"; } return $self; } sub clear { my $self = shift; foreach my $filename ( File::Find::Rule->new->file->in( $self->directory ) ) { unlink($filename) || die "Error unlinking $filename: $!"; } foreach my $dirname ( sort { length($b) <=> length($a) } File::Find::Rule->new->directory->in( $self->directory ) ) { next if $dirname eq $self->directory; rmdir($dirname) || die "Error unlinking $dirname: $!"; } } sub delete { my ( $self, $key ) = @_; my $filename = $self->_clean_filename($key); return unless -f $filename; unlink($filename) || die "Error unlinking $filename: $!"; } sub get { my ( $self, $key ) = @_; my $ttl = $self->ttl || 60 * 30; # default ttl of 30 minutes my $filename = $self->_clean_filename($key); return undef unless -f $filename; my $now = time; my $stat = stat($filename) || die "Error stating $filename: $!"; my $ctime = $stat->ctime; my $age = $now - $ctime; if ( $age < $ttl ) { my $value = retrieve("$filename") || die "Error reading from $filename: $!"; return $value->{value}; } else { $self->delete($key); return undef; } } sub get_code { my ( $self, $key, $code ) = @_; my $data = $self->get($key); unless ($data) { $data = $code->(); $self->set( $key, $data ); } return $data; } sub get_url { my ( $self, $url ) = @_; my $data = $self->get($url); unless ($data) { my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new; $ua->cookie_jar( HTTP::Cookies->new() ); my $response = $ua->get($url); if ( $response->is_success ) { $data = $response->content; } else { die "Error fetching $url: " . $response->status_line; } $self->set( $url, $data ); } return $data; } sub scratch { my $self = shift; my $directory = $self->_clean_filename("_scratch"); unless ( -d $directory ) { mkdir($directory) || die "Error mkdiring $directory: $!"; } return $directory; } sub set { my ( $self, $key, $value ) = @_; my $filename = $self->_clean_filename($key); nstore( { value => $value }, "$filename" ) || die "Error writing to $filename: $!"; } sub _clean { my ( $self, $text ) = @_; $text = lc $text; $text =~ s/[^a-z0-9]+/_/g; return $text; } sub _clean_filename { my ( $self, $key ) = @_; $key = $self->_clean($key); my $filename = file( $self->directory, $key ); return $filename; } 1; __END__ =head1 NAME App::Cache - Easy application-level caching =head1 SYNOPSIS # in your class: my $cache = App::Cache->new({ ttl => 60*60 }); $cache->delete('test'); my $data = $cache->get('test'); my $code = $cache->get_code("code", sub { $self->calculate() }); my $html = $cache->get_url("http://www.google.com/"); $cache->set('test', 'one'); $cache->set('test', { foo => 'bar' }); my $scratch = $cache->scratch; $cache->clear; =head1 DESCRIPTION The L module lets an application cache data locally. There are a few times an application would need to cache data: when it is retrieving information from the network or when it has to complete a large calculation. For example, the L module downloads a file off the net and parses it, creating a data structure. Only then can it actually provide any useful information for the programmer. L uses L to cache both the file download and data structures, providing much faster use when the data is cached. This module stores data in the home directory of the user, in a dot directory. For example, the L cache is actually stored underneath "~/.parse_backpan_packages/cache/". This is so that permisssions are not a problem - it is a per-user, per-application cache. =head1 METHODS =head2 new The constructor creates an L object. It takes three optional parameters: =over =item * ttl contains the number of seconds in which a cache entry expires. The default is 30 minutes. my $cache = App::Cache->new({ ttl => 30*60 }); =item * application sets the application name. If you are calling new() from a class, the application is automagically set to the calling class, so you should rarely need to pass it in: my $cache = App::Cache->new({ application => 'Your::Module' }); =item * directory sets the directory to be used for the cache. Normally this is just set for you and will be based on the application name and be created in the users home directory. Sometimes for testing, it can be useful to set this. my $cache = App::Cache->new({ directory => '/tmp/your/cache/dir' }); =back =head2 clear Clears the cache: $cache->clear; =head2 delete Deletes an entry in the cache: $cache->delete('test'); =head2 get Gets an entry from the cache. Returns undef if the entry does not exist or if it has expired: my $data = $cache->get('test'); =head2 get_code This is a convenience method. Gets an entry from the cache, but if the entry does not exist, set the entry to the value of the code reference passed: my $code = $cache->get_code("code", sub { $self->calculate() }); =head2 get_url This is a convenience method. Gets the content of a URL from the cache, but if the entry does not exist, set the entry to the content of the URL passed: my $html = $cache->get_url("http://www.google.com/"); =head2 scratch Returns a directory in the cache that the application may use for scratch files: my $scratch = $cache->scratch; =head2 set Set an entry in the cache. Note that an entry value may be an arbitrary Perl data structure: $cache->set('test', 'one'); $cache->set('test', { foo => 'bar' }); =head2 directory Returns the full path to the cache directory. Primarily useful for when you are writing tests that use App::Cache and want to clean up after yourself. If you are doing that you may want to explicitly set the 'application' constructor parameter to avoid later cleaning up a cache dir that was already in use. my $dir = $cache->directory; =head1 AUTHOR Leon Brocard =head1 COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2005-7, Leon Brocard =head1 LICENSE This module is free software; you can redistribute it or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.