/// <summary>
/// Gets one entity from the cache by its key
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">the type of the entity</typeparam>
/// <param name="key">the key it was cached with</param>
/// <returns>the entity requested</returns>
public static T Get <T>(LiveCacheKey key) where T : IEntity
{
try
{
return((T)globalCache[key.KeyHash()]);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
LoggingUtility.LogError(ex);
}
return(default(T));
}
/// <summary>
/// Adds a single entity into the cache
/// </summary>
/// <param name="objectToCache">the entity to cache</param>
public static void Add(object objectToCache)
{
var entityToCache = (IEntity)objectToCache;
var cacheKey = new LiveCacheKey(objectToCache.GetType(), entityToCache.BirthMark);
if (!globalCache.Contains(cacheKey.KeyHash()))
{
globalCache.AddOrGetExisting(cacheKey.KeyHash(), objectToCache, globalPolicy);
}
else
{
globalCache.Remove(cacheKey.KeyHash());
globalCache.Add(cacheKey.KeyHash(), objectToCache, globalPolicy);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Dumps everything of a single type into the cache from the database for BackingData
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">the type to get and store</typeparam>
/// <returns>success status</returns>
public static bool PreLoadAll <T>() where T : IData
{
var backingClass = Activator.CreateInstance(typeof(T)) as IEntityBackingData;
var implimentingEntityClass = backingClass.EntityClass;
foreach (IData thing in DataWrapper.GetAll <T>())
{
var entityThing = Activator.CreateInstance(implimentingEntityClass, new object[] { (T)thing }) as IEntity;
var cacheKey = new LiveCacheKey(implimentingEntityClass, entityThing.BirthMark);
globalCache.AddOrGetExisting(cacheKey.KeyHash(), entityThing, globalPolicy);
}
return(true);
}
/// <summary>
/// Checks if an entity is in the cache
/// </summary>
/// <param name="key">the key of the entity</param>
/// <returns>if it is in the cache of not</returns>
public static bool Exists(LiveCacheKey key)
{
return(globalCache.Get(key.KeyHash()) != null);
}
/// <summary>
/// Removes an entity from the cache by its key
/// </summary>
/// <param name="key">the key of the entity to remove</param>
public static void Remove(LiveCacheKey key)
{
globalCache.Remove(key.KeyHash());
}