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Simple ETS based cache with TTL
defmodule RequestCache do
@moduledoc """
Simple ETS-based cache.
"""
use GenServer
@type t :: %{ttl: integer, invalidators: %{}}
@type cache_key :: any
@type cache_value :: any
@doc """
Starts a RequestCache process linked to the current process. See
`GenServer.start_link/2` for details.
By default, every item in the cache lives for 6 hours.
"""
@spec start_link(integer) :: GenServer.on_start
def start_link(ttl_seconds \\ 21_600) do
GenServer.start_link(__MODULE__, ttl_seconds, name: __MODULE__)
end
@doc """
Asynchronous call to cache a value at the provided key. Any key that can
be used with ETS can be used, and will be evaluated using `==`.
"""
@spec cache(cache_key, cache_value) :: :ok
def cache(key, val) do
GenServer.cast(__MODULE__, {:cache, key, val})
end
@doc """
Asynchronous clears all values in the cache.
"""
@spec clear() :: :ok
def clear do
GenServer.cast(__MODULE__, :clear)
end
@doc """
Sychronously reads the cache for the provided key. If no value is found,
returns :not_found .
"""
@spec read(cache_key) :: cache_value | :not_found
def read(key) do
case :ets.lookup(:request_cache, key) do
[{^key, value} | _rest] -> value
[] -> :not_found
end
end
@doc """
Sychronously reads the cache for the provided key. If no value is found,
invokes default_fn and caches the result. Note: in order to prevent congestion
of the RequestCache process, default_fn is invoked in the context of the caller
process.
"""
@spec read_or_cache_default(cache_key, (() -> cache_value)) :: cache_value
def read_or_cache_default(key, default_fn) do
case read(key) do
:not_found ->
value = default_fn.()
cache key, value
value
value ->
value
end
end
# GenServer Callbacks
@spec init(integer) :: {:ok, t}
def init(ttl_seconds) do
initial_state = %{invalidators: %{}, ttl: ttl_seconds * 1000}
generate_table()
{:ok, initial_state}
end
@spec handle_cast({:cache, cache_key, cache_value}, t) :: {:noreply, t}
def handle_cast({:cache, key, val}, state = %{ttl: ttl, invalidators: invalidators}) do
# since we're updating the value, let's kill off the last invalidator.
case Map.get(invalidators, key) do
nil -> nil
invalidator -> Process.cancel_timer(invalidator)
end
# insert the value into the table
:ets.insert(:request_cache, {key, val})
# generate a new invalidator
invalidator = Process.send_after(self(), {:invalidate, key}, ttl)
# and store it.
{:noreply, %{state | invalidators: Map.put(invalidators, key, invalidator)}}
end
@spec handle_cast(:clear, t) :: {:noreply, t}
def handle_cast(:clear, state = %{invalidators: invalidators}) do
invalidators
|> Map.keys
|> Enum.each(&Process.cancel_timer/1)
:ets.delete(:request_cache)
generate_table()
{:noreply, %{state | invalidators: %{}}}
end
@spec handle_info({:invalidate, cache_key}, t) :: {:noreply, t}
def handle_info({:invalidate, key}, state) do
:ets.delete(:request_cache, key)
{:noreply, state}
end
defp generate_table do
:ets.new(:request_cache, [:set, :protected, :named_table])
end
end
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