// Copyright 2013 Beego Authors
// Copyright 2014 The Macaron Authors
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"): you may
// not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
// a copy of the License at
// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
// WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
// License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
// under the License.
// Package cache is a middleware that provides the cache management of Macaron.
package cache
import (
"fmt"
)
// Cache is the interface that operates the cache data.
type Cache interface {
// Put puts value into cache with key and expire time.
Put(key string, val interface{}, timeout int64) error
// Get gets cached value by given key.
Get(key string) interface{}
// Delete deletes cached value by given key.
Delete(key string) error
// Incr increases cached int-type value by given key as a counter.
Incr(key string) error
// Decr decreases cached int-type value by given key as a counter.
Decr(key string) error
// IsExist returns true if cached value exists.
IsExist(key string) bool
// Flush deletes all cached data.
Flush() error
// StartAndGC starts GC routine based on config string settings.
StartAndGC(opt Options) error
}
// Options represents a struct for specifying configuration options for the cache middleware.
type Options struct {
// Name of adapter. Default is "memory".
Adapter string
// Adapter configuration, it's corresponding to adapter.
AdapterConfig string
// GC interval time in seconds. Default is 60.
Interval int
// Occupy entire database. Default is false.
OccupyMode bool
// Configuration section name. Default is "cache".
Section string
func prepareOptions(opt Options) Options {
if len(opt.Section) == 0 {
opt.Section = "cache"
if len(opt.Adapter) == 0 {
opt.Adapter = "memory"
if opt.Interval == 0 {
opt.Interval = 60
if len(opt.AdapterConfig) == 0 {
opt.AdapterConfig = "data/caches"
return opt
// NewCacher creates and returns a new cacher by given adapter name and configuration.
// It panics when given adapter isn't registered and starts GC automatically.
func NewCacher(opt Options) (Cache, error) {
opt = prepareOptions(opt)
adapter, ok := adapters[opt.Adapter]
if !ok {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("cache: unknown adapter '%s'(forgot to import?)", opt.Adapter)
return adapter, adapter.StartAndGC(opt)
var adapters = make(map[string]Cache)
// Register registers a adapter.
func Register(name string, adapter Cache) {
if adapter == nil {
panic("cache: cannot register adapter with nil value")
if _, dup := adapters[name]; dup {
panic(fmt.Errorf("cache: cannot register adapter '%s' twice", name))
adapters[name] = adapter