Class N::LRUCache
In: lib/glue/cache.rb
Parent: Hash

A cache utilizing a simple LRU (Least Recently Used) policy. The items managed by this cache must respond to the key method. Attempts to optimize reads rather than inserts!

LRU semantics are enforced by inserting the items in a queue. The lru item is always at the tail. Two special sentinels (head, tail) are used to simplify (?) the code.

Methods

[]   []=   clear   delete   first   last   lru   new  

Classes and Modules

Module N::LRUCache::Item
Class N::LRUCache::Sentinel

Attributes

head  [R]  the head sentinel
max_items  [RW]  the maximum number of items in the cache.
tail  [R]  the tail sentinel, tail.prev points to the lru item.

Public Class methods

Public Instance methods

Lookup an item in the cache.

The inserted item is considered mru!

Clear the cache.

Delete an item from the cache.

The first (mru) element in the cache.

The last (lru) element in the cache.

lru()

Alias for last

[Validate]