Returns the Cachetastic::Caches::Base object associated with the object. If a cache hasn‘t been defined the one will be created on the fly. The cache for the object is expected to be defined as: Cachetastic::Cacheable::{CLASS_NAME_HERE}Cache

Example:

  class Person
    include Cachetastic::Cacheable
    attr_accessor :name
    def cachetastic_key
      self.name
    end
  end

 Person.cache_class # => Cachetastic::Cacheable::PersonCache

[Source]

    # File lib/cachetastic/cacheable.rb, line 39
39:       def cache_class
40:         n = self.class.name
41:         n = self.name if n == "Class"
42:         # puts "n: #{n}"
43:         c_name = "Cachetastic::Cacheable::#{n}Cache"
44:         unless Cachetastic::Cacheable.const_defined?("#{n}Cache")
45:           # puts "we need to create a cache for: #{c_name}"
46:           eval %{
47:             class #{c_name} < Cachetastic::Caches::Base
48:             end
49:           }
50:         end
51:         c_name.constantize
52:       end

How much did I want to call this method cache?? It originally was that, but in Rails 2.0 they decided to use that name, so I had to rename this method. This method will attempt to get an object from the cache for a given key. If the object is nil and a block is given the block will be run, and the results of the block will be automatically cached.

Example:

  class Person
    include Cachetastic::Cacheable
    attr_accessor :name
    def cachetastic_key
      self.name
    end
    def always_the_same(x,y)
      cacher("always_the_same") do
        x + y
      end
    end
  end

  Person.new.always_the_same(1,2) # => 3
  Person.new.always_the_same(2,2) # => 3
  Person.new.always_the_same(3,3) # => 3
  Person.cacher("always_the_same") # => 3
  Person.get_from_cache("always_the_same") # => 3
  Cachetastic::Cacheable::PersonCache.get("always_the_same") # => 3

  Person.cacher("say_hi") {"Hi There"} # => "Hi There"
  Person.get_from_cache("say_hi") # => "Hi There"
  Cachetastic::Cacheable::PersonCache.get("say_hi") # => "Hi There"

[Source]

    # File lib/cachetastic/cacheable.rb, line 84
84:       def cacher(key, expiry = 0)
85:         cache_class.get(key) do
86:           if block_given?
87:             res = yield
88:             cache_class.set(key, res, expiry)
89:           end
90:         end
91:       end

Expires the entire cache associated with this objects‘s cache.

Example:

  class Person
    include Cachetastic::Cacheable
    attr_accessor :name
    def cachetastic_key
      self.name
    end
  end

  Person.set_into_cache(1, "one")
  Person.get_from_cache(1) # => "one"
  Person.expire_all
  Person.get_from_cache(1) # => nil
  Person.set_into_cache(1, "one")
  Person.get_from_cache(1) # => "one"
  Cachetastic::Cacheable::PersonCache.expire_all
  Person.get_from_cache(1) # => nil

[Source]

     # File lib/cachetastic/cacheable.rb, line 112
112:       def expire_all
113:         cache_class.expire_all
114:       end