SizeAwareFileCache(3)

NAME

       Cache::SizeAwareFileCache -- extends Cache::FileCache

DESCRIPTION

       The SizeAwareFileCache class adds the ability to dynamically limit the
       size (in bytes) of a file system based cache.  This class also imple-
       ments the SizeAwareCache interface, providing the 'max_size' option and
       the 'limit_size( $size )' method.

SYNOPSIS

         use Cache::SizeAwareFileCache;

         my $cache =
           new Cache::SizeAwareFileCache( { 'namespace' => 'MyNamespace',
                                            'default_expires_in' => 600,
                                            'max_size' => 10000 } );

METHODS

       See Cache::Cache and Cache::SizeAwareCache for the API documentation.

OPTIONS

       See Cache::Cache and Cache::SizeAwareCache for the standard options.

PROPERTIES

       See Cache::Cache and Cache::SizeAwareCache for the default properties.

SEE ALSO

       Cache::Cache, Cache::SizeAwareCache, Cache::FileCache

AUTHOR

       Original author: DeWitt Clinton <dewitt@unto.net>

       Also: Portions of this code are a rewrite of David Coppit's excellent
       extentions to the original File::Cache

       Last author:     $Author: dclinton $

       Copyright (C) 2001-2003 DeWitt Clinton

perl v5.8.6                       2003-04-15      Cache::SizeAwareFileCache(3)