CacheHelper class contains a few methods with generic object parameter. There are 4 methods, Add, Clear, Exists and Get.
You can pass in value pairs into Add method to add to application cache.
And retrieve it by using Get method by passing the string key.
public static class CacheHelper
{
public static void Add(T o, string key, DateTime expiry) where T : class
{
HttpContext.Current.Cache.Insert(
key,
o,
null,
expiry,
System.Web.Caching.Cache.NoSlidingExpiration);
}
public static void Add(T o, string key) where T : class
{
HttpContext.Current.Cache.Insert(
key,
o,
null,
DateTime.Now.AddHours(1),
System.Web.Caching.Cache.NoSlidingExpiration);
}
public static void Clear(string key)
{
if (Exists(key))
HttpContext.Current.Cache.Remove(key);
}
public static bool Exists(string key)
{
if (HttpContext.Current != null)
return HttpContext.Current.Cache[key] != null;
else
return false;
}
public static T Get(string key) where T : class
{
try
{
return (T)HttpContext.Current.Cache[key];
}
catch
{
return null;
}
}
An example of using it,
I am reading the contract plans from repository and save into the application cache. Then check if it is in the cache before read the database again.
const string key = "AllContractPlans";
if (CacheHelper.Exists(key))
{
return CacheHelper.Get<List>(key);
}
else
{
var plans = _contractRepo.FindAll().ToList();
CacheHelper.Add<List>(plans, key, DateTime.Now.AddMonths(2));
return plans;
}
Application cache can speed up you application, but please be mindful that cache is shared across the whole application. And the data in your database may change as well, in that case, you need to clear your cache when you modify you data against database.
