X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~mdw/git/disorder/blobdiff_plain/0b7c89091fed1feb9a45a594c133a5d122dea692..f5fd9a6b25366f98a20468ca9bda64c4313db09e:/lib/cache.h diff --git a/lib/cache.h b/lib/cache.h index 48aba1c..ac9bc01 100644 --- a/lib/cache.h +++ b/lib/cache.h @@ -1,21 +1,25 @@ /* * This file is part of DisOrder - * Copyright (C) 2006 Richard Kettlewell + * Copyright (C) 2006-2008 Richard Kettlewell * - * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify + * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by - * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or + * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. - * - * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but - * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of - * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU - * General Public License for more details. - * + * + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the + * GNU General Public License for more details. + * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License - * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software - * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 - * USA + * along with this program. If not, see . + */ +/** @file lib/cache.h + * @brief Object caching + * + * There is a single cache for the whole process. Objects of different types + * are distinguished. Objects might be thrown out of the cache at any point. */ #ifndef CACHE_H @@ -23,8 +27,10 @@ /* Defines a cache mapping keys to typed data items */ +/** @brief Type of a cache object */ struct cache_type { - int lifetime; /* Lifetime of a cache entry */ + /** @brief Lifetime for objects of this type (seconds) */ + int lifetime; }; void cache_put(const struct cache_type *type,