X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~mdw/git/disorder/blobdiff_plain/763d5e6ad88ef3ba1cd1d7742d060e4f1e54c6b8..0e4472a082cdbb50ee54e1886abc332f3e11bcce:/lib/cache.h diff --git a/lib/cache.h b/lib/cache.h index 7a49fd9..b2c9ffc 100644 --- a/lib/cache.h +++ b/lib/cache.h @@ -17,14 +17,22 @@ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 * USA */ +/** @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 #define CACHE_H /* 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, @@ -41,6 +49,9 @@ void cache_expire(void); void cache_clean(const struct cache_type *type); /* Clean all elements of a particular type, or all elements if TYPE=0 */ +size_t cache_count(void); +/* Return the size of the cache */ + #endif /* CACHE_H */ /*