4e2bc03d0ba795d507670920a0b039982f520e0bJenny Donnelly<div class="intro">

4e2bc03d0ba795d507670920a0b039982f520e0bJenny Donnelly <p>The Cache Utility provides a basic caching mechanism for storing key/value pairs in local JavaScript memory.

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4e2bc03d0ba795d507670920a0b039982f520e0bJenny Donnelly<div class="example">

4e2bc03d0ba795d507670920a0b039982f520e0bJenny Donnelly {{>cache-basic-source}}

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4e2bc03d0ba795d507670920a0b039982f520e0bJenny DonnellyYUI().use("cache-base", function(Y) {

4e2bc03d0ba795d507670920a0b039982f520e0bJenny Donnelly // Configure Cache maximum size, expires in the constructor

4e2bc03d0ba795d507670920a0b039982f520e0bJenny Donnelly var cache = new Y.Cache({max:5, expires:3600000});

4e2bc03d0ba795d507670920a0b039982f520e0bJenny Donnelly

4e2bc03d0ba795d507670920a0b039982f520e0bJenny Donnelly // Add entries to the Cache

4e2bc03d0ba795d507670920a0b039982f520e0bJenny Donnelly cache.add("key1", "value1");

4e2bc03d0ba795d507670920a0b039982f520e0bJenny Donnelly cache.add("key2", "value2");

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4e2bc03d0ba795d507670920a0b039982f520e0bJenny Donnelly // Retrieve a cached entry

4e2bc03d0ba795d507670920a0b039982f520e0bJenny Donnelly var cachedentry = cache.retrieve("key1");

4e2bc03d0ba795d507670920a0b039982f520e0bJenny Donnelly

4e2bc03d0ba795d507670920a0b039982f520e0bJenny Donnelly // Cached entry is an object with a request property and a response property

4e2bc03d0ba795d507670920a0b039982f520e0bJenny Donnelly alert("cached key: " + cachedentry.request +

4e2bc03d0ba795d507670920a0b039982f520e0bJenny Donnelly "/cached value: " + cachedentry.response);

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4e2bc03d0ba795d507670920a0b039982f520e0bJenny Donnelly // Flush the cache

4e2bc03d0ba795d507670920a0b039982f520e0bJenny Donnelly cache.flush();

4e2bc03d0ba795d507670920a0b039982f520e0bJenny Donnelly});

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4e2bc03d0ba795d507670920a0b039982f520e0bJenny Donnelly<h2>Complete Example Source</h2>

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4e2bc03d0ba795d507670920a0b039982f520e0bJenny Donnelly {{>cache-basic-source}}

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