HzCache 0.0.6

HzCache

Simple Memory Cache for .NET Standard 2.0 backed by Redis pub/sub to be able to manage cache evictions across multiple instances of the same application.

TL;DR

Basically it's just a ConcurrentDictionary with expiration with the ability to be notified of changes and on top of that a Redis pub/sub to be able to manage cache evictions across multiple instances.

It's heavily inspired by Jitbit.FastCache with a bit inspiration from FusionCache which is a much more feature rich implementation and generally a better choice unless you have dependency between cache items. However it have the sad misfortune of being based on IDistributedCache (and I don't blame FusionCache, I blame the inventor of IDistributedCache) which makes it impossible to have dependency between cache items. And in this specific case that is managed by using the ability to remove items using a pattern (with * - asterisk as wildcard). Simply as that.

Works for my case, might work for you if you have the same problem as I had.

If you want a distributed cache, use Hazelcast.

Very fast

It's designed to be fast, really fast. In it's simplest configuration it's faster than IMemoryCache. However, adding value change notifications and Redis pub/sub makes it slower than IMemoryCache. But it's still quite fast when asynchronous notifications are enabled.

Ensure using the correct eviction policy

LRU means that the cache expiry is extended at every read. This is the default policy. FIFO means that the cache expiry is extended at every write. This is the policy to use if you want to ensure that data is re-read every now and then and don't have any other mechanisms to evict cache items.

Work in progress

The IHzCache isn't completely thought through, but it covers many needs. Not your need? PR please.

Bug free? No, not at all. Please report bugs if you find them.

The IHzCache isn't completely thought through, but it covers many needs. Not your? PR please.