ASP.NET Tutorial/Cache/CacheDependency
Creating an RssCacheDependency class (C#)
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<%@ Page Language="C#" %> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" > <head id="Head1" runat="server">
<title>Custom Cache Dependency Example</title>
</head> <body>
<form id="Form1" runat="server"> RSS URL: <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" Runat="server"/> <asp:Button ID="Button1" onclick="Button1_Click" Runat="server" Text="Get RSS" /> Cached:<asp:Label ID="Label2" Runat="server"></asp:Label>
RSS:
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox2" Runat="server" TextMode="MultiLine" Width="800px" Height="300px"></asp:TextBox> </form>
</body> </html> <script runat="server">
void Button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { string RSSUrl = TextBox1.Text; Label2.Text = "Loaded From Cache"; if (Cache[TextBox1.Text] == null) { Label2.Text = "Loaded Fresh"; RssCacheDependency itDepends = new RssCacheDependency(RSSUrl, 600); Cache.Insert(RSSUrl, itDepends.Document, itDepends); } TextBox2.Text = ((System.Xml.XmlDocument)Cache[TextBox1.Text]).OuterXml; }
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File: App_Code\RssCacheDependency.cs using System; using System.Web; using System.Threading; using System.Web.Caching; using System.Xml; public class RssCacheDependency : CacheDependency {
static Timer backgroundThread; int howOften = 900; XmlDocument RSS; string RSSUrl; public RssCacheDependency(string URL, int polling) { howOften = polling; RSSUrl = URL; RSS = RetrieveRSS(RSSUrl); if (backgroundThread == null) { backgroundThread = new Timer( new TimerCallback(CheckDependencyCallback), this, (howOften * 1000), (howOften * 1000)); } } public XmlDocument RetrieveRSS(string URL) { XmlDocument retVal = new XmlDocument(); retVal.Load(URL); return retVal; } public void CheckDependencyCallback(object sender) { RssCacheDependency CacheDepends = sender as RssCacheDependency; XmlDocument NewRSS = RetrieveRSS(RSSUrl); if (NewRSS.OuterXml != RSS.OuterXml) { CacheDepends.NotifyDependencyChanged(CacheDepends, EventArgs.Empty); } } override protected void DependencyDispose() { backgroundThread = null; base.DependencyDispose(); } public XmlDocument Document { get { return RSS; } }
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Creating an RssCacheDependency class (VB)
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<%@ Page Language="VB" %> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" > <head id="Head1" runat="server">
<title>Custom Cache Dependency Example</title>
</head> <body>
<form id="Form1" runat="server"> RSS URL: <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" Runat="server"/> <asp:Button ID="Button1" onclick="Button1_Click" Runat="server" Text="Get RSS" /> Cached:<asp:Label ID="Label2" Runat="server"></asp:Label>
RSS:
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox2" Runat="server" TextMode="MultiLine" Width="800px" Height="300px"></asp:TextBox> </form>
</body> </html>
<script runat="server">
Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Dim RSSUrl As String = TextBox1.Text Label2.Text = "Loaded From Cache" If Cache(TextBox1.Text) Is Nothing Then Label2.Text = "Loaded Fresh" Dim itDepends As New RssCacheDependency(RSSUrl, 600) Cache.Insert(RSSUrl, itDepends.Document, itDepends) End If TextBox2.Text = CType(Cache(TextBox1.Text), _ System.Xml.XmlDocument).OuterXml End Sub
</script> File: App_Code\RssCacheDependency.vb Imports System Imports System.Web Imports System.Threading Imports System.Web.Caching Imports System.Xml Public Class RssCacheDependency
Inherits CacheDependency Shared backgroundThread As Timer Dim howOften As Integer = 900 Dim RSS As XmlDocument Dim RSSUrl As String Public Sub New(ByVal URL As String, ByVal polling As Integer) howOften = polling RSSUrl = URL RSS = RetrieveRSS(RSSUrl) If backgroundThread Is Nothing Then backgroundThread = New Timer( _ New TimerCallback(AddressOf CheckDependencyCallback), _ Me, (howOften * 1000), (howOften * 1000)) End If End Sub Function RetrieveRSS(ByVal URL As String) As XmlDocument Dim retVal As New XmlDocument retVal.Load(URL) Return retVal End Function Public Sub CheckDependencyCallback(ByVal Sender As Object) Dim CacheDepends As RssCacheDependency = _ CType(Sender, RssCacheDependency) Dim NewRSS As XmlDocument = RetrieveRSS(RSSUrl) If Not NewRSS.OuterXml = RSS.OuterXml Then CacheDepends.NotifyDependencyChanged(CacheDepends, EventArgs.Empty) End If End Sub Protected Overrides Sub DependencyDispose() backgroundThread = Nothing MyBase.DependencyDispose() End Sub Public ReadOnly Property Document() As XmlDocument Get Return RSS End Get End Property
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