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mako/ext/beaker_cache.py

+"""Provide a :class:`.CacheImpl` for the Beaker caching system."""
+
+from mako import exceptions
+
+from mako.cache import CacheImpl
+
+_beaker_cache = None
+class BeakerCacheImpl(CacheImpl):
+    """A :class:`.CacheImpl` provided for the Beaker caching system.
+    
+    This plugin is used by default, based on the default
+    value of ``'beaker'`` for the ``cache_impl`` parameter of the
+    :class:`.Template` or :class:`.TemplateLookup` classes.
+    
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, cache):
+        global _beaker_cache
+        if _beaker_cache is None:
+            try:
+                from beaker import cache as beaker_cache
+            except ImportError, e:
+                raise exceptions.RuntimeException(
+                            "the Beaker package is required to use cache "
+                            "functionality.")
+
+            _beaker_cache = beaker_cache.CacheManager()
+        super(BeakerCacheImpl, self).__init__(cache)
+
+    def _get_cache(self, **kw):
+        expiretime = kw.pop('timeout', None)
+        if 'dir' in kw:
+            kw['data_dir'] = kw.pop('dir')
+        elif self.cache.template.module_directory:
+            kw['data_dir'] = self.cache.template.module_directory
+
+        if kw.get('type') == 'memcached':
+            kw['type'] = 'ext:memcached'
+
+        return _beaker_cache.get_cache(self.cache.id, **kw), \
+                    {'expiretime':expiretime, 'starttime':self.cache.starttime}
+
+    def get_and_replace(self, key, creation_function, **kw):
+        cache, kw = self._get_cache(**kw)
+        return cache.get(key, createfunc=creation_function, **kw)
+
+    def put(self, key, value, **kw):
+        cache, kw = self._get_cache(**kw)
+        cache.put(key, value, **kw)
+ 
+    def get(self, key, **kw):
+        cache, kw = self._get_cache(**kw)
+        return cache.get(key, **kw)
+ 
+    def invalidate(self, key, **kw):
+        cache, kw = self._get_cache(**kw)
+        cache.remove_value(key, **kw)