I don't understand Cache#get in your README.md what syntax is this?

[firecentaur]

Hi there,

first of all, thanks for the great module! Next, I don't understand the syntax you specify in your readme:

Cache#get(key[, options])

What is the "#"?

Also, I am trying to find examples for how to update my cache after a delete action on my data is done... I am thinking I should be using .touch operation, but can't find any examples..

Can you help clarify?

[firecentaur]

Error: CacheFactory.touch is not a function

[jmdobry]

What is the "#"?

# it denotes an instance member of a class. . would denote a static member.

Also, I am trying to find examples for how to update my cache after a delete action on my data is done

You want to remove something from the cache? Use Cache#remove(key)

[firecentaur]

Thanks for the response, can you please give an example of "it denotes an instance member of a class"?

I am currently caching http requests for a UI view that lists videos in a table.
When a video is added / updated or deleted somewhere in my app, I have to mark the cache as dirty.
For now, i am just destroying the cache for the http key and rebuilding it.

But I noticed you have a "touch" function... unfortunately, I don't know how to use it.

If you are on codementor, I have placed a live help request here: https://www.codementor.io/dashboard#/active-requests/3826997295

[jmdobry]

Calling Cache#touch does not mark an item as dirty, it refreshes the item's expiry datetime, making it as if the item has just been re-inserted. If you know an item in the cache is old, remove and refresh it.

Doing cache.touch('some-key') is the same as doing cache.put('some-key', cache.remove('some-key')).

can you please give an example of "it denotes an instance member of a class"?

class Foo {
  // Referred to in documentation as Foo.beep
  static beep () {}

  // Referred to in documentation as Foo#boop
  boop () {}
}

Foo.beep(); // Call Foo.beep which is a static member
const foo = new Foo(); // Call Foo#boop which is an instance member

[firecentaur]

Hi jmdobry,

I see that CacheFactory is a provider which can be injected into controllers, but when I try to inject into "Cache" into services, it says "unknown provider"

how then, can I access "Cache#touch"?

[jmdobry]

There isn't any provider for Cache. You create an instance of Cache by calling createCache.

angular.module('myApp', ['angular-cache'])
  .run(function (CacheFactory) {
    var cache = CacheFactory.createCache('my-cache', {});

    cache.put('foo', 'bar');
    console.log(cache.get('foo')); // "bar"

    cache.touch('foo'); // etc.
  });

[firecentaur]

Hi jmdobry, How can I mark the cache as dirty?

[jmdobry]

What do you mean by "dirty"?

[firecentaur]

I needed to update my cache when a new user logs in - so I wanted to mark the cache so that it would be replaced with new content instead of retrieving the old content.

But what I ended up doing was just destroyAll
and that seamed to do the trick