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shiny/R/cache-memory.R
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#' Create a memory cache object
#'
#' A memory cache object is a key-value store that saves the values in an
#' environment. Objects can be stored and retrieved using the \code{get()} and
#' \code{set()} methods. Objects are automatically pruned from the cache
#' according to the parameters \code{max_size}, \code{max_age}, \code{max_n},
#' and \code{evict}.
#'
#' In a \code{MemoryCache}, R objects are stored directly in the cache; they are
#' not \emph{not} serialized before being stored in the cache. This contrasts
#' with other cache types, like \code{\link{DiskCache}}, where objects are
#' serialized, and the serialized object is cached. This can result in some
#' differences of behavior. For example, as long as an object is stored in a
#' MemoryCache, it will not be garbage collected.
#'
#' @section Cache pruning:
#'
#' Cache pruning occurs each time \code{get()} and \code{set()} are called, or
#' it can be invoked manually by calling \code{prune()}.
#'
#' If there are any objects that are older than \code{max_age}, they will be
#' removed when a pruning occurs.
#'
#' The \code{max_size} and \code{max_n} parameters are applied to the cache as
#' a whole, in contrast to \code{max_age}, which is applied to each object
#' individually.
#'
#' If the number of objects in the cache exceeds \code{max_n}, then objects
#' will be removed from the cache according to the eviction policy, which is
#' set with the \code{evict} parameter. Objects will be removed so that the
#' number of items is \code{max_n}.
#'
#' If the size of the objects in the cache exceeds \code{max_size}, then
#' objects will be removed from the cache. Objects will be removed from the
#' cache so that the total size remains under \code{max_size}. The size is
#' calculated by calling \code{\link{object.size}} on an object. Note that if
#' two keys are associated with the same object, the size calculation will
#' count the object's size twice, even though there is only one copy in
#' memory.
#'
#' @section Eviction policies:
#'
#' If \code{max_n} or \code{max_size} are used, then objects will be removed
#' from the cache according to an eviction policy. The available eviction
#' policies are:
#'
#' \describe{
#' \item{\code{"lru"}}{
#' Least Recently Used. The least recently used objects will be removed.
#' This uses the filesystem's atime property. Some filesystems do not
#' support atime, or have a very low atime resolution. The DiskCache will
#' check for atime support, and if the filesystem does not support atime,
#' a warning will be issued and the "fifo" policy will be used instead.
#' }
#' \item{\code{"fifo"}}{
#' First-in-first-out. The oldest objects will be removed.
#' }
#' }
#'
#' @section Methods:
#'
#' A disk cache object has the following methods:
#'
#' \describe{
#' \item{\code{get(key)}}{
#' Returns the value associated with \code{key}. If the key is not in the
#' cache, this throws an error.
#' }
#' \item{\code{set(key, value)}}{
#' Stores the \code{key}-\code{value} pair in the cache.
#' }
#' \item{\code{exists(key)}}{
#' Returns \code{TRUE} if the cache contains the key, otherwise
#' \code{FALSE}.
#' }
#' \item{\code{size()}}{
#' Returns the number of items currently in the cache.
#' }
#' \item{\code{keys()}}{
#' Returns a character vector of all keys currently in the cache.
#' }
#' \item{\code{reset()}}{
#' Clears all objects from the cache.
#' }
#' \item{\code{destroy()}}{
#' Clears all objects in the cache, and removes the cache directory from
#' disk.
#' }
#' \item{\code{prune()}}{
#' Prunes the cache, using the parameters specified by \code{max_size},
#' \code{max_age}, \code{max_n}, and \code{evict}.
#' }
#' }
#'
#' @param max_age Maximum age of files in cache before they are evicted, in
#' seconds.
#' @param max_size Maximum size of the cache, in bytes. If the cache exceeds
#' this size, cached objects will be removed according to the value of the
#' \code{evict}.
#' @param max_n Maximum number of objects in the cache. If the number of objects
#' exceeds this value, then cached objects will be removed according to the
#' value of \code{evict}.
#' @param evict The eviction policy to use to decide which objects are removed
#' when a cache pruning occurs. Currently, \code{"lru"} and \code{"fifo"} are
#' supported.
#' @export
memoryCache <- function(
max_size = 10 * 1024 ^ 2,
max_age = Inf,
max_n = Inf,
evict = c("lru", "fifo"))
{
MemoryCache$new(max_size, max_age, max_n, evict)
}
MemoryCache <- R6Class("MemoryCache",
public = list(
initialize = function(max_size = 10 * 1024 ^ 2,
max_age = Inf,
max_n = Inf,
evict = c("lru", "fifo"))
{
private$cache <- new.env(parent = emptyenv())
private$max_size <- max_size
private$max_age <- max_age
private$max_n <- max_n
private$evict <- match.arg(evict)
},
get = function(key) {
validate_key(key)
if (!self$exists(key)) {
stop("Key not available: ", key)
}
value <- private$cache[[key]]$value
self$prune()
value
},
set = function(key, value) {
validate_key(key)
time <- as.numeric(Sys.time())
private$cache[[key]] <- list(
key = key,
value = value,
size = as.numeric(object.size(value)), # Reported size is rough! See ?object.size.
mtime = time,
atime = time
)
self$prune()
invisible(self)
},
exists = function(key) {
validate_key(key)
exists(key, envir = private$cache, inherits = FALSE)
},
keys = function() {
ls(private$cache, sorted = FALSE) # Faster with sorted=FALSE
},
remove = function(key) {
validate_key(key)
rm(list = key, envir = private$cache)
invisible(self)
},
reset = function() {
rm(list = self$keys(), envir = private$cache)
invisible(self)
},
prune = function() {
info <- private$object_info()
# 1. Remove any objects where the age exceeds max age.
time <- as.numeric(Sys.time())
timediff <- time - info$mtime
rm_idx <- timediff > private$max_age
if (any(rm_idx)) {
message("max_age: Removing ", paste(info$key[rm_idx], collapse = ", "))
}
# Remove items from cache
rm(list = info$key[rm_idx], envir = private$cache)
info <- info[!rm_idx, ]
# Sort objects by priority, according to eviction policy.
if (private$evict == "lru") {
info <- info[order(info[["atime"]], decreasing = TRUE), ]
} else if (private$evict == "fifo") {
info <- info[order(info[["mtime"]], decreasing = TRUE), ]
} else {
stop('Unknown eviction policy "', private$evict, '"')
}
# 2. Remove objects if there are too many.
if (nrow(info) > private$max_n) {
rm_idx <- seq_len(nrow(info)) > private$max_n
if (any(rm_idx)) {
message("max_n: Removing ", paste(info$key[rm_idx], collapse = ", "))
}
rm(list = info$key[rm_idx], envir = private$cache)
info <- info[!rm_idx, ]
}
# 3. Remove objects if cache is too large.
if (sum(info$size) > private$max_size) {
cum_size <- cumsum(info$size)
rm_idx <- cum_size > private$max_size
if (any(rm_idx)) {
message("max_size: Removing ", paste(info$key[rm_idx], collapse = ", "))
}
rm(list = info$key[rm_idx], envir = private$cache)
info <- info[!rm_idx, ]
}
invisible(self)
},
size = function() {
# TODO: Validate this against metadata?
length(self$key())
},
destroy = function() {
if (is.null(private$cache)) {
return(invisible)
}
private$cache <- NULL
},
is_destroyed = function() {
is.null(private$cache)
}
),
private = list(
cache = NULL,
meta = NULL, # Metadata used for pruning
max_age = NULL,
max_size = NULL,
max_n = NULL,
evict = NULL,
object_info = function() {
keys <- ls(private$cache, sorted = FALSE)
data.frame(
key = keys,
size = vapply(keys, function(key) private$cache[[key]]$size, 0),
mtime = vapply(keys, function(key) private$cache[[key]]$mtime, 0),
atime = vapply(keys, function(key) private$cache[[key]]$atime, 0),
stringsAsFactors = FALSE
)
}
)
)