From 47cbb529f5723b246125ae083a193e11481b89ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: George Halkiadakis <gchalkiadakis@sklavenitis.co.gr>
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2023 07:01:30 +0200
Subject: initializing classroom structure using anom framework

---
 classes/cache/Cache_interface.php | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 classes/cache/Cache_interface.php

(limited to 'classes/cache/Cache_interface.php')

diff --git a/classes/cache/Cache_interface.php b/classes/cache/Cache_interface.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c49789
--- /dev/null
+++ b/classes/cache/Cache_interface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+
+/** Cache interface
+ * ---
+ * Interface to save results of expensive data-extraction proccess,
+ * in a fast-accessed medium (ussually RAM or NVME SSD units)
+ */
+interface Cache_interface
+{
+    /** Cache::set($key, $data, $ttl) : void
+     * 
+     * @param $key (string): reference label
+     * @param $data (mixed): actual data (avoid storing true|false)
+     * @param $ttl (int): time to live (seconds)
+     */
+    public function set(string $key, $data, int $ttl);
+
+
+    /** Cache::get($key) : mixed
+     *
+     * @param $key (string)
+     * @return mixed: fetched $data -or- false on failure
+     */
+    public function get(string $key);
+
+
+    /** Cache::flush( $olderThan ) : void
+     *
+     * clear cache older than $olderThan
+     * @param $olderThan (int) in seconds
+     */
+    public function flush(int $olderThan = 0);
+
+}
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