NAME

       Memoize::Memcached - use a memcached cache to memoize functions

SYNOPSIS

           use Memoize::Memcached
             memcached => {
               servers => [ '127.0.0.1:11211' ],
             };

           memoize_memcached('foo');

           # Function 'foo' is now memoized using the memcached server
           # running on 127.0.0.1:11211 as the cache.

WARNING

       The way "flush_cache" works with memcached can be dangerous.  Please read the documentation below on
       "flush_cache".

EXPORT

       This module exports "memoize_memcached", "flush_cache", and "unmemoize".  The "unmemoize" function is
       just the one from Memoize, and is made available for convenience.

FUNCTIONS

   memoize_memcached
       This is the memcached equivalent of "memoize".  It works very similarly, except for some difference in
       options.

       If the "LIST_CACHE" or "SCALAR_CACHE" options are passed in, "memoize_memcached" will complain and then
       pass the request along to "memoize".  The result will be a memoized function, but using whatever cache
       you specified and NOT using memcached at all.

       This function also accepts a "memcached" option, which expects a hashref.  This is de-referenced and
       passed directly into an internal function which sets up the memcached configuration for that function.
       This contents of this hashref are mostly options passed to "Cache::Memcached", with a few exceptions.

       The actual key used to look up memoize data in memcached is formed from the function name, the normalized
       arguments, and some additional prefixes which can be set via the "memcached" option.  These prefixes are
       "key_prefix", "list_key_prefix", and "scalar_key_prefix".

       The "key_prefix" defaults to "memoize-" if it's not passed in, or an undefined value is passed in.

       The "list_key_prefix" and "scalar_key_prefix" options default to "list-" and "scalar-" respectively, by
       the same criteria.

       So, the default way the key is generated is:

         "memoize-<function>-list-<normalized args>"

       or

         "memoize-<function>-scalar-<normalized args>"

       The function and normalized args portion of this key are set internally, but the "memoize-" prefix and
       the context portion can be configured with memcached options as follows:

         "<key_prefix>-function-<list_key_prefix|scalar_key_prefix>-args"

       Examples:

         memoize_memcached('foo');

         # keys generated will look like this:
         #  list context:   memoize-foo-list-<argument signature>
         #  scalar context: memoize-foo-scalar-<argument signature>

         memoize_memcached('foo',
           memcached => {
             servers => [ ... ],
             key_prefix        => '_M-',
             list_key_prefix   => 'L-',
             scalar_key_prefix => 'S-',
           },
           ;

         # keys generated will look like this:
         #  list context:   _M-foo-L-<argument signature>
         #  scalar context: _M-foo-S-<argument signature>

   flush_cache
       The behavior documented in "Memoize" is sort of implemented.  A call to
       "flush_cache('memoized_function')" will indeed clear the cache of all cached return values for that
       function, BUT it will also clear the entire memcached cache, including all other memoized functions using
       the same memcached cache, and even data unrelated to "Memoize::Memcached" in the same cache.  It will
       flush the entire cache.

       There are 2 new ways to call this function:

           flush_cache();

       and

           flush_cache(memoized_function => qw( an argument signature ));

       The call without arguments will flush the entire memcached cache, just like the 1 argument version.  This
       includes unrelated data.  Be careful.

       The call with 2 or more arguments will flush only the cached return values (array and scalar contexts)
       for a call to the function named by the first argument with an argument signature matching the second
       argument to the end.  Unlike the other 2 ways to call this function, when called this way only the
       specified part of the cache is flushed.

       I would recommended that only the 2 or more argument version of "flush_cache" be called unless you are
       very sure of what you are doing.

GOTCHAS

       The biggest gotcha is that you probably never want to call "flush_cache('memoized_function')".  Because
       of the way "CLEAR" is implemented against memcached, this call will flush the entire memcached cache.
       Everything.  Even stuff having nothing to do with "Memoize::Memcached".  You are warned.

TO-DO

       A more intuitive interface for handling different memcached server configurations would probably be
       useful.

AUTHOR

       David Trischuk, "<trischuk at gmail.com>"

BUGS

       Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-memoize-memcached at rt.cpan.org", or through the web
       interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Memoize-Memcached
       <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Memoize-Memcached>.  I will be notified, and then you'll
       automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

       You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

           perldoc Memoize::Memcached

       You can also look for information at:

       •   RT: CPAN's request tracker

           http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Memoize-Memcached
           <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Memoize-Memcached>

       •   AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

           http://annocpan.org/dist/Memoize-Memcached <http://annocpan.org/dist/Memoize-Memcached>

       •   CPAN Ratings

           http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Memoize-Memcached <http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Memoize-Memcached>

       •   Search CPAN

           http://search.cpan.org/dist/Memoize-Memcached <http://search.cpan.org/dist/Memoize-Memcached>

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

       The tied hash portion of this module is heavily based on "Cache::Memcached::Tie" by Andrew Kostenko.

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

       Copyright 2008 David Trischuk, all rights reserved.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl
       itself.