## EFileCache

EFileCache —

## Synopsis

                EFileCachePrivate;
    EFileCache* e_file_cache_new                (const char *filename);
    gboolean    e_file_cache_remove             (EFileCache *cache);
    gboolean    e_file_cache_clean              (EFileCache *cache);
    const char* e_file_cache_get_object         (EFileCache *cache,
                                                 const char *key);
    GSList*     e_file_cache_get_objects        (EFileCache *cache);
    GSList*     e_file_cache_get_keys           (EFileCache *cache);
    gboolean    e_file_cache_add_object         (EFileCache *cache,
                                                 const char *key,
                                                 const char *value);
    gboolean    e_file_cache_replace_object     (EFileCache *cache,
                                                 const char *key,
                                                 const char *new_value);
    gboolean    e_file_cache_remove_object      (EFileCache *cache,
                                                 const char *key);
    void        e_file_cache_freeze_changes     (EFileCache *cache);
    void        e_file_cache_thaw_changes       (EFileCache *cache);
    const char* e_file_cache_get_filename       (EFileCache *cache);

## Description

## Details

### EFileCachePrivate

    typedef struct _EFileCachePrivate EFileCachePrivate;

### e_file_cache_new ()

    EFileCache* e_file_cache_new                (const char *filename);

Creates a new EFileCache object, which implements a cache of objects, very useful for remote backends.

`filename` : | filename where the cache is kept.
Returns : | The newly created object.

### e_file_cache_remove ()

    gboolean    e_file_cache_remove             (EFileCache *cache);

Remove the cache from disk.

`cache` : | A EFileCache object.
Returns : | TRUE if successful, FALSE otherwise.

### e_file_cache_clean ()

    gboolean    e_file_cache_clean              (EFileCache *cache);

Clean up the cache's contents.

`cache` : | A EFileCache object.
Returns : | TRUE if successful, FALSE otherwise.

### e_file_cache_get_object ()

    const char* e_file_cache_get_object         (EFileCache *cache,
                                                 const char *key);

`cache` : |
`key` : |
Returns : |

### e_file_cache_get_objects ()

    GSList*     e_file_cache_get_objects        (EFileCache *cache);

`cache` : |
Returns : |

### e_file_cache_get_keys ()

    GSList*     e_file_cache_get_keys           (EFileCache *cache);

`cache` : |
Returns : |

### e_file_cache_add_object ()

    gboolean    e_file_cache_add_object         (EFileCache *cache,
                                                 const char *key,
                                                 const char *value);

`cache` : |
`key` : |
`value` : |
Returns : |

### e_file_cache_replace_object ()

    gboolean    e_file_cache_replace_object     (EFileCache *cache,
                                                 const char *key,
                                                 const char *new_value);

`cache` : |
`key` : |
`new_value` : |
Returns : |

### e_file_cache_remove_object ()

    gboolean    e_file_cache_remove_object      (EFileCache *cache,
                                                 const char *key);

`cache` : |
`key` : |
Returns : |

### e_file_cache_freeze_changes ()

    void        e_file_cache_freeze_changes     (EFileCache *cache);

Disables temporarily all writes to disk for the given cache object.

`cache` : | An EFileCache object.

### e_file_cache_thaw_changes ()

    void        e_file_cache_thaw_changes       (EFileCache *cache);

Enables again writes to disk on every change.

`cache` : | An EFileCache object.

### e_file_cache_get_filename ()

    const char* e_file_cache_get_filename       (EFileCache *cache);

Gets the name of the file where the cache is being stored.

`cache` : | A `EFileCache` object.
Returns : | The name of the cache.