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//    File: ICacheProvider.cs
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#endregion
using System;

namespace RequestPlex.Helpers
{
    public interface ICacheProvider
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the item from the cache, if the item is not present 
        /// then we will get that item and store it in the cache.
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="T">Type to store in the cache</typeparam>
        /// <param name="key">The key</param>
        /// <param name="itemCallback">The item callback. This will be called if the item is not present in the cache. </param>
        /// <param name="cacheTime">The amount of time we want to cache the object</param>
        /// <returns><see cref="T"/></returns>
        T GetOrSet<T>(string key, Func<T> itemCallback, int cacheTime = 20) where T : class;

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the specified item from the cache.
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="T">Type to get from the cache</typeparam>
        /// <param name="key">The key.</param>
        /// <returns><see cref="T"/></returns>
        T Get<T>(string key) where T : class;

        /// <summary>
        /// Set/Store the specified object in the cache
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="key">The key.</param>
        /// <param name="data">The object we want to store.</param>
        /// <param name="cacheTime">The amount of time we want to cache the object.</param>
        void Set(string key, object data, int cacheTime);

        /// <summary>
        /// Removes the specified object from the cache.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="key">The key.</param>
        void Remove(string key);
    }
}