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Created October 5, 2012 14:42
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Asynchronous cache of values
void Main()
{
var repo = new MyPermissionRepo();
//These will all get batched up and sent together
repo.IsPermissioned("Marcus").Dump("Marcus");
repo.IsPermissioned("Lee").Dump("Lee");
repo.IsPermissioned("Merc").Dump("Merc");
repo.IsPermissioned("Si").Dump("Si");
Thread.Sleep(1000);
repo.IsPermissioned("Lee").Dump("Lee"); //Already in cache
Thread.Sleep(1000);
repo.IsPermissioned("Marcus").Dump("Marcus"); //Already in cache
Thread.Sleep(1000);
repo.IsPermissioned("Melinda").Dump("Melinda"); //New request
}
// Define other methods and classes here
public class MyPermissionRepo
{
private readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, AsyncSubject<bool>> _cache = new ConcurrentDictionary<string, AsyncSubject<bool>>();
private readonly Subject<string> _keyRequests = new Subject<string>();
private readonly IObservable<IGroupedObservable<string, bool>> _values;
public MyPermissionRepo()
{
_keyRequests.Buffer(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(100))
.Where(keys=>keys.Count>0)
.Select(keys=>Observable.Start(()=>GetPermissions(keys)))
.SelectMany(asyncResults=>asyncResults)
.SelectMany(results=>results)
.GroupBy(result=>result.Item1, result=>result.Item2)
.Subscribe(grp=>grp.Take(1).Subscribe(_cache[grp.Key]));
}
public IObservable<bool> IsPermissioned(string key)
{
return _cache.GetOrAdd(key, CreatePermissionFuture);
}
private AsyncSubject<bool> CreatePermissionFuture(string key)
{
//Yuck. How to do without Sujects?
_keyRequests.OnNext(key);
return new AsyncSubject<bool>();
}
private IList<Tuple<string, bool>> GetPermissions(IList<string> keys)
{
string.Join(", ", keys.ToArray()).Dump("GetPermissions");
//Values like M ercedes and M arcus return true.
return keys.Select(k => Tuple.Create(k, k.StartsWith("M"))).ToList();
}
}
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Should look at Rxx and see if this is what the Observable Dictionary does

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