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A Python decorator to cache method results using memcache on Google AppEngine
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import functools | |
import logging | |
from google.appengine.api import memcache | |
def cached(time=1200): | |
""" | |
Decorator that caches the result of a method for the specified time in seconds. | |
Use it as: | |
@cached(time=1200) | |
def functionToCache(arguments): | |
... | |
""" | |
def decorator(function): | |
@functools.wraps(function) | |
def wrapper(*args, **kwargs): | |
key = '%s%s%s' % (function.__name__, str(args), str(kwargs)) | |
value = memcache.get(key) | |
logging.debug('Cache lookup for %s, found? %s', key, value != None) | |
if not value: | |
value = function(*args, **kwargs) | |
memcache.set(key, value, time=time) | |
return value | |
return wrapper | |
return decorator |
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what if value is None or 0?