Snippets from IronCache blog post

find()

def self.find(name)
  @name = name
  @messages = JSON.parse(settings.ironcache.cache(@name).get('messages').value)

  Channel.new(@name, @messages)
end

find_or_initialize()

def self.find_or_initialize(name)
  if settings.ironcache.cache(name).get('messages').nil?
    self.new(name)
  else
    self.find(name)
  end
end

insert()

# Inserts a new message into the channel
def insert(message)
  self.messages.push message
  self.messages = self.messages.last(settings.channel_message_limit)
  self.save
end