Memorystore

README.txt

Source: http://simplapi.wordpress.com/2012/08/03/node-js-basic-memory-store-class/

example.js

var store = require("memorystore.js");

//Store the pair "a_key" : "a_value" for just one second (after it will be deleted)
store.set("a_key", "a_value", 1000);

console.log("get : "+store.get("a_key"));

//After two seconds, the key is already delete, the system will return null
setTimeout(function(){
  console.log("get deleted : "+store.get("a_key"));
}, 2000);

memorystore.js

/* ************************************************************************

	Licence : LGPLv3

	Version: 0.1

	Authors: deisss

	Date: 2012-08-04

	Date of last modification: 2012-08-04

	Description: Basic memory system to get data from it

************************************************************************ */
/**
 * Basic memory system to get data from it
*/
var singleton = function singleton(){
	var content = {};

	/**
	 * Set (and replace if needed) a data to store
	 * @param string key The key reference to store data
	 * @param mixed data The data to store into this system
	 * @param integer expire The number of milliseconds before deleting from store
	*/
	this.set = function(key, data, expire){
		//2h in ms : 7200000
		expire = expire || 7200000;

		//First deleting the content if there is (this force to stop previous timeout)
		this.remove(key);

		//Appending the content to the room, or replace one if there is
		content[key] = {
			data : data,
			//The setTimeout will clear data after expire, to always keep a clean system
			timer : setTimeout(function(){
				this.remove(key)
			}.bind(this), expire);
		};
	};

	/**
	 * Return a data stored, or null if there is nothing
	 * @param string key The key to store data
	 * @return mixed The founded data, or null if there is an error
	*/
	this.get = function(key){
		if(typeof(content[key]) !== "undefined" && content[key] !== null &&
			typeof(content[key].data) !== "undefined" && content[key].data !== null
		){
			return content[key].data;
		}
		return null;
	};

	/**
	 * Delete the stored key if it is existing
	 * @param string key The key to delete associated data
	*/
	this.remove = function(key){
		if(typeof(content[key]) !== "undefined" && content[key] !== null &&
			typeof(content[key].timer) !== "undefined" && content[key].timer !== null
		){
			//Erasing timer
			clearTimeout(content[key].timer);
			//Deleting the content
			delete content[key];
		}
	};

	/**
	 * Get back the full content array
	 * @return array The full content
	*/
	this.getStoreContent = function(){
		//Return the full store
		return content;
	};

	//Disable the ability to call the singleton without using the getInstance function
	if(singleton.caller != singleton.getInstance){
		throw new Error("This object cannot be instanciated");
	}
}

/* ************************************************************************
SINGLETON CLASS DEFINITION
************************************************************************ */
singleton.instance = null;


/**
 * Singleton getInstance definition
 * @return singleton class
 */
singleton.getInstance = function(){
	if(this.instance === null){
		this.instance = new singleton();
	}
	return this.instance;
}

module.exports = singleton.getInstance();