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JCache is an abstract class which defines Joomla's basic caching functionality. The class needs to be extended by a concrete cache handler. The Joomla Framework currently provides the handlers JCacheView, JCachePage, JCacheCallback and JCacheOutput

Defined in

libraries/joomla/cache/cache.php

Methods

Method name	Description
__construct	Constructor
getStores	Get the storage handlers
setCaching	Set caching enabled state
setLifeTime	Set cache lifetime
get	Get cached data by id and group
store	Store the cached data by id and group
remove	Remove a cached data entry by id and group
clean	Clean cache for a group given a mode.
gc	Garbage collect expired cache data
getInstance	Returns a reference to a cache adapter object, always creating it

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.cache.cache' );