Combines multiple dependencies between an item stored in an ASP.NET application's Cache object and an array of CacheDependency objects. This class cannot be inherited.
Namespace:
System.Web.Caching
Assembly:
System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
<AspNetHostingPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, Level := AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)> _
Public NotInheritable Class AggregateCacheDependency _
Inherits CacheDependency
Dim instance As AggregateCacheDependency
[AspNetHostingPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, Level = AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)]
public sealed class AggregateCacheDependency : CacheDependency
[AspNetHostingPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction::LinkDemand, Level = AspNetHostingPermissionLevel::Minimal)]
public ref class AggregateCacheDependency sealed : public CacheDependency
public final class AggregateCacheDependency extends CacheDependency
The AggregateCacheDependency class monitors a collection of dependency objects so that when any of them change, the cached item is automatically removed. The objects in the array can be CacheDependency objects, SqlCacheDependency objects, custom objects derived from CacheDependency, or any combination of these.
The AggregateCacheDependency class differs from the CacheDependency class in that it allows you to associate multiple dependencies of different types with a single cached item. For example, if you create a page that imports data from a SQL Server database table and an XML file, you can create a SqlCacheDependency object to represent a dependency on the database table and a CacheDependency to represent the dependency on the XML file. Rather than making an Cache..::.Insert method call for each dependency, you can create an instance of the AggregateCacheDependency class with each dependency added to it. You can then use a single Insert call to make the page dependent on the AggregateCacheDependency instance.
The following code example uses the AggregateCacheDependency class to add a DataSet, named XMLDataSet, to the cache that is dependent on a text file and an XML file.
' When the page is loaded, use the
' AggregateCacheDependency class to make
' a cached item dependent on two files.
Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
Dim Source As DataView
Source = Cache("XMLDataSet")
If Source Is Nothing
Dim DS As New DataSet
Dim FS As FileStream
Dim Reader As StreamReader
Dim txtDep As CacheDependency
Dim xmlDep As CacheDependency
Dim aggDep As AggregateCacheDependency
FS = New FileStream(Server.MapPath("authors.xml"),FileMode.Open,FileAccess.Read)
Reader = New StreamReader(FS)
DS.ReadXml(Reader)
FS.Close()
Source = new DataView(ds.Tables(0))
' Create two CacheDependency objects, one to a
' text file and the other to an XML file.
' Create a CacheDependency array with these
' two objects as items in the array.
txtDep = New CacheDependency(Server.MapPath("Storage.txt"))
xmlDep = New CacheDependency(Server.MapPath("authors.xml"))
Dim DepArray() As CacheDependency = {txtDep, xmlDep}
' Create an AggregateCacheDependency object and
' use the Add method to add the array to it.
aggDep = New AggregateCacheDependency()
aggDep.Add(DepArray)
' Call the GetUniqueId method to generate
' an ID for each dependency in the array.
msg1.Text = aggDep.GetUniqueId()
' Add the new data set to the cache with
' dependencies on both files in the array.
Cache.Insert("XMLDataSet", Source, aggDep)
If aggDep.HasChanged = True Then
chngMsg.Text = "The dependency changed at: " & DateTime.Now
Else
chngMsg.Text = "The dependency changed last at: " & aggDep.UtcLastModified.ToString()
End If
cacheMsg1.Text = "Dataset created explicitly"
Else
cacheMsg1.Text = "Dataset retrieved from cache"
End If
MyLiteral.Text = Source.Table.TableName
MyDataGrid.DataSource = Source
MyDataGrid.DataBind()
End Sub
Public Sub btn_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs )
If (MyTextBox.Text = String.Empty) Then
msg2.Text ="You have not changed the text file."
Else
msg2.Text="You added " & MyTextBox.Text & "."
' Create an instance of the StreamWriter class
' to write text to a file.
Dim sw As StreamWriter
sw = File.CreateText(Server.MapPath("Storage.txt"))
' Add some text to the file.
sw.Write("You entered:")
sw.WriteLine(MyTextBox.Text)
' Write arbitrary objects to the file as needed.
sw.Write("Text added at:")
sw.WriteLine(DateTime.Now)
sw.WriteLine("-------------------")
sw.Close()
End If
End Sub
System..::.Object
System.Web.Caching..::.CacheDependency
System.Web.Caching..::.AggregateCacheDependency
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98
The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
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