ObjectCache.Add Method (String, Object, CacheItemPolicy, String)
When overridden in a derived class, inserts a cache entry into the cache, specifying information about how the entry will be evicted.
Assembly: System.Runtime.Caching (in System.Runtime.Caching.dll)
Public Overridable Function Add ( key As String, value As Object, policy As CacheItemPolicy, regionName As String ) As Boolean
Parameters
- key
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Type:
System.String
A unique identifier for the cache entry.
- value
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Type:
System.Object
The object to insert.
- policy
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Type:
System.Runtime.Caching.CacheItemPolicy
An object that contains eviction details for the cache entry. This object provides more options for eviction than a simple absolute expiration.
- regionName
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Type:
System.String
Optional. A named region in the cache to which the cache entry can be added, if regions are implemented. The default value for the optional parameter is null.
Return Value
Type: System.Booleantrue if the insertion try succeeds, or false if there is an already an entry in the cache with the same key as key.
The Add method overloads are virtual (not abstract) on the ObjectCache class, because the Add method internally calls AddOrGetExisting. This reduces the number of method overloads that a cache implementer has to provide. If a cache implementation does not require any special behavior for the Add method, it can just implement the AddOrGetExisting method overloads.
Available since 4.0