CacheDependency.CacheDependency(String, DateTime) Constructor
Assembly: System.Web (in system.web.dll)
public CacheDependency ( String filename, DateTime start )
public function CacheDependency ( filename : String, start : DateTime )
Not applicable.
Parameters
- filename
The path to a file or directory that the cached object is dependent upon. When this resource changes, the cached object becomes obsolete and is removed from the cache.
- start
The time against which to check the last modified date of the directory or file.
If the directory or file specified in the filename parameter is not found in the file system, it will be treated as missing. If the directory or file is missing when the object with the dependency is added to the Cache, the cached object will be removed from the Cache when the directory or file is created.
For example, assume that you add an object to the Cache with a dependency on the following file path: c:\stocks\xyz.dat. If that file is not found when the CacheDependency object is created, but is created later, the cached object is removed upon the creation of the xyz.dat file.
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| Change tracking begins immediately and is not directly based on the start parameter. Use the start parameter to pass a date and time in the past against which you want to check the last modified date of the directory or file passed in the filename parameter. If the last modified date is later than the date and time set passed in the start parameter, the cached item is removed from the Cache. |
The following code example uses this constructor to instantiate a CacheDependency object, then inserts an item into the Cache with that dependency. The dt value passed in the start parameter is set to DateTime.Now.
// Insert the cache item.
CacheDependency dep = new CacheDependency(fileName, dt);
cache.Insert("key", "value", dep);
// Check whether CacheDependency.HasChanged is true.
if (dep.get_HasChanged()) {
get_Response().Write("<p>The dependency has changed.");
}
else {
get_Response().Write("<p>The dependency has not changed.");
}
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