Cache:...Tester(3pm)

💖 Cache::CacheTester — the vibe check for your caches 💖

okay so real talk, this is Cache:...Tester(3pm) from the User Contributed Perl Documentation, and it is exactly what it sounds like: a whole little class whose entire job is regression testing caches. she's the friend who shows up to your cache implementation and goes "prove it." 👑

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✨ NAME ✨

Cache::CacheTester — bestie, it's a class for regression testing caches. that's the whole thing. that's her.

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

The CacheTester is used to verify that a cache implementation honors its contract. like, your cache said it would do the things. CacheTester is gonna hold it to that. no cap, no exceptions, no "oops I forgot to expire that key." it's giving accountability. 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

use Cache::MemoryCache;
use Cache::CacheTester;

my $cache = new Cache::MemoryCache( );

my $cache_tester = new Cache::CacheTester( 1 );

$cache_tester->test( $cache );

so you make a cache, you make a tester, you make the tester test the cache. iconic little pipeline honestly. ✨

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🎀 METHODS 🎀

• new( $initial_count ) — Construct a new CacheTester object, with the counter starting at $initial_count. yes the counter is a thing you hand over right at birth, she does not come pre-counted. you decide where she starts. 💖
• test( ) — Run the tests. that's it. that's the sentence. go run the tests, bestie. 🏃♀️💨

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• Cache::Cache
• Cache::BaseCacheTester

go read these too, they're the extended universe, iykyk. 🌈

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🫶 AUTHOR 🫶

Original author: DeWitt Clinton <dewitt@unto.net>

Last author: $Author: dclinton $

Copyright (C) 2001-2003 DeWitt Clinton

the literal OG. putting respect on the name. 👑

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💀 quick reminder: the counter starts wherever you tell it to with $initial_count, and test( ) is the one doing the actual testing. don't skip her. she's the main character of this whole page.

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 💜 this is Cache:...Tester(3pm), from perl v5.34.0, dated 2022-06-30, and yes she is still out here making caches behave. slay. periodt. 🎀✨