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Technical Overview
This is a preference backend used to get preferences defined in a topic
and cache them in memory.
ClassMethod new(@_)
Creates a preferences backend object.
ObjectMethod finish()
Break circular references.
ObjectMethod cacheHits() → $int
returns the number of hits to the memory cache
ObjectMethod getEntry() → \%entry
returns a cache entry for the given topic object
ObjectMethod setEntry() → \%entry
stores the private values into the global cache.
ObjectMethod getModificationTime() → $timestamp
returns the file modification time of the topic object
ObjectMethod invalidate($metaOrPath)
this method can be called as an object as well as a class method.
If called as a class method the $metaOrPath parameter is mandatory
ObjectMethod getCacheKey($metaOrPath) → $string
this method is an object as well as class method, similar to invalidate().
it returns the key for the current object to cache its preferences for.