namespace Neo.Afx.Common
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Implements the cache for an application.
    /// </summary>
    public interface ICacheContext
    {
        
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the value with the given key and deserialize it back to the specified type
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
        /// <param name="key"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        T Get<T>(string key);
        
        /// <summary>
        /// Sets the value for the given key.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="key">The key to be queried.</param>
        /// <param name="value">The value to be set.</param>
        /// <param name="cacheDurationMinutes">The cache duration ub minutes.</param>
        void Set(string key, object value, int cacheDurationMinutes);

        /// <summary>
        /// Removes the item with the given key.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="key">The key to be queried.</param>
        void Remove(string key);

        /// <summary>
        /// Removes all items from the cache.
        /// </summary>
        void Clear();
    }
}