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| -rw-r--r-- | actionpack/lib/action_controller/caching/pages.rb | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/caching/pages.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/caching/pages.rb index 8c583c7ce0..9ea2ab0056 100644 --- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/caching/pages.rb +++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/caching/pages.rb @@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc: # caches_page :show, :new # end # - # This will generate cache files such as <tt>weblog/show/5.html</tt> and <tt>weblog/new.html</tt>, - # which match the URLs used to trigger the dynamic generation. This is how the web server is able - # pick up a cache file when it exists and otherwise let the request pass on to Action Pack to generate it. + # This will generate cache files such as <tt>weblog/show/5.html</tt> and <tt>weblog/new.html</tt>, which match the URLs used + # that would normally trigger dynamic page generation. Page caching works by configuring a web server to first check for the + # existence of files on disk, and to serve them directly when found, without passing the request through to Action Pack. + # This is much faster than handling the full dynamic request in the usual way. # # Expiration of the cache is handled by deleting the cached file, which results in a lazy regeneration approach where the cache # is not restored before another hit is made against it. The API for doing so mimics the options from +url_for+ and friends: |