path: root/actionpack/lib/action_controller/caching.rb

require 'fileutils'

module ActionController #:nodoc:
  module Caching #:nodoc:
    def self.append_features(base)
      super
      base.send(:include, Pages, Actions, Fragments, Sweeping)
    end

    # Page caching is an approach to caching where the entire action output of is stored as a HTML file that the web server 
    # can serve without going through the Action Pack. This can be as much as 100 times faster than going the process of dynamically
    # generating the content. Unfortunately, this incredible speed-up is only available to stateless pages where all visitors
    # are treated the same. Content management systems -- including weblogs and wikis -- have many pages that are a great fit
    # for this approach, but account-based systems where people log in and manipulate their own data are often less likely candidates.
    #
    # Specifying which actions to cach is done through the <tt>caches</tt> class method:
    #
    #   class WeblogController < ActionController::Base
    #     caches_page :show, :new
    #   end
    #
    # This will generate cache files such as weblog/show/5 and weblog/new, 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
    # the Action Pack to generate it.
    #
    # 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:
    #
    #   class WeblogController < ActionController::Base
    #     def update
    #       List.update(@params["list"]["id"], @params["list"])
    #       expire_page :action => "show", :id => @params["list"]["id"]
    #       redirect_to :action => "show", :id => @params["list"]["id"]
    #     end
    #   end
    #
    # Additionally, you can expire caches using Sweepers that act on changes in the model to determine when a cache is supposed to be
    # expired.
    module Pages
      def self.append_features(base) #:nodoc:
        super
        base.extend(ClassMethods)
        base.class_eval do
          @@page_cache_directory = defined?(RAILS_ROOT) ? "#{RAILS_ROOT}/public" : ""
          cattr_accessor :page_cache_directory
        end
      end

      module ClassMethods
        def cache_page(content, path)
          FileUtils.makedirs(File.dirname(page_cache_directory + path))
          File.open(page_cache_directory + path, "w+") { |f| f.write(content) }
          logger.info "Cached page: #{path}" unless logger.nil?
        end

        def expire_page(path)
          File.delete(page_cache_directory + path) if File.exists?(page_cache_directory + path)
          logger.info "Expired page: #{path}" unless logger.nil?
        end
        
        def caches_page(*actions)
          actions.each do |action| 
            class_eval "after_filter { |c| c.cache_page if c.action_name == '#{action}' }"
          end
        end
      end

      def expire_page(options = {})
        if options[:action].is_a?(Array)
          options[:action].dup.each do |action|
            self.class.expire_page(url_for(options.merge({ :only_path => true, :action => action })))
          end
        else
          self.class.expire_page(url_for(options.merge({ :only_path => true })))
        end
      end

      # Expires more than one page at the time. Example:
      #   expire_pages(
      #     { :controller => "lists", :action => "public", :id => list_id },
      #     { :controller => "lists", :action => "show", :id => list_id }
      #   )
      def expire_pages(*options)
        options.each { |option| expire_page(option) }
      end
      
      def cache_page(content = nil, options = {})
        self.class.cache_page(content || @response.body, url_for(options.merge({ :only_path => true })))
      end
    end

    # Action caching is similar to page caching by the fact that the entire output of the response is cached, but unlike page caching, 
    # every request still goes through the Action Pack. The key benefit of this is that filters are run before the cache is served, which
    # allows for authentication and other restrictions on whether someone are supposed to see the cache. Example:
    #
    #   class ListsController < ApplicationController
    #     before_filter :authenticate, :except => :public
    #     caches_page   :public
    #     caches_action :show, :feed
    #   end
    #
    # In this example, the public action doesn't require authentication, so it's possible to use the faster page caching method. But both the
    # show and feed action are to be shielded behind the authenticate filter, so we need to implement those as action caches.
    #
    # Action caching internally uses the fragment caching and an around filter to do the job. The fragment cache is named according to both
    # the current host and the path. So a page that is accessed at http://david.somewhere.com/lists/show/1 will result in a fragment named
    # "david.somewhere.com/lists/show/1". This allows the cacher to differentiate between "david.somewhere.com/lists/" and
    # "jamis.somewhere.com/lists/" -- which is a helpful way of assisting the subdomain-as-account-key pattern.
    module Actions
      def self.append_features(base) #:nodoc:
        super
        base.extend(ClassMethods)
        base.send(:attr_accessor, :rendered_action_cache)
      end

      module ClassMethods
        def caches_action(*actions)
          around_filter(ActionCacheFilter.new(*actions))
        end
      end

      def expire_action(options = {})
        expire_fragment(url_for(options).split("://").last)
      end

      class ActionCacheFilter #:nodoc:
        def initialize(*actions)
          @actions = actions
        end
        
        def before(controller)
          return unless @actions.include?(controller.action_name.intern)
          if cache = controller.read_fragment(controller.url_for.split("://").last)
            controller.rendered_action_cache = true
            controller.send(:render_text, cache)
            false
          end
        end
        
        def after(controller)
          return if !@actions.include?(controller.action_name.intern) || controller.rendered_action_cache
          controller.write_fragment(controller.url_for.split("://").last, controller.response.body)
        end
      end
    end

    # Fragment caching is used for caching various blocks within templates without caching the entire action as a whole. This is useful when
    # certain elements of an action change frequently or depend on complicated state while other parts rarely change or can be shared amongst multiple
    # parties. The caching is doing using the cache helper available in the Action View. A template with caching might look something like:
    #
    #   <b>Hello <%= @name %></b>
    #   <% cache(binding) do %>
    #     All the topics in the system:
    #     <%= render_collection_of_partials "topic", Topic.find_all %>
    #   <% end %>
    #
    # This cache will bind to the name of action that called it. So you would be able to invalidate it using 
    # <tt>expire_fragment(:controller => "topics", :action => "list")</tt> -- if that was the controller/action used. This is not too helpful
    # if you need to cache multiple fragments per action or if the action itself is cached using <tt>caches_action</tt>. So instead we should
    # qualify the name of the action used with something like:
    #
    #   <% cache(binding, :action => "list", :action_suffix => "all_topics") do %>
    #
    # That would result in a name such as "/topics/list/all_topics", which wouldn't conflict with any action cache and neither with another
    # fragment using a different suffix. Note that the URL doesn't have to really exist or be callable. We're just using the url_for system
    # to generate unique cache names that we can refer to later for expirations. The expiration call for this example would be
    # <tt>expire_fragment(:controller => "topics", :action => "list", :action_suffix => "all_topics")</tt>.
    #
    # == Fragment stores
    #
    # TO BE WRITTEN...
    module Fragments
      def self.append_features(base) #:nodoc:
        super
        base.class_eval do
          @@cache_store = MemoryStore.new
          cattr_accessor :fragment_cache_store
        end
      end

      # Called by CacheHelper#cache
      def cache_erb_fragment(binding, name = {}, options = {})
        buffer = eval("_erbout", binding)

        name = url_for(name) if name.is_a?(Hash)
        if cache = read_fragment(name, options)
          buffer.concat(cache)
        else
          pos = buffer.length
          yield
          write_fragment(name, buffer[pos..-1], options)
        end
      end
      
      def write_fragment(name, content, options = {})
        name = url_for(name) if name.is_a?(Hash)
        fragment_cache_store.write(name, content, options)
        logger.info "Cached fragment: #{name}" unless logger.nil?
        content
      end
      
      def read_fragment(name, options = {})
        name = url_for(name) if name.is_a?(Hash)
        if cache = fragment_cache_store.read(name, options)
          logger.info "Fragment hit: #{name}" unless logger.nil?
          cache
        else
          false
        end
      end
      
      def expire_fragment(name, options = {})
        name = url_for(name) if name.is_a?(Hash)
        fragment_cache_store.delete(name, options)
        logger.info "Expired fragment: #{name}" unless logger.nil?
      end
    
      class MemoryStore
        def initialize
          @data = { }
        end
    
        def read(name, options = {}) #:nodoc:
          begin
            @data[name]
          rescue
            nil
          end
        end

        def write(name, value, options = {}) #:nodoc:
          @data[name] = value
        end

        def delete(name, options = {}) #:nodoc:
          @data.delete(name)
        end
      end

      class DRbStore < MemoryStore
        def initialize(address = 'druby://localhost:9192')
          @data = DRbObject.new(nil, address)
        end    
      end

      class FileStore
        def initialize(cache_path)
          @cache_path = cache_path
        end
    
        def write(name, value, options = {}) #:nodoc:
          begin
            ensure_cache_path(File.dirname(real_file_path(name)))
            File.open(real_file_path(name), "w+") { |f| f.write(value) }
          rescue => e
            Base.logger.info "Couldn't create cache directory: #{name} (#{e.message})" unless Base.logger.nil?
          end
        end

        def read(name, options = {}) #:nodoc:
          begin
            IO.read(real_file_path(name))
          rescue
            nil
          end
        end

        def delete(name, options) #:nodoc:
          File.delete(real_file_path(name)) if File.exist?(real_file_path(name))
        end
    
        private
          def real_file_path(name)
            "#{@cache_path}/#{name}"
          end
        
          def ensure_cache_path(path)
            FileUtils.makedirs(path) unless File.exists?(path)
          end
      end
    end

    module Sweeping #:nodoc:
      def self.append_features(base) #:nodoc:
        super
        base.extend(ClassMethods)
      end

      # Sweepers are the terminators of the caching world and responsible for expiring caches when model objects change.
      # They do this by being half-observers, half-filters and implementing callbacks for both roles. A Sweeper example:
      # 
      #   class ListSweeper < ActiveRecord::Observer
      #     observe List, Item
      #   
      #     def after_save(record)
      #       @list = record.is_a?(List) ? record : record.list
      #     end
      #     
      #     def filter(controller)
      #       controller.expire_page(:controller => "lists", :action => %w( show public feed ), :id => @list.id)
      #       controller.expire_action(:controller => "lists", :action => "all")
      #       @list.shares.each { |share| controller.expire_page(:controller => "lists", :action => "show", :id => share.url_key) }
      #     end
      #   end
      #
      # The sweeper is assigned on the controllers that wish to have its job performed using the <tt>cache_sweeper</tt> class method:
      #
      #   class ListsController < ApplicationController
      #     caches_action :index, :show, :public, :feed
      #     cache_sweeper :list_sweeper, :only => [ :edit, :destroy, :share ]
      #   end
      #
      # In the example above, four actions are cached and three actions are responsible of expiring those caches.
      module ClassMethods
        def cache_sweeper(*sweepers)
          configuration = sweepers.last.is_a?(Hash) ? sweepers.pop : {}
          sweepers.each do |sweeper| 
            observer(sweeper)
            after_filter(Object.const_get(Inflector.classify(sweeper)).instance, :only => configuration[:only])
          end
        end
      end
    end
  end
end