class TempStore

Stores and retrieves temporary data for a given owner.

A TempStore can be used to make temporary, non-cache data available across requests. The data for the TempStore is stored in one key/value collection. TempStore data expires automatically after a given timeframe.

The TempStore is different from a cache, because the data in it is not yet saved permanently and so it cannot be rebuilt. Typically, the TempStore might be used to store work in progress that is later saved permanently elsewhere, e.g. autosave data, multistep forms, or in-progress changes to complex configuration that are not ready to be saved.

Each TempStore belongs to a particular owner (e.g. a user, session, or process). Multiple owners may use the same key/value collection, and the owner is stored along with the key/value pair.

Every key is unique within the collection, so the TempStore can check whether a particular key is already set by a different owner. This is useful for informing one owner that the data is already in use by another; for example, to let one user know that another user is in the process of editing certain data, or even to restrict other users from editing it at the same time. It is the responsibility of the implementation to decide when and whether one owner can use or update another owner's data.

@todo We could add getIfOwner() or setIfOwner() methods to make this more explicit.

Hierarchy

Expanded class hierarchy of TempStore

1 string reference to 'TempStore'
TempStoreDatabaseTest::getInfo in drupal/core/modules/user/lib/Drupal/user/Tests/TempStoreDatabaseTest.php

File

drupal/core/modules/user/lib/Drupal/user/TempStore.php, line 41
Contains Drupal\user\TempStore.

Namespace

Drupal\user
View source
class TempStore {

  /**
   * The key/value storage object used for this data.
   *
   * @var Drupal\Core\KeyValueStore\KeyValueStoreExpireInterface;
   */
  protected $storage;

  /**
   * The lock object used for this data.
   *
   * @var Drupal\Core\Lock\LockBackendInterface
   */
  protected $lockBackend;

  /**
   * The owner key to store along with the data (e.g. a user or session ID).
   *
   * @var mixed
   */
  protected $owner;

  /**
   * The time to live for items in seconds.
   *
   * By default, data is stored for one week (604800 seconds) before expiring.
   *
   * @var int
   *
   * @todo Currently, this property is not exposed anywhere, and so the only
   *   way to override it is by extending the class.
   */
  protected $expire = 604800;

  /**
   * Constructs a new object for accessing data from a key/value store.
   *
   * @param KeyValueStoreExpireInterface $storage
   *   The key/value storage object used for this data. Each storage object
   *   represents a particular collection of data and will contain any number
   *   of key/value pairs.
   * @param Drupal\Core\Lock\LockBackendInterface $lockBackend
   *   The lock object used for this data.
   * @param mixed $owner
   *   The owner key to store along with the data (e.g. a user or session ID).
   */
  function __construct(KeyValueStoreExpirableInterface $storage, LockBackendInterface $lockBackend, $owner) {
    $this->storage = $storage;
    $this->lockBackend = $lockBackend;
    $this->owner = $owner;
  }

  /**
   * Retrieves a value from this TempStore for a given key.
   *
   * @param string $key
   *   The key of the data to retrieve.
   *
   * @return mixed
   *   The data associated with the key, or NULL if the key does not exist.
   */
  function get($key) {
    if ($object = $this->storage
      ->get($key)) {
      return $object->data;
    }
  }

  /**
   * Stores a particular key/value pair only if the key doesn't already exist.
   *
   * @param string $key
   *   The key of the data to check and store.
   * @param mixed $value
   *   The data to store.
   *
   * @return bool
   *   TRUE if the data was set, or FALSE if it already existed.
   */
  function setIfNotExists($key, $value) {
    $value = (object) array(
      'owner' => $this->owner,
      'data' => $value,
      'updated' => REQUEST_TIME,
    );
    return $this->storage
      ->setWithExpireIfNotExists($key, $value, $this->expire);
  }

  /**
   * Stores a particular key/value pair in this TempStore.
   *
   * @param string $key
   *   The key of the data to store.
   * @param mixed $value
   *   The data to store.
   */
  function set($key, $value) {
    if (!$this->lockBackend
      ->acquire($key)) {
      $this->lockBackend
        ->wait($key);
      if (!$this->lockBackend
        ->acquire($key)) {
        throw new TempStoreException(format_string("Couldn't acquire lock to update item %key in %collection temporary storage.", array(
          '%key' => $key,
          '%collection' => $this->storage->collection,
        )));
      }
    }
    $value = (object) array(
      'owner' => $this->owner,
      'data' => $value,
      'updated' => REQUEST_TIME,
    );
    $this->storage
      ->setWithExpire($key, $value, $this->expire);
    $this->lockBackend
      ->release($key);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the metadata associated with a particular key/value pair.
   *
   * @param string $key
   *   The key of the data to store.
   *
   * @return mixed
   *   An object with the owner and updated time if the key has a value, or
   *   NULL otherwise.
   */
  function getMetadata($key) {

    // Fetch the key/value pair and its metadata.
    $object = $this->storage
      ->get($key);
    if ($object) {

      // Don't keep the data itself in memory.
      unset($object->data);
      return $object;
    }
  }

  /**
   * Deletes data from the store for a given key and releases the lock on it.
   *
   * @param string $key
   *   The key of the data to delete.
   */
  function delete($key) {
    if (!$this->lockBackend
      ->acquire($key)) {
      $this->lockBackend
        ->wait($key);
      if (!$this->lockBackend
        ->acquire($key)) {
        throw new TempStoreException(format_string("Couldn't acquire lock to delete item %key from %collection temporary storage.", array(
          '%key' => $key,
          '%collection' => $this->storage->collection,
        )));
      }
    }
    $this->storage
      ->delete($key);
    $this->lockBackend
      ->release($key);
  }

}

Members

Namesort descending Modifiers Type Description Overrides
TempStore::$expire protected property The time to live for items in seconds.
TempStore::$lockBackend protected property The lock object used for this data.
TempStore::$owner protected property The owner key to store along with the data (e.g. a user or session ID).
TempStore::$storage protected property The key/value storage object used for this data.
TempStore::delete function Deletes data from the store for a given key and releases the lock on it.
TempStore::get function Retrieves a value from this TempStore for a given key.
TempStore::getMetadata function Returns the metadata associated with a particular key/value pair.
TempStore::set function Stores a particular key/value pair in this TempStore.
TempStore::setIfNotExists function Stores a particular key/value pair only if the key doesn't already exist.
TempStore::__construct function Constructs a new object for accessing data from a key/value store.