Returns the metadata associated with a particular key/value pair.
string $key: The key of the data to store.
mixed An object with the owner and updated time if the key has a value, or NULL otherwise.
function getMetadata($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;
}
}