ASP.NET in a Nutshell

Name

Cache

Synopsis

HttpCache = Context.Cache

Returns an instance of the Cache class.

Parameters

HttpCache

An Object variable of type Cache.

Example

The example retrieves an instance of the Cache class into a local variable and then adds a value to the cache:

Sub Application_BeginRequest(  )
   Dim myCache As Cache
   myCache = Context.Cache
   myCache.Add("Test", "Test", Nothing, _ 
      System.DateTime.Now.AddHours(1), Nothing, _ 
      CacheItemPriority.High, Nothing)
End Sub

Notes

Note that rather than using the Page_Load event, the example above shows the Application_BeginRequest event handler in global.asax; a common use of the Cache property is to access the cache at points during request processing when the Cache property of the Page object is not available, such as before the Page object is instantiated.