NHibernate 4.x Cookbook - Second Edition

Use the second-level cache

Caching is used frequently; rarely updated data can greatly improve the performance of websites and other high traffic applications. In this recipe, we'll configure NHibernate's cache, just as we would for a typical public facing website.

Getting ready

Complete the Getting Ready instructions at the beginning of Chapter 4, Queries.

How to do it...

1. Add a reference to NHibernate.Caches.SysCache using NuGet Package manager console.
2. Open or create a new App.config file in the project.
3. In the configSections element, declare a section for the cache configuration:

   <section name="syscache"
   type="NHibernate.Caches.SysCache.SysCacheSectionHandler, 
   NHibernate.Caches.SysCache" />

4. Add the syscache section:

   <syscache> <cache region="hourly" ...