Description

StaticActiveRecordContext

Simple module to extends technoweenie's rad ActiveRecordContext plugin svn.techno-weenie.net/projects/plugins/active_record_context/ to permanently cache active record data for the life of the class

As with active_record_context, only finds based on ids are cache hits, however id finders are the majority of calls from associations. If cache hits on fields and methods are needed, refer to acts_as_static_record

class TelephoneCarriers < ActiveRecord::Base
  extend StaticActiveRecordContext
  has_many :phone_numbers
end

The following would exercise a cache hit

phone_number.telephone_carrier

The static cache is available both inside and outside with_context block, where as the cache for typical records the context is only with the block.

PhoneNumber.with_context {
  PhoneNumber.find :all
  TelephoneCarriers.find :all
}

phone = PhoneNumber.find_by_id(1)             # not a cache hit
phone.telephone_carrier                       # cache hit
telephone_carrier = TelephoneCarrier.find(1)  # cache hit

Developers

• Blythe Dunham snowgiraffe.com

Homepage

• Rdoc: snowgiraffe.com/rdocs/static_record_cache/

• Github Project: github.com/blythedunham/static_record_cache/tree/master

• Install: script/plugin install git://github.com/blythedunham/static_record_cache.git