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| title: Configuring the Client Cache |
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| The client cache provides a framework for clients to store, manage, and distribute application data. |
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| The cache is the entry point for access to <%=vars.product_name%>. Through the cache, clients gain |
| access to the <%=vars.product_name%> caching framework for data loading, distribution, and |
| maintenance. |
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| The `Cache` instance allows your client to set general parameters for communication between a cache |
| and other caches in the distributed system, and to create and access any region in the cache. |
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| Regions are created from the `Cache` instance. Regions provide the entry point to the interfaces for |
| instances of `Region` and `RegionEntry`. |
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| For more information specific to your client programming language, see the |
| [C++ Client API](../cpp-caching-api/cpp-caching-api.html) or the |
| [.NET Client API](../dotnet-caching-api/dotnet-caching-api.html). |
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| The `Cache` inherits `RegionService` and adds management of these client caching features: |
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| - Region creation |
| - Subscription keepalive management for durable clients |
| - Access to the underlying distributed system |
| - `RegionService` creation for secure access by multiple users |
| See [Creating Multiple Secure User Connections with RegionService](../security/createsecureconnregionservice.html) |
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