examples/type_hints.py

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from pyignite import Client
from pyignite.datatypes import CharObject, ShortObject

client = Client()
with client.connect('127.0.0.1', 10800):
    my_cache = client.get_or_create_cache('my cache')

    my_cache.put('my key', 42)
    # value ‘42’ takes 9 bytes of memory as a LongObject

    my_cache.put('my key', 42, value_hint=ShortObject)
    # value ‘42’ takes only 3 bytes as a ShortObject

    my_cache.put('a', 1)
    # ‘a’ is a key of type String

    my_cache.put('a', 2, key_hint=CharObject)
    # another key ‘a’ of type CharObject was created

    value = my_cache.get('a')
    print(value)
    # 1

    value = my_cache.get('a', key_hint=CharObject)
    print(value)
    # 2

    # now let us delete both keys at once
    my_cache.remove_keys([
        'a',  # a default type key
        ('a', CharObject),  # a key of type CharObject
    ])

    my_cache.destroy()