modules/platforms/dotnet/Apache.Ignite.EntityFramework/DbCachingMode.cs

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namespace Apache.Ignite.EntityFramework
{
    using System.Data.Entity;

    /// <summary>
    /// Represents a second-level caching strategy.
    /// </summary>
    public enum DbCachingMode
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Read-only mode, never invalidates.
        /// <para />
        /// Database updates are ignored in this mode. Once query results have been cached, they are kept in cache 
        /// until expired (forever when no expiration is specified).
        /// <para />
        /// This mode is suitable for data that is not expected to change 
        /// (like a list of countries and other dictionary data).
        /// </summary>
        ReadOnly,

        /// <summary>
        /// Read-write mode. Cached data is invalidated when underlying entity set changes.
        /// <para />
        /// This is "normal" cache mode which always provides correct query results.
        /// <para />
        /// Keep in mind that this mode works correctly only when all database changes are performed 
        /// via <see cref="DbContext"/> with Ignite caching configured. Other database updates are not tracked.
        /// </summary>
        ReadWrite
    }
}