ChamplainFileCache

ChamplainFileCache — Stores and loads cached tiles from the file system

Functions

Properties

gchar * cache-dir Read / Write / Construct Only
guint size-limit Read / Write / Construct

Types and Values

Object Hierarchy

    GObject
    ╰── GInitiallyUnowned
        ╰── ChamplainMapSource
            ╰── ChamplainTileCache
                ╰── ChamplainFileCache

Description

ChamplainFileCache is a cache that stores and retrieves tiles from the file system. Tiles most frequently loaded gain in "popularity". This popularity is taken into account when purging the cache.

Functions

champlain_file_cache_new_full ()

ChamplainFileCache *
champlain_file_cache_new_full (guint size_limit,
                               const gchar *cache_dir,
                               ChamplainRenderer *renderer);

Constructor of ChamplainFileCache.

Parameters

size_limit

maximum size of the cache in bytes

 

cache_dir

the directory where the cache is created. When cache_dir == NULL, a cache in ~/.cache/champlain is used.

[allow-none]

renderer

the ChamplainRenderer used for tiles rendering

 

Returns

a constructed ChamplainFileCache

Since: 0.8


champlain_file_cache_get_size_limit ()

guint
champlain_file_cache_get_size_limit (ChamplainFileCache *file_cache);

Gets the cache size limit in bytes.

Parameters

file_cache

a ChamplainFileCache

 

Returns

size limit

Since: 0.4


champlain_file_cache_set_size_limit ()

void
champlain_file_cache_set_size_limit (ChamplainFileCache *file_cache,
                                     guint size_limit);

Sets the cache size limit in bytes.

Parameters

file_cache

a ChamplainFileCache

 

size_limit

the cache limit in bytes

 

Since: 0.4


champlain_file_cache_get_cache_dir ()

const gchar *
champlain_file_cache_get_cache_dir (ChamplainFileCache *file_cache);

Gets the directory where the cache database is stored.

Parameters

file_cache

a ChamplainFileCache

 

Returns

the directory

Since: 0.6


champlain_file_cache_purge ()

void
champlain_file_cache_purge (ChamplainFileCache *file_cache);

Purge the cache from the less popular tiles until cache's size limit is reached.

Parameters

file_cache

a ChamplainFileCache

 

Since: 0.4


champlain_file_cache_purge_on_idle ()

void
champlain_file_cache_purge_on_idle (ChamplainFileCache *file_cache);

Purge the cache from the less popular tiles until cache's size limit is reached. This is a non blocking call as the purge will happen when the application is idle

Parameters

file_cache

a ChamplainFileCache

 

Since: 0.4

Types and Values

struct ChamplainFileCache

struct ChamplainFileCache;

The ChamplainFileCache structure contains only private data and should be accessed using the provided API

Since: 0.6

Property Details

The “cache-dir” property

  “cache-dir”                gchar *

The directory where the tile database is stored.

Owner: ChamplainFileCache

Flags: Read / Write / Construct Only

Default value: NULL

Since: 0.6


The “size-limit” property

  “size-limit”               guint

The cache size limit in bytes.

Note: this new value will not be applied until you call champlain_file_cache_purge()

Owner: ChamplainFileCache

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Allowed values: [1,G_MAXINT]

Default value: 100000000

Since: 0.4