CachedAttribute

CachedAttribute is a plugin that allows expensive model attributes to be cached on a per-instance basis. It supports memoization, multiple cache stores, invalidation, and ttl.

It can also be used to cached arbitrary methods based on their

Example

class ComplicatedModel < ActiveRecord::Base

  def expensive_operation
    ... something expensive ...
  end

  # caches the calls to expensive_operation
  cached_attribute :expensive_operation

  class << self
    def expensive_class_method(param1)
      ... something expensive ...
    end
    cached_attribute :expensive_class_method
  end

end

c = ComplicatedModel.new
c.expensive_operation # => slow
c.expensive_operation # => fast!

c.invalidate_expensive_operation
c.expensive_operation # => slow

ComplicatedModel.expensive_class_method('some string or something') # => slow
ComplicatedModel.expensive_class_method('some other string or something') # => slow
ComplicatedModel.expensive_class_method('some string or something') # => fast