Method: MemCache#set

Defined in:
lib/gems/activesupport-2.2.2/lib/active_support/vendor/memcache-client-1.5.1/memcache.rb

#set(key, value, expiry = 0, raw = false) ⇒ Object

Add key to the cache with value value that expires in expiry seconds. If raw is true, value will not be Marshalled.

Warning: Readers should not call this method in the event of a cache miss; see MemCache#add.

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# File 'lib/gems/activesupport-2.2.2/lib/active_support/vendor/memcache-client-1.5.1/memcache.rb', line 322

def set(key, value, expiry = 0, raw = false)
  raise MemCacheError, "Update of readonly cache" if @readonly
  server, cache_key = request_setup key
  socket = server.socket

  value = Marshal.dump value unless raw
  command = "set #{cache_key} 0 #{expiry} #{value.size}\r\n#{value}\r\n"

  begin
    @mutex.lock if @multithread
    socket.write command
    result = socket.gets
    raise_on_error_response! result
    result
  rescue SocketError, SystemCallError, IOError => err
    server.close
    raise MemCacheError, err.message
  ensure
    @mutex.unlock if @multithread
  end
end