adding special page with scaffolding for caching chunks of HTML
authorJeroen De Dauw <jeroendedauw@users.mediawiki.org>
Sat, 17 Mar 2012 22:26:02 +0000 (22:26 +0000)
committerJeroen De Dauw <jeroendedauw@users.mediawiki.org>
Sat, 17 Mar 2012 22:26:02 +0000 (22:26 +0000)
includes/AutoLoader.php
includes/specials/SpecialCachedPage.php [new file with mode: 0644]
languages/messages/MessagesEn.php
maintenance/language/messages.inc

index b59efe6..905d35b 100644 (file)
@@ -823,6 +823,7 @@ $wgAutoloadLocalClasses = array(
        'SpecialBlockList' => 'includes/specials/SpecialBlockList.php',
        'SpecialBlockme' => 'includes/specials/SpecialBlockme.php',
        'SpecialBookSources' => 'includes/specials/SpecialBooksources.php',
+       'SpecialCachedPage' => 'includes/specials/SpecialCachedPage.php',
        'SpecialCategories' => 'includes/specials/SpecialCategories.php',
        'SpecialChangeEmail' => 'includes/specials/SpecialChangeEmail.php',
        'SpecialChangePassword' => 'includes/specials/SpecialChangePassword.php',
diff --git a/includes/specials/SpecialCachedPage.php b/includes/specials/SpecialCachedPage.php
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..6a2a21a
--- /dev/null
@@ -0,0 +1,215 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Abstract special page class with scaffolding for caching the HTML output.
+ *
+ * To enable the caching functionality, the cacheExpiry field should be set
+ * in the constructor.
+ *
+ * To add HTML that should be cached, use addCachedHTML like this:
+ * $this->addCachedHTML( array( $this, 'displayCachedContent' ) );
+ *
+ * After adding the last HTML that should be cached, call $this->saveCache();
+ *
+ * @since 1.20
+ *
+ * @file SpecialCachedPage.php
+ * @ingroup SpecialPage
+ *
+ * @licence GNU GPL v2 or later
+ * @author Jeroen De Dauw < jeroendedauw@gmail.com >
+ */
+abstract class SpecialCachedPage extends SpecialPage {
+
+       /**
+        * The time to live for the cache, in seconds or a unix timestamp indicating the point of expiry.
+        *
+        * @since 1.20
+        * @var integer|null
+        */
+       protected $cacheExpiry = null;
+
+       /**
+        * List of HTML chunks to be cached (if !hasCached) or that where cashed (of hasCached).
+        * If no cached already, then the newly computed chunks are added here,
+        * if it as cached already, chunks are removed from this list as they are needed.
+        *
+        * @since 1.20
+        * @var array
+        */
+       protected $cachedChunks;
+
+       /**
+        * Indicates if the to be cached content was already cached.
+        * Null if this information is not available yet.
+        *
+        * @since 1.20
+        * @var boolean|null
+        */
+       protected $hasCached = null;
+
+       /**
+        * Main method.
+        *
+        * @since 1.20
+        *
+        * @param string|null $subPage
+        */
+       public function execute( $subPage ) {
+               if ( $this->getRequest()->getText( 'action' ) === 'purge' ) {
+                       $this->hasCached = false;
+               }
+
+               if ( !is_null( $this->cacheExpiry ) ) {
+                       $this->initCaching();
+
+                       if ( $this->hasCached === true ) {
+                               $this->getOutput()->setSubtitle( $this->getCachedNotice( $subPage ) );
+                       }
+               }
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * Returns a message that notifies the user he/she is looking at
+        * a cached version of the page, including a refresh link.
+        *
+        * @since 1.20
+        *
+        * @param string|null $subPage
+        *
+        * @return string
+        */
+       protected function getCachedNotice( $subPage ) {
+               $refreshArgs = $_GET;
+               unset( $refreshArgs['title'] );
+               $refreshArgs['action'] = 'purge';
+
+               $refreshLink = Linker::link(
+                       $this->getTitle( $subPage ),
+                       $this->msg( 'cachedspecial-refresh-now' )->escaped(),
+                       array(),
+                       $refreshArgs
+               );
+
+               if ( $this->cacheExpiry < 1000000000 ) {
+                       $message = $this->msg(
+                               'cachedspecial-viewing-cached-ttl',
+                               $this->getLanguage()->duration( $this->cacheExpiry )
+                       )->escaped();
+               }
+               else {
+                       $message = $this->msg(
+                               'cachedspecial-viewing-cached-ts'
+                       )->escaped();
+               }
+
+               return $message . ' ' . $refreshLink;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * Initializes the caching if not already done so.
+        * Should be called before any of the caching functionality is used.
+        *
+        * @since 1.20
+        */
+       protected function initCaching() {
+               if ( is_null( $this->hasCached ) ) {
+                       $cachedChunks = wfGetCache( CACHE_ANYTHING )->get( $this->getCacheKey() );
+
+                       $this->hasCached = is_array( $cachedChunks );
+                       $this->cachedChunks = $this->hasCached ? $cachedChunks : array();
+               }
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * Add some HTML to be cached.
+        * This is done by providing a callback function that should
+        * return the HTML to be added. It will only be called if the
+        * item is not in the cache yet or when the cache has been invalidated.
+        *
+        * @since 1.20
+        *
+        * @param {function} $callback
+        * @param array $args
+        * @param string|null $key
+        */
+       public function addCachedHTML( $callback, $args = array(), $key = null ) {
+               $this->initCaching();
+
+               if ( $this->hasCached ) {
+                       $html = '';
+
+                       if ( is_null( $key ) ) {
+                               $itemKey = array_keys( array_slice( $this->cachedChunks, 0, 1 ) );
+                               $itemKey = array_shift( $itemKey );
+
+                               if ( !is_integer( $itemKey ) ) {
+                                       wfWarn( "Attempted to get item with non-numeric key while the next item in the queue has a key ($itemKey) in " . __METHOD__ );
+                               }
+                               elseif ( is_null( $itemKey ) ) {
+                                       wfWarn( "Attempted to get an item while the queue is empty in " . __METHOD__ );
+                               }
+                               else {
+                                       $html = array_shift( $this->cachedChunks );
+                               }
+                       }
+                       else {
+                               if ( array_key_exists( $key, $this->cachedChunks ) ) {
+                                       $html = $this->cachedChunks[$key];
+                                       unset( $this->cachedChunks[$key] );
+                               }
+                               else {
+                                       wfWarn( "There is no item with key '$key' in this->cachedChunks in " . __METHOD__ );
+                               }
+                       }
+               }
+               else {
+                       $html = call_user_func_array( $callback, $args );
+
+                       if ( is_null( $key ) ) {
+                               $this->cachedChunks[] = $html;
+                       }
+                       else {
+                               $this->cachedChunks[$key] = $html;
+                       }
+               }
+
+               $this->getOutput()->addHTML( $html );
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * Saves the HTML to the cache in case it got recomputed.
+        * Should be called after the last time anything is added via addCachedHTML.
+        *
+        * @since 1.20
+        */
+       public function saveCache() {
+               if ( $this->hasCached === false && !empty( $this->cachedChunks ) ) {
+                       wfGetCache( CACHE_ANYTHING )->set( $this->getCacheKey(), $this->cachedChunks, $this->cacheExpiry );
+               }
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * Sets the time to live for the cache, in seconds or a unix timestamp indicating the point of expiry..
+        *
+        * @since 1.20
+        *
+        * @param integer $cacheExpiry
+        */
+       protected function setExpirey( $cacheExpiry ) {
+               $this->cacheExpiry = $cacheExpiry;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * Returns the cache key to use to cache this page's HTML output.
+        * Is constructed from the special page name and language code.
+        *
+        * @since 1.20
+        *
+        * @return string
+        */
+       protected function getCacheKey() {
+               return wfMemcKey( $this->mName, $this->getLanguage()->getCode() );
+       }
+
+}
index 22dd326..56ac6e3 100644 (file)
@@ -2661,6 +2661,11 @@ You can narrow down the view by selecting a log type, the username (case-sensiti
 It may contain one or more characters which cannot be used in titles.',
 'allpages-bad-ns'   => '{{SITENAME}} does not have namespace "$1".',
 
+# SpecialCachedPage
+'cachedspecial-viewing-cached-ttl' => 'You are viewing a cached version of this page, which can be up to $1 old.',
+'cachedspecial-viewing-cached-ts' => 'You are viewing a cached version of this page, which might not be completely actual.',
+'cachedspecial-refresh-now' => 'View latest.',
+
 # Special:Categories
 'categories'                    => 'Categories',
 'categories-summary'            => '', # do not translate or duplicate this message to other languages
index 5aed95f..e508913 100644 (file)
@@ -1749,6 +1749,11 @@ $wgMessageStructure = array(
                'allpagesbadtitle',
                'allpages-bad-ns',
        ),
+       'cachedspecial' => array(
+               'cachedspecial-viewing-cached-ttl',
+               'cachedspecial-viewing-cached-ts',
+               'cachedspecial-refresh-now',
+       ),
        'categories' => array(
                'categories',
                'categories-summary',
@@ -3935,4 +3940,5 @@ Variants for Chinese language",
        'feedback'              => 'Feedback',
        'apierrors'             => 'API errors',
        'duration'              => 'Durations',
+       'cachedspecial'         => 'SpecialCachedPage',
 );