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# * George Moschovitis  <[e-mail]>
# (c) 2004-2005 Navel, all rights reserved.
# $Id: mixins.rb 182 2005-07-22 10:07:50Z gmosx $

module Glue 

# Generic expiring functionality mixin. 

module Expirable
  attr_accessor :expires

  # Set the expires timeout for this entry.

  def expires_after(timeout = (60*60*24))
    @expires = Time.now + timeout
  end

  # Set the expire timeout for this entry. The timeout happens
  # after (base + rand(spread)) seconds.

  def expires_spread(base, spread)
    @expires = Time.now + base + rand(spread)
  end

  # Is this entry expired?

  def expired?
    if @expires.nil? or (Time.now > @expires)
      return true
    else
      return false
    end
  end
end

end

Version data entries

5 entries across 5 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
glue-0.22.0	lib/glue/mixins.rb
glue-0.21.0	lib/glue/mixins.rb
glue-0.21.2	lib/glue/mixins.rb
glue-0.23.0	lib/glue/mixins.rb
glue-0.24.0	lib/glue/mixins.rb