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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
  
  # Update the expiration period. Override in your application.
  
  def touch!
  end  
end

end

# * George Moschovitis  <[e-mail]>

Version data entries

4 entries across 4 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
glue-0.28.0	lib/glue/expirable.rb
glue-0.26.0	lib/glue/expirable.rb
glue-0.27.0	lib/glue/expirable.rb
glue-0.29.0	lib/glue/expirable.rb