Expirable

Generic expirability mixin.

Methods
Attributes
[RW] expires
Public Instance methods
expired?()

Is this entry expired?

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# File lib/more/facets/expirable.rb, line 45
  def expired?
    if @expires.nil? or (Time.now > @expires)
      return true
    else
      return false
    end
  end
expires_after(timeout = (60*60*24))

Set the expires timeout for this entry.

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# File lib/more/facets/expirable.rb, line 32
  def expires_after(timeout = (60*60*24))
    @expires = Time.now + timeout
  end
expires_spread(base, spread)

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

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# File lib/more/facets/expirable.rb, line 39
  def expires_spread(base, spread)
    @expires = Time.now + base + rand(spread)
  end
touch!()

Update the expiration period. Override in your application.

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# File lib/more/facets/expirable.rb, line 55
  def touch!
  end