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# * George Moschovitis  <[e-mail]>
# (c) 2004-2005 Navel, all rights reserved.
# $Id$

module N

# 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

9 entries across 9 versions & 3 rubygems

Version	Path
glue-0.13.0	lib/glue/mixins.rb
glue-0.14.0	lib/glue/mixins.rb
glue-0.15.0	lib/glue/mixins.rb
nitro-0.11.0	lib/glue/mixins.rb
nitro-0.12.0	lib/glue/mixins.rb
nitro-0.10.0	lib/glue/mixins.rb
og-0.11.0	lib/glue/mixins.rb
og-0.10.0	lib/glue/mixins.rb
og-0.12.0	lib/glue/mixins.rb