Design patterns Decorator pattern Caching Decorator
Example
This example demonstrate how to add caching capabilities to DbProductRepository using Decorator pattern. This approach adheres to SOLID principles because it allows you to add caching without violating Single responsibility principle or Open/closed principle.
public interface IProductRepository
{
Product GetProduct(int id);
}
public class DbProductRepository : IProductRepository
{
public Product GetProduct(int id)
{
//return Product retrieved from DB
}
}
public class ProductRepositoryCachingDecorator : IProductRepository
{
private readonly IProductRepository _decoratedRepository;
private readonly ICache _cache;
private const int ExpirationInHours = 1;
public ProductRepositoryCachingDecorator(IProductRepository decoratedRepository, ICache cache)
{
_decoratedRepository = decoratedRepository;
_cache = cache;
}
public Product GetProduct(int id)
{
var cacheKey = GetKey(id);
var product = _cache.Get<Product>(cacheKey);
if (product == null)
{
product = _decoratedRepository.GetProduct(id);
_cache.Set(cacheKey, product, DateTimeOffset.Now.AddHours(ExpirationInHours));
}
return product;
}
private string GetKey(int id) => "Product:" + id.ToString();
}
public interface ICache
{
T Get<T>(string key);
void Set(string key, object value, DateTimeOffset expirationTime)
}
Usage:
var productRepository = new ProductRepositoryCachingDecorator(new DbProductRepository(), new Cache());
var product = productRepository.GetProduct(1);
Result of invoking GetProduct will be: retrieve product from cache (decorator responsibility), if product was not in the cache proceed with invocation to DbProductRepositoryand retrieve product from DB. After this product can be added to the cache so subsequent calls won't hit DB.
