ICache
Metadata cache for a storage
The cache stores the metadata for all files and folders in a storage and is kept up to date trough the following mechanisms:
- Scanner: scans the storage and updates the cache where needed
 - Watcher: checks for changes made to the filesystem outside of the ownCloud instance and rescans files and folder when a change is detected
 - Updater: listens to changes made to the filesystem inside of the ownCloud instance and updates the cache where needed
 - ChangePropagator: updates the mtime and etags of parent folders whenever a change to the cache is made to the cache by the updater
 
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Table of Contents
- COMPLETE = 3
 - NOT_FOUND = 0
 - PARTIAL = 1
 - SHALLOW = 2
 - get() : ICacheEntry|false
 - get the stored metadata of a file or folder
 - getFolderContents() : \OCP\Files\Cache\ICacheEntry[]
 - get the metadata of all files stored in $folder
 - getFolderContentsById() : \OCP\Files\Cache\ICacheEntry[]
 - get the metadata of all files stored in $folder
 - getId() : int
 - get the file id for a file
 - getIncomplete() : string|bool
 - find a folder in the cache which has not been fully scanned
 - getNumericStorageId() : int
 - Get the numeric storage id for this cache's storage
 - getParentId() : int
 - get the id of the parent folder of a file
 - getPathById() : string|null
 - get the path of a file on this storage by it's file id
 - getStatus() : int
 - Get the scan status of a file
 - inCache() : bool
 - check if a file is available in the cache
 - insert() : int
 - insert meta data for a new file or folder
 - move() : mixed
 - Move a file or folder in the cache
 - moveFromCache() : mixed
 - Move a file or folder in the cache
 - normalize() : string
 - normalize the given path for usage in the cache
 - put() : int
 - store meta data for a file or folder This will automatically call either insert or update depending on if the file exists
 - remove() : mixed
 - remove a file or folder from the cache
 - search() : \OCP\Files\Cache\ICacheEntry[]
 - search for files matching $pattern, files are matched if their filename matches the search pattern
 - searchByMime() : \OCP\Files\Cache\ICacheEntry[]
 - search for files by mimetype
 - searchQuery() : \OCP\Files\Cache\ICacheEntry[]
 - Search for files with a flexible query
 - update() : mixed
 - update the metadata of an existing file or folder in the cache
 
Constants
COMPLETE
    public
    mixed
    COMPLETE
    = 3
    
    
NOT_FOUND
    public
    mixed
    NOT_FOUND
    = ""
    
    
PARTIAL
    public
    mixed
    PARTIAL
    = 1
    
    
SHALLOW
    public
    mixed
    SHALLOW
    = 2
    
    
Methods
get()
get the stored metadata of a file or folder
    public
                get(mixed $file) : ICacheEntry|false
    
        Parameters
- $file : mixed
 
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Return values
ICacheEntry|false —the cache entry or false if the file is not found in the cache
getFolderContents()
get the metadata of all files stored in $folder
    public
                getFolderContents(string $folder) : \OCP\Files\Cache\ICacheEntry[]
        Only returns files one level deep, no recursion
Parameters
- $folder : string
 
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\OCP\Files\Cache\ICacheEntry[] —getFolderContentsById()
get the metadata of all files stored in $folder
    public
                getFolderContentsById(int $fileId) : \OCP\Files\Cache\ICacheEntry[]
        Only returns files one level deep, no recursion
Parameters
- $fileId : int
 - 
                    
the file id of the folder
 
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\OCP\Files\Cache\ICacheEntry[] —getId()
get the file id for a file
    public
                getId(string $file) : int
        A file id is a numeric id for a file or folder that's unique within an owncloud instance which stays the same for the lifetime of a file
File ids are easiest way for apps to store references to a file since unlike paths they are not affected by renames or sharing
Parameters
- $file : string
 
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Return values
int —getIncomplete()
find a folder in the cache which has not been fully scanned
    public
                getIncomplete() : string|bool
        If multiple incomplete folders are in the cache, the one with the highest id will be returned, use the one with the highest id gives the best result with the background scanner, since that is most likely the folder where we stopped scanning previously
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Return values
string|bool —the path of the folder or false when no folder matched
getNumericStorageId()
Get the numeric storage id for this cache's storage
    public
                getNumericStorageId() : int
    
    
    
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int —getParentId()
get the id of the parent folder of a file
    public
                getParentId(string $file) : int
    
        Parameters
- $file : string
 
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int —getPathById()
get the path of a file on this storage by it's file id
    public
                getPathById(int $id) : string|null
    
        Parameters
- $id : int
 - 
                    
the file id of the file or folder to search
 
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Return values
string|null —the path of the file (relative to the storage) or null if a file with the given id does not exists within this cache
getStatus()
Get the scan status of a file
    public
                getStatus(string $file) : int
        - ICache::NOT_FOUND: File is not in the cache
 - ICache::PARTIAL: File is not stored in the cache but some incomplete data is known
 - ICache::SHALLOW: The folder and it's direct children are in the cache but not all sub folders are fully scanned
 - ICache::COMPLETE: The file or folder, with all it's children) are fully scanned
 
Parameters
- $file : string
 
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Return values
int —ICache::NOT_FOUND, ICache::PARTIAL, ICache::SHALLOW or ICache::COMPLETE
inCache()
check if a file is available in the cache
    public
                inCache(string $file) : bool
    
        Parameters
- $file : string
 
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bool —insert()
insert meta data for a new file or folder
    public
                insert(string $file, array $data) : int
    
        Parameters
- $file : string
 - $data : array
 
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Return values
int —file id
move()
Move a file or folder in the cache
    public
                move(string $source, string $target) : mixed
    
        Parameters
- $source : string
 - $target : string
 
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mixed —moveFromCache()
Move a file or folder in the cache
    public
                moveFromCache(ICache $sourceCache, string $sourcePath, string $targetPath) : mixed
        Note that this should make sure the entries are removed from the source cache
Parameters
- $sourceCache : ICache
 - $sourcePath : string
 - $targetPath : string
 
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mixed —normalize()
normalize the given path for usage in the cache
    public
                normalize(string $path) : string
    
        Parameters
- $path : string
 
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Return values
string —put()
store meta data for a file or folder This will automatically call either insert or update depending on if the file exists
    public
                put(string $file, array $data) : int
    
        Parameters
- $file : string
 - $data : array
 
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Return values
int —file id
remove()
remove a file or folder from the cache
    public
                remove(string $file) : mixed
        when removing a folder from the cache all files and folders inside the folder will be removed as well
Parameters
- $file : string
 
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Return values
mixed —search()
search for files matching $pattern, files are matched if their filename matches the search pattern
    public
                search(string $pattern) : \OCP\Files\Cache\ICacheEntry[]
    
        Parameters
- $pattern : string
 - 
                    
the search pattern using SQL search syntax (e.g. '%searchstring%')
 
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Return values
\OCP\Files\Cache\ICacheEntry[] —an array of cache entries where the name matches the search pattern
searchByMime()
search for files by mimetype
    public
                searchByMime(string $mimetype) : \OCP\Files\Cache\ICacheEntry[]
    
        Parameters
- $mimetype : string
 - 
                    
either a full mimetype to search ('text/plain') or only the first part of a mimetype ('image') where it will search for all mimetypes in the group ('image/*')
 
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Return values
\OCP\Files\Cache\ICacheEntry[] —an array of cache entries where the mimetype matches the search
searchQuery()
Search for files with a flexible query
    public
                searchQuery(ISearchQuery $query) : \OCP\Files\Cache\ICacheEntry[]
    
        Parameters
- $query : ISearchQuery
 
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\OCP\Files\Cache\ICacheEntry[] —update()
update the metadata of an existing file or folder in the cache
    public
                update(int $id, array $data) : mixed
    
        Parameters
- $id : int
 - 
                    
the fileid of the existing file or folder
 - $data : array
 - 
                    
[$key => $value] the metadata to update, only the fields provided in the array will be updated, non-provided values will remain unchanged