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20 * @author 2015 Timo Tijhof
24 * Generic base class for storage interfaces.
26 * Provides convenient TTL constants.
31 interface IExpiringStore
{
32 // Constants for TTL values, in seconds
33 const TTL_MINUTE
= 60;
34 const TTL_HOUR
= 3600;
35 const TTL_DAY
= 86400; // 24 * 3600
36 const TTL_WEEK
= 604800; // 7 * 24 * 3600
37 const TTL_MONTH
= 2592000; // 30 * 24 * 3600
38 const TTL_YEAR
= 31536000; // 365 * 24 * 3600
40 // Shorthand process cache TTLs (useful for web requests and CLI mode)
41 const TTL_PROC_SHORT
= 3; // reasonably strict cache time that last the life of quick requests
42 const TTL_PROC_LONG
= 30; // loose cache time that can survive slow web requests
44 const TTL_INDEFINITE
= 0;
46 // Attribute and QoS constants; higher QOS values with the same prefix rank higher...
47 // Medium attributes constants related to emulation or media type
48 const ATTR_EMULATION
= 1;
49 const QOS_EMULATION_SQL
= 1;
50 // Medium attributes constants related to replica consistency
51 const ATTR_SYNCWRITES
= 2; // SYNC_WRITES flag support
52 const QOS_SYNCWRITES_NONE
= 1; // replication only supports eventual consistency or less
53 const QOS_SYNCWRITES_BE
= 2; // best effort synchronous with limited retries
54 const QOS_SYNCWRITES_QC
= 3; // write quorum applied directly to state machines where R+W > N
55 const QOS_SYNCWRITES_SS
= 4; // strict-serializable, nodes refuse reads if possible stale
56 // Generic "unknown" value that is useful for comparisons (e.g. always good enough)
57 const QOS_UNKNOWN
= INF
;