<?php
/**
 * Piwik - free/libre analytics platform
 *
 * @link http://piwik.org
 * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html LGPL v3 or later
 *
 */
namespace Piwik\Cache;

/**
 * Backend interface
 */
interface Backend
{
    /**
     * Fetches an entry from the cache.
     *
     * @param string $id The id of the cache entry to fetch.
     *
     * @return mixed The cached data or FALSE, if no cache entry exists for the given id.
     */
    public function doFetch($id);

    /**
     * Tests if an entry exists in the cache.
     *
     * @param string $id The cache id of the entry to check for.
     *
     * @return boolean TRUE if a cache entry exists for the given cache id, FALSE otherwise.
     */
    public function doContains($id);

    /**
     * Puts data into the cache.
     *
     * @param string $id       The cache id.
     * @param mixed  $data     The cache entry/data.
     * @param int    $lifeTime The cache lifetime.
     *                         If != 0, sets a specific lifetime for this cache entry (0 => infinite lifeTime).
     *
     * @return boolean TRUE if the entry was successfully stored in the cache, FALSE otherwise.
     */
    public function doSave($id, $data, $lifeTime = 0);

    /**
     * Deletes a cache entry.
     *
     * @param string $id The cache id.
     *
     * @return boolean TRUE if the cache entry was successfully deleted, FALSE otherwise.
     */
    public function doDelete($id);

    /**
     * Flushes all cache entries from the cache.
     *
     * @return boolean
     */
    public function doFlush();

}