---
name: "Cache::Object"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libcache-cache-perl"
version: "1.08-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Cache::Object"
---

# Cache::Object(3pm)

## NAME

Cache::Object -- the data stored in a Cache.

## DESCRIPTION

Object is used by classes implementing the Cache interface as an object oriented wrapper around the data.  End users will not normally use Object directly, but it can be retrieved via the get\_object method on the Cache::Cache interface.

## SYNOPSIS

```
 use Cache::Object;
 my $object = new Cache::Object( );
 $object->set_key( $key );
 $object->set_data( $data );
 $object->set_expires_at( $expires_at );
 $object->set_created_at( $created_at );
```

## METHODS

- **new( )**

  Construct a new Cache::Object.

## PROPERTIES

- **(get\|set)\_accessed\_at**

  The time at which the object was last accessed.  Various cache implementations will use the accessed\_at property to store information for LRU algorithms.  There is no guarantee that all caches will update this field, however.

- **(get\|set)\_created\_at**

  The time at which the object was created.

- **(get\|set)\_data**

  A scalar containing or a reference pointing to the data to be stored.

- **(get\|set)\_expires\_at**

  The time at which the object should expire from the cache.

- **(get\|set)\_key**

  The key under which the object was stored.

- **(get\|set)\_size**

  The size of the frozen version of this object

## SEE ALSO

Cache::Cache

## AUTHOR

Original author: DeWitt Clinton \<dewitt@unto.net\>

Last author:     `$Author:` dclinton $

Copyright (C) 2001-2003 DeWitt Clinton