2 files changed, 62 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/public/icache.php b/lib/public/icache.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..436ee71b2b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/public/icache.php
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 Thomas Tanghus (thomas@tanghus.net)
+ * This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or
+ * later.
+ * See the COPYING-README file.
+ */
+namespace OCP;
+
+/**
+ * This interface defines method for accessing the file based user cache.
+ */
+interface ICache {
+
+	/**
+	 * Get a value from the user cache
+	 *
+	 * @param string $key
+	 * @return mixed
+	 */
+	public function get($key);
+
+	/**
+	 * Set a value in the user cache
+	 *
+	 * @param string $key
+	 * @param mixed $value
+	 * @param int $ttl Time To Live in seconds. Defaults to 60*60*24
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public function set($key, $value, $ttl = 0);
+
+	/**
+	 * Check if a value is set in the user cache
+	 *
+	 * @param string $key
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public function hasKey($key);
+
+	/**
+	 * Remove an item from the user cache
+	 * 
+	 * @param string $key
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public function remove($key);
+
+	/**
+	 * clear the user cache of all entries starting with a prefix
+	 * @param string $prefix (optional)
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public function clear($prefix = '');
+}
diff --git a/lib/public/iservercontainer.php b/lib/public/iservercontainer.php
index 89e71db8d17..cbb9fdf6c2f 100644
--- a/lib/public/iservercontainer.php
+++ b/lib/public/iservercontainer.php
@@ -77,6 +77,13 @@ interface IServerContainer {
 	function getAppFolder();
 
 	/**
+	 * Returns an ICache instance
+	 *
+	 * @return \OCP\ICache
+	 */
+	function getCache();
+
+	/**
 	 * Returns the current session
 	 *
 	 * @return \OCP\ISession