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Create a cache type

A cache type enables you to specify what is cached and enables merchants to clear that cache type using the Cache Management page in the Magento Admin.

The tag scope provides a mechanism for a cache type.

Cache type configuration

Declare a new cache type in the <module_dir>/etc/cache.xml file with the following attributes:

Attribute Required? Description
name Yes A unique cache type ID
translate No Parameters that will be translated on the “Cache Management” page
instance Yes The cache type model class

Also, cache type configuration have the following required parameters:

Parameter Description
label The “Cache Type” field to be displayed on the System > Tools > Cache Management page.
description The “Description” field to be displayed on the System > Tools > Cache Management page.

For example:

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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:Cache/etc/cache.xsd">
    <type name="%cache_type_id%" translate="label,description" instance="VendorName\ModuleName\Model\Cache\Type\CacheType">
        <label>Cache Type Label</label>
        <description>Cache Type Description</description>
    </type>
</config>

You may declare multiple cache types.

Cache type model

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<?php
namespace VendorName\ModuleName\Model\Cache\Type;

use Magento\Framework\App\Cache\Type\FrontendPool;
use Magento\Framework\Cache\Frontend\Decorator\TagScope;

/**
 * System / Cache Management / Cache type "Your Cache Type Label"
 */
class CacheType extends TagScope
{
    /**
     * Cache type code unique among all cache types
     */
    const TYPE_IDENTIFIER = '%cache_type_id%';

    /**
     * The tag name that limits the cache cleaning scope within a particular tag
     */
    const CACHE_TAG = '%CACHE_TYPE_TAG%';

    /**
     * @param FrontendPool $cacheFrontendPool
     */
    public function __construct(FrontendPool $cacheFrontendPool)
    {
        parent::__construct(
            $cacheFrontendPool->get(self::TYPE_IDENTIFIER),
            self::CACHE_TAG
        );
    }
}

You must specify the following parameters:

  • VendorName\ModuleName defines the name of a module that uses a cache type. A module can use several cache types and a cache type can be used in several modules.
  • %cache_type_id% defines the unique identifier of a cache type.
  • %CACHE_TYPE_TAG% defines the unique tag to be used in the cache type scoping.

Store data in a custom cache type

To store serialized data in a custom cache, follow these steps:

  1. Pass the argument to the constructor Magento\Framework\App\CacheInterface $cache of a required class (Repository, Model, Block, etc).
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/**
 * @param CacheInterface $cache
 * @param SerializerInterface $serializer
 */
public function __construct(CacheInterface $cache, SerializerInterface $serializer)
{
    $this->cache = $cache;
    $this->serializer = $serializer;
}
  1. Store data in the cache.
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$cacheKey  = \VendorName\ModuleName\Model\Cache\Type\CacheType::TYPE_IDENTIFIER;
$cacheTag  = \VendorName\ModuleName\Model\Cache\Type\CacheType::CACHE_TAG;

$storeData = $this->cache->save(
    $this->serializer->serialize($cacheData),
    $cacheKey,
    [$cacheTag],
    86400
);

Retrieve data from custom cache type

Retrieve data from the cache with:

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$cacheKey  = \VendorName\ModuleName\Model\Cache\Type\CacheType::TYPE_IDENTIFIER;

$data = $this->serializer->unserialize($this->cache->load($cacheKey));

Invalidate custom cache type

To invalidate a custom cache type, follow these steps:

  1. Pass the argument to the constructor Magento\Framework\App\Cache\TypeListInterface $typeList of a required class (Repository, Model, Block, etc)
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/**
 * @param TypeListInterface $typeList
 */
public function __construct(TypeListInterface $typeList)
{
    $this->typeList = $typeList;
}
  1. Invalidate the cache
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$cacheKey  = \VendorName\ModuleName\Model\Cache\Type\CacheType::TYPE_IDENTIFIER;

$this->typeList->invalidate($cacheKey);

Flush custom cache type

The custom cache type can be flushed in the following ways:

  • Go to System -> Cache Management and flush the custom cache type
  • Programmatically, using the TypeList.
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$cacheKey  = \VendorName\ModuleName\Model\Cache\Type\CacheType::TYPE_IDENTIFIER;

$this->typeList->cleanType($cacheKey);

Examples

A cache type translate is declared in the Magento_Translation module using the cache.xml configuration file.

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<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:Cache/etc/cache.xsd">
    <type name="translate" translate="label,description" instance="Magento\Framework\App\Cache\Type\Translate">
        <label>Translations</label>
        <description>Translation files</description>
    </type>
</config>

Translate cache type model class is defined in Magento\Framework\App\Cache\Type\Translate.php class. It must extend the Magento\Framework\Cache\Frontend\Decorator\TagScope class.

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<?php
/**
 * Copyright © Magento, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * See COPYING.txt for license details.
 */
namespace Magento\Framework\App\Cache\Type;

/**
 * System / Cache Management / Cache type "Translations"
 */
class Translate extends \Magento\Framework\Cache\Frontend\Decorator\TagScope
{
    /**
     * Cache type code unique among all cache types
     */
    const TYPE_IDENTIFIER = 'translate';

    /**
     * Cache tag used to distinguish the cache type from all other caches
     */
    const CACHE_TAG = 'TRANSLATE';

    /**
     * @param FrontendPool $cacheFrontendPool
     */
    public function __construct(FrontendPool $cacheFrontendPool)
    {
        parent::__construct($cacheFrontendPool->get(self::TYPE_IDENTIFIER), self::CACHE_TAG);
    }
}
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