[Catalyst] What can C::P::Cache cache?

[Joe Landman]

Joe Landman wrote:
> Sounds like a strange question, but I want to know if I can put a 
> complex data structure like a hash in there.  Do I need to serialize it 
> first?
> 
> Alternatively, if it only handles scalars, that is also useful to know.
> 
> Thanks.

Well ... never mind.  I figured it out for my self.  Short version, the 
following appears to work nicely:

     my $serialized_menu = $c->cache->get('menu');
     if ($serialized_menu)
       {
        @menu	= @{$serialized_menu};
        $c->log->debug('Root::_get_navbar menu retrieved from cache');
       }
       else
       {
        $c->log->debug('Root::_get_navbar rebuilding menu');

        # rebuild menu
        $c->cache->set('menu',\@menu);
       }

For some reason the manual's

	unless ( ... ) {

	} ...

construct did not work for this case.

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Joe Landman
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