Cache Interfaces

You can use a Windows Media server as a cache server. By caching content on a computer closer to the end user instead of storing and sourcing all content from the origin server, you can decrease latency and bandwidth usage. You can also use a Windows Media server to proxy content from an upstream server to a downstream client. The server object model contains the following interfaces for distributing and managing content cached on a Windows Media server. Links to reference pages for these interfaces, listed by programming language, are provided in the See Also lists that follow the table.

Interface	Description
IWMSCacheItem	Contains information about cached content.
IWMSCacheItems	Contains a collection of IWMSCacheItem interfaces.
IWMSCacheProxyPlugin	Enables you to prestuff a cache and retrieve specific cache items.

Windows Media Services uses cache proxy plug-ins to set cache proxy policy, but it does not include a cache proxy plug-in. However, you can create your own by using interfaces provided with the Windows Media Services SDK. For more information, see Creating Cache Proxy Plug-ins.

See Also (General)

• Configuring Caching

• Custom Cache Proxy Plug-ins

• Prestuffing a Cache

• Programming the Server Object Model

• The Server Object Model

See Also (Visual Basic .NET)

• IWMSCacheItemIWMSCacheItem Object (Visual Basic .NET)

• IWMSCacheItems IWMSCacheItems Object (Visual Basic .NET)

• IWMSCacheProxyPluginIWMSCacheProxyPlugin Object (Visual Basic .NET))

See Also (C#)

• IWMSCacheItemIWMSCacheItem Object (C#)

• IWMSCacheItemsIWMSCacheItems Object (C#)

• IWMSCacheProxyPluginIWMSCacheProxyPlugin Object (C#)

See Also (C++)

• IWMSCacheItemIWMSCacheItem Interface

• IWMSCacheItemsIWMSCacheItems Interface

• IWMSCacheProxyPluginIWMSCacheProxyPlugin Interface