OutputCacheProvider.Add(String, Object, DateTime) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Web.Caching

Assembly:

System.Web.dll

Inserts the specified entry into the output cache.

public:
 abstract System::Object ^ Add(System::String ^ key, System::Object ^ entry, DateTime utcExpiry);

public abstract object Add (string key, object entry, DateTime utcExpiry);

abstract member Add : string * obj * DateTime -> obj

Public MustOverride Function Add (key As String, entry As Object, utcExpiry As DateTime) As Object

Parameters

key

String

A unique identifier for entry.

entry

Object

The content to add to the output cache.

utcExpiry

DateTime

The time and date on which the cached entry expires.

Returns

Object

A reference to the specified provider.

Remarks

If there is already a value in the cache for the specified key, the provider must return that value. The provider must not store the data passed by using the Add method parameters. The Add method stores the data if it is not already in the cache. If the data is in the cache, the Add method returns it.