NSURLCache和NSCache简介

一.单从拼写上来讲，两个东西很类似。事实是，这两个缓存没有任何联系。

二.NSURLCache提供的是URL Request缓存,可以在Memory和Disk上；NSCache提供了HTTP Request外的东西的缓存方式，在Memory上。NSCache和NSDictionary类似，不同的是系统回收内存的时候它会自动删掉它的内容。AFNetworking的图片缓存采用的就是NSCache。

三.NSURLCache使用方式：

1.创建

NSURLCache *URLCache = [[NSURLCache alloc] initWithMemoryCapacity:4 * 1024 * 1024 diskCapacity:20 * 1024 * 1024 diskPath:nil]; 

[NSURLCache setSharedURLCache:URLCache];

2.缓存的几种方式

Constant	Meaning
UseProtocolCachePolicy	Default behavior
ReloadIgnoringLocalCacheData	Don't use the cache
ReloadIgnoringLocalAndRemoteCacheData	Seriously, don't use the cache
ReturnCacheDataElseLoad	Use the cache (no matter how out of date), or if no cached response exists, load from the network
ReturnCacheDataDontLoad	Offline mode: use the cache (no matter how out of date), but don't load from the network
ReloadRevalidatingCacheData	Validate cache against server before using

图中画横线的缓存方式其实Apple还没用实现

3.缓存实际在NSCachedURLResponse这个类中。

- (NSCachedURLResponse *)connection:(NSURLConnection *)connection
willCacheResponse:(NSCachedURLResponse *)cachedResponse
{
NSMutableDictionary *mutableUserInfo = [[cachedResponse userInfo] mutableCopy];
NSMutableData *mutableData = [[cachedResponse data] mutableCopy];
NSURLCacheStoragePolicy storagePolicy = NSURLCacheStorageAllowedInMemoryOnly;
return [[NSCachedURLResponse alloc] initWithResponse:[cachedResponse response]
data:mutableData
userInfo:mutableUserInfo
storagePolicy:storagePolicy];
}

四.NSCache使用

NSCache *myCache = ...;
NSAssert(myCache != nil, @"cache object is missing");
Widget *myWidget = [myCache objectForKey: @"Important Widget"];
if (!myWidget) {
myWidget = [[[Widget alloc] initExpensively] autorelease];
[myCache setObject: myWidget forKey: @"Important Widget"];
}
if (myWidget) {
[myWidget runOrWhatever];
}