Global scoped variables. This is backed by a Cache store.

Methods
Attributes
[RW] cache The global cache (store).
Public Class methods
delete(key)

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    # File lib/raw/context/global.rb, line 82
82:     def delete(key)
83:       Global.cache.delete(key)
84:     end
get(key)

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    # File lib/raw/context/global.rb, line 61
61:     def get(key)
62:       return Global.cache[key]
63:     end
init(key, value)

Initialize a global value once.

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    # File lib/raw/context/global.rb, line 50
50:     def init(key, value)
51:       unless Global[key]
52:         Global[key] = value
53:       end
54:     end
set(key, value)

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    # File lib/raw/context/global.rb, line 56
56:     def set(key, value)
57:       Global.cache[key] = value
58:     end
setup(type = Global.cache_type)

Init the correct Global cache.

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    # File lib/raw/context/global.rb, line 34
34:     def setup(type = Global.cache_type)
35:       return if Global.cache
36: 
37:       case type
38:         when :memory
39:           require 'glue/cache/memory'
40:           Global.cache = Glue::MemoryCache.new
41: 
42:         when :drb
43:           require 'glue/cache/drb'
44:           Global.cache = DrbCache.new(Global.cache_address, Global.cache_port)          
45:       end
46:     end
update(key) {|val| ...}

If block is given it acts as an update methods, that transparently handles distributed stores.

Global.update(:USERS) do |users| 

  users << 'gmosx'

end

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    # File lib/raw/context/global.rb, line 73
73:     def update(key)
74:       if block_given?
75:         # update, also handles distributed stores.
76:         val = Global.cache[key]
77:         yield val
78:         Global.cache[key] = val
79:       end    
80:     end