Caching List of objects

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Performance of system.runtime.caching

I need to cache list of objects (less than 50 objects with 10-20 fields) which caching method is which caching mehod is better.

EnterpriseLibrary Caching or system.runtime.caching

not only performance, which one of these consumes less resources(memory) — user1659922, Jan 17 '13 at 11:05

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Given that you have a relatively small amount of objects, I would recommend using system.runtime.caching so that you can avoid the overhead of using the EnterpriseLibrary. You could also consider instantiating a ConcurrenctDictionary to store your cached objects - especially if you want to take more control of the lifetime of the objects (expiration policy etc).

If you had been creating a web application I would have recommended that you use System.Web.Caching.Cache rather than System.Runtime.Caching.MemoryCache. We have had issues with System.Runtime.Caching.MemoryCache, see the following SO article for details:-

MemoryCache Empty : Returns null after being set

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answered Jan 17 '13 at 11:11

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not web application, windows form application – user1659922 Jan 17 '13 at 11:14
Unfortunately the question is tagged with winforms, not asp.net, making this answer kind of off-topic. – Destrictor Jan 17 '13 at 11:15
@Destrictor fair enough, I missed that. – Nick Ryan Jan 17 '13 at 11:17

Caching List of objects

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