Method CreateList

CreateList<T>(String)

Creates distributed list against the provided collection name.

Declaration
IDistributedList<T> CreateList<T>(string key)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.String key

Name of collection to be created.
Returns
Type Description
IDistributedList<T>

Interface for using list.
Type Parameters
Name Description
T

Type of list items.
Examples

The following code sample shows how to created a distributed list.

ICache cache = CacheManager.GetCache("myCache");
string dataTypeName = "DistributedList";

IDistributedLis<Product> list = cache.DataTypeManager.CreateList<Product>(dataTypeName);

CreateList<T>(String, DataTypeAttributes, WriteThruOptions)

Creates distributed list against the provided collection name and configures it according to the provided user configuration as attributes of collection.

Declaration
IDistributedList<T> CreateList<T>(string key, DataTypeAttributes attributes, WriteThruOptions options = null)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.String key

Name of collection to be created.
DataTypeAttributes attributes

DataTypeAttributes for providing user configuration for this collection.
WriteThruOptions options

WriteThruOptions regarding updating data source.This can be WriteThru, WriteBehind or None.
Returns
Type Description
IDistributedList<T>

Interface for using list
Type Parameters
Name Description
T

Type of list items.
Examples

The following code sample shows how to created a distributed list with absolute expiration of 1 minutes.

ICache cache = CacheManager.GetCache("myCache");
string dataTypeName = "DistributedList";

DataTypeAttributes attributes = new DataTypeAttributes();
attributes.Expiration = new Expiration(ExpirationType.Absolute, new TimeSpan(0, 1, 0));

IDistributedLis<Product> list = cache.DataTypeManager.CreateList<Product>(dataTypeName,attributes);