Cache Providers

We have shipped CacheBox with several CacheBox providers that you can use in your applications. There are basically two modes of operation for a CacheBox provider and it is all determined by the interface they implement:

1. ICacheProvider : A standalone cache provider

2. IColdboxApplicationCache : A cache provider for usage by the ColdBox Framework

The following are the shipped providers:

Provider	ColdBox Enabled	Reporting Enabled	Description
CacheBoxProvider	false	true	Our very own CacheBox caching engine
CacheBoxColdBoxProvider	true	true	Our CacheBox caching engine prepared for ColdBox application usage
CFProvider	false	true	A ColdFusion 9.0.1 and above implementation
CFColdBoxProvider	true	true	A ColdBox enhanced version of our ColdFusion 9.0.1 cache provider
LuceeProvider	false	true	A ColdBox enhanced version of our Lucee cache provider
LuceeColdBoxProvider	true	true	A ColdBox enhanced version of our Lucee cache provider
BoxLangProvider	false	true	BoxLang native cache engine integration
BoxLangColdBoxProvider	true	true	BoxLang native cache engine for ColdBox applications
MockProvider	true	false	A ColdBox enhanced cache provider that can be used for mocking or testing

Each provider has the shared functionality provided by the ICacheProvider and IColdboxApplicationCache interfaces, so I encourage you to look at the class API Docs for an in-depth view of their API. Also, please note that each cache provider implementation has also some extra methods and functionality according to their implementation, so please check out the API docs for each provider.

BoxLang+ Premium Connectors

Beyond the built-in providers above, BoxLang+ - Ortus's premium module subscription - ships additional distributed caching and search connectors:

Module	Description	Install
bx-couchbase	Distributed caching and NoSQL document storage via Couchbase	box install bx-couchbase
bx-redis	Redis-backed caching, data structures, and pub/sub messaging	box install bx-redis
bx-meilisearch	Full-text search integration via Meilisearch	box install bx-meilisearch

These are part of the BoxLang+ subscription tier and require bx-plus for license management - they are not part of the free/open-source CacheBox distribution. There is currently no OpenSearch/Elasticsearch connector; bx-meilisearch is the closest search-oriented option today.

See BoxLang+ Modules for the full, current list.