Company
Date Published
Author
Simon Basle, Software Engineer, Pivotal
Word count
2223
Language
English
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None

Summary

The blog post explores integrating Spring Cache with Couchbase to efficiently cache data in a Spring application. It details the use of Spring's cache abstraction, which allows developers to easily manage caching through annotations like @Cacheable, @CachePut, and @CacheEvict. The discussion highlights the necessity of implementing a backing store, focusing on Couchbase's implementation, which uses document keys to store cache values. The post guides readers through setting up a simple Spring Boot project with Couchbase-backed caching, including steps to clone, build, and configure the necessary project using Maven. It demonstrates how to activate caching for a BookRepository interface, significantly improving data retrieval times after the initial fetch. The tutorial concludes with a look at how cached data appears in Couchbase and suggests future enhancements, such as alternative storage formats and wider availability of the project.