Compression is supported by the File Cache Provider, the Sqlite Cache Provider, and the SQL Server Cache Provider. To use it simply set the IsCompressed property equal to true on the provider.  By default compression is off.  Internally the GZip compression in the .NET framework is used to compress the data.

Example

            //Create a file cache with compression on

            string directory = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData), "KellermanSoftware", "NetCachingLibrary", "Tests");

            FileCacheProvider fileCacheProvider = new FileCacheProvider(directory);

            fileCacheProvider.IsCompressed = true;

           

            SmartConfig config = new SmartConfig(new MemoryCacheProvider(), fileCacheProvider);

 

            //Specify UserName and LicenseKey for Licensed Mode

            //config.UserName = "my user name";

            //config.LicenseKey = "my license key";

 

            //Instantiate the cache

            SmartCache cache = new SmartCache(config);

 

            //Build parameters for the report

            int month = DateTime.Now.Month;

            int year = DateTime.Now.Year;

 

            //Get the cache key based on the report parameters

            string cacheKey = cache.BuildCacheKey("MonthlySalesReport", month, year);

 

            //Get a long running report

            List<ReportDetail> report = ReportLogic.MonthlySalesReport(month, year);

 

            //Save to the cache compressed

            cache.Set<List<ReportDetail>>(cacheKey, report);