RingKeyBuffer 0.0.3

The Ring Key Buffer

The data structure combines a ring buffer (circular buffer) and a Dictionary (Map).

It can be used as an LRU cache.

There are 3 top-level classes:

• RingKeyBuffer
• ThreadSafeRingKeyBuffer
• ThreadSafeNonBlockingRingKeyBuffer (don't wait for lock release when it is acquired)

Each of them has 2 generic parameters: TKey and TValue (type of key and type of value respectively). It can be possible to skip TKey, by default it is string.

They implement a common interface:

public interface IRingKeyBuffer<in TKey, TValue>
{
    void Add(TValue item);
    bool TryGet(TKey key, out TValue? item);
    bool Delete(TKey key);

}

Below few examples of usage.

Using of thread-unsafe buffer:

const int BUF_SIZE = 1_000;
IRingKeyBuffer<int, int> buf = new RingKeyBuffer<int, int>(size: BUF_SIZE, getKey: i => i, garbageItem: -1);

for (var i = 0; i < 10_000; i++)
    buf.Add(i);

// buf.TryGet(0, out _) == false
// buf.TryGet(8_999, out _) == false
// buf.TryGet(9_000, out var a) == true && a == 9_000
// buf.TryGet(9_999, out var b) == true && b == 9_999

Creation concurrency buffers:

class Item
{
    public string Id;
}

var garbageItem = new Item()
{
    Id="__GARBAGE__"
};

const int BUF_SIZE = 1_000;
var buffer = new ThreadSafeRingKeyBuffer<Item>(BUF_SIZE, (item) => item.Id, garbageItem);
var nonBlockingBuffer = new ThreadSafeNonBlockingRingKeyBuffer<Item>(BUF_SIZE, (item) => item.Id, garbageItem);

Use concurrency buffers:

var buffer = new ThreadSafeRingKeyBuffer<Item>(BUF_SIZE, (item) => item.Id, garbageItem);

var tasks = new Task[10_000];
void RunTask(int i)
{
    tasks[i] = Task.Run(() =>
    {
        buffer.Add(new Item(){Id=i});
    });
}
for (var i = 0; i < 10_000; i++)
   RunTask(i);

await Task.WhenAll(tasks);

// buf.TryGet("0", out _) == most probably false 
// buf.TryGet("8999", out _) == ?
// buf.TryGet("9000", out _) == ?
// buf.TryGet("9999", out _) == most probably true