Added 'dummy' cache backend

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@1815 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37

django/core/cache.py

@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ The CACHE_BACKEND setting is a quasi-URI; examples are:
     locmem:///                      A more sophisticaed local memory cache;
                                     this is multi-process- and thread-safe.
 
+    dummy:///                       Doesn't actually cache. For use in test
+                                    environments.
+
 All caches may take arguments; these are given in query-string style.  Valid
 arguments are:
 
@@ -275,6 +278,29 @@ class _LocMemCache(_SimpleCache):
         finally:
             self._lock.writer_leaves()
 
+###############
+# Dummy cache #
+###############
+
+class _DummyCache(_Cache):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        pass
+
+    def get(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        pass
+
+    def set(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        pass
+
+    def delete(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        pass
+
+    def get_many(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        pass
+
+    def has_key(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        return False
+
 ####################
 # File-based cache #
 ####################
@@ -448,6 +474,7 @@ _BACKENDS = {
     'locmem': _LocMemCache,
     'file': _FileCache,
     'db': _DBCache,
+    'dummy': _DummyCache,
 }
 
 def get_cache(backend_uri):

docs/cache.txt

@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ Examples:
 
     locmem:///                      A more sophisticated local memory cache;
                                     this is multi-process- and thread-safe.
+
+    dummy:///                       **New in Django development version.**
+                                    Doesn't actually cache; just implements the
+                                    cache backend interface and doesn't do
+                                    anything. This is an easy way to turn off
+                                    caching for a test environment.
     ==============================  ===========================================
 
 All caches may take arguments -- they're given in query-string style.  Valid