ENH: Add expiring cache.

docs/source/whatsnew/0.9.1.txt

@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ Enhancements
   factor to only compute over stocks for which the filter returns True, rather
   than always computing over the entire universe of stocks. (:issue:`1095`)
 
+* Added :class:`zipline.utils.cache.ExpiringCache`.
+  A cache which wraps entries in a :class:`zipline.utils.cache.CachedObject`,
+  which manages expiration of entries based on the `dt` supplied to the `get`
+  method.
+
 Experimental Features
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 

tests/utils/test_cache.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from pandas import Timestamp, Timedelta
 
-from zipline.utils.cache import CachedObject, Expired
+from zipline.utils.cache import CachedObject, Expired, ExpiringCache
 
 
 class CachedObjectTestCase(TestCase):
@@ -19,3 +19,42 @@ def test_cached_object(self):
         with self.assertRaises(Expired) as e:
             obj.unwrap(after)
         self.assertEqual(e.exception.args, (expiry,))
+
+
+class ExpiringCacheTestCase(TestCase):
+
+    def test_expiring_cache(self):
+        expiry_1 = Timestamp('2014')
+        before_1 = expiry_1 - Timedelta('1 minute')
+        after_1 = expiry_1 + Timedelta('1 minute')
+
+        expiry_2 = Timestamp('2015')
+        after_2 = expiry_1 + Timedelta('1 minute')
+
+        expiry_3 = Timestamp('2016')
+
+        cache = ExpiringCache()
+
+        cache.set('foo', 1, expiry_1)
+        cache.set('bar', 2, expiry_2)
+
+        self.assertEqual(cache.get('foo', before_1), 1)
+        # Unwrap on expiry is allowed.
+        self.assertEqual(cache.get('foo', expiry_1), 1)
+
+        with self.assertRaises(KeyError) as e:
+            self.assertEqual(cache.get('foo', after_1))
+        self.assertEqual(e.exception.args, ('foo',))
+
+        # Should raise same KeyError after deletion.
+        with self.assertRaises(KeyError) as e:
+            self.assertEqual(cache.get('foo', before_1))
+        self.assertEqual(e.exception.args, ('foo',))
+
+        # Second value should still exist.
+        self.assertEqual(cache.get('bar', after_2), 2)
+
+        # Should raise similar KeyError on non-existent key.
+        with self.assertRaises(KeyError) as e:
+            self.assertEqual(cache.get('baz', expiry_3))
+        self.assertEqual(e.exception.args, ('baz',))

zipline/utils/cache.py

@@ -57,3 +57,58 @@ def unwrap(self, dt):
         if dt > self.expires:
             raise Expired(self.expires)
         return self.value
+
+
+class ExpiringCache(object):
+    """
+    A cache of multiple CachedObjects, which returns the wrapped the value
+    or raises and deletes the CachedObject if the value has expired.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    cache : dict-like
+        An instance of a dict-like object which needs to support at least:
+        `__del__`, `__getitem__`, `__setitem__`
+        If `None`, than a dict is used as a default.
+
+    Methods
+    -------
+    get(self, key, dt)
+        Get the value of a cached object for the given `key` at `dt`, if the
+        CachedObject has expired then the object is removed from the cache,
+        and `KeyError` is raised.
+
+    set(self, key, value, expiration_dt)
+        Add a new `value` to the cache at `dt` wrapped in a CachedObject which
+        expires at `expiration_dt`.
+
+    Usage
+    -----
+    >>> from pandas import Timestamp, Timedelta
+    >>> expires = Timestamp('2014', tz='UTC')
+    >>> value = 1
+    >>> cache = ExpiringCache()
+    >>> cache.set('foo', value, expires)
+    >>> cache.get('foo', expires - Timedelta('1 minute'))
+    1
+    >>> cache.get('foo', expires + Timedelta('1 minute'))
+    Traceback (most recent call last):
+        ...
+    KeyError: 'foo'
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, cache=None):
+        if cache is not None:
+            self._cache = cache
+        else:
+            self._cache = {}
+
+    def get(self, key, dt):
+        try:
+            return self._cache[key].unwrap(dt)
+        except Expired:
+            del self._cache[key]
+            raise KeyError(key)
+
+    def set(self, key, value, expiration_dt):
+        self._cache[key] = CachedObject(value, expiration_dt)