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CleverCache

CleverCache solves the problem of remembering when to invalidate cache entries when the underlying data changes — especially when a single cache entry contains data from multiple entity types.

With a small amount of configuration, CleverCache automatically tracks changes via EF Core and clears related cache entries when any tracked entity is created, updated, or deleted.

Documentation

Topic	Description
Getting Started	Install, configure EF Core interceptor, register services
Caching Data	GetOrCreate, multi-type associations, entry options
Cache Providers	Memory, distributed, Redis, custom providers
Dependent Caches	AddKeyToType, AddDependentCache, [DependentCaches] attribute
MediatR Integration	[AutoCache], [InvalidatesCache], pipeline setup
Bulk Operations	Handling ExecuteDelete/ExecuteUpdate and non-EF writes
Diagnostics	Inspecting the dependency graph and tracked keys at runtime
Unit Testing	FakeCache, mocking ICleverCache
Migrating to V2	Breaking changes and before/after examples for V1 → V2

Packages

Package	NuGet	Purpose
CleverCache		Core package
CleverCache.EntityFrameworkCore		EF Core interceptor and DbSet scanning
CleverCache.MediatR		MediatR pipeline behaviours
CleverCache.Redis		Redis cache provider

EF Core. Automatic invalidation via SaveChanges requires the CleverCache.EntityFrameworkCore package. Without EF Core you can still use CleverCache for manual invalidation — see Bulk Operations.