苹果官方的解释

An NSCache object is a mutable collection that stores key-value pairs, similar to an  object. The NSCache class provides a programmatic interface to adding and removing objects and setting eviction policies based on the total cost and number of objects in the cache.(NSCache是系统提供的一种类似于集合（NSMutableDictionary）的缓存)

 

NSCache objects differ from other mutable collections in a few ways:

• The NSCache class incorporates various auto-eviction policies, which ensure that a cache doesn’t use too much of the system’s memory. If memory is needed by other applications, these policies remove some items from the cache, minimizing its memory footprint.(大意: NSCache具有自动删除的功能，以减少系统占用的内存)

• You can add, remove, and query items in the cache from different threads without having to lock the cache yourself. (大意:NSCache是线程安全的，不需要加线程锁)

• Unlike an  object, a cache does not copy the key objects that are put into it.(键对象不会像 NSMutableDictionary 中那样被复制。（键不需要实现 NSCopying 协议）。)

NSCache的属性以及方法介绍

@property NSUInteger totalCostLimit; //缓存的容量

@property NSUInteger countLimit;//缓存的个数

@property BOOL evictsObjectsWithDiscardedContent; //标识缓存是否自动舍弃那些内存已经被丢弃的对象(discardable-content object)默认是YES

 

delegate

//当要清理对象的时候调用

- (void)cache:(NSCache *)cache willEvictObject:(id)obj;

 

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