Mechanism for caching dynamically generated content

A computer-implemented method for serving dynamic content, comprising:

• receiving an instruction from an application to send a cached version of a set of dynamic content to a client to respond to a request from said client;
• accessing information associated with said cached version of said dynamic content from a cache;
• determining whether said cached version of said dynamic content is currently valid;
• in response to a determination that said cached version of said dynamic content is not currently valid:
• instructing said application to dynamically generate said dynamic content to derive an updated version of said dynamic content;
• incorporating said updated version of said dynamic content into a response to said request;
• and
• sending said response to said client.

A computer-implemented method for servicing a request, comprising:

• receiving a request for a set of dynamic content;
• determining a key to a particular entry in a cache in which information associated with a cached version of said dynamic content is stored;
• and
• instructing a server to access said particular entry in said cache, and to send said cached version of said dynamic content to a client in a response to said request.

A computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to service a request, said computer readable medium comprising:

• instructions for causing one or more processors to receive, from a client, a request for a set of dynamic content;
• instructions for causing one or more processors to access information associated with a cached version of said dynamic content from a cache;
• instructions for causing one or more processors to determine whether said cached version of said dynamic content is currently valid;
• in response to a determination that said cached version of said dynamic content is not currently valid:
• instructions for causing one or more processors to dynamically generate said dynamic content to derive an updated version of said dynamic content;
• instructions for causing one or more processors to incorporate said updated version of said dynamic content into a response to said request;
• and
• instructions for causing one or more processors to send said response to said client.

A computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to serve dynamic content, said computer readable medium comprising:

• instructions for causing one or more processors to receive an instruction from an application to send a cached version of a set of dynamic content to a client to respond to a request from said client;
• instructions for causing one or more processors to access information associated with said cached version of said dynamic content from a cache;
• instructions for causing one or more processors to determine whether said cached version of said dynamic content is currently valid;
• in response to a determination that said cached version of said dynamic content is not currently valid:
• instructions for causing one or more processors to instruct said application to dynamically generate said dynamic content to derive an updated version of said dynamic content;
• instructions for causing one or more processors to incorporate said updated version of said dynamic content into a response to said request;
• and
• instructions for causing one or more processors to send said response to said client.

A computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to service a request, said computer readable medium comprising:

• instructions for causing one or more processors to receive a request for a set of dynamic content;
• instructions for causing one or more processors to determine a key to a particular entry in a cache in which information associated with a cached version of said dynamic content is stored;
• and
• instructions for causing one or more processors to instruct a server to access said particular entry in said cache, and to send said cached version of said dynamic content to a client in a response to said request.