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+<?php
+
+/*
+* This file is part of the Behat Gherkin.
+* (c) Konstantin Kudryashov <ever.zet@gmail.com>
+*
+* For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+* file that was distributed with this source code.
+*/
+
+namespace Behat\Gherkin\Cache;
+
+use Behat\Gherkin\Exception\CacheException;
+use Behat\Gherkin\Node\FeatureNode;
+use Behat\Gherkin\Gherkin;
+
+/**
+ * File cache.
+ * Caches feature into a file.
+ *
+ * @author Konstantin Kudryashov <ever.zet@gmail.com>
+ */
+class FileCache implements CacheInterface
+{
+ private $path;
+
+ /**
+ * Initializes file cache.
+ *
+ * @param string $path Path to the folder where to store caches.
+ *
+ * @throws CacheException
+ */
+ public function __construct($path)
+ {
+ $this->path = rtrim($path, DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'v'.Gherkin::VERSION;
+
+ if (!is_dir($this->path)) {
+ @mkdir($this->path, 0777, true);
+ }
+
+ if (!is_writeable($this->path)) {
+ throw new CacheException(sprintf('Cache path "%s" is not writeable. Check your filesystem permissions or disable Gherkin file cache.', $this->path));
+ }
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Checks that cache for feature exists and is fresh.
+ *
+ * @param string $path Feature path
+ * @param integer $timestamp The last time feature was updated
+ *
+ * @return Boolean
+ */
+ public function isFresh($path, $timestamp)
+ {
+ $cachePath = $this->getCachePathFor($path);
+
+ if (!file_exists($cachePath)) {
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ return filemtime($cachePath) > $timestamp;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Reads feature cache from path.
+ *
+ * @param string $path Feature path
+ *
+ * @return FeatureNode
+ *
+ * @throws CacheException
+ */
+ public function read($path)
+ {
+ $cachePath = $this->getCachePathFor($path);
+ $feature = unserialize(file_get_contents($cachePath));
+
+ if (!$feature instanceof FeatureNode) {
+ throw new CacheException(sprintf('Can not load cache for a feature "%s" from "%s".', $path, $cachePath ));
+ }
+
+ return $feature;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Caches feature node.
+ *
+ * @param string $path Feature path
+ * @param FeatureNode $feature Feature instance
+ */
+ public function write($path, FeatureNode $feature)
+ {
+ file_put_contents($this->getCachePathFor($path), serialize($feature));
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Returns feature cache file path from features path.
+ *
+ * @param string $path Feature path
+ *
+ * @return string
+ */
+ protected function getCachePathFor($path)
+ {
+ return $this->path.'/'.md5($path).'.feature.cache';
+ }
+}