<?php

	/* 
	 * These functions provide caching functionality for game entities.
	 * 
	 * It's fairly trivial to replace the storage mechanism (currently arrays in the Game object, itself)
	 * with something more robust (garbage collection, separate from process, etc.) like APC or memcached.
	 *  
	 */
	function getCharMem($entityID)
	{
		global $game;
		
		$c = $game->getCharacter($entityID);		

		// You'd want to do some checking to make sure you have a good object and, // 
		// if not, load it before returning... //
		
		return $c;
	}
	
	function setCharMem($c)
	{
		global $game;
		
		return $game->addCharacter($c);		
	}
		
	function getRoomMem($entityID)
	{
		global $game;
		
		$r = $game->getRoom($entityID);		
				
		// You'd want to do some checking to make sure you have a good object and, // 
		// if not, load it before returning... //
		
		return $r;
	}
	
	function setRoomMem($c)
	{
		global $game;
		
		return $game->addRoom($c);		
	}

?>