6. Customization

To use custom cache implementation instead of in-memory or distributed cache

1. Implement the following interface

public interface ICacheImplementation
{
    ValueTask<TEntity?> RetrieveAsync<TEntity>(string key);

    ValueTask CacheAsync<TEntity>(string key, TEntity entity, CacheOptions options) where TEntity : notnull;

    ValueTask RemoveAsync(string key);
}

2. Call StoreIn with the custom cache implementation instance to configure the custom cache implementation for the particular entity, or SetGenericCache to configure the custom cache implementation globally.

To use a custom distributed cache storage format (JSON is used by default) for a particular entity (or for many entities, depending on CanBeUsedForType implementation)

1. Implement the following interface

public interface IDistributedCacheSerializer
{
    ValueTask<byte[]> SerializeAsync<TEntity>(TEntity entity);

    ValueTask<TEntity?> DeserializeAsync<TEntity>(byte[] bytes);

    bool CanBeUsedForType(Type type);
}

2. For non-ASP.NET applications, pass the serializer(s) object to StoreInDistributedCache or SetDistributedAsDefaultCache method.
3. For ASP.NET application, register serializer(s) in ASP.NET DI container.