RazorEngine un-cache compiled templates

Question

Currently, I am using RazorEngine v2.1 as part of a background process that sends templated emails (thousands of them). To speed things up, the templates are compiled with their

Answer 1

I recently upgraded to the latest stable version of RazorEngine (3.6.1) and my strategy for purging the cache no longer worked due to all the changes. A lot has changed and the documentation for this project is not only out of date but written from an authors perspective making for a poor user experience.

This is my current code for purging all cached templates using the 3.6.1.

public static class TemplateManager
{
    static IRazorEngineService Service { get; set; }
    static TemplateServiceConfiguration Configuration { get; set; }

    static TemplateManager()
    {
        Configuration = new TemplateServiceConfiguration()
        {
            // setting up our custom template manager so we map files on demand
            TemplateManager = new MyTemplateManager()
        };
        Service = RazorEngineService.Create(Configuration);
        Engine.Razor = Service;
    }

    /// 

    /// Resets the cache.
    /// 
    public static void ResetCache()
    {
        Configuration.CachingProvider = new RazorEngine.Templating.DefaultCachingProvider();
    }

    /// 

    /// Compiles, caches and parses a template using RazorEngine.
    /// 
    /// Type of the template.
    /// Type of the anonymous object.
    /// true to enabled caching; false otherwise
    /// 
    public static string GetTemplate(EmailTemplateType templateType, T anonymousType, bool cachedEnabled = true)
    {
        string templateName = templateType.ToString();

        if (cachedEnabled == false)
            ResetCache();

        // pre-compile, cache & parse the template
        return Engine.Razor.RunCompile(templateName, null, anonymousType);
    }
}

public enum EmailTemplateType
{
    ForgotPassword,
    EmailVerification
}

public class MyTemplateManager : ITemplateManager
{
    public ITemplateSource Resolve(ITemplateKey key)
    {
        string file = HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath(string.Format("~/EmailTemplates/{0}.cshtml", key.Name));
        return new LoadedTemplateSource(System.IO.File.ReadAllText(file), file);
    }

    public ITemplateKey GetKey(string name, ResolveType resolveType, ITemplateKey context)
    {
        return new NameOnlyTemplateKey(name, resolveType, context);
    }

    public void AddDynamic(ITemplateKey key, ITemplateSource source)
    {
        throw new NotImplementedException("dynamic templates are not supported!");
    }
}

This is an example usage of the code in Asp.Net MVC:

var emailBody = TemplateManager.GetTemplate(EmailTemplateType.ForgotPassword, new
{
    SiteUrl = Url.Action(MVC.Home.Index(), protocol: Request.Url.Scheme),
    SiteFriendlyName = SiteSettings.Instance.DomainName.FriendlyName,
    PasswordResetLink = Url.Action(MVC.Account.ActionNames.ResetPassword, MVC.Account.Name, new { userId = user.Id, code = code }, protocol: Request.Url.Scheme),
    NotRequestedUrl = Url.Action(MVC.Account.ActionNames.PasswordResetNotReqeuested, MVC.Account.Name, new { userId = user.Id, requesterIpAddress = WebUtils.GetClientIPAddress(), code = code }, protocol: Request.Url.Scheme)
},
/* this setting allows me to disable caching during development */
!SiteSettings.Instance.EmailSettings.DebugEmailTemplates );

// I could also have a button on an admin page that executed this code to manually reset the cache in production.
TemplateManager.ResetCache();