Add the use of Memcache to the getMotd servlet to reduce the number of

queries to the datastore caused by the servlet. The cached lifetime is
currently hardcoded at 10 minutes.

Change-Id: Iec5d37966b836f2a7c52c19ceaeda28ea55859cf

appinventor/appengine/src/com/google/appinventor/server/GetMotdServiceImpl.java

+// -*- mode: java; c-basic-offset: 2; -*-
 // Copyright 2010 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 
 package com.google.appinventor.server;
@@ -10,7 +11,9 @@ import com.google.appinventor.shared.rpc.Motd;
 
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
-
+import com.google.appengine.api.memcache.MemcacheService;
+import com.google.appengine.api.memcache.MemcacheServiceFactory;
+import com.google.appengine.api.memcache.Expiration;
 
 /**
  * Implementation of the get motd service.
@@ -31,6 +34,10 @@ public class GetMotdServiceImpl extends OdeRemoteServiceServlet implements GetMo
 
   private final StorageIo storageIo = StorageIoInstanceHolder.INSTANCE;
 
+  private final MemcacheService memcache = MemcacheServiceFactory.getMemcacheService();
+
+  private final String motdcachekey = "c3c61e03-5f77-4107-8714-0d1faa3df325"; // UUID Generated by JIS
+
   /**
    * Gets the current Motd
    *
@@ -38,7 +45,14 @@ public class GetMotdServiceImpl extends OdeRemoteServiceServlet implements GetMo
    */
   @Override
   public Motd getMotd() {
-    return storageIo.getCurrentMotd();
+
+    Motd motd = (Motd) memcache.get(motdcachekey); // Attempt to use memcache to fetch it
+    if (motd != null)
+      return motd;
+
+    motd = storageIo.getCurrentMotd();
+    memcache.put(motdcachekey, motd, Expiration.byDeltaSeconds(600)); // Hold it for ten minutes
+    return motd;
   }
 
   /**

appinventor/appengine/src/com/google/appinventor/shared/rpc/Motd.java

@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@
 package com.google.appinventor.shared.rpc;
 
 import com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.IsSerializable;
+import java.io.Serializable;
 
 /**
  * Data Transfer Object representing motd.
  *
  * @author kerr@google.com (Debby Wallach)
  */
-public class Motd implements IsSerializable, MotdProvider {
+public class Motd implements IsSerializable, MotdProvider, Serializable {
   private long id;
 
   // Caption of the MOTD