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Rystem.Content.Infrastructure.InMemory 10.0.8

Rystem.Content.Infrastructure.InMemory

This provider adds an in-memory content store for tests, local development, and simple non-persistent scenarios.

It is the lightest provider in the Content area: a singleton ConcurrentDictionary<string, ContentRepositoryDownloadResult> keyed by path.

Installation

dotnet add package Rystem.Content.Infrastructure.InMemory

Registration

services
 .AddContentRepository()
 .WithInMemoryIntegration("inmemory");

Unlike the other built-in providers, this one registers with ServiceLifetime.Singleton.

Example

public sealed class InMemoryContentService
{
 private readonly IContentRepository _repository;

 public InMemoryContentService(IFactory<IContentRepository> factory)
 => _repository = factory.Create("inmemory");

 public async Task RoundTripAsync()
 {
 await _repository.UploadAsync("folder/file.txt", System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("hello"), new ContentRepositoryOptions
 {
 HttpHeaders = new ContentRepositoryHttpHeaders
 {
 ContentType = "text/plain"
 },
 Metadata = new Dictionary<string, string>
 {
 ["author"] = "test"
 },
 Tags = new Dictionary<string, string>
 {
 ["version"] = "1"
 }
 });

 var file = await _repository.DownloadAsync("folder/file.txt", ContentInformationType.All);
 var props = await _repository.GetPropertiesAsync("folder/file.txt", ContentInformationType.All);
 await _repository.DeleteAsync("folder/file.txt");
 }
}

Provider behavior

The runtime is straightforward:

• UploadAsync stores Path, Uri, Data, and Options directly in memory
• DeleteAsync removes the item from the dictionary
• ExistAsync checks the dictionary key
• SetPropertiesAsync mutates the stored options object

This makes the provider very convenient for tests and also means it is not a fidelity model for remote storage services.

Important caveats

downloadContent is ignored

ListAsync(...) always yields the stored ContentRepositoryDownloadResult, so data is already present even when downloadContent == false.

informationRetrieve is mostly ignored

DownloadAsync(...) and GetPropertiesAsync(...) return the stored object or stored options directly. They do not selectively materialize headers, metadata, or tags based on the requested flags.

Uri is just the path

The provider stores:

• Path = path
• Uri = path

So Uri is only a placeholder string, not a real network URL.

State lives for the process lifetime

Because the provider is a singleton, content persists until you remove it or rebuild the host.

When to use this provider

Use it when you want:

• fast unit or integration tests
• no external infrastructure
• full round-trip of headers, metadata, and tags in memory

Do not treat it as a perfect simulator for Blob, File Share, or SharePoint behavior.