Chapter Ten:Storage types in Windows

Let’s learn Storage types in Windows store apps, Lets learn happily :)

It enables and manages access to the most recently used (MRU) list of storage items

Members

The Windows.Storage.AccessCache namespace has these types of members:

• Classes
• Enumerations
• Interfaces
• Structures
• Classes

The Windows.Storage.AccessCache namespace has these classes.

Class	Description
AccessListEntryView	A list of the entries that are in an app's StorageItemMostRecentlyUsedList or StorageItemAccessList.
ItemRemovedEventArgs	Provides data about an ItemRemoved event.
StorageApplicationPermissions	Provides access to lists that an app can use to track recently accessed files and/or locations or to store files and/or locations to access in the future.
StorageItemAccessList	Represents a list that an app maintains so that the app can store files and/or locations (like folders) and easily access these items in the future.
StorageItemMostRecentlyUsedList	Represents a list that an app can use to track the files and/or locations (like folders) that the app has accessed most recently.

Enumerations

The Windows.Storage.AccessCache namespace has these enumerations.

Enumeration	Description
AccessCacheOptions	Describes the behavior to use when the app accesses an item in a list.

Interfaces

The Windows.Storage.AccessCache namespace defines these interfaces.

Interface	Description
IStorageItemAccessList	Represents a list of storage items that the app has stored for efficient future access.

Structures

The Windows.Storage.AccessCache namespace has these structures.

Structure	Description
AccessListEntry	Represents a list entry that contains the identifier and metadata for a StorageFile or StorageFolder object in a list.

By:

Khushbu Wadhwani,

Senior Windows app developer,

References:MSDN,Microsoft developer forum