To connect to a Memcached server, you need to use the telnet command on HOST and PORT names.
Syntax
The basic syntax of Memcached telnet command is as shown below −
$telnet HOST PORT
Here, HOST and PORT are machine IP and port number respectively, on which the Memcached server is executing.
Example
The following example shows how to connect to a Memcached server and execute a simple set and get command. Assume that the Memcached server is running on host 127.0.0.1 and port 11211.
$telnet 127.0.0.1 11211
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to 127.0.0.1.
Escape character is '^]'.
// now store some data and get it from memcached server
set madanswer 0 900 9
memcached
STORED
get madanswer
VALUE madanswer 0 9
memcached
END
Connection from Java Application
To connect the Memcached server from your java program, you need to add the Memcached jar into your classpath as shown in the previous chapter. Assume that the Memcached server is running on host 127.0.0.1 and port 11211. −
Example
import net.spy.memcached.MemcachedClient;
public class MemcachedJava {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Connecting to Memcached server on localhost
MemcachedClient mcc = new MemcachedClient(new
InetSocketAddress("127.0.0.1", 11211));
System.out.println("Connection to server sucessfully");
//not set data into memcached server
System.out.println("set status:"+mcc.set("madanswer", 900, "memcached").done);
//Get value from cache
System.out.println("Get from Cache:"+mcc.get("madanswer"));
}
}
Output
On compiling and executing the program, you get to see the following output −
Connection to server successfully
set status:true
Get from Cache:memcached.
The terminal may show few informational messages too, those can be ignored.