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# The Memcache Java API

High performance scalable web applications often use a distributed in-memory data cache in front of or in place of robust persistent storage for some tasks. App Engine includes a memory cache service for this purpose.

This reference describes the Java API for the Memcache service. It has the following sections:

- Overview
- Using JCache
- Low-level API