---
title: "Insert Data into Cache"
url: https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/java/v1/cloud-scale/cache/insert-data-into-cache/
description: "This page describes the method to insert data into the cache in your Java application with sample code snippets."
last_updated: 2025-11-19T15:07:41Z
service: Cloud Scale
type: general
related_links:
  - name: "Insert Data into the Cache - API"
    url: /en/api/code-reference/cloud-scale/cache/insert-key-value-in-segment/#InsertKey-ValueinCacheSegment
  - name: "Cache"
    url: /en/cloud-scale/help/cache/introduction
---

# Insert data into the cache

In addition to retrieving cache information, the following `putCache()` variants also support inserting cache object elements.

### Insert a key-value pair

The following code inserts a key-value pair to a cache segment through `putCacheValue()` method.

> **Note:**
The expiry time is set to 48 hours by default.

#### Sample Code Snippet 

**Package Imports**

```java
import com.zc.component.cache.ZCCache;
import com.zc.component.cache.ZCCacheObject; 
import com.zc.component.cache.ZCSegment;

```

```java
//Get a Cache Instance 
ZCCache cacheobj=ZCCache.getInstance(); 
//Get an instance of a specific segment with segment ID 
ZCSegment segment = cacheobj.getSegment(1510000000054091L); 
//Put Value in Cache as key-value pair (with a default Expiry Time of 48 hours)
ZCCacheObject cache = segment.putCacheValue("Name", "Amelia Burrows");

```

### Insert a key-value pair with an expiry time

Similar to the previous case, along with key and value parameters, the optional parameter expiry time is used in this
variant.

> **Note:**
The value of the expiry time must be passed as a long value in hours.

#### Sample Code Snippet 

**Package Imports**

```java
import com.zc.component.cache.ZCCache; 
import com.zc.component.cache.ZCCacheObject; 
import com.zc.component.cache.ZCSegment;

```

```java
//Get a Cache Instance ZCCache
cacheobj=ZCCache.getInstance(); 
//Get an instance of a specific segment with segment ID 
ZCSegment segment = cacheobj.getSegment(1510000000054091L); 
//Put Value in Cache as key-value pair with specified expiry time. (Time in hours) 
ZCCacheObject cache = segment.putCacheValue("LastName", "S", 1L);

```

### Insert a key-value pair through a cache object

The following code inserts a key-value pair to a cache segment through `putCacheObject()` method.

> **Note:**
If the key name already exists in a cache segment, it will be replaced with the new value inserted.

#### Sample Code Snippet 

**Package Imports**

```java
import com.zc.component.cache.ZCCache; 
import com.zc.component.cache.ZCCacheObject; 
import com.zc.component.cache.ZCSegment;

```

```java
//Get a Cache Instance ZCCache
cacheobj=ZCCache.getInstance(); 
//Get an instance of a specific segment with segment ID 
ZCSegment segment = cacheobj.getSegment(1510000000054091L); 
//Create a CacheObject and set cache segment attributes 
ZCCacheObject cacheDetails = ZCCacheObject.getInstance(); 
cacheDetails.setKeyName("ObjectKey"); 
cacheDetails.setValue("ObjectValue");
cacheDetails.setExpiryInHours(1L); 
//Create the cache using the CacheObject 
ZCCacheObject cache = segment.putCacheObject(cacheDetails);

```