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MemoryStoreService

Inherits from: Instance → Object

A top-level singleton class which exposes methods to access specific primitives within the MemoryStoreService. Use it for any data that rapidly changes that other servers can restore, such as global leaderboards, matchmaking queues, and auction houses.

For a more in-depth look, see Memory Stores. For the limits and quotas of the service, see Limits and Quotas.

Inherits from: Instance

Memory category: Instances

Tags: Service

Methods

NameType / ReturnsDescription
MemoryStoreService:GetHashMapMemoryStoreHashMapReturns a MemoryStoreHashMap instance for the provided name.
MemoryStoreService:GetQueueMemoryStoreQueueReturns a MemoryStoreQueue instance for the provided name.
MemoryStoreService:GetSortedMapMemoryStoreSortedMapReturns a MemoryStoreSortedMap instance for the provided name.

Inherited from Instance

NameType / ReturnsDescription
Instance:AddTag()Applies a tag to the instance.
Instance:childrenInstancesReturns an array of the object's children.
Instance:ClearAllChildren()This method destroys all of an instance's children.
Instance:CloneInstanceCreate a copy of an instance and all its descendants, ignoring instances that are not Archivable.
Instance:cloneInstance
Instance:Destroy()Sets the Instance.Parent property to nil, locks the Instance.Parent property, disconnects all connections, and calls Destroy() on all children.
Instance:destroy()
Instance:FindFirstAncestorInstance?Returns the first ancestor of the Instance whose Instance.Name is equal to the given name.
Instance:FindFirstAncestorOfClassInstance?Returns the first ancestor of the Instance whose Object.ClassName is equal to the given className.
Instance:FindFirstAncestorWhichIsAInstance?Returns the first ancestor of the Instance for whom Object:IsA() returns true for the given className.
Instance:FindFirstChildInstance?Returns the first child of the Instance found with the given name.
Instance:findFirstChildInstance
Instance:FindFirstChildOfClassInstance?Returns the first child of the Instance whose ClassName is equal to the given class name.
Instance:FindFirstChildWhichIsAInstance?Returns the first child of the Instance for whom Object:IsA() returns true for the given className.
Instance:FindFirstDescendantInstance?Returns the first descendant found with the given Instance.Name.
Instance:GetActorActor?Returns the Actor associated with the Instance, if any.
Instance:GetAttributeVariantReturns the value which has been assigned to the given attribute name.
Instance:GetAttributeChangedSignalRBXScriptSignalReturns an event that fires when the given attribute changes.
Instance:GetAttributesDictionaryReturns a dictionary of the instance's attributes.
Instance:GetChildrenInstancesReturns an array containing all of the instance's children.
Instance:getChildrenInstances
Instance:GetDebugIdstringReturns a coded string of the debug ID used internally by Roblox.
Instance:GetDescendantsInstancesReturns an array containing all of the descendants of the instance.
Instance:GetFullNamestringReturns a string describing the instance's ancestry.
Instance:GetStyledVariantReturns the styled or explicitly modified value of the specified property, or else the default property value if it hasn't been styled/modified.
Instance:GetStyledPropertyChangedSignalRBXScriptSignalReturns an event that fires when the given style property changes on the instance.
Instance:GetTagsArrayGets an array of all tags applied to the instance.
Instance:HasTagbooleanCheck whether the instance has a given tag.
Instance:IsAncestorOfbooleanReturns true if an Instance is an ancestor of the given descendant.
Instance:IsDescendantOfbooleanReturns true if an Instance is a descendant of the given ancestor.
Instance:isDescendantOfboolean
Instance:IsPropertyModifiedbooleanReturns true if the value stored in the specified property is not equal to the code-instantiated default.
Instance:QueryDescendantsInstancesReturns an array containing all descendants of the instance that match the selector string.
Instance:Remove()Sets the object's Parent to nil, and does the same for all its descendants.
Instance:remove()
Instance:RemoveTag()Removes a tag from the instance.
Instance:ResetPropertyToDefault()Resets a property to its default value.
Instance:SetAttribute()Sets the attribute with the given name to the given value.
Instance:WaitForChildInstanceReturns the child of the Instance with the given name. If the child does not exist, it will yield the current thread until it does.

Inherited from Object

NameType / ReturnsDescription
Object:GetPropertyChangedSignalRBXScriptSignalGet an event that fires when a given property of the object changes.
Object:IsAbooleanReturns true if an object's class matches or inherits from a given class.
Object:isAboolean

MemoryStoreService:GetHashMap

Returns a MemoryStoreHashMap instance for the provided name. The name is global within the game, so any place that uses the same name accesses the same hash map.

Parameters

NameTypeDefaultDescription
namestringThe name of the hash map.

Returns

TypeDescription
MemoryStoreHashMapA MemoryStoreHashMap instance for the provided name.
FieldValue
securityNone
thread safetyUnsafe
capabilities["DataStore"]

MemoryStoreService:GetQueue

Returns a MemoryStoreQueue instance for the provided name. The name is global within the game, thus any place that uses the same name accesses the same queue.

Parameters

NameTypeDefaultDescription
namestringName of the queue.
invisibilityTimeoutint30(Optional) Invisibility timeout, in seconds, for read operations through this queue instance. If not provided, defaults to 30 seconds.

Returns

TypeDescription
MemoryStoreQueueA MemoryStoreQueue instance for the provided name.
FieldValue
securityNone
thread safetyUnsafe
capabilities["DataStore"]

MemoryStoreService:GetSortedMap

Returns a MemoryStoreSortedMap instance for the provided name. The name is global within the game, so any place that uses the same name accesses the same sorted map.

Parameters

NameTypeDefaultDescription
namestringName of the sorted map.

Returns

TypeDescription
MemoryStoreSortedMapA MemoryStoreSortedMap instance for the provided name.
FieldValue
securityNone
thread safetyUnsafe
capabilities["DataStore"]

Properties

Inherited from Instance

NameType / ReturnsDescription
Instance.ArchivablebooleanDetermines if an Instance and its descendants can be cloned using Instance:Clone(), and can be saved/published.
Instance.archivableboolean
Instance.CapabilitiesSecurityCapabilitiesThe set of capabilities allowed to be used for scripts inside this container.
Instance.IsInSandboxbooleanIndicates whether the instance is inside a sandboxed container.
Instance.NamestringA non-unique identifier of the Instance.
Instance.ParentInstanceDetermines the hierarchical parent of the Instance.
Instance.PredictionModePredictionModeReflects the client-side prediction mode applied to the instance under server-authoritative physics.
Instance.RobloxLockedbooleanA deprecated property that used to protect CoreGui objects.
Instance.SandboxedbooleanWhen enabled, the instance can only access abilities in its Capabilities list.
Instance.UniqueIdUniqueIdA unique identifier for the instance.

Inherited from Object

NameType / ReturnsDescription
Object.ClassNamestringA read-only string representing the class this Object belongs to.
Object.classNamestring

Events

Inherited from Instance

NameType / ReturnsDescription
Instance.AncestryChangedFires when the Instance.Parent property of this object or one of its ancestors is changed.
Instance.AttributeChangedFires whenever an attribute is changed on the Instance.
Instance.ChildAddedFires after an object is parented to this Instance.
Instance.childAdded
Instance.ChildRemovedFires after a child is removed from this Instance.
Instance.DescendantAddedFires after a descendant is added to the Instance.
Instance.DescendantRemovingFires immediately before a descendant of the Instance is removed.
Instance.DestroyingFires immediately before (or is deferred until after) the instance is destroyed via Instance:Destroy().
Instance.StyledPropertiesChangedFires whenever any style property is changed on the instance, including when a property is set to nil.

Inherited from Object

NameType / ReturnsDescription
Object.ChangedFires immediately after a property of the object changes, with some limitations.