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 ## Usage
 
+The principal type that FluentCache provides is `CacheBuilder`. `CacheBuilder` is an immutable object that takes references to a cache and anonymous functions to generate a cache key, build cacheable objects, validate results, and hook an event dispatcher.
+
+`CacheBuilder` handles the responsibility for, and obfuscates, the steps required to orchestrate the most common scenario for handling cached data:
+
+* Check the cache for an object
+  * If miss, build an object, set it in the cache, and return the object
+  * If hit, return the object
+
+Managing these steps, choosing what to profile, when to validate, or other cache-specific decision making isn't the responsibility of the calling code: the caller just wants to _get_ an object, it shouldn't care if it comes from a cache, if the data is stale, or the object is built for the first time. `CacheBuilder` separates this concern and encapsulates it, exposing custom logic hooks for reasonable flexibility.
+
 ```php
+class Memcache implements \Psr\SimpleCache\CacheInterface {}
+
+class Dispatcher implements \Psr\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcherInterface {}
+
+$result = (new CacheBuilder())
+    ->withCache(new Memcache(), function() : ?string {
+
+        // generate a cache key - if null is returned, then the cache will be ignored
+        return 'foo';
+    })
+    ->withCacheLifespanBuilder(function($result) : int {
+
+        // what is the ttl for objects set in the cache?
+        return 1500;
+    })
+    ->withCacheValidator(function($result) : bool {
+
+        // assert that cached object is valid when fetched
+        if(!($result instanceof Bar)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return $result->someProperty = 'some value';
+    });
+    ->withBuilder(function() : object {
+
+        // build a cacheable object if cache miss
+        return new Bar();
+    })
+     ->withBuildValidator(function($result) : object {
+
+        // assert that post-cache miss built object is valid
+        return $result instanceof Bar;
+    })
+
+    // send cache and build stage events to trigger downstream actions such as profiling
+    ->withEventDispatcher(new Dispatcher())
+
+    // ...or set a lazy dispatcher to initialize when we attempt to fetch an object
+    ->withLazyEventDispatcher(function(CacheBuilder $this) : EventDispatcherInterface {
+        return new Dispatcher();
+    })
 
+    // fetch object from cache or build it and set it in the cache - the caller doesn't care!
+    ->get();
 ```