Package org.biojava.nbio.core.util

Class FlatFileCache

java.lang.Object

org.biojava.nbio.core.util.FlatFileCache

public class FlatFileCache
extends Object

Provides a cache for storing multiple small files in memory. Can be used to e.g cache gzip compressed PDB files for avoiding disk IO bottlenecks. Note this is just a wrapper for the singleton cache.

Author:

Andreas Prlic.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static void	addToCache(String key, File fileToCache)
static void	clear()
static InputStream	getInputStream(String key)
static int	size()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

addToCache

public static void addToCache(String key,
                              File fileToCache)

getInputStream

public static InputStream getInputStream(String key)

size

public static int size()

clear

public static void clear()