org.biojava.utils.io

Class FlatFileCache

java.lang.Object

org.biojava.utils.io.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.

Author:

Andreas Prlic.

Method Summary

Methods

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getInstance

public static FlatFileCache getInstance()

addToCache

public static void addToCache(String key,
              File fileToCache)

getInputStream

public static InputStream getInputStream(String key)

size

public int size()

clear

public void clear()

destroy

public static void destroy()