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amt_cache - Cache variables for later or retrieves variables from cache

Program code:

function varargout=amt_cache(cmd,name,varargin)
%amt_cache  Cache variables for later or retrieves variables from cache
%   Usage: var = amt_cache('get',package,flags);
%          amt_cache('set',package,variables);
%   
%   AMT_CACHE supports the following commands:
%
%     'get'      gets the content of a package from the cache. 
%                variables = AMT_CACHE('get',package) reads a package from the cache
%                and outputs its content in var. package must a be a string
%                identifying the package of variables. If the package contains multiple
%                variables, variables can be a list of variables like 
%                [var1, var2, ... , varN] = .... The order of returned variables is the
%                same as that used for saving in cache.
%                ... = AMT_CACHE('get',package,flags) allows to control the 
%                behaviour of accessing the cache. flags can be:
%
%                  'normal':    Use cached package. If the cached package is 
%                               locally not available, it will be downloaded from the internet. 
%                               If it is remotely not available, enforce recalculation of the package. 
%                               Note that this method may by-pass the actual processing and thus 
%                               does not always test the actual functionality of a model. 
%                               It is, however, very convenient for fast access of results 
%                               like plotting figures. On the internet, the cached packages 
%                               are available for the release versions only. 
%
%                  'cached':    Enforce to use cached package. If the cached package is 
%                               locally not available, it will be downloaded from the internet. 
%                               If it is remotely not available, an error will be thrown.
%
%                  'redo':      Enforce the recalculation of the package. 
%                               [..] = amt_cache('get', [..]) outputs empty variables always. 
%
%                  'localonly': Package will be recalculated when locally
%                               not available. Do not connect to the internet. 
%
%     'set'      stores variables as a package in the cache. 
%                AMT_CACHE('set',package, variables) saves variables in the cache using
%                the name package. variables can be a list of variables separated by
%                comma.
%                
%     'getURL'   outputs the URL of the cache in the internet. 
%
%     'setURL'   sets the URL of the internet cache to a new URL. 
%
%     'clearAll' clears the cache directory. An interactive confirmation is
%                required.
%
%
%   This is an example of using the cache in a function. 
%   In this example, we store the variables x, y, and z in the package
%   xyz*:
%
%     definput.import={'amt_cache'};
%     [flags,~]  = ltfatarghelper({},definput,varargin);
%     [x,y,z] = amt_cache('get', 'xyz', flags.cachemode);
%     if isempty(x)
%         % calculate your variables x,y,z here
%         amt_cache('set','xyz',x,y,z);
%     end
%     %  use your variables x,y,z here
%
%   Note that in this example, the flags indicating the mode of caching are
%   stored in flags.cachemode which can be achieved by:
% 
%     definput.import={'amt_cache'};
%     [flags,keyvals] = ltfatarghelper({},definput,varargin); 
%
%   at the begin of the function. This way, the cache mode can be provided by the 
%   user if required. 
%
%   See also: data_ziegelwanger2013
%
%   Url: http://amtoolbox.sourceforge.net/amt-0.9.8/doc/amt_cache.php

% Copyright (C) 2009-2015 Piotr Majdak and Peter L. Søndergaard.
% This file is part of AMToolbox version 0.9.8
%
% This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
% it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
% the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
% (at your option) any later version.
%
% This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
% but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
% MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
% GNU General Public License for more details.
%
% You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
% along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.



%   Author: Piotr Majdak, 2015

persistent CacheURL CacheMode;
if isempty(CacheURL)
  CacheURL=['http://www.sofacoustics.org/data/amt-' amt_version('version') '/cache'];
end
if isempty(CacheMode)
  CacheMode='normal';
end

switch cmd
  case 'set'
    f=dbstack('-completenames');
    fn=f(2).file;
    token=urlencode(strrep(fn(length(amt_basepath)+1:end),'\','/'));
    tokenpath=fullfile(amt_basepath,'cache',token);
    tokenfn=fullfile(tokenpath,[name '.mat']);
    
    if ~exist(tokenpath,'dir'); mkdir(tokenpath); end
    for ii=3:nargin
      cache(ii-2).name=inputname(ii);
      cache(ii-2).value=varargin{ii-2};
    end
    save(tokenfn,'cache','-v6');
    varargout{1}=tokenfn;
    
  case 'get'
    if nargin<3, varargin{1}='global'; end  % if not provided: global
    if strcmp(varargin{1},'global'), varargin{1}=CacheMode; end  % if global: use the stored cache mode
      % now let's parse the cache mode
    switch varargin{1}
      case 'redo' % force recalculations in any case
        for ii=1:nargout, varargout{ii}=[]; end

      case 'cached' % use local cache. If not available download from the internet. If not available throw an error.
        f=dbstack('-completenames');
        fn=f(2).file;
        token=urlencode(strrep(fn(length(amt_basepath)+1:end),'\','/'));
        tokenpath=fullfile(amt_basepath,'cache',token);
        tokenfn=fullfile(tokenpath,[name '.mat']);
        if ~exist(tokenfn,'file'),
          webfn=[CacheURL '/' urlencode(token) '/' name '.mat'];
          amt_disp(['Cache: Downloading ' name '.mat for ' token],'progress');
          if ~exist(tokenpath,'dir'); mkdir(tokenpath); end
          [~,stat]=urlwrite(webfn,tokenfn);
          if ~stat
            error(['Unable to download file from remote cache: ' webfn]);
          end          
        end
        load(tokenfn);
        for ii=1:nargout
          varargout{ii}=cache(ii).value;
        end
        
      case 'localonly' % use local cache only. If not available, enforce recalculation
        f=dbstack('-completenames');
        fn=f(2).file;
        token=urlencode(strrep(fn(length(amt_basepath)+1:end),'\','/'));
        tokenpath=fullfile(amt_basepath,'cache',token);
        tokenfn=fullfile(tokenpath,[name '.mat']);
        if ~exist(tokenfn,'file'),
            amt_disp(['Cached data not found: ' tokenfn],'progress');
            amt_disp('Enforce recalculation...','progress');
            for ii=1:nargout, varargout{ii}=[]; end % enforce recalculation
        else
          load(tokenfn);
          for ii=1:nargout
            varargout{ii}=cache(ii).value;
          end
        end

      case 'normal' % use local cache. If not available download from the internet. If not available recalculate.
        f=dbstack('-completenames');
        fn=f(2).file;
        token=urlencode(strrep(fn(length(amt_basepath)+1:end),'\','/'));
        tokenpath=fullfile(amt_basepath,'cache',token);
        tokenfn=fullfile(tokenpath,[name '.mat']);
        if ~exist(tokenfn,'file'),
          webfn=[CacheURL '/' urlencode(token) '/' name '.mat'];
          amt_disp(['Cache: Downloading ' name '.mat for ' token],'progress');
          if ~exist(tokenpath,'dir'); mkdir(tokenpath); end
          [~,stat]=urlwrite(webfn,tokenfn);
          if ~stat
            amt_disp(['Cached data not found: ' webfn],'progress');
            amt_disp('Enforce recalculation...','progress');
            for ii=1:nargout, varargout{ii}=[]; end % enforce recalculation
          else         
            load(tokenfn);  % downloaded to local cache. Load...
            for ii=1:nargout
              varargout{ii}=cache(ii).value;
            end
          end 
        else
          load(tokenfn);  % Locally available, load...
          for ii=1:nargout
            varargout{ii}=cache(ii).value;
          end
        end
        
    end
  case 'setURL'
    CacheURL=name;
  case 'getURL'
    varargout{1}=CacheURL;
  case 'clearAll'
    cachepath=fullfile(amt_basepath,'cache');
    if strcmp(input(['clearAll clears ' strrep(cachepath,'\','\') '. Type YES for confirmation: '],'s'),'YES'), 
      amt_disp(['Clearing ' cachepath ' ...'],'progress');
      rmdir(cachepath, 's');       
    end
  case 'setMode'
    CacheMode = name;
  otherwise
    error('Unsupported command');
end