CacheManager: Cache Manager Class

In mLLMCelltype: Cell Type Annotation Using Large Language Models

Cache Manager Class

Description

Manages caching of consensus analysis results

Public fields

cache_dir

Directory to store cache files. Options:

• NULL (default): Uses system cache directory

• "local": Uses .mllmcelltype_cache in current directory

• "temp": Uses temporary directory

• Custom path: Any other string is used as directory path

cache_version

Current cache version

Methods

Public methods

• CacheManager$new()

• CacheManager$get_cache_dir()

• CacheManager$generate_key()

• CacheManager$save_to_cache()

• CacheManager$load_from_cache()

• CacheManager$has_cache()

• CacheManager$get_cache_stats()

• CacheManager$clear_cache()

• CacheManager$validate_cache()

• CacheManager$clone()

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Method new()

Initialize cache manager

• NULL (default): Uses system cache directory via tools::R_user_dir()

• "local": Uses .mllmcelltype_cache in current directory

• "temp": Uses temporary directory (cleared on R restart)

• Custom path: Any other string is used as directory path

Usage

CacheManager$new(cache_dir = NULL)

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Method get_cache_dir()

Get actual cache directory path

Usage

CacheManager$get_cache_dir()

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Method generate_key()

Generate cache key from input parameters (improved version)

Usage

CacheManager$generate_key(
  input,
  models,
  cluster_id,
  tissue_name = "",
  top_gene_count = 10
)

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Method save_to_cache()

Save results to cache

Usage

CacheManager$save_to_cache(key, data)

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Method load_from_cache()

Load results from cache

Usage

CacheManager$load_from_cache(key)

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Method has_cache()

Check if results exist in cache

Usage

CacheManager$has_cache(key)

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Method get_cache_stats()

Get cache statistics

Usage

CacheManager$get_cache_stats()

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Method clear_cache()

Clear all cache

Usage

CacheManager$clear_cache(confirm = FALSE)

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Method validate_cache()

Validate cache content Extract genes from input in a standardized way Create stable hash from genes list Create stable hash from models list Create stable hash from tissue_name and top_gene_count Create stable hash from cluster ID

Usage

CacheManager$validate_cache(key)

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Method clone()

The objects of this class are cloneable with this method.

Usage

CacheManager$clone(deep = FALSE)

Arguments

deep

Whether to make a deep clone.

mLLMCelltype documentation built on May 11, 2026, 9:06 a.m.