def cache_resources(self, resource_type, specific_ids=None):
"""
Save all resources of a given type to memory, for in-memory lookup ops
This is a PREFETCH operation, and EnhancedResourceRegistryClient objects that use the cache functionality
should NOT be kept across service calls.
"""
#log.info("Caching resources: %s", resource_type)
#log.debug("This cache is %s", self)
time_caching_start = get_ion_ts()
resource_objs = []
if specific_ids is None:
resource_objs, _ = self.RR.find_resources(restype=resource_type, id_only=False)
else:
assert type(specific_ids) is list
if specific_ids:
resource_objs = self.RR.read_mult(specific_ids)
lookups = DotDict()
lookups.by_id = {}
lookups.by_name = {}
self._cached_resources[resource_type] = lookups
for r in resource_objs:
self._add_resource_to_cache(resource_type, r)
time_caching_stop = get_ion_ts()
total_time = int(time_caching_stop) - int(time_caching_start)
