Universal caching node

[MustafaJafar]

Is there an existing issue for this?

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Please describe the feature you have in mind and explain what the current shortcomings are?

AYON Cache node in compliance with Houdini's vanilla filecache node.

How would you imagine the implementation of the feature?

There are some ideas: We can create

• our own AYON filecache node
• Wrap the existing filecache nodes inside some AYON HDA
• Extend filecache node defintion and add AYON functionality

Are there any labels you wish to add?

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Describe alternatives you've considered:

No response

Additional context:

Related to Node based houdini integration Epic.
It was also mentioned in Houdini's Future plan and it was discussed in Houdini WG

[BigRoy]

This may be superseded by "Generic ROP publishing" where essentially any ROP-like node could be made into a publishable node - which means that #2 may fix this issue.

Of course, even then it may be worth investigating whether a dedicated AYON Cache HDA is worth it - but at the same time, many studios may already be rolling their own or be using the Houdini LABs filecache node, etc.

[antirotor]

We need to decide if this is solved by #2 or not.