OpenFreeEnergy / OpenFreeEnergy/feflow

Allow passing a `json` file for forcefield parameters cache

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enhancement
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Python
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Description

The system generator allows for passing a json file with precomputed forcefield parameters for different molecules. We should make changes such as if the user specifies a cache file it gets copied to the corresponding shared/scratch directories and used from there. As of this moment, the protocol accepts the settings but does not copy any file to the shared/scratch directories.

This would avoid having to always compute the partial charges with some implementation, especially if users want to force a specific partial charges calculation.

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Research direction

Locate the system generator and trace how the cache-file setting is currently accepted. Inspect the existing handling of shared and scratch directories; done means a user-specified JSON cache is copied to the appropriate directories and used for forcefield parameters.

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Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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