# HG changeset patch
# User Sebastien Jodogne <s.jodogne@gmail.com>
# Date 1480107467 -3600
# Node ID f2c179294382c4f891ef955575622f62dd782446
# Parent  d529d9ce3c7e0526bdea959237cbc539fd42e8d1
improvement

diff -r d529d9ce3c7e -r f2c179294382 Framework/Inputs/DicomPyramidInstance.cpp
--- a/Framework/Inputs/DicomPyramidInstance.cpp	Fri Nov 25 21:56:07 2016 +0100
+++ b/Framework/Inputs/DicomPyramidInstance.cpp	Fri Nov 25 21:57:47 2016 +0100
@@ -213,16 +213,20 @@
       }
       catch (Orthanc::OrthancException&)
       {
+        // No cached information yet
       }
     }
 
-    // No cached information, compute it from scratch
+    // Compute information about this instance from scratch
     Load(orthanc, instanceId);
 
-    // Serialize the computed information and cache it as a metadata
-    std::string serialized, tmp;
-    Serialize(serialized);
-    orthanc.RestApiPut(tmp, "/instances/" + instanceId + "/metadata/" + SERIALIZED_METADATA, serialized);
+    if (useCache)
+    {
+      // Serialize the computed information and cache it as a metadata
+      std::string serialized, tmp;
+      Serialize(serialized);
+      orthanc.RestApiPut(tmp, "/instances/" + instanceId + "/metadata/" + SERIALIZED_METADATA, serialized);
+    }
   }