The /atg/commerce/endeca/cache/DimensionValueCacheTools component (of class atg.commerce.endeca.cache.DimensionValueCacheTools) provides methods used to access the caches. These include methods for:
Retrieving a
ListofDimensionValueCacheObjectinstances that correspond to a particular category ID.Retrieving the
DimensionValueCacheObjectassociated with a particular dimension value ID.Creating a new cache.
Refreshing an existing cache.
In an environment with multiple MDEX engines, a single DimensionValueCacheTools component performs these operations on all caches. DimensionValueCacheTools has a getCache() method which retrieves the appropriate cache to access for a given request, based on the value returned by the getCurrentApplicationKey() method of the AssemblerApplicationConfiguration component.

