Components

PhysiCellComponent

A struct to hold the information about a component that is used to assemble an input of PhysiCell.

The type and name are the only fields that are compared for equality. The type represents the type of component that it is. Currently, only "roadrunner" is supported. The name is the name of the file inside the components/type/ directory. The id is the id of the component, which will be -1 to indicate it is not yet set. The id is used to link which cell definition(s) use which component(s).

Fields

• type::String: The type of the component (e.g., "roadrunner", "dfba", "maboss").
• name::String: The name of the component (e.g., "component.xml").
• id::Int: The id of the component (e.g., 1, 2, 3). This is used to link which cell definition(s) use which component(s). A value of -1 indicates that the id is not yet set.

Examples

julia> PhysiCellComponent("roadrunner", "test.xml")
PhysiCellComponent("roadrunner", "test.xml", -1)

component = PhysiCellComponent("roadrunner", "test.xml")
PhysiCellComponent(component, 78) # set the id to 78; users should not need to do this
# output
PhysiCellComponent("roadrunner", "test.xml", 78)

assembleIntracellular!(cell_to_components_dict::Dict{String,Vector{PhysiCellComponent}}; name::String="assembled", skip_db_insert::Bool=false)

Assembles the intracellular components for the given cell types into a single file.

First, check if the components have been previously assembled. If so, return that folder name. If not, create a new folder and save the components there as a single file along with the assembly manifest; finally, update the database with the new folder.

Arguments

• cell_to_components_dict::Dict{String,Vector{PhysiCellComponent}}: A dictionary mapping cell types to their components.
  • The keys are the cell type names (e.g., "Tcell", "Bcell").
  • The values can be either a single PhysiCellComponent or a vector of PhysiCellComponents.
• name::String: The name of the folder to create (default is "assembled").
• skip_db_insert::Bool: If true, skip the database insert (default is false). Skipped when importing a project. Users should not need to set this.

Returns

• folder::String: The name of the folder where the components were assembled.