From 9d99de2340692d667ac8d757f1f364ec6d1d000f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Krijnen <t.krijnen@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2025 13:55:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] file.reset_identity_cache() function for adv use cases

---
 src/ifcparse/IfcFile.h    | 2 ++
 src/ifcparse/IfcParse.cpp | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/ifcparse/IfcFile.h b/src/ifcparse/IfcFile.h
index 6572418383..e09b147b57 100644
--- a/src/ifcparse/IfcFile.h
+++ b/src/ifcparse/IfcFile.h
@@ -366,6 +366,8 @@ private:
         batch_mode_ = true; 
     }
     void unbatch();
+
+    void reset_identity_cache();
 };
 
 #ifdef WITH_IFCXML
diff --git a/src/ifcparse/IfcParse.cpp b/src/ifcparse/IfcParse.cpp
index df89a0c2c5..ce7ca45d48 100644
--- a/src/ifcparse/IfcParse.cpp
+++ b/src/ifcparse/IfcParse.cpp
@@ -2768,6 +2768,15 @@ void IfcParse::IfcFile::unbatch() {
     batch_deletion_ids_.clear();
 }
 
+void IfcParse::IfcFile::reset_identity_cache() {
+    std::visit([](auto& x) {
+        if constexpr (std::is_same_v<std::decay_t<decltype(x)>, impl::rocks_db_file_storage>) {
+            x.instance_cache_.clear();
+            x.type_instance_cache_.clear();
+        }
+	}, storage_);
+}
+
 void IfcParse::IfcFile::build_inverses() {
     for (const auto& pair : *this) {
         build_inverses_(pair.second);