codeDict.H

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Class
    Foam::functionEntries::codeDict
 
Description
    Compiles and executes C++ OpenFOAM code string expressions
 
    and provides non-const access to the dictionary into which generated
    entries can be inserted or manipulated in any other way.
 
    \c \#codeDict reads three entries: \c code, \c codeInclude (optional),
    \c codeOptions (optional) to generate the library source code stored in the
    local \c dynamicCode directory with a subdirectory name corresponding to the
    SHA1 of the code.  The code is then compiled into a dynamically loaded
    library libcodeDict_<SHA1>.so stored in the
    \c dynamicCode/platforms/$WM_OPTIONS/lib directory using 'wmake libso'.
    The resulting library is loaded in executed with arguments
    \code
        (dictionary& dict, Istream& is)
    \endcode
    where the dict is the current dictionary and is the stream from which the
    dictionary is being read.
 
    The verbatim string format \c \#{ ... \c \#} is used to allow multi-line
    input without the need to escape the newlines.
 
    Dictionary entries constructed with \c \#codeDict can conveniently access
    and use typed variables.  This means calculations involving vectors and
    tensors and list etc. are possible.  To access a variable and construct it
    as a given type within a \c \#codeDict entry, put the type immediately
    after the $ symbol inside angled brackets <>. So, $<vector>var or
    $<vector>{var} substitutes a variable named var as a vector.
 
    The variable values are looked-up at run-time making the code corresponding
    to each \c \#codeDict independent of the values in the dictionary and of
    each other.  Hence the \c \#codeDict code does not need to be recompiled
    when the values in the dictionary are changed, only if the code is changed.
 
Usage
    Example to set a zoneGenerator in createZonesDict:
    \verbatim
        inner
        {
            type        union;
 
            // Create inner baffles along the length of the pipe
            #codeDict
            {
                code
                #{
                    const label nBaffles = $<label>blockMeshDict!nBaffles;
                    for (label i = 1; i < nBaffles; i += 2)
                    {
                        const scalar y =
                            scalar(2*i + 1)/(2*nBaffles)
                           *$<scalar>blockMeshDict!height;
 
                        dict.set
                        (
                            word("baffle" + name(i)),
                            dictionary::entries
                            (
                                "type", "plane",
                                "point", vector(0, y, 0),
                                "normal", vector(0, 1, 0)
                            )
                        );
                    }
                #};
            }
        }
    \endverbatim
 
See also
    Foam::functionEntries::codeStream
 
SourceFiles
    codeDict.C
 
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#ifndef codeDict_H
#define codeDict_H
 
#include "codeStream.H"
 
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
 
namespace Foam
{
 
class dlLibraryTable;
 
namespace functionEntries
{
 
// Forward declaration of friend classes
class streamEntry;
class calcEntry;
class codeBlockEntry;
class codeBlockDictEntry;
 
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
                         Class codeDict Declaration
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class codeDict
:
    public codeStream
{
    //- Interpreter function type
    typedef void (*codeDictFunctionType)(dictionary&, Istream& is);
 
 
    // Private Member Functions
 
        //- Return the code string
        static string codeString
        (
            const label index,
            const dictionary& codeDict,
            Istream&
        );
 
        //- Construct, compile, load and return streaming function
        codeDictFunctionType getFunction
        (
            const dictionary& contextDict,
            const dictionary& codeDict
        );
 
        //- Compile and execute the code to manipulate the contextDict
        bool resultStream(dictionary& contextDict, Istream& is);
 
 
public:
 
    // Static Data Members
 
        //- Name of the code options file to be used
        static const word codeOptions;
 
        //- Name of the C code template to be used
        static const wordList compileFiles;
 
 
    // Related types
 
        //- Declare friendship with the codeBlockEntry class
        friend class codeBlockEntry;
        friend class codeBlockDictEntry;
 
 
    //- Runtime type information
    FunctionTypeName("#codeDict");
 
 
    // Constructors
 
        //- Construct from line number, dictionary and Istream
        codeDict
        (
            const label lineNumber,
            const dictionary& parentDict,
            Istream& is
        );
 
        //- Copy construct
        codeDict(const codeDict&) = default;
 
        //- Clone
        virtual autoPtr<entry> clone(const dictionary&) const
        {
            return autoPtr<entry>(new codeDict(*this));
        }
 
 
    // Member Functions
 
        //- Expand the functionEntry into the contextDict
        virtual bool execute(dictionary& contextDict, Istream&);
 
 
    // Member Operators
 
        //- Disallow default bitwise assignment
        void operator=(const codeDict&) = delete;
};
 
 
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
 
} // End namespace functionEntries
} // End namespace Foam
 
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
 
#endif
 
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