[Hisham]

Dear Foamers,

Can you help me understand which purpose this function serves?

http://foam.sourceforge.net/docs/cpp...ce.html#l00394

00394 void Foam::porousZone::writeDict(Ostream& os, bool subDict) const
00395 {
00396     if (subDict)
00397     {
00398         os  << indent << token::BEGIN_BLOCK << incrIndent << nl;
00399         os.writeKeyword("name")
00400             << zoneName() << token::END_STATEMENT << nl;
00401     }
00402     else
00403     {
00404         os  << indent << zoneName() << nl
00405             << indent << token::BEGIN_BLOCK << incrIndent << nl;
00406     }
00407 
00408     if (dict_.found("note"))
00409     {
00410         os.writeKeyword("note")
00411             << string(dict_.lookup("note")) << token::END_STATEMENT << nl;
00412     }
00413 
00414     coordSys_.writeDict(os, true);
00415 
00416     if (dict_.found("porosity"))
00417     {
00418         os.writeKeyword("porosity")
00419             << porosity() << token::END_STATEMENT << nl;
00420     }
00421 
00422     if (dict_.found("intensity"))
00423     {
00424         os.writeKeyword("intensity")
00425             << intensity() << token::END_STATEMENT << nl;
00426     }
00427 
00428     if (dict_.found("mixingLength"))
00429     {
00430         os.writeKeyword("mixingLength")
00431             << mixingLength() << token::END_STATEMENT << nl;
00432     }
00433 
00434     // powerLaw coefficients
00435     if (const dictionary* dictPtr = dict_.subDictPtr("powerLaw"))
00436     {
00437         os  << indent << "powerLaw";
00438         dictPtr->write(os);
00439     }
00440 
00441     // Darcy-Forchheimer coefficients
00442     if (const dictionary* dictPtr = dict_.subDictPtr("Darcy"))
00443     {
00444         os  << indent << "Darcy";
00445         dictPtr->write(os);
00446     }
00447 
00448     // thermalModel
00449     if (const dictionary* dictPtr = dict_.subDictPtr("thermalModel"))
00450     {
00451         os  << indent << "thermalModel";
00452         dictPtr->write(os);
00453     }
00454 
00455     os  << decrIndent << indent << token::END_BLOCK << endl;
00456 }
00457

Best regards,
Hisham

[olesen]

Originally Posted by Hisham

Dear Foamers,

Can you help me understand which purpose this function serves?

http://foam.sourceforge.net/docs/cpp...ce.html#l00394

...

Quite simply actually. You can use it to output the dictionary settings associated with the porous zone.

[Hisham]

Just that ...... Is it not then needed by any other class?????

I mean it is not called by OF for any reason than if the developer (i.e. I) calls it ??

[olesen]

Originally Posted by Hisham

Just that ...... Is it not then needed by any other class?????

I mean it is not called by OF for any reason than if the developer (i.e. I) calls it ??

AFAIK it is just part of the IO for the class. The only place it might be used indirectly is if you need a SHA1 of the input dictionary.

[Hisham]

Thanks a lot Olesen. The issue is that I'm developing a class based on the porousZone class and was wondering if I should invest time modifying this function .....

I guess I will save my time for now and leave it as is, until I have more concrete info or a related error!

Best regards,
Hisham