BoostOptionalToAlgorithmProperty.h

// Mantid Repository : https://github.com/mantidproject/mantid
//
// Copyright © 2016 ISIS Rutherford Appleton Laboratory UKRI,
//   NScD Oak Ridge National Laboratory, European Spallation Source,
//   Institut Laue - Langevin & CSNS, Institute of High Energy Physics, CAS
// SPDX - License - Identifier: GPL - 3.0 +
#pragma once

#include "MantidAPI/Algorithm.h"
#include "MantidAPI/DllConfig.h"
#include "MantidGeometry/Instrument.h"
#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
#include <boost/optional.hpp>
#include <string>

namespace Mantid {
namespace API {
/** BoostOptionalToAlgorithmProperty : Checks for default values of an
algorithm property if the user has not supplied the value. If it is a mandatory
property then the value will be returned, if the property is optional then a
value of type boost::optional<T> will be returned.
*/

/**
 * Checks for the default values of a mandatory algorithm property associated
 * with
 * an instrument component. i.e MonitorIndex
 *
 * @param alg : A pointer to the algorithm to which the property belongs
 * @param propName : The name of the property in the algorithm
 * @param instrument : A pointer to the instrument
 * @param idf_name : The name of the property in the Instrument Defintion
 * @return A value of type T that is either the default value or the user
 * supplied value.
 *
 */
template <typename T>
T checkForMandatoryInstrumentDefault(
    Mantid::API::Algorithm *const alg, std::string propName,
    Mantid::Geometry::Instrument_const_sptr instrument, std::string idf_name) {
  auto algProperty = alg->getPointerToProperty(propName);
  if (algProperty->isDefault()) {
    auto defaults = instrument->getNumberParameter(idf_name);
    if (defaults.empty()) {
      throw std::runtime_error("No data could be retrieved from the parameters "
                               "and argument wasn't provided: " +
                               propName);
    }
    return static_cast<T>(defaults[0]);
  } else {
    return static_cast<T>(
        boost::lexical_cast<double, std::string>(algProperty->value()));
  }
}

/**
 * Checks for the default values of an optional algorithm property associated
 * with
 * an instrument component. i.e MonitorIndex
 *
 * @param alg : A pointer to the algorithm to which the property belongs
 * @param propName : The name of the property in the algorithm
 * @param instrument : A pointer to the instrument
 * @param idf_name : The name of the property in the Instrument Defintion
 * @return A boost optional value of type T that is either the default value,
 * the user supplied value or an uninitialized boost::optional.
 *
 */
template <typename T>
boost::optional<T> checkForOptionalInstrumentDefault(
    Mantid::API::Algorithm *const alg, std::string propName,
    Mantid::Geometry::Instrument_const_sptr instrument, std::string idf_name) {
  auto algProperty = alg->getPointerToProperty(propName);
  if (algProperty->isDefault()) {
    auto defaults = instrument->getNumberParameter(idf_name);
    if (!defaults.empty()) {
      return boost::optional<T>(static_cast<T>(defaults[0]));
    } else {
      return boost::optional<T>();
    }
  } else {
    double value =
        boost::lexical_cast<double, std::string>(algProperty->value());
    return boost::optional<T>(static_cast<T>(value));
  }
}

/**
 * Specializations for std::string
 */
template <>
MANTID_API_DLL std::string checkForMandatoryInstrumentDefault(
    Mantid::API::Algorithm *const alg, std::string propName,
    Mantid::Geometry::Instrument_const_sptr instrument, std::string idf_name);

template <>
MANTID_API_DLL boost::optional<std::string> checkForOptionalInstrumentDefault(
    Mantid::API::Algorithm *const alg, std::string propName,
    Mantid::Geometry::Instrument_const_sptr instrument, std::string idf_name);
} // namespace API
} // namespace Mantid