diff --git a/Framework/Kernel/CMakeLists.txt b/Framework/Kernel/CMakeLists.txt
index 938ea19d10f597994ff2385b2b086752959f26b7..5435b14546675fed1985fdb07fe757226b70218c 100644
--- a/Framework/Kernel/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Framework/Kernel/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ set ( INC_FILES
inc/MantidKernel/ConfigService.h
inc/MantidKernel/ConfigObserver.h
inc/MantidKernel/ConfigPropertyObserver.h
- inc/MantidKernel/DateAndTime.h
+ inc/MantidKernel/DateAndTime.h
inc/MantidKernel/DataItem.h
inc/MantidKernel/DataService.h
inc/MantidKernel/DateAndTimeHelpers.h
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ set ( INC_FILES
inc/MantidKernel/NetworkProxy.h
inc/MantidKernel/NeutronAtom.h
inc/MantidKernel/NexusDescriptor.h
- inc/MantidKernel/normal_distribution.h
+ inc/MantidKernel/normal_distribution.h
inc/MantidKernel/NullValidator.h
inc/MantidKernel/OptionalBool.h
inc/MantidKernel/ParaViewVersion.h
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ set ( INC_FILES
inc/MantidKernel/cow_ptr.h
inc/MantidKernel/make_cow.h
inc/MantidKernel/make_unique.h
+ inc/MantidKernel/ContainerDType.h
)
set ( TEST_FILES
diff --git a/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/ContainerDtype.h b/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/ContainerDtype.h
index 7ab867061520e83ff5b93d8073b0de1bb3e00de2..f32eb2f6a40f1a50d38a597137168b242ceb28bd 100644
--- a/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/ContainerDtype.h
+++ b/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/ContainerDtype.h
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
#define MANTID_KERNEL_CONTAINERDTYPE_H_
#include <string>
-#include <vector>
#include <type_traits>
+#include <vector>
#include <boost/python/class.hpp>
#include <boost/python/implicit.hpp>
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
/**
ContainerDtype Header File
- A helper free function to allow identification of data type being used by providing a
- numpy friendly string.
+ A helper free function to allow identification of data type being used by
+ providing a numpy friendly string.
@author Lamar Moore STFC, Bhuvan Bezawada STFC
@date 21/06/2018
@@ -42,27 +42,31 @@
File change history is stored at: <https://github.com/mantidproject/mantid>.
Code Documentation is available at: <http://doxygen.mantidproject.org>
*/
+
namespace dtypeHelper {
-template <template<class> typename Container, typename HeldType>
+// Free function to determine data type being stored in container
+template <template <class> typename Container, typename HeldType>
std::string dtype(Container<HeldType> &self) {
if (std::is_same<HeldType, bool>::value) {
return "b";
- }
- else if (std::is_integral<HeldType>::value) {
+ } else if (std::is_same<HeldType, std::int32_t>::value) {
+ return "int32";
+ } else if (std::is_same<HeldType, std::int64_t>::value) {
+ return "int64";
+ } else if (std::is_integral<HeldType>::value) {
return "i";
- }
- else if (std::is_floating_point<HeldType>::value) {
+ } else if (std::is_same<HeldType, std::float_t>::value) {
+ return "f";
+ } else if (std::is_same<HeldType, std::double_t>::value) {
return "d";
- }
- else if (std::is_same<HeldType, std::string>::value) {
+ } else if (std::is_same<HeldType, std::string>::value) {
return "s";
- }
- else {
+ } else {
return "obj";
}
}
-}
+} // namespace dtypeHelper
#endif /*MANTID_KERNEL_CONTAINERDTYPE_H_*/
diff --git a/Framework/PythonInterface/inc/MantidPythonInterface/kernel/PropertyWithValueExporter.h b/Framework/PythonInterface/inc/MantidPythonInterface/kernel/PropertyWithValueExporter.h
index 8cc6f84d4fe6bc9e86d1c5d6ccca2c3579159c7f..f1ebd9b71b76ae99e011cf11d3ceed63f68915b3 100644
--- a/Framework/PythonInterface/inc/MantidPythonInterface/kernel/PropertyWithValueExporter.h
+++ b/Framework/PythonInterface/inc/MantidPythonInterface/kernel/PropertyWithValueExporter.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
*/
#include "MantidKernel/PropertyWithValue.h"
+#include "MantidKernel/ContainerDtype.h"
#ifndef Q_MOC_RUN
#include <boost/python/class.hpp>
@@ -33,8 +34,15 @@
#include <boost/python/return_by_value.hpp>
#endif
+// Call the dtype helper function
+template <typename HeldType>
+std::string dtype(Mantid::Kernel::PropertyWithValue<HeldType> &self) {
+ return dtypeHelper::dtype(self);
+}
+
namespace Mantid {
namespace PythonInterface {
+
/**
* A helper struct to export PropertyWithValue<> types to Python.
*/
@@ -49,9 +57,11 @@ struct PropertyWithValueExporter {
pythonClassName, no_init)
.add_property("value",
make_function(&PropertyWithValue<HeldType>::operator(),
- return_value_policy<ValueReturnPolicy>()));
+ return_value_policy<ValueReturnPolicy>()))
+ .def("dtype", &dtype<HeldType>, arg("self"), "returns :`std::string`");
}
};
+
}
}
diff --git a/Framework/PythonInterface/mantid/kernel/src/Exports/ArrayProperty.cpp b/Framework/PythonInterface/mantid/kernel/src/Exports/ArrayProperty.cpp
index 8f650b64e21da08d70d932dee228e93942c2c5e4..e1e33e2e756032eb6365c96ad4f1df17d427e021 100644
--- a/Framework/PythonInterface/mantid/kernel/src/Exports/ArrayProperty.cpp
+++ b/Framework/PythonInterface/mantid/kernel/src/Exports/ArrayProperty.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
#include "MantidKernel/ArrayProperty.h"
#include "MantidKernel/NullValidator.h"
+#include "MantidKernel/ContainerDtype.h"
#include "MantidPythonInterface/kernel/Converters/NDArrayToVector.h"
#include "MantidPythonInterface/kernel/Converters/PySequenceToVector.h"
@@ -24,32 +25,15 @@ using namespace boost::python;
namespace {
/// return_value_policy for cloned numpy array
-using return_cloned_numpy =
+ using return_cloned_numpy =
return_value_policy<Policies::VectorRefToNumpy<Converters::Clone>>;
-// Default return if no matches occur
-template <typename type> std::string dtype(ArrayProperty<type> &self) {
- return "obj";
+// Call the dtype helper function
+template <typename type>
+std::string dtype(ArrayProperty<type> &self) {
+ return dtypeHelper::dtype(self);
}
-// String return
-template <> std::string dtype(ArrayProperty<std::string> &self) { return "s"; }
-
-// Integer (32-bit) return
-template <> std::string dtype(ArrayProperty<int32_t> &self) { return "i"; }
-
-// Integer (64-bit) return
-template <> std::string dtype(ArrayProperty<int64_t> &self) { return "i"; }
-
-// Long return
-template <> std::string dtype(ArrayProperty<long> &self) { return "i"; }
-
-// Boolean return
-template <> std::string dtype(ArrayProperty<bool> &self) { return "b"; }
-
-// Double return
-template <> std::string dtype(ArrayProperty<double> &self) { return "d"; }
-
#define EXPORT_ARRAY_PROP(type, prefix) \
class_<ArrayProperty<type>, bases<PropertyWithValue<std::vector<type>>>, \
boost::noncopyable>(#prefix "ArrayProperty", no_init) \
@@ -123,7 +107,7 @@ ArrayProperty<T> *createArrayPropertyFromNDArray(const std::string &name,
void export_ArrayProperty() {
// Match the python names to their C types
- EXPORT_ARRAY_PROP(double, Float);
+ EXPORT_ARRAY_PROP(double, Float);
EXPORT_ARRAY_PROP(long, Int);
EXPORT_ARRAY_PROP(std::string, String);
@@ -131,4 +115,4 @@ void export_ArrayProperty() {
// Python can be seen also. Users shouldn't need this
EXPORT_ARRAY_PROP(int, CInt);
EXPORT_ARRAY_PROP(size_t, UnsignedInt);
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Framework/PythonInterface/mantid/kernel/src/Exports/TimeSeriesProperty.cpp b/Framework/PythonInterface/mantid/kernel/src/Exports/TimeSeriesProperty.cpp
index fd66a145845449b5946adbb55eb4a1f3cb45ee74..0abdccb66f9b7ee412f22b00534120ecaef4200d 100644
--- a/Framework/PythonInterface/mantid/kernel/src/Exports/TimeSeriesProperty.cpp
+++ b/Framework/PythonInterface/mantid/kernel/src/Exports/TimeSeriesProperty.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
#include "MantidPythonInterface/kernel/Converters/DateAndTime.h"
#include "MantidPythonInterface/kernel/GetPointer.h"
#include "MantidPythonInterface/kernel/Policies/VectorToNumpy.h"
+#include "MantidKernel/ContainerDtype.h"
#include <boost/python/class.hpp>
#include <boost/python/implicit.hpp>
@@ -35,28 +36,12 @@ void addPyTimeValue(TimeSeriesProperty<TYPE> &self,
self.addValue(*dateandtime, value);
}
-// Default return if no matches occur
-template <typename TYPE> std::string dtype(TimeSeriesProperty<TYPE> &self) {
- return "obj";
-}
-
-// String return
-template <> std::string dtype(TimeSeriesProperty<std::string> &self) {
- return "s";
+// Call the dtype helper function
+template <typename TYPE>
+std::string dtype(TimeSeriesProperty<TYPE> &self) {
+ return dtypeHelper::dtype(self);
}
-// Integer (32-bit) return
-template <> std::string dtype(TimeSeriesProperty<int32_t> &self) { return "i"; }
-
-// Integer (64-bit) return
-template <> std::string dtype(TimeSeriesProperty<int64_t> &self) { return "i"; }
-
-// Boolean return
-template <> std::string dtype(TimeSeriesProperty<bool> &self) { return "b"; }
-
-// Double return
-template <> std::string dtype(TimeSeriesProperty<double> &self) { return "d"; }
-
// Macro to reduce copy-and-paste
#define EXPORT_TIMESERIES_PROP(TYPE, Prefix) \
register_ptr_to_python<TimeSeriesProperty<TYPE> *>(); \
@@ -109,6 +94,7 @@ template <> std::string dtype(TimeSeriesProperty<double> &self) { return "d"; }
} // namespace
+
void export_TimeSeriesProperty_Double() {
EXPORT_TIMESERIES_PROP(double, Float);
}
diff --git a/Framework/PythonInterface/test/python/mantid/kernel/PropertyWithValueTest.py b/Framework/PythonInterface/test/python/mantid/kernel/PropertyWithValueTest.py
index 773ec7871a59f5bf98d4de753c5b28297295ff42..b0d2411eef3ea78d31ee4f0c2645715a118eafa3 100644
--- a/Framework/PythonInterface/test/python/mantid/kernel/PropertyWithValueTest.py
+++ b/Framework/PythonInterface/test/python/mantid/kernel/PropertyWithValueTest.py
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ class PropertyWithValueTest(unittest.TestCase):
result = det_list_prop.valueAsPrettyStr(40,False)
self.assertEquals(result.startswith("1,2,3,"), True)
self.assertEquals(result.endswith("98,99"), True)
+
+ # Check the dtype return value
+ self.assertEquals(det_list_prop.dtype(), "int32")
def _do_vector_double_numpy_test(self, int_type=False):
create_ws = AlgorithmManager.createUnmanaged('CreateWorkspace')
diff --git a/Framework/PythonInterface/test/python/mantid/kernel/TimeSeriesPropertyTest.py b/Framework/PythonInterface/test/python/mantid/kernel/TimeSeriesPropertyTest.py
index 5017ae8da86745599454b9557d25e500cf47986f..6da8d40c7944bd9318779eb5529d00f77310da4e 100644
--- a/Framework/PythonInterface/test/python/mantid/kernel/TimeSeriesPropertyTest.py
+++ b/Framework/PythonInterface/test/python/mantid/kernel/TimeSeriesPropertyTest.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class TimeSeriesPropertyTest(unittest.TestCase):
self.assertEquals(log_series.size(), self._nframes)
self.assertEquals(log_series.nthValue(1), 1436)
# Check the dtype return value
- self.assertEquals(log_series.dtype(), "i")
+ self.assertEquals(log_series.dtype(), "int64")
def test_time_series_string_can_be_extracted(self):
log_series = self._test_ws.getRun()["icp_event"]