Exposed the FileFinder to Python. Re #1395

Code/Mantid/PythonAPI/inc/MantidPythonAPI/api_exports.h

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <MantidAPI/MatrixWorkspace.h>
 #include <MantidAPI/AnalysisDataService.h>
 #include <MantidAPI/IAlgorithm.h>
+#include <MantidAPI/FileFinder.h>
 #include <boost/python.hpp>
 #include <iostream>
 
@@ -102,6 +103,36 @@ namespace PythonAPI
   typedef Mantid::API::IAlgorithm*(FrameworkManagerProxy::*createAlg_overload3)(const std::string&, const std::string&);
   typedef Mantid::API::IAlgorithm*(FrameworkManagerProxy::*createAlg_overload4)(const std::string&, const std::string&, const int&);
 
+  /**
+   * FileFinder singleton wrapper
+   *
+   * This class is the type that is actually instantiated within Python.
+   */
+  struct FileFinderWrapper
+  {
+  public:
+    /**
+     * Call the corresponding FileFinder method
+     * @param input The input for the function
+     * @returns A string containing either the full path or nothing if the file could not be found
+     */
+    static std::string getFullPath(const std::string & input)
+    {
+      return API::FileFinder::Instance().getFullPath(input);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Call the corresponding FileFinder method
+     * @param input The input for the function
+     * @returns A list of runs that have been found
+     */
+    static std::vector<std::string> findRuns(const std::string & input)
+    {
+      return API::FileFinder::Instance().findRuns(input);
+    }
+
+  };
+
   //@endcond
 }
 }

Code/Mantid/PythonAPI/src/api_exports.cpp

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #include <MantidAPI/WorkspaceProperty.h>
 #include <MantidAPI/FileProperty.h>
 #include <MantidAPI/WorkspaceValidators.h>
+#include <MantidAPI/FileFinder.h>
+
 #include <MantidPythonAPI/PyAlgorithmWrapper.h>
 
 namespace Mantid
@@ -372,6 +374,16 @@ namespace PythonAPI
 	
   }
 
+  void export_file_finder()
+  {
+    class_<PythonAPI::FileFinderWrapper, boost::noncopyable>("FileFinder", no_init)
+      .def("getFullPath", &PythonAPI::FileFinderWrapper::getFullPath)
+      .staticmethod("getFullPath")
+      .def("findRuns", &PythonAPI::FileFinderWrapper::findRuns)
+      .staticmethod("findRuns")
+      ;
+  }
+
   void export_api_namespace()
   {
     export_frameworkmanager();
@@ -387,6 +399,7 @@ namespace PythonAPI
     export_fileproperty();
     export_workspacefactory();
     export_apivalidators();
+    export_file_finder();
   }
   //@endcond
 }