def from_file(filename, required=None, other=None, verbose=True,
define_args=None):
"""
Loads the problem definition from a file.
The filename can either contain plain definitions, or it can contain
the define() function, in which case it will be called to return the
input definitions.
The job of the define() function is to return a dictionary of
parameters. How the dictionary is constructed is not our business, but
the usual way is to simply have a function define() along these lines
in the input file:
def define():
options = {
'save_eig_vectors' : None,
'eigen_solver' : 'eigen1',
}
region_2 = {
'name' : 'Surface',
'select' : 'nodes of surface',
}
return locals()
Optionally, the define() function can accept keyword arguments
that should be defined using the `define_args` dictionary.
"""
funmod = import_file( filename )
if "define" in funmod.__dict__:
if define_args is None:
define_dict = funmod.__dict__["define"]()
else:
define_dict = funmod.__dict__["define"](**define_args)
else:
define_dict = funmod.__dict__
obj = ProblemConf(define_dict, funmod, filename,
required, other, verbose)
return obj
def from_file( filename, required = None, other = None ):
"""
Loads the problem definition from a file.
The filename can either contain plain definitions, or it can contain
the define() function, in which case it will be called to return the
input definitions.
The job of the define() function is to return a dictionary of
parameters. How the dictionary is constructed is not our business, but
the usual way is to simply have a function define() along these lines
in the input file:
def define():
options = {
'save_eig_vectors' : None,
'eigen_solver' : 'eigen1',
}
region_2 = {
'name' : 'Surface',
'select' : 'nodes of surface',
}
...
return locals()
"""
funmod = import_file( filename )
obj = ProblemConf()
if "define" in funmod.__dict__:
define_dict = funmod.__dict__["define"]()
else:
define_dict = funmod.__dict__
obj.__dict__.update( define_dict )
obj.setup( define_dict, funmod, filename, required, other )
return obj
