ENH: HashPtrTable remove/erase now include safeguard against end-iterator

- This makes the following safe:

      auto iter = ptrTable.find(unknownKey);
      ptrTable.erase(iter);

- Unmask HashPtrTable::erase(const Key& key) method

applications/test/HashPtrTable/Test-hashPtrTable.C

@@ -36,14 +36,9 @@ void printTable(const HashPtrTable<T>& table)
 {
     Info<< table.size() << nl << "(" << nl;
 
-    for
+    forAllConstIters(table, iter)
-    (
-        typename HashPtrTable<T>::const_iterator iter = table.cbegin();
-        iter != table.cend();
-        ++iter
-    )
     {
-        const T* ptr = *iter;
+        const T* ptr = iter.object();
         Info<< iter.key() << " = ";
         if (ptr)
         {
@@ -57,6 +52,22 @@ void printTable(const HashPtrTable<T>& table)
     }
 
     Info<< ")" << endl;
+
+    // Values only, with for-range
+    Info<< "values (";
+    for (auto val : table)
+    {
+        Info<< ' ';
+        if (val)
+        {
+            Info<< *val;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            Info<< "nullptr";
+        }
+    }
+    Info<< " )" << nl;
 }
 
 
@@ -68,7 +79,9 @@ int main()
     HashPtrTable<double> myTable;
     myTable.insert("abc", new double(42.1));
     myTable.insert("def", nullptr);
-    myTable.insert("ghi", new double(3.14159));
+    myTable.insert("pi", new double(3.14159));
+    myTable.insert("natlog", new double(2.718282));
+    myTable.insert("sqrt2", new double(1.414214));
 
     // Info<< myTable << endl;
     printTable(myTable);
@@ -79,8 +92,20 @@ int main()
     printTable(copy);
     Info<< copy << endl;
 
+    Info<<"\nerase some existing and non-existing entries" << nl;
+
+    auto iter = myTable.find("pi");
+    myTable.erase(iter);
+
+    iter = myTable.find("unknownKey");
+    myTable.erase(iter);
+
+    myTable.erase("abc");
+    myTable.erase("unknownKey");
+
+    printTable(myTable);
+
     return 0;
 }
 
-
 // ************************************************************************* //

src/OpenFOAM/containers/HashTables/HashPtrTable/HashPtrTable.C

@@ -72,30 +72,44 @@ Foam::HashPtrTable<T, Key, Hash>::~HashPtrTable()
 template<class T, class Key, class Hash>
 T* Foam::HashPtrTable<T, Key, Hash>::remove(iterator& iter)
 {
-    T* ptr = iter.object();
+    if (iter.found())
-    this->parent_type::erase(iter);
+    {
-    return ptr;
+        T* ptr = iter.object();
+        this->parent_type::erase(iter);
+        return ptr;
+    }
+
+    return nullptr;
 }
 
 
 template<class T, class Key, class Hash>
 bool Foam::HashPtrTable<T, Key, Hash>::erase(iterator& iter)
 {
-    T* ptr = iter.object();
+    if (iter.found())
-
-    if (this->parent_type::erase(iter))
     {
-        if (ptr)
+        T* ptr = iter.object();
+
+        if (this->parent_type::erase(iter))
         {
-            delete ptr;
+            if (ptr)
-        }
+            {
+                delete ptr;
+            }
 
-        return true;
+            return true;
-    }
+        }
-    else
-    {
-        return false;
     }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+
+template<class T, class Key, class Hash>
+bool Foam::HashPtrTable<T, Key, Hash>::erase(const Key& key)
+{
+    auto iter = this->find(key);
+    return this->erase(iter);
 }
 
 

src/OpenFOAM/containers/HashTables/HashPtrTable/HashPtrTable.H

@@ -116,12 +116,17 @@ public:
 
       // Edit
 
-        //- Remove and return the pointer specified by given iterator
+        //- Remove and return the pointer specified by given iterator.
+        //  Includes a safeguard against the end-iterator.
         T* remove(iterator& iter);
 
-        //- Erase an hashedEntry specified by given iterator
+        //- Erase an entry specified by given iterator
+        //  Includes a safeguard against the end-iterator.
         bool erase(iterator& iter);
 
+        //- Erase an entry specified by the given key
+        bool erase(const Key& key);
+
         //- Clear all entries from table
         void clear();
 

src/OpenFOAM/containers/HashTables/HashTable/HashTable.C

@@ -411,7 +411,8 @@ bool Foam::HashTable<T, Key, Hash>::erase(const iterator& iter)
 template<class T, class Key, class Hash>
 bool Foam::HashTable<T, Key, Hash>::erase(const Key& key)
 {
-    return erase(find(key));
+    auto iter = find(key);
+    return erase(iter);
 }
 
 

src/OpenFOAM/containers/HashTables/HashTable/HashTable.H

@@ -349,7 +349,15 @@ public:
         inline bool set(const Key& key, const T& obj);
 
         //- Erase an entry specified by given iterator
-        //  This invalidates the iterator until the next ++ operation
+        //  This invalidates the iterator until the next ++ operation.
+        //
+        //  Includes a safeguard against the end-iterator such that the
+        //  following is safe:
+        //  \code
+        //      auto iter = table.find(unknownKey);
+        //      table.erase(iter);
+        //  \endcode
+        //  which is what \code table.erase(unknownKey) \endcode does anyhow
         bool erase(const iterator& iter);
 
         //- Erase an entry specified by the given key