From a174f13f4b1065c2c1bb0a45fbef4483689226ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Olesen <Mark.Olesen@esi-group.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 09:47:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ENH: define accessOp<T> and emptyOp<T> in UList.H

- The dummy accessOp can be useful outside of ListListOps.
- New emptyOp for using as a filter predicate (for example).
---
 .../Lists/ListListOps/ListListOps.H           | 11 --------
 src/OpenFOAM/containers/Lists/UList/UList.H   | 25 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Lists/ListListOps/ListListOps.H b/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Lists/ListListOps/ListListOps.H
index 4d5616621a..7b8590afff 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Lists/ListListOps/ListListOps.H
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Lists/ListListOps/ListListOps.H
@@ -93,17 +93,6 @@ SourceFiles
 namespace Foam
 {
 
-//- Dummy access operator for ListListOps::combine()
-template<class T>
-struct accessOp
-{
-    const T& operator()(const T& x) const
-    {
-        return x;
-    }
-};
-
-
 //- Offset operator for ListListOps::combineOffset()
 template<class T>
 struct offsetOp
diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Lists/UList/UList.H b/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Lists/UList/UList.H
index aff773ac23..8d81d5f589 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Lists/UList/UList.H
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Lists/UList/UList.H
@@ -615,6 +615,31 @@ struct Hash<UList<T>>
 };
 
 
+// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
+
+//- Object access operator or list access operator.
+//- \sa ListListOps::combine()
+template<class T>
+struct accessOp
+{
+    const T& operator()(const T& obj) const
+    {
+        return obj;
+    }
+};
+
+
+//- Test if object is empty, typically using its empty() method.
+template<class T>
+struct emptyOp
+{
+    inline bool operator()(const T& obj) const
+    {
+        return obj.empty();
+    }
+};
+
+
 //- Extract size (as label) from an object, typically using its size() method.
 template<class T>
 struct sizeOp