ENH: change wordRes to be a List of wordRe instead of a wrapper (issue #259)

- this permits direct storage of a list with additional matcher
  capabilities

- provide wordRes::matcher class for similar behaviour as previously

applications/utilities/postProcessing/dataConversion/foamToEnsight/foamToEnsight.C

@@ -127,20 +127,20 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     argList::addOption
     (
         "patches",
-        "wordReList",
+        "wordRes",
         "specify particular patches to write - eg '(outlet \"inlet.*\")'. "
         "An empty list suppresses writing the internalMesh."
     );
     argList::addOption
     (
         "faceZones",
-        "wordReList",
+        "wordRes",
         "specify faceZones to write - eg '( slice \"mfp-.*\" )'."
     );
     argList::addOption
     (
         "fields",
-        "wordReList",
+        "wordRes",
         "specify fields to export (all by default) - eg '( \"U.*\" )'."
     );
     argList::addOption
@@ -249,11 +249,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     //
     const bool noLagrangian = args.found("noLagrangian");
 
-    wordReList fieldPatterns;
-    if (args.found("fields"))
-    {
-        fieldPatterns = args.readList<wordRe>("fields");
-    }
+    wordRes fieldPatterns;
+    args.readListIfPresent<wordRe>("fields", fieldPatterns);
 
     word cellZoneName;
     if (args.readIfPresent("cellZone", cellZoneName))

applications/utilities/postProcessing/dataConversion/foamToTecplot360/foamToTecplot360.C

@@ -79,8 +79,7 @@ Usage
 #include "tensorIOField.H"
 #include "passiveParticleCloud.H"
 #include "faceSet.H"
-#include "stringOps.H"
-#include "wordReList.H"
+#include "wordRes.H"
 
 #include "meshSubsetHelper.H"
 #include "readFields.H"
@@ -117,7 +116,7 @@ void print(Ostream& os, const wordList& flds)
 labelList getSelectedPatches
 (
     const polyBoundaryMesh& patches,
-    const List<wordRe>& excludePatches  //HashSet<word>& excludePatches
+    const wordRes& excludePatches
 )
 {
     DynamicList<label> patchIDs(patches.size());
@@ -137,7 +136,7 @@ labelList getSelectedPatches
             Info<< "    discarding empty/processor patch " << patchi
                 << " " << pp.name() << endl;
         }
-        else if (stringOps::match(excludePatches, pp.name()))
+        else if (excludePatches.match(pp.name()))
         {
             Info<< "    excluding patch " << patchi
                 << " " << pp.name() << endl;
@@ -227,11 +226,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
             << "Outputting cell values only" << nl << endl;
     }
 
-    List<wordRe> excludePatches;
-    if (args.found("excludePatches"))
+    wordRes excludePatches;
+    if (args.readListIfPresent<wordRe>("excludePatches", excludePatches))
     {
-        args.lookup("excludePatches")() >> excludePatches;
-
         Info<< "Not including patches " << excludePatches << nl << endl;
     }
 

applications/utilities/postProcessing/dataConversion/foamToVTK/foamToVTK.C

@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ Note
 #include "faceZoneMesh.H"
 #include "Cloud.H"
 #include "passiveParticle.H"
-#include "stringOps.H"
+#include "wordRes.H"
 #include "areaFields.H"
 #include "meshSubsetHelper.H"
 #include "readFields.H"
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     argList::addOption
     (
         "excludePatches",
-        "wordReList",
+        "wordRes",
         "a list of patches to exclude - eg '( inlet \".*Wall\" )' "
     );
     argList::addBoolOption
@@ -474,11 +474,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     const bool allPatches = args.found("allPatches");
 
-    wordReList excludePatches;
-    if (args.found("excludePatches"))
+    wordRes excludePatches;
+    if (args.readListIfPresent<wordRe>("excludePatches", excludePatches))
     {
-        args.lookup("excludePatches")() >> excludePatches;
-
         Info<< "Not including patches " << excludePatches << nl << endl;
     }
 
@@ -499,7 +497,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     else if (Pstream::parRun())
     {
         // Strip off leading casename, leaving just processor_DDD ending.
-        string::size_type i = vtkName.rfind("processor");
+        const auto i = vtkName.rfind("processor");
 
         if (i != string::npos)
         {
@@ -1284,7 +1282,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
             {
                 const polyPatch& pp = patches[patchi];
 
-                if (stringOps::match(excludePatches, pp.name()))
+                if (excludePatches.match(pp.name()))
                 {
                     // Skip excluded patch
                     continue;