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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with OpenFOAM. If not, see . Namespace Foam::functionObjects Description Function objects are OpenFOAM utilities to ease workflow configurations and enhance workflows by producing additional user-requested data both during runtime and postprocessing calculations, typically in the form of additional logging to the screen, or generating text, image and field files. Function objects eliminate the need to store all runtime generated data, hence saving considerable resources. Furthermore, function objects are readily applied to batch-driven processes, improving reliability by standardising the sequence of operations and reducing the amount of manual interaction. In addition, the output of most function objects, e.g. output fields, are stored on the mesh database so that it can be retrieved and used for other applications (e.g. directly using \c wallShearStress function object output in \c fieldAverage function object to produce \c wallShearStressMean field). \section secFunctionObjects Using function objects Function objects can be executed by using two methods: - \c functions sub-dictionary in the \c system/controlDict file - \c postProcess command-line utility For the first method, each selected function object should be listed inside \c functions sub-dictionary of the \c system/controlDict file as a nested sub-dictionary, typically as in the following example: \verbatim functions // sub-dictionary name under the system/controlDict file { ..optional entries.. { // Mandatory entries type ; libs (FunctionObjects); // Mandatory entries defined in ... // Optional entries defined in ... // Optional (inherited) entries region region0; enabled true; log true; timeStart 0; timeEnd 1000; executeControl timeStep; executeInterval 1; writeControl timeStep; writeInterval 1; } { ... } ... { ... } } \endverbatim where the entries mean: \table Property | Description | Type | Reqd | Deflt type | Type name of function object | word | yes | - libs | Library name(s) for implementation | words | no | - errors | Error handling (default/warn/ignore/strict) | word | no | inherits region | Name of region for multi-region cases | word | no | region0 enabled | Switch to turn function object on/off | bool | no | true log | Switch to write log info to standard output | bool | no | true timeStart | Start time for function object execution | scalar | no | 0 timeEnd | End time for function object execution | scalar | no | inf executeControl | See time controls below | word | no | timeStep executeInterval | Steps/time between execute phases | label | no | 1 writeControl | See time controls below | word | no | timeStep writeInterval | Steps/time between write phases | label | no | 1 \endtable If the \c errors entry is missing, it uses the value (if any) specified within the top-level functionObjectList. Time controls: \table Option | Description none | Trigger is disabled timeStep | Trigger every 'Interval' time-steps writeTime | Trigger every 'Interval' output times runTime | Trigger every 'Interval' run time period adjustableRunTime | Currently identical to "runTime" clockTime | Trigger every 'Interval' clock time period cpuTime | Trigger every 'Interval' CPU time period onEnd | Trigger on end of simulation run \endtable The sub-dictionary name \c \ is chosen by the user, and is typically used as the name of the output directory for any data written by the function object. As the base mandatory entries, the \c type entry defines the type of function object properties that follow. Function objects are packaged into separate libraries for flexibility and the \c libs entry is used to specify which library should be loaded. Each function object has two separate run phases: - The \c execute phase is meant to be used for updating calculations or for management tasks. - The \c write phase is meant for writing the calculated data to disk. For each phase the respective time controls are provided, as listed above. The second method of executing function objects is to use \c postProcess utility. When specified without additional arguments, the \c postProcess utility executes all function objects defined in the \c system/controlDict file for all time directories: \verbatim postProcess \endverbatim Most function objects can be invoked directly without the need to specify the input dictionary using the \c -func option, e.g. to execute the Courant number function object: \verbatim postProcess -func CourantNo \endverbatim In addition, the \c -postProcess option is available to all solvers, and operates similarly to the stand-alone \c postProcess utility. For example, having completed a \c simpleFoam calculation, the following will execute all function objects defined in the \c system/controlDict file for all time directories: \verbatim simpleFoam -postProcess \endverbatim Class Foam::functionObject Description Abstract base-class for Time/database function objects. See also - Foam::functionObjectList - Foam::functionObjects::timeControl SourceFiles functionObject.C \*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ #ifndef functionObject_H #define functionObject_H #include "typeInfo.H" #include "autoPtr.H" #include "runTimeSelectionTables.H" // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * // namespace Foam { // Forward Declarations class Time; class polyMesh; class mapPolyMesh; /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\ Class functionObject Declaration \*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ class functionObject { // Private Data //- Name const word name_; //- Flag to indicate that names should be scoped bool scopedNames_; protected: // Protected Member Functions //- Return a scoped name, e.g. used to construct local field names word scopedName(const word& name) const; public: // Forward declarations class unavailableFunctionObject; //- Runtime type information virtual const word& type() const = 0; //- Flag to execute debug content static int debug; //- Global post-processing mode switch static bool postProcess; //- Directory prefix static word outputPrefix; //- Flag to write log into Info bool log; // Declare run-time constructor selection tables declareRunTimeSelectionTable ( autoPtr, functionObject, dictionary, (const word& name, const Time& runTime, const dictionary& dict), (name, runTime, dict) ); // Constructors //- Construct from components explicit functionObject ( const word& name, const bool scopedNames = true ); //- Return clone autoPtr clone() const { NotImplemented; return nullptr; } // Selectors //- Select from dictionary, based on its "type" entry static autoPtr New ( const word& name, const Time& runTime, const dictionary& dict ); //- Destructor virtual ~functionObject() = default; // Member Functions //- Return the name of this functionObject const word& name() const noexcept; //- Return the scoped names flag bool scopedNames() const noexcept; //- Read and set the function object if its data have changed virtual bool read(const dictionary& dict); //- Called at each ++ or += of the time-loop. // postProcess overrides the usual executeControl behaviour and // forces execution (used in post-processing mode) virtual bool execute() = 0; //- Execute using the specified subIndex. // The base implementation is a no-op. // \param subIndex an execution sub-index corresponding to a // sub-cycle or something similar. virtual bool execute(const label subIndex); //- Called at each ++ or += of the time-loop. // postProcess overrides the usual writeControl behaviour and // forces writing always (used in post-processing mode) virtual bool write() = 0; //- Called when Time::run() determines that the time-loop exits. // The base implementation is a no-op. virtual bool end(); //- Called at the end of Time::adjustDeltaT() if adjustTime is true virtual bool adjustTimeStep(); //- Did any file get changed during execution? virtual bool filesModified() const; //- Update for changes of mesh // The base implementation is a no-op. virtual void updateMesh(const mapPolyMesh& mpm); //- Update for changes of mesh // The base implementation is a no-op. virtual void movePoints(const polyMesh& mesh); }; /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\ Class functionObject::unavailableFunctionObject Declaration \*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ //- Abstract functionObject to report when a real version is unavailable. class functionObject::unavailableFunctionObject : public functionObject { protected: //- Construct with name explicit unavailableFunctionObject(const word& name); //- Report it is unavailable, emitting a FatalError for try/catch //- in the caller void carp(std::string message = "") const; public: // Member Functions //- No nothing virtual bool execute(); //- No nothing virtual bool write(); }; // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * // } // End namespace Foam // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * // #endif // ************************************************************************* //