refs #426

this fixes the tests properly

The tests do not exercise all routes to the unsupported API in the leagcy backends,
so some more work required to fix all client applications.

Author: zjttoefs

bindings/cpp/NeXusFile.cpp

@@ -1102,16 +1102,6 @@ AttrInfo File::getNextAttr() {
   char name[NX_MAXNAMELEN];
   int type;
 
-#if defined(WITH_HDF4) || defined(WITH_MXML)
-  int length;
-  NXstatus status = NXgetnextattr(this->m_file_id, name, &length, &type);
-  if (status == NX_OK) {
-    AttrInfo info;
-    info.type = static_cast<NXnumtype>(type);
-    info.length = length;
-    info.name = string(name);
-    return info;
-#else
   int rank;
   int dim[NX_MAXRANK];
   NXstatus status = NXgetnextattra(this->m_file_id, name, &rank, dim, &type);
@@ -1145,15 +1135,13 @@ AttrInfo File::getNextAttr() {
     // TODO - AttrInfo cannot handle more complex ranks/dimensions, we need to throw an error
     std::cerr << "ERROR iterating through attributes found array attribute not understood by this api" << std::endl;
     throw Exception("getNextAttr failed", NX_ERROR);
-#endif
-  }
-  else if (status == NX_EOD) {
+
+  } else if (status == NX_EOD) {
     AttrInfo info;
     info.name = NULL_STR;
     info.length = 0;
     return info;
-  }
-  else {
+  } else {
     throw Exception("NXgetnextattra failed", status);
   }
 }

src/napi4.c

@@ -1953,15 +1953,22 @@ static int findNapiClass(pNexusFile pFile, int groupRef, NXname nxclass)
 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 NXstatus  NX4putattra(NXhandle handle, CONSTCHAR* name, const void* data, const int rank, const int dim[], const int iType)
 {
-  NXReportError("This is a HDF4 file, attribute array API is not supported here");
-  return NX_ERROR;
+  if (rank > 1) {
+	  NXReportError("This is a HDF4 file, there is only rudimentary support for attribute arrays wirh rank <=1");
+	  return NX_ERROR;
+  } 
+
+  return NX4putattr(handle, name, data, dim[0], iType);
 }
 
 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 NXstatus  NX4getnextattra(NXhandle handle, NXname pName, int *rank, int dim[], int *iType)
 {
-  NXReportError("This is a HDF4 file, attribute array API is not supported here");
-  return NX_ERROR;
+  NXstatus ret = NX4getnextattr(handle, pName, dim, iType);
+  if (ret != NX_OK) return ret;
+  (*rank) = 1;
+  if (dim[0] <= 1 ) (*rank) = 0;
+  return NX_OK;
 }
 
 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/

src/nxxml.c

@@ -1968,15 +1968,22 @@ int  NXXcompress(NXhandle fid, int comp){
 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 NXstatus  NXXputattra(NXhandle handle, CONSTCHAR* name, const void* data, const int rank, const int dim[], const int iType) 
 {
-  NXReportError("This is an XML file, attribute array API is not supported here");
-  return NX_ERROR;
+  if (rank > 1) {
+          NXReportError("This is an XML file, there is only rudimentary support for attribute arrays wirh rank <=1");
+          return NX_ERROR;
+  } 
+
+  return NXXputattr(handle, name, data, dim[0], iType);
 }
 
 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 NXstatus  NXXgetnextattra(NXhandle handle, NXname pName, int *rank, int dim[], int *iType)
 {
-  NXReportError("This is an XML file, attribute array API is not supported here");
-  return NX_ERROR;
+  NXstatus ret = NXXgetnextattr(handle, pName, dim, iType);
+  if (ret != NX_OK) return ret;
+  (*rank) = 1;
+  if (dim[0] <= 1 ) (*rank) = 0;
+  return NX_OK;
 }
 
 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
@@ -1996,7 +2003,7 @@ NXstatus  NXXgetattrainfo(NXhandle handle, NXname pName, int *rank, int dim[], i
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 void NXXassignFunctions(pNexusFunction fHandle){
       fHandle->nxclose=NXXclose;
-	  fHandle->nxreopen=NULL;
+      fHandle->nxreopen=NULL;
       fHandle->nxflush=NXXflush;
       fHandle->nxmakegroup=NXXmakegroup;
       fHandle->nxopengroup=NXXopengroup;
@@ -2027,10 +2034,10 @@ void NXXassignFunctions(pNexusFunction fHandle){
       fHandle->nxsetnumberformat=NXXsetnumberformat;
       fHandle->nxprintlink=NXXprintlink;
       fHandle->nxnativeexternallink=NULL;
-        fHandle->nxputattra = NXXputattra;
-        fHandle->nxgetnextattra = NXXgetnextattra;
-        fHandle->nxgetattra = NXXgetattra;
-        fHandle->nxgetattrainfo = NXXgetattrainfo;
+      fHandle->nxputattra = NXXputattra;
+      fHandle->nxgetnextattra = NXXgetnextattra;
+      fHandle->nxgetattra = NXXgetattra;
+      fHandle->nxgetattrainfo = NXXgetattrainfo;
 }
 
 #endif /*NXXML*/