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Namespace
Foam::functionObjects
Description
Namespace for functionObjects.
OpenFOAM includes a collection of functionObjects selected by the user at
run-time to manipulate the simulation and provide mechanisms to extract
field and derived quantities. Alternatively, the same actions can be
executed after the simulation using the \c -postProcess command-line option.
functionObjects are selected by entries in the $FOAM_CASE/system/functions
dictionary e.g. to select the \c functionObjectType functionObject the
following entry would be specified:
\verbatim
{
type functionObjectType;
libs ("libMyFunctionObjectlib.so");
region defaultRegion;
enabled yes;
startTime 0;
endTime 10;
writeControl writeTime;
writeInterval 1;
...
}
\endverbatim
Where:
\table
Property | Description | Required | Default value
type | Type of functionObject | yes |
libs | Shared libraries | no |
region | Name of region | no |
enabled | On/off switch | no | yes
log | Print data to log | no | no
startTime | Start time | no |
endTime | End time | no |
executeAtStart | Execute at start time switch | no | yes
executeControl | See time controls below | no | timeStep
executeInterval | Steps between each execution | no |
executeTimes | List of execution times | no |
writeControl | See time controls below | no | timeStep
writeInterval | Steps between each write | no |
writeTimes | List of write times | no |
writeFrequencies | List of write frequencies | no |
\endtable
Time controls:
\table
Option | Description
timeStep | Execute/write every 'Interval' time-steps
writeTime | Execute/write every 'Interval' write times
adjustableRunTime | Execute/write every 'Interval' run time period
runTime | Execute/write every 'Interval' run time period
runTimes | Execute/write at specified list of run times
clockTime | Execute/write every 'Interval' clock time period
cpuTime | Execute/write every 'Interval' CPU time period
none | No execution
\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 functionObject. The \c type entry defines the type of function
object properties that follow. FunctionObjects are packaged into separate
libraries and the \c libs entry is used to specify which library should be
loaded.
Each functionObject 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.
Class
Foam::functionObject
Description
Abstract base-class for Time/database functionObjects.
See also
Foam::functionObjectList
Foam::functionObjects::timeControl
SourceFiles
functionObject.C
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#ifndef functionObject_H
#define functionObject_H
#include "typeInfo.H"
#include "autoPtr.H"
#include "Switch.H"
#include "runTimeSelectionTables.H"
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
namespace Foam
{
// Forward declaration of classes
class Time;
class polyMesh;
class polyTopoChangeMap;
class polyMeshMap;
class polyDistributionMap;
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
Class functionObject Declaration
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
class functionObject
{
// Private Data
//- Name
const word name_;
protected:
//- Reference to time
const Time& time_;
public:
ClassName("functionObject");
//- Runtime type information
virtual const word& type() const = 0;
//- Global post-processing mode switch
static bool postProcess;
//- Switch write log to Info
Switch log;
//- Switch execute at start time
Switch executeAtStart_;
// 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
functionObject(const word& name, const Time& runTime);
//- Construct from dictionary
functionObject
(
const word& name,
const Time& runTime,
const dictionary& dict
);
//- Return clone
autoPtr clone() const
{
NotImplemented;
return autoPtr(nullptr);
}
//- Disallow default bitwise copy construction
functionObject(const functionObject&) = delete;
// Selectors
//- Select from dictionary, based on its "type" entry
static autoPtr New
(
const word& name,
const Time&,
const dictionary&
);
//- Destructor
virtual ~functionObject();
// Member Functions
//- Return the name of this functionObject
const word& name() const;
//- Read and set the functionObject if its data have changed
virtual bool read(const dictionary&);
//- Return the list of fields required
virtual wordList fields() const = 0;
//- Return true if the functionObject should be executed at the start
virtual bool executeAtStart() const;
//- Called at each ++ or += of the time-loop.
// foamPostProcess overrides the usual executeControl behaviour and
// forces execution (used in post-processing mode)
virtual bool execute() = 0;
//- Called at each ++ or += of the time-loop.
// foamPostProcess 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.
virtual bool end();
//- Called by Time::adjustTimeStep(). Allows the functionObject to
// insert a write time earlier than that already in use by the run
// time. Returns the write time, or vGreat.
virtual scalar timeToNextAction();
//- Return the maximum time-step for stable operation
virtual scalar maxDeltaT() const;
//- Update topology using the given map
virtual void movePoints(const polyMesh& mesh);
//- Update topology using the given map
virtual void topoChange(const polyTopoChangeMap& map);
//- Update from another mesh using the given map
virtual void mapMesh(const polyMeshMap&);
//- Redistribute or update using the given distribution map
virtual void distribute(const polyDistributionMap&);
// Member Operators
//- Disallow default bitwise assignment
void operator=(const functionObject&) = delete;
};
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
} // End namespace Foam
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
#endif
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