[Paraview] [Non-DoD Source] Loading xdmf files fails in Paraview

[Burns, Andrew J CTR USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)]

Content in Xdmf's context is the data that XdmfArray contains. In XML this is the data between the XML tags.

For the Array:
<DataItem DataType="Int" Dimensions="2" Format="HDF" Precision="4">output.h5:Data6</DataItem>

The "Content" is "output.h5:Data6" which is then parsed into an HDF5 reference.

The term "Content" is a carryover from the XML parser that Xdmf uses.

Andrew Burns
Lockheed Martin
Software Engineer
410-306-0409
ARL DSRC
andrew.j.burns35.ctr at mail.mil

-----Original Message-----
From: ParaView [mailto:paraview-bounces at paraview.org] On Behalf Of Elliot Kaplan
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2016 11:47 AM
To: paraview at paraview.org
Subject: [Non-DoD Source] [Paraview] Loading xdmf files fails in Paraview

I'm trying to use Paraview with xdmf files which I've generated in a python script (both the xml light data and the hdf5 heavy data). Initially I was working with Paraview-4.0.1 which I could install from apt and loaded the data fine. Recently I downloaded Paraview-5.0.1, which fails to load the xdmf file in a variety of ways. If I try to load the dataset with the Xdmf3 Reader, I get the following error:

    'Content' not found in itemProperties in XdmfArray::populateItem
    Qt has caught an exception thrown from an event handler. Throwing
    exceptions from an event handler is not supported in Qt. You must
    reimplement QApplication::notify() and catch all exceptions there.

    terminate called after throwing an instance of 'XdmfError'
      what():  'Content' not found in itemProperties in XdmfArray::populateItem
    Aborted (core dumped)


If I try to load with the Xdmf Reader, Paraview segfaults. I found the same set of problems with Paraview-4.4.1.


How do I correct the lack of content in the xdmfarry? What does that even mean? (I don't recall there being a content tag necessary in the xdmf specification). I can post the xml and hdf5 files if necessary.


I would file a bug, but the bug tracker isn't accepting new users at the moment.


thanks

-Elliot