[Paraview] xdmf2 vs xdmf3 file type

[David E DeMarle]

We're planning to deprecate and remove xdmf2 this summer. So this will be
less of an issue in a release or two.
That said feel free to submit a merge request and I'll merge it.



David E DeMarle
Kitware, Inc.
Principal Engineer
21 Corporate Drive
Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
Phone: 518-881-4909

On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 5:05 AM, Nico Schlömer <nico.schloemer at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Any chance of this landing upstream?
>
> Cheers,
> Nico
>
> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 3:21 PM David E DeMarle <dave.demarle at kitware.com>
> wrote:
>
>> This should do it.
>> diff --git a/ParaViewCore/ServerManager/SMApplication/Resources/proxies_xdmf3.xml
>> b/ParaViewCore/ServerManager/SMApplication/Resources/proxies_xdmf3.xml
>> index 46bf7fb..9236ebd 100644
>> --- a/ParaViewCore/ServerManager/SMApplication/Resources/
>> proxies_xdmf3.xml
>> +++ b/ParaViewCore/ServerManager/SMApplication/Resources/
>> proxies_xdmf3.xml
>> @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
>>        </StringVectorProperty>
>>
>>        <Hints>
>> -        <ReaderFactory extensions="xmf xdmf"
>> +        <ReaderFactory extensions="xmf xdmf xmf3"
>>                         file_description="Xdmf3 Reader" />
>>        </Hints>
>>        <!-- End of Xdmf3Reader -->
>> @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ type, otherwise it's a vtkMultiBlockDataSet.
>>        </IntVectorProperty>
>>
>>        <Hints>
>> -        <ReaderFactory extensions="xmf xdmf"
>> +        <ReaderFactory extensions="xmf xdmf xmf3"
>>                         file_description="Xdmf3 Reader" />
>>        </Hints>
>>        <!-- End of Xdmf3ReaderT -->
>> @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ type, otherwise it's a vtkMultiBlockDataSet.
>>        </IntVectorProperty>
>>
>>        <Hints>
>> -        <ReaderFactory extensions="xmf xdmf"
>> +        <ReaderFactory extensions="xmf xdmf xmf3"
>>                         file_description="Xdmf3 Reader (Top Level
>> Partition)" />
>>        </Hints>
>>        <!-- End of Xdmf3ReaderS -->
>> diff --git a/ParaViewCore/ServerManager/SMApplication/Resources/readers.xml
>> b/ParaViewCore/ServerManager/SMApplication/Resources/readers.xml
>> index 0eb9ec0..22e0dc5 100644
>> --- a/ParaViewCore/ServerManager/SMApplication/Resources/readers.xml
>> +++ b/ParaViewCore/ServerManager/SMApplication/Resources/readers.xml
>> @@ -5550,7 +5550,7 @@
>>          <Documentation>Available timestep values.</Documentation>
>>        </DoubleVectorProperty>
>>        <Hints>
>> -        <ReaderFactory extensions="xmf xdmf"
>> +        <ReaderFactory extensions="xmf xdmf xmf2"
>>                         file_description="Xdmf Reader" />
>>        </Hints>
>>        <!-- End of XdmfReader -->
>>
>>
>> David E DeMarle
>> Kitware, Inc.
>> R&D Engineer
>> 21 Corporate Drive
>> Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
>> Phone: 518-881-4909 <(518)%20881-4909>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 7:17 AM, Nico Schlömer <nico.schloemer at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> > If one had something like xmf2 and the other xmf3 it would do what
>>> you are asking for.
>>> > You could do that if you build from source for example.
>>>
>>> I don't have a problem with that. What do I need to patch?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Nico
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 11:07 PM David E DeMarle <
>>> dave.demarle at kitware.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> They both claim ".xmf" and ".xdmf" via the ReaderFactor extensions line
>>>> you will find in readers.xml and proxies_xdmf3.xml. If one had something
>>>> like xmf2 and the other xmf3 it would do what you are asking for. You could
>>>> do that if you build from source for example.
>>>>
>>>> If not you should be able to force something like that by making a
>>>> dummy reader xml only plugin just to get the file extension association.
>>>> See http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Plugin_HowTo#Adding_a_Reader
>>>> for hints.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> David E DeMarle
>>>> Kitware, Inc.
>>>> R&D Engineer
>>>> 21 Corporate Drive
>>>> Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
>>>> Phone: 518-881-4909 <(518)%20881-4909>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 4:58 PM, Nico Schlömer <
>>>> nico.schloemer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a simulation code that spits out XDMF2 data (something.xdmf),
>>>>> and I can visualize that with ParaView by opening the file, then selecting
>>>>> XDMF over XDMF3 in a menu.
>>>>> Since I have to repeat this process often, I'm asking myself if
>>>>> there's a specific XDMF2 (or XDMF3) file extension that would allow me to
>>>>> skip the dialog.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any hints?
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Nico
>>>>>
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