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Fix for "54515: [FORUM] MED export issue" issue.
[modules/smesh.git] / src / MEDWrapper / MED_Factory.cxx
index 02b7e866ee737e69f6029ec33970789626113043..12c0f597a768ef08bee659864d3903eceed2a1cb 100644 (file)
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (C) 2007-2016  CEA/DEN, EDF R&D, OPEN CASCADE
+// Copyright (C) 2007-2019  CEA/DEN, EDF R&D, OPEN CASCADE
 //
 // Copyright (C) 2003-2007  OPEN CASCADE, EADS/CCR, LIP6, CEA/DEN,
 // CEDRAT, EDF R&D, LEG, PRINCIPIA R&D, BUREAU VERITAS
 #include "MED_Utilities.hxx"
 #include "MED_Wrapper.hxx"
 
+#include <Basics_Utils.hxx>
+
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sstream>
+#include <fstream>
 
 #include <med.h>
 extern "C"
@@ -35,35 +38,135 @@ extern "C"
   #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 }
+#include <utilities.h>
+
+#ifdef WIN32
+#include <windows.h>
+#endif
+
+// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// --- MED file compatibility: write using a lower major version implies append on an empty file of the target version
+
+#define MED_MAJOR_EXPECTED 4
+#define MED_MINOR_EXPECTED 0
+#if MED_MAJOR_NUM != MED_MAJOR_EXPECTED
+  #error "MED major version does not correspond to the expected version, fix the minor and major compatibility values in CheckCompatibility method (MED_VERSIONS_APPEND_COMPATIBLE) and set the correct expected version"
+#endif
+#if MED_MINOR_NUM != MED_MINOR_EXPECTED
+  #error "MED minor version does not correspond to the expected version, fix the minor and major compatibility values in CheckCompatibility method (MED_VERSIONS_APPEND_COMPATIBLE) and set the correct expected version"
+#endif
+#define MED_VERSIONS_APPEND_COMPATIBLE {40, 32, 33} // --- 10*major + minor (the 3rd digit, release, is not used here,
+                                                    //                       med uses always the latest available)
+                                                    // --- The first in the list should be the default: current version
+// --- empty med file content for the different MED versions with a different major.
+//     ==> correct accordingly CreateEmptyMEDFile method below!
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+/* --- bytes hexa representation of MED file built in Python
+f= open('vide_321.med', 'rb')
+data=f.read()
+ba=bytearray(data)
+a=""
+for i in ba:
+  a+=hex(i)
+  a+=','
+print a
+*/
+
+//! internal use: fileName and version must be checked before call
+bool CreateEmptyMEDFile(const std::string& fileName, int version)
+{
+  MESSAGE("create an empty med file of the right version, for append " << version);
+  static const unsigned char empty_32[] = EMPTY_FILE_32;
+  static const unsigned char empty_33[] = EMPTY_FILE_33;
+#ifdef WIN32
+#ifdef UNICODE
+  std::wstring aFilename = Kernel_Utils::utf8_decode_s(fileName);
+#else
+  std::wstring aFilename = fileName;
+#endif
+  std::ofstream ofs(aFilename, std::ios::binary);
+#else
+  std::ofstream ofs(fileName);
+#endif
+  if (version == 32)
+    ofs.write(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(empty_32),sizeof(empty_32));
+  else if (version == 33)
+    ofs.write(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(empty_33),sizeof(empty_33));
+  ofs.flush();
+  ofs.close();
+  return true;
+}
+// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 namespace MED
 {
   bool exists(const std::string& fileName)
   {
 #ifdef WIN32
-    return (GetFileAttributes(xmlPath.c_str()) != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES);
+#ifdef UNICODE
+    int size_needed = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, fileName.c_str(), strlen(fileName.c_str()), NULL, 0);
+    wchar_t* path = new wchar_t[size_needed + 1];
+    MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, fileName.c_str(), strlen(fileName.c_str()), path, size_needed);
+    path[size_needed] = '\0';
+#else
+    cosnt char* path = xmlPath.c_str();
+#endif
+    bool res = (GetFileAttributes(path) != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES);
+#ifdef UNICODE
+    delete path;
+#endif
+    return res;
 #else
     return (access(fileName.c_str(), F_OK) == 0);
 #endif
   }
 
-  bool CheckCompatibility(const std::string& fileName)
+  /*!
+   *  Return the list of med versions compatibles for write/append,
+   *  encoded in 10*major+minor (for instance, code for med 3.2.1 is 32)
+   */
+  std::vector<int> GetMEDVersionsAppendCompatible()
+  {
+    int mvok[] = MED_VERSIONS_APPEND_COMPATIBLE;
+    std::vector<int> MEDVersionsOK(mvok, mvok + sizeof(mvok)/sizeof(int));
+    return MEDVersionsOK;
+  }
+
+  /*!
+   *  \brief: Check read or write(append) Compatibility of a med file
+   *  \param [in] : fileName - the file to read or to append to
+   *  \param [in] : isforAppend - when true, check if the med file version is OK to append a mesh,
+   *                              when false, check if the med file is readable.
+   */
+  bool CheckCompatibility(const std::string& fileName, bool isForAppend)
   {
     bool ok = false;
+    int medVersionsOK[] = MED_VERSIONS_APPEND_COMPATIBLE;
     // check that file is accessible
     if ( exists(fileName) ) {
       // check HDF5 && MED compatibility
       med_bool hdfok, medok;
-      MEDfileCompatibility(fileName.c_str(), &hdfok, &medok);
-      if ( hdfok && medok ) {
+      med_err r0 = MEDfileCompatibility(fileName.c_str(), &hdfok, &medok);
+      MESSAGE(r0 << " " << hdfok << " " << medok);
+      if ( r0==0 && hdfok && medok ) {
         med_idt aFid = MEDfileOpen(fileName.c_str(), MED_ACC_RDONLY);
         if (aFid >= 0) {
           med_int major, minor, release;
           med_err ret = MEDfileNumVersionRd(aFid, &major, &minor, &release);
+          MESSAGE(ret << " " << major << "." << minor << "." << release);
           if (ret >= 0) {
-            int version = 100*major + minor;
-            if (version >= 202)
+            bool isReadOnly = !isForAppend;
+            if (isReadOnly)
               ok = true;
+            else {
+              int medVersion = 10*major + minor;
+              for (size_t ii=0; ii < sizeof(medVersionsOK)/sizeof(int); ii++)
+                if (medVersionsOK[ii] == medVersion) {
+                  ok =true;
+                  break;
+                }
+            }
           }
         }
         MEDfileClose(aFid);
@@ -111,10 +214,43 @@ namespace MED
     return new MED::TWrapper(fileName);
   }
 
-  PWrapper CrWrapperW(const std::string& fileName)
+  PWrapper CrWrapperW(const std::string& fileName, int theVersion)
   {
-    if (!CheckCompatibility(fileName))
+    bool isCreated = false;
+    if (!CheckCompatibility(fileName, true))
+    {
       remove(fileName.c_str());
-    return new MED::TWrapper(fileName);
+      isCreated = true;
+    }
+    int minor = -1;
+    if (isCreated)
+    {
+      med_int wantedMajor = MED_MAJOR_NUM;
+      med_int wantedMinor = MED_MINOR_NUM;
+      if (theVersion > 0)
+      {
+        wantedMajor = theVersion/10;
+        wantedMinor = theVersion%10;
+      }
+      if (wantedMajor == MED_MAJOR_NUM) // the med file will be actually created
+      {
+        if (wantedMinor < MED_MINOR_NUM)
+          minor = wantedMinor;
+      }
+      else                              // an empty existing med file of the right version will be used for append
+      {
+        int medVersionsOK[] = MED_VERSIONS_APPEND_COMPATIBLE;
+        bool isVersionOK = false;
+        for (size_t ii=0; ii < sizeof(medVersionsOK)/sizeof(int); ii++)
+          if (medVersionsOK[ii] == theVersion)
+          {
+            isVersionOK =true;
+            break;
+          }
+        if (isVersionOK)              // copy an empty existing med file of the right version, for append
+          CreateEmptyMEDFile(fileName, theVersion);
+      }
+    }
+    return new MED::TWrapper(fileName, minor);
   }
 }