PyClaw Solutions

PyClaw Solution objects are containers for State and Domain objects that define an entire solution. The State class is responsible for containing all the data of the solution on the given Domain. The Domain is responsible for containing the geometry of the Solution. The structure of a solution may look something like the figure.

Pyclaw solution structure including a Domain, a set of Patch objects and corresponding Dimension objects defining the solution’s geometry and three State objects pointing to the appropriate Patch with varying fields.

List of serial and parallel objects in a Solution class:

Serial	Parallel
pyclaw.state.State	petclaw.state.State
pyclaw.geometry.Domain	petclaw.geometry.Domain
pyclaw.geometry.Patch	petclaw.geometry.Patch
pyclaw.geometry.Grid
pyclaw.geometry.Dimension

pyclaw.solution.Solution

class clawpack.pyclaw.solution.Solution(*arg, **kargs)

Pyclaw patch container class

Input and Output:  

Input and output of solution objects is handle via the io package. Solution contains the generic methods write(), read() and plot() which then figure out the correct method to call. Please see the io package for the particulars of each format and method and the methods in this class for general input and output information.

Properties:

If there is only one state and patch belonging to this solution, the solution will appear to have many of the attributes assigned to its one state and patch. Some parameters that have in the past been parameters for all patch,s are also reachable although Solution does not check to see if these parameters are truly universal.

Patch Attributes:

‘dimensions’

State Attributes:

‘t’,’num_eqn’,’q’,’aux’,’capa’,’problem_data’

Initialization:

The initialization of a Solution can happen one of these ways

1. args is empty and an empty Solution is created

2. args is an integer (the number of components of q), a single State, or a list of States and is followed by the appropriate geometry object which can be one of:

   • (Domain)
   • (Patch) - A domain is created with the patch or list of patches provided.
   • (Dimension) - A domain and patch is created with the dimensions or list of dimensions provided.

3. args is a variable number of arguments that describes the location of a file to be read in to initialize the object

Examples:

>>> import clawpack.pyclaw as pyclaw
>>> x = pyclaw.Dimension('x',0.,1.,100)
>>> domain = pyclaw.Domain((x))
>>> state = pyclaw.State(domain,3,2)
>>> solution = pyclaw.Solution(state,domain)

is_valid()

Checks to see if this solution is valid

The Solution checks to make sure it is valid by checking each of its states. If an invalid state is found, a message is logged what specifically made this solution invalid.

Output:

• (bool) - True if valid, false otherwise

plot()

Plot the solution

read(frame, path='./_output', file_format='ascii', file_prefix=None, read_aux=True, options={}, **kargs)

Reads in a Solution object from a file

Reads in and initializes this Solution with the data specified. This function will raise an IOError if it was unsuccessful.

Any format must conform to the following call signiture and return True if the file has been successfully read into the given solution or False otherwise. Options is a dictionary of parameters that each format can specify. See the ascii module for an example.:

read_<format>(solution,path,frame,file_prefix,options={})

<format> is the name of the format in question.

Input:

• frame - (int) Frame number to be read in
• path - (string) Base path to the files to be read. default = './_output'
• file_format - (string) Format of the file, should match on of the modules inside of the io package. default = 'ascii'
• file_prefix - (string) Name prefix in front of all the files, defaults to whatever the format defaults to, e.g. fort for ascii
• options - (dict) Dictionary of optional arguments dependent on the format being read in. default = {}

Output:

• (bool) - True if read was successful, False otherwise

set_all_states(attr, value, overwrite=True)

Sets all member states attribute ‘attr’ to value

Input:

• attr - (string) Attribute name to be set
• value - (id) Value for attribute
• overwrite - (bool) Whether to overwrite the attribute if it already exists. default = True

write(frame, path='./', file_format='ascii', file_prefix=None, write_aux=False, options={}, write_p=False)

Write out a representation of the solution

Writes out a suitable representation of this solution object based on the format requested. The path is built from the optional path and file_prefix arguments. Will raise an IOError if unsuccessful.

Input:

• frame - (int) Frame number to append to the file output
• path - (string) Root path, will try and create the path if it does not already exist. default = './'
• format - (string or list of strings) a string or list of strings containing the desired output formats. default = 'ascii'
• file_prefix - (string) Prefix for the file name. Defaults to the particular io modules default.
• write_aux - (book) Write the auxillary array out as well if present. default = False
• options - (dict) Dictionary of optional arguments dependent on which format is being used. default = {}

patch

(Patch) - Base state’s patch is returned

start_frame

(int) - : Solution start frame number in case the Solution object is initialized by loading frame from file

state

(State) - Base state is returned