Rename routine CCTK_IOMethod to CCTK_IOMethodName, since it returns

the name of the I/O method, not an IOMethod structure.

Add a new routine CCTK_IOMethod which returns a pointer to the
IOMethod structure describing the I/O method.


git-svn-id: http://svn.cactuscode.org/flesh/trunk@4588 17b73243-c579-4c4c-a9d2-2d5706c11dac

1 files changed, 31 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/IO/IOMethods.c b/src/IO/IOMethods.c
index 6f8d17e3..f18c84da 100644
--- a/src/IO/IOMethods.c
+++ b/src/IO/IOMethods.c
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ const char *CCTK_IOMethodImplementation (int handle)
 
 
  /*@@
-   @routine    CCTK_IOMethod
+   @routine    CCTK_IOMethodName
    @date       Thu Dec 27 2001
    @author     Gabrielle Allen
    @desc
@@ -561,10 +561,10 @@ const char *CCTK_IOMethodImplementation (int handle)
 
    @returntype const char *
    @returndesc
-               IO Method
+               Name of this I/O method
    @endreturndesc
 @@*/
-const char *CCTK_IOMethod (int handle)
+const char *CCTK_IOMethodName (int handle)
 {
   struct IOMethod *method;
 
@@ -574,6 +574,34 @@ const char *CCTK_IOMethod (int handle)
 }
 
 
+ /*@@
+   @routine    CCTK_IOMethod
+   @date       2008-09-05
+   @author     Erik Schnetter
+   @desc
+               Provide the IO Method
+   @enddesc
+   @var        handle
+   @vdesc      handle of I/O method
+   @vtype      int
+   @vio        in
+   @endvar
+
+   @returntype const struct IOMethod *
+   @returndesc
+               IO method descriptor
+   @endreturndesc
+@@*/
+const struct IOMethod *CCTK_IOMethod (int handle)
+{
+  const struct IOMethod *method;
+
+  method = (const struct IOMethod *) Util_GetHandledData (IOMethods, handle);
+
+  return method;
+}
+
+
 /********************************************************************
  *********************     Local Routines   *************************
  ********************************************************************/