For no particularly good reason, there were two functions that converted
and array of counts to an array of offsets: `ConvertNumComponentsToOffsets`
and `ConvertNumIndicesToOffsets`. These functions were identical, except
one was defined in `ArrayHandleGroupVecVariable.h` and the other was
defined in `CellSetExplicit.h`.
These two functions have been consolidated into one (which is now called
`ConvertNumComponentsToOffsets`). The consolidated function has also been
put in its own header file: `ConvertNumComponentsToOffsets.h`.
Normally, backward compatibility would be established using deprecated
features. However, one of the things being worked on is the removal of
device-specific code (e.g. `vtkm::cont::Algorithm`) from core classes like
`CellSetExplicit` so that less code needs to use the device compiler
(especially downstream code).
Part of this change removed unnecessary includes of `Algorithm.h` in
`ArrayHandleGroupVecVariable.h` and `CellSetExplicit.h`. This header had to
be added to some classes that were not including it themselves.
`CoordinateSystem` differed from `Field` in that its `GetData`
method returned an `ArrayHandleVirtualCoordinates` instead of
a `VariantArrayHandle`. This is probably confusing since
`CoordianteSystem` inherits `Field` and has a pretty dramatic
difference in this behavior.
In preparation to deprecate `ArrayHandleVirtualCoordinates`, this
changes `CoordiantSystem` to be much more like `Field`. (In the
future, we may change the `CoordinateSystem` to point to a `Field`
rather than be a special `Field`.)
A method named `GetDataAsMultiplexer` has been added to
`CoordinateSystem`. This method allows you to get data from
`CoordinateSystem` as a single array type without worrying
about creating functors to handle different types and without
needing virtual methods.
This commit also:
- Removes a corner case not longer used at ArrayPortalGroupVecVariable::get
- Changes doc regarding the number of offset elements in the input
array handler of ConvertNumComponentsToOffsets.
- Updates invokation of make_ArrayGroupVectVariable in multiple files
- Adds its corresponding changelog entry
The `From` and `To` nomenclature for topology mapping has been confusing for
both users and developers, especially at lower levels where the intention of
mapping attributes from one element to another is easily conflated with the
concept of mapping indices (which maps in the exact opposite direction).
These identifiers have been renamed to `VisitTopology` and `IncidentTopology`
to clarify the direction of the mapping. The order in which these template
parameters are specified for `WorkletMapTopology` have also been reversed,
since eventually there may be more than one `IncidentTopology`, and having
`IncidentTopology` at the end will allow us to replace it with a variadic
template parameter pack in the future.
Other implementation details supporting these worklets, include `Fetch` tags,
`Connectivity` classes, and methods on the various `CellSet` classes (such as
`PrepareForInput` have also reversed their template arguments. These will need
to be cautiously updated.
The convenience implementations of `WorkletMapTopology` have been renamed for
clarity as follows:
```
WorkletMapPointToCell --> WorkletVisitCellsWithPoints
WorkletMapCellToPoint --> WorkletVisitPointsWithCells
```
The `ControlSignature` tags have been renamed as follows:
```
FieldInTo --> FieldInVisit
FieldInFrom --> FieldInMap
FromCount --> IncidentElementCount
FromIndices --> IncidentElementIndices
```
