Move parameters type storage to Manager

src/WriterManager.cpp

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 using namespace std;
 
-WriterManager::WriterManager(uint64_t n_images):
-    n_images(n_images), running_flag(true), n_received_frames(0), n_written_frames(0)
+WriterManager::WriterManager(map<string, DATA_TYPE>* parameters_type, uint64_t n_images):
+    parameters_type(parameters_type), n_images(n_images), running_flag(true), n_received_frames(0), n_written_frames(0)
 {
     #ifdef DEBUG_OUTPUT
         cout << "[WriterManager::WriterManager] Writer manager for n_images " << n_images << endl;
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ map<string, uint64_t> WriterManager::get_statistics()
     return result;
 }
 
-std::map<std::string, boost::any>& WriterManager::get_parameters(){
+map<string, boost::any>& WriterManager::get_parameters(){
     return parameters;
 }
 
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ void WriterManager::set_parameters(map<string, boost::any>& new_parameters)
     }
 }
 
+map<string, DATA_TYPE>* WriterManager::get_parameters_type() {
+    return parameters_type;
+}
+
 bool WriterManager::is_running()
 {
     // Take into account n_images only if it is <> 0.

src/WriterManager.hpp

@@ -6,22 +6,26 @@
 #include <atomic>
 #include <boost/any.hpp>
 
+#include "H5Format.hpp"
+
 class WriterManager
 {
     std::map<std::string, boost::any> parameters = {};
 
     // Initialize in constructor.
+    std::map<std::string, DATA_TYPE>* parameters_type;
     size_t n_images;
     std::atomic_bool running_flag;
     std::atomic<uint64_t> n_received_frames;
     std::atomic<uint64_t> n_written_frames;
 
     public:
-        WriterManager(uint64_t n_images=0);
+        WriterManager(std::map<std::string, DATA_TYPE>* parameters_type, uint64_t n_images=0);
         void stop();
         bool is_running();
         std::string get_status();
         
+        std::map<std::string, DATA_TYPE>* get_parameters_type();
         std::map<std::string, boost::any>& get_parameters();
         void set_parameters(std::map<std::string, boost::any>& new_parameters);
         

src/h5_zmq_writer.cpp

@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ void run_writer(string connect_address, string output_file, uint64_t n_images, u
     int n_io_threads = config::zmq_n_io_threads;
     int receive_timeout = config::zmq_receive_timeout;
 
-    WriterManager manager(n_images);
+    WriterManager manager(get_input_value_type(), n_images);
     RingBuffer ring_buffer(n_slots);
 
     // TODO: Remove this. This is needed only for testing.
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ void run_writer(string connect_address, string output_file, uint64_t n_images, u
     boost::thread receiver_thread(receive_zmq, &manager, &ring_buffer, connect_address, n_io_threads, receive_timeout);
     boost::thread writer_thread(write_h5, &manager, &ring_buffer, output_file);
 
-    start_rest_api(manager, rest_port, get_input_value_type());
+    start_rest_api(manager, rest_port);
 
     #ifdef DEBUG_OUTPUT
         cout << "[h5_zmq_writer::run_writer] Rest API stopped." << endl;

src/rest_interface.cpp

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 using namespace std;
 
-void start_rest_api(WriterManager& writer_manager, uint16_t port, std::map<std::string, DATA_TYPE>* input_value_type)
+void start_rest_api(WriterManager& writer_manager, uint16_t port)
 {
 
     #ifdef DEBUG_OUTPUT
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ void start_rest_api(WriterManager& writer_manager, uint16_t port, std::map<std::
 
     CROW_ROUTE (app, "/parameters").methods("GET"_method, "POST"_method) ([&](const crow::request& req){
         crow::json::wvalue result;
+        auto parameters_type = writer_manager.get_parameters_type();
 
         if (req.method == "GET"_method) {
 
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ void start_rest_api(WriterManager& writer_manager, uint16_t port, std::map<std::
                 auto parameter_value = item.second;
 
                 try {
-                    auto parameter_type = input_value_type->at(parameter_name);
+                    auto parameter_type = parameters_type->at(parameter_name);
 
                     if (parameter_type == NX_FLOAT) {
                         result[parameter_name] = boost::any_cast<double>(parameter_value);
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ void start_rest_api(WriterManager& writer_manager, uint16_t port, std::map<std::
                 string parameter_name = item.key();
                 
                 try{
-                    auto parameter_type = input_value_type->at(parameter_name);
+                    auto parameter_type = parameters_type->at(parameter_name);
 
                     if (parameter_type == NX_FLOAT) {
                         new_parameters[parameter_name] = item.d();

src/rest_interface.hpp

@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 #define REST_INTERFACE_H
 
 #include "WriterManager.hpp"
-#include "H5Format.hpp"
-
-void start_rest_api(WriterManager& writer_manager, uint16_t port, std::map<std::string, DATA_TYPE>* input_value_type);
+void start_rest_api(WriterManager& writer_manager, uint16_t port);
 
 #endif