merge with master #37

Framework/API/inc/MantidAPI/Algorithm.h

@@ -183,6 +183,9 @@ class MANTID_API_DLL Algorithm : public IAlgorithm,
   /// Function to return the separator token for the category string. A default
   /// implementation ';' is provided
   const std::string categorySeparator() const override { return ";"; }
+  /// Function to return all of the seeAlso (these are not validated) algorithms
+  /// related to this algorithm.A default implementation is provided.
+  const std::vector<std::string> seeAlso() const override { return {}; };
   /// function to return any aliases to the algorithm;  A default implementation
   /// is provided
   const std::string alias() const override { return ""; }

Framework/API/inc/MantidAPI/AlgorithmProxy.h

@@ -79,11 +79,13 @@ class MANTID_API_DLL AlgorithmProxy : public IAlgorithm,
   const std::string category() const override { return m_category; }
   /// Function to return all of the categories that contain this algorithm
   const std::vector<std::string> categories() const override;
-  /// Function to return the sperator token for the category string. A default
+  /// Function to return the seperator token for the category string. A default
   /// implementation ',' is provided
   const std::string categorySeparator() const override {
     return m_categorySeparator;
   }
+  /// Function to return all of the seeAlso algorithms related to this algorithm
+  const std::vector<std::string> seeAlso() const override { return m_seeAlso; };
   /// Aliases to the algorithm
   const std::string alias() const override { return m_alias; }
   /// Optional documentation URL for the real algorithm
@@ -183,9 +185,10 @@ class MANTID_API_DLL AlgorithmProxy : public IAlgorithm,
   const std::string m_name;     ///< name of the real algorithm
   const std::string m_category; ///< category of the real algorithm
   const std::string
-      m_categorySeparator;     ///< category seperator of the real algorithm
-  const std::string m_alias;   ///< alias to the algorithm
-  const std::string m_helpURL; ///< Optional documentation URL
+      m_categorySeparator; ///< category seperator of the real algorithm
+  const std::vector<std::string> m_seeAlso; ///< seeAlso of the real algorithm
+  const std::string m_alias;                ///< alias to the algorithm
+  const std::string m_helpURL;              ///< Optional documentation URL
   const std::string m_summary; ///<Message to display in GUI and help.
   const int m_version;         ///< version of the real algorithm
 

Framework/API/inc/MantidAPI/CompositeDomainMD.h

@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ class MANTID_API_DLL CompositeDomainMD : public CompositeDomain {
   const FunctionDomain &getDomain(size_t i) const override;
 
 protected:
-  mutable IMDIterator *m_iterator; ///< IMDIterator
-  size_t m_totalSize;              ///< The total size of the domain
+  mutable std::unique_ptr<IMDIterator> m_iterator; ///< IMDIterator
+  size_t m_totalSize; ///< The total size of the domain
   mutable std::vector<FunctionDomainMD *>
       m_domains; ///< smaller parts of the domain
 };

Framework/API/inc/MantidAPI/FunctionDomainMD.h

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class MANTID_API_DLL FunctionDomainMD : public FunctionDomain {
 
 protected:
   /// IMDIterator
-  mutable IMDIterator *m_iterator;
+  mutable std::unique_ptr<IMDIterator> m_iterator;
   /// start of the domain, 0 <= m_startIndex < m_iterator->getDataSize()
   const size_t m_startIndex;
   /// track the iterator's index, 0 <= m_currentIndex < m_size.

Framework/API/inc/MantidAPI/FunctionProperty.h

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class MANTID_API_DLL FunctionProperty
 
   /// Bring in the PropertyWithValue assignment operator explicitly (avoids
   /// VSC++ warning)
-  boost::shared_ptr<IFunction> &
+  FunctionProperty &
   operator=(const boost::shared_ptr<IFunction> &value) override;
 
   /// Add the value of another property

Framework/API/inc/MantidAPI/IAlgorithm.h

@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ class MANTID_API_DLL IAlgorithm : virtual public Kernel::IPropertyManager {
   /// Function to return the separator token for the category string
   virtual const std::string categorySeparator() const = 0;
 
+  /// Function to return all of the seeAlso algorithms related to this algorithm
+  virtual const std::vector<std::string> seeAlso() const = 0;
+
   /// function to return any aliases of the algorithm.
   virtual const std::string alias() const = 0;
 

Framework/API/inc/MantidAPI/IMDIterator.h

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 // Includes
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 #include "MantidAPI/DllConfig.h"
-#include "MantidAPI/IMDWorkspace.h"
 #include "MantidGeometry/MDGeometry/IMDDimension.h"
 #include "MantidGeometry/MDGeometry/MDTypes.h"
 #include "MantidKernel/VMD.h"
@@ -14,10 +13,18 @@
 namespace Mantid {
 
 namespace API {
-//----------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Forward declaration
-//----------------------------------------------------------------------
-class IMDWorkspace;
+
+/** Enum describing different ways to normalize the signal
+ * in a MDWorkspace.
+ */
+enum MDNormalization {
+  /// Don't normalize = return raw counts
+  NoNormalization = 0,
+  /// Divide the signal by the volume of the box/bin
+  VolumeNormalization = 1,
+  /// Divide the signal by the number of events that contributed to it.
+  NumEventsNormalization = 2
+};
 
 /** This is an interface to an iterator of an IMDWorkspace
 
@@ -83,13 +90,14 @@ class MANTID_API_DLL IMDIterator {
   virtual signal_t getError() const = 0;
 
   /// Return a list of vertexes defining the volume pointed to
-  virtual coord_t *getVertexesArray(size_t &numVertices) const = 0;
+  virtual std::unique_ptr<coord_t[]>
+  getVertexesArray(size_t &numVertices) const = 0;
 
   /// Return a list of vertexes defining the volume pointed to, enable masking
   /// of dimensions.
-  virtual coord_t *getVertexesArray(size_t &numVertices,
-                                    const size_t outDimensions,
-                                    const bool *maskDim) const = 0;
+  virtual std::unique_ptr<coord_t[]>
+  getVertexesArray(size_t &numVertices, const size_t outDimensions,
+                   const bool *maskDim) const = 0;
 
   /// Returns the position of the center of the box pointed to.
   virtual Mantid::Kernel::VMD getCenter() const = 0;

Framework/API/inc/MantidAPI/IMDNode.h

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <string>
+#include <memory>
 #include <vector>
 #include "MantidKernel/VMD.h"
 #include "MantidGeometry/MDGeometry/MDTypes.h"
@@ -277,10 +278,11 @@ class IMDNode {
   // -------------------------------- Geometry/vertexes-Related
   // -------------------------------------------
   virtual std::vector<Mantid::Kernel::VMD> getVertexes() const = 0;
-  virtual coord_t *getVertexesArray(size_t &numVertices) const = 0;
-  virtual coord_t *getVertexesArray(size_t &numVertices,
-                                    const size_t outDimensions,
-                                    const bool *maskDim) const = 0;
+  virtual std::unique_ptr<coord_t[]>
+  getVertexesArray(size_t &numVertices) const = 0;
+  virtual std::unique_ptr<coord_t[]>
+  getVertexesArray(size_t &numVertices, const size_t outDimensions,
+                   const bool *maskDim) const = 0;
   virtual void transformDimensions(std::vector<double> &scaling,
                                    std::vector<double> &offset) = 0;
 

Framework/API/inc/MantidAPI/IMDWorkspace.h

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef MANTID_API_IMDWORKSPACE_H_
 #define MANTID_API_IMDWORKSPACE_H_
 
+#include "MantidAPI/IMDIterator.h"
 #include "MantidAPI/ITableWorkspace_fwd.h"
 #include "MantidAPI/MDGeometry.h"
 #include "MantidAPI/Workspace.h"
@@ -16,20 +17,6 @@ class MDImplicitFunction;
 
 namespace API {
 
-class IMDIterator;
-
-/** Enum describing different ways to normalize the signal
- * in a MDWorkspace.
- */
-enum MDNormalization {
-  /// Don't normalize = return raw counts
-  NoNormalization = 0,
-  /// Divide the signal by the volume of the box/bin
-  VolumeNormalization = 1,
-  /// Divide the signal by the number of events that contributed to it.
-  NumEventsNormalization = 2
-};
-
 static const signal_t MDMaskValue = std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN();
 
 /** Basic MD Workspace Abstract Class.
@@ -106,7 +93,7 @@ class MANTID_API_DLL IMDWorkspace : public Workspace, public API::MDGeometry {
   virtual uint64_t getNEvents() const = 0;
 
   /// Creates a new iterator pointing to the first cell in the workspace
-  virtual std::vector<IMDIterator *> createIterators(
+  virtual std::vector<std::unique_ptr<IMDIterator>> createIterators(
       size_t suggestedNumCores = 1,
       Mantid::Geometry::MDImplicitFunction *function = nullptr) const = 0;
 
@@ -126,7 +113,7 @@ class MANTID_API_DLL IMDWorkspace : public Workspace, public API::MDGeometry {
                                const Mantid::Kernel::VMD &end,
                                Mantid::API::MDNormalization normalize) const;
 
-  IMDIterator *createIterator(
+  std::unique_ptr<IMDIterator> createIterator(
       Mantid::Geometry::MDImplicitFunction *function = nullptr) const;
 
   std::string getConvention() const;

Framework/API/inc/MantidAPI/IndexProperty.h

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class MANTID_API_DLL IndexProperty : public Kernel::ArrayProperty<int64_t> {
 
   bool isDefault() const override;
   std::string isValid() const override;
-  std::string operator=(const std::string &rhs);
+  IndexProperty &operator=(const std::string &rhs);
   operator Indexing::SpectrumIndexSet() const;
   Indexing::SpectrumIndexSet getIndices() const;
   Indexing::IndexInfo getFilteredIndexInfo() const;

Framework/API/inc/MantidAPI/IndexTypeProperty.h

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class MANTID_API_DLL IndexTypeProperty
 
   using PropertyWithValue<std::string>::operator=;
 
-  std::string &operator=(API::IndexType type);
+  IndexTypeProperty &operator=(API::IndexType type);
 
   static std::string generatePropertyName(const std::string &name = "");
 
@@ -63,4 +63,4 @@ class MANTID_API_DLL IndexTypeProperty
 } // namespace API
 } // namespace Mantid
 
-#endif /* MANTID_API_INDEXTYPEPROPERTY_H_ */
+#endif /* MANTID_API_INDEXTYPEPROPERTY_H_ */

Framework/API/inc/MantidAPI/MatrixWorkspace.h

@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ class MANTID_API_DLL MatrixWorkspace : public IMDWorkspace,
       const Mantid::API::MDNormalization &normalization) const override;
   /// Create iterators. Partitions the iterators according to the number of
   /// cores.
-  std::vector<IMDIterator *> createIterators(
+  std::vector<std::unique_ptr<IMDIterator>> createIterators(
       size_t suggestedNumCores = 1,
       Mantid::Geometry::MDImplicitFunction *function = nullptr) const override;
 

Framework/API/inc/MantidAPI/MatrixWorkspaceMDIterator.h

@@ -60,10 +60,12 @@ class DLLExport MatrixWorkspaceMDIterator : public IMDIterator {
 
   signal_t getError() const override;
 
-  coord_t *getVertexesArray(size_t &numVertices) const override;
+  std::unique_ptr<coord_t[]>
+  getVertexesArray(size_t &numVertices) const override;
 
-  coord_t *getVertexesArray(size_t &numVertices, const size_t outDimensions,
-                            const bool *maskDim) const override;
+  std::unique_ptr<coord_t[]>
+  getVertexesArray(size_t &numVertices, const size_t outDimensions,
+                   const bool *maskDim) const override;
 
   Mantid::Kernel::VMD getCenter() const override;
 

Framework/API/inc/MantidAPI/WorkspaceProperty.h

@@ -95,8 +95,7 @@ class WorkspaceProperty
 
   WorkspaceProperty &operator=(const WorkspaceProperty &right);
 
-  boost::shared_ptr<TYPE> &
-  operator=(const boost::shared_ptr<TYPE> &value) override;
+  WorkspaceProperty &operator=(const boost::shared_ptr<TYPE> &value) override;
 
   WorkspaceProperty &operator+=(Kernel::Property const *) override;
 

Framework/API/inc/MantidAPI/WorkspaceProperty.tcc

@@ -107,13 +107,14 @@ operator=(const WorkspaceProperty &right) {
  * @return assigned PropertyWithValue
  */
 template <typename TYPE>
-boost::shared_ptr<TYPE> &WorkspaceProperty<TYPE>::
+WorkspaceProperty<TYPE> &WorkspaceProperty<TYPE>::
 operator=(const boost::shared_ptr<TYPE> &value) {
   std::string wsName = value->getName();
   if (this->direction() == Kernel::Direction::Input && !wsName.empty()) {
     m_workspaceName = wsName;
   }
-  return Kernel::PropertyWithValue<boost::shared_ptr<TYPE>>::operator=(value);
+  Kernel::PropertyWithValue<boost::shared_ptr<TYPE>>::operator=(value);
+  return *this;
 }
 
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Framework/API/src/AlgorithmProxy.cpp

@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ AlgorithmProxy::AlgorithmProxy(Algorithm_sptr alg)
       m_executeAsync(new Poco::ActiveMethod<bool, Poco::Void, AlgorithmProxy>(
           this, &AlgorithmProxy::executeAsyncImpl)),
       m_name(alg->name()), m_category(alg->category()),
-      m_categorySeparator(alg->categorySeparator()), m_alias(alg->alias()),
-      m_summary(alg->summary()), m_version(alg->version()), m_alg(alg),
-      m_isExecuted(), m_isLoggingEnabled(true), m_loggingOffset(0),
+      m_categorySeparator(alg->categorySeparator()), m_seeAlso(alg->seeAlso()),
+      m_alias(alg->alias()), m_summary(alg->summary()),
+      m_version(alg->version()), m_alg(alg), m_isExecuted(),
+      m_isLoggingEnabled(true), m_loggingOffset(0),
       m_isAlgStartupLoggingEnabled(true), m_rethrow(false), m_isChild(false),
       m_setAlwaysStoreInADS(true) {
   if (!alg) {

Framework/API/src/EqualBinSizesValidator.cpp

@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ std::string
 EqualBinSizesValidator::checkValidity(const MatrixWorkspace_sptr &value) const {
   if (!value)
     return "Enter an existing workspace";
-  if (value->getNumberHistograms() == 0 || value->blocksize() == 0)
-    return "Enter a workspace with some data in it";
   if (!value->isCommonBins())
     return "The workspace must have common bin boundaries for all histograms";
+  if (value->getNumberHistograms() == 0 || value->blocksize() == 0)
+    return "Enter a workspace with some data in it";
 
   Kernel::EqualBinsChecker checker(value->readX(0), m_errorLevel,
                                    m_warningLevel);

Framework/API/src/FunctionDomainMD.cpp

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ FunctionDomainMD::FunctionDomainMD(IMDWorkspace_const_sptr ws, size_t start,
 
 /** Destructor.
  */
-FunctionDomainMD::~FunctionDomainMD() { delete m_iterator; }
+FunctionDomainMD::~FunctionDomainMD() = default;
 
 /// Reset the iterator to point to the start of the domain.
 void FunctionDomainMD::reset() const {
@@ -53,14 +53,14 @@ void FunctionDomainMD::reset() const {
 const IMDIterator *FunctionDomainMD::getNextIterator() const {
   if (m_justReset) {
     m_justReset = false;
-    return m_iterator;
+    return m_iterator.get();
   }
   ++m_currentIndex;
   if (!m_iterator->next() || m_currentIndex >= m_size) {
     m_currentIndex = m_size;
     return nullptr;
   }
-  return m_iterator;
+  return m_iterator.get();
 }
 
 /// Returns the pointer to the original workspace

Framework/API/src/FunctionProperty.cpp

@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ FunctionProperty &FunctionProperty::operator=(const FunctionProperty &right) {
   * @param value :: The value to set to
   * @return assigned PropertyWithValue
   */
-boost::shared_ptr<IFunction> &FunctionProperty::
+FunctionProperty &FunctionProperty::
 operator=(const boost::shared_ptr<IFunction> &value) {
-  return Kernel::PropertyWithValue<boost::shared_ptr<IFunction>>::operator=(
-      value);
+  Kernel::PropertyWithValue<boost::shared_ptr<IFunction>>::operator=(value);
+  return *this;
 }
 
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Framework/API/src/IMDWorkspace.cpp

@@ -26,15 +26,16 @@ IMDWorkspace::IMDWorkspace(const Parallel::StorageMode storageMode)
  * @param function :: Implicit function limiting space to look at
  * @return a single IMDIterator pointer
  */
-IMDIterator *IMDWorkspace::createIterator(
+std::unique_ptr<IMDIterator> IMDWorkspace::createIterator(
     Mantid::Geometry::MDImplicitFunction *function) const {
-  std::vector<IMDIterator *> iterators = this->createIterators(1, function);
+  std::vector<std::unique_ptr<IMDIterator>> iterators =
+      this->createIterators(1, function);
   if (iterators.empty())
     throw std::runtime_error("IMDWorkspace::createIterator(): iterator "
                              "creation was not successful. No iterators "
                              "returned by " +
                              this->id());
-  return iterators[0];
+  return std::move(iterators[0]);
 }
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Framework/API/src/IndexProperty.cpp

@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@ std::string IndexProperty::isValid() const {
   return error;
 }
 
-std::string IndexProperty::operator=(const std::string &rhs) {
-  return setValue(rhs);
+IndexProperty &IndexProperty::operator=(const std::string &rhs) {
+  setValue(rhs);
+  return *this;
 }
 
 IndexProperty::operator Indexing::SpectrumIndexSet() const {

Framework/API/src/IndexTypeProperty.cpp

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ std::vector<std::string> IndexTypeProperty::allowedValues() const {
 
 bool IndexTypeProperty::isMultipleSelectionAllowed() { return false; }
 
-std::string &IndexTypeProperty::operator=(API::IndexType type) {
+IndexTypeProperty &IndexTypeProperty::operator=(API::IndexType type) {
   std::string val;
 
   switch (type) {
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ std::string &IndexTypeProperty::operator=(API::IndexType type) {
     break;
   }
 
-  return *this = val;
+  *this = val;
+  return *this;
 }
 
 std::string IndexTypeProperty::generatePropertyName(const std::string &name) {