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       1             : /* +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
       2             :    Copyright (c) 2012-2019 The plumed team
       3             :    (see the PEOPLE file at the root of the distribution for a list of names)
       4             : 
       5             :    See http://www.plumed.org for more information.
       6             : 
       7             :    This file is part of plumed, version 2.
       8             : 
       9             :    plumed is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
      10             :    it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
      11             :    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
      12             :    (at your option) any later version.
      13             : 
      14             :    plumed is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
      15             :    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
      16             :    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
      17             :    GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
      18             : 
      19             :    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
      20             :    along with plumed.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
      21             : +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ */
      22             : #include "core/ActionSetup.h"
      23             : #include "core/ActionRegister.h"
      24             : #include "core/PlumedMain.h"
      25             : #include "tools/Exception.h"
      26             : 
      27             : using namespace std;
      28             : 
      29             : namespace PLMD {
      30             : namespace setup {
      31             : 
      32             : //+PLUMEDOC GENERIC LOAD
      33             : /*
      34             : Loads a library, possibly defining new actions.
      35             : 
      36             : It is available only
      37             : on systems allowing for dynamic loading. It can also be fed with a cpp file,
      38             : in which case the file is compiled first.
      39             : 
      40             : \par Examples
      41             : 
      42             : If you have a shared object named extensions.so and want to
      43             : use the functionalities implemented in it within PLUMED you can
      44             : load it with the following syntax
      45             : 
      46             : \plumedfile
      47             : LOAD FILE=extensions.so
      48             : \endplumedfile
      49             : 
      50             : As a more practical example, imagine that you want to make a
      51             : small change to one collective variable that is already implemented
      52             : in PLUMED, say \ref DISTANCE . Copy the file `src/colvar/Distance.cpp`
      53             : into your work directory, rename it as `Distance2.cpp`
      54             : and  edit it as you wish. It might be better
      55             : to also replace any occurence of the string DISTANCE within the file
      56             : with DISTANCE2, so that both old and new implementation will be available
      57             : with different names. Then you can compile it into a shared object using
      58             : \verbatim
      59             : > plumed mklib Distance2.cpp
      60             : \endverbatim
      61             : This will generate a file `Distance2.so` (or `Distance2.dylib` on a mac)
      62             : that can be loaded.
      63             : Now you can use your new implementation with the following input
      64             : \plumedfile
      65             : # load the new library
      66             : LOAD FILE=Distance2.so
      67             : # compute standard distance
      68             : d: DISTANCE ATOMS=1,10
      69             : # compute modified distance
      70             : d2: DISTANCE2 ATOMS=1,10
      71             : # print them on a file
      72             : PRINT ARG=d,d2 FILE=compare-them
      73             : \endplumedfile
      74             : 
      75             : You can even skip the initial step and directly feed PLUMED
      76             : with the `Distance2.cpp` file: it will be compiled on the fly.
      77             : \plumedfile
      78             : # load the new definition
      79             : # this is a cpp file so it will be compiled
      80             : LOAD FILE=Distance2.cpp
      81             : # compute standard distance
      82             : d: DISTANCE ATOMS=1,10
      83             : # compute modified distance
      84             : d2: DISTANCE2 ATOMS=1,10
      85             : # print them on a file
      86             : PRINT ARG=d,d2 FILE=compare-them
      87             : \endplumedfile
      88             : 
      89             : This will allow to make quick tests while developing your own
      90             : variables. Of course, after your implementation is ready you might
      91             : want to add it to the PLUMED source tree and recompile
      92             : the whole PLUMED.
      93             : 
      94             : 
      95             : */
      96             : //+ENDPLUMEDOC
      97             : 
      98           2 : class Load :
      99             :   public virtual ActionSetup
     100             : {
     101             : public:
     102             :   static void registerKeywords( Keywords& keys );
     103             :   explicit Load(const ActionOptions&ao);
     104             : };
     105             : 
     106        6454 : PLUMED_REGISTER_ACTION(Load,"LOAD")
     107             : 
     108           3 : void Load::registerKeywords( Keywords& keys ) {
     109           3 :   ActionSetup::registerKeywords(keys);
     110          12 :   keys.add("compulsory","FILE","file to be loaded");
     111           3 : }
     112             : 
     113           2 : Load::Load(const ActionOptions&ao):
     114             :   Action(ao),
     115           3 :   ActionSetup(ao)
     116             : {
     117             :   std::string f;
     118           4 :   parse("FILE",f);
     119           2 :   checkRead();
     120           2 :   plumed.load(f);
     121           1 : }
     122             : 
     123             : }
     124        4839 : }
     125             :