/**
* If an output workspace was created then extract it from the given dictionary
* @param locals A dictionary possibly containing an 'output' reference
* @return A pointer to the output workspace if created, otherwise an empty
* pointer
*/
boost::shared_ptr<API::Workspace> RunPythonScript::extractOutputWorkspace(
const boost::python::dict &locals) const {
using namespace API;
using namespace boost::python;
// Might be None, string or a workspace object
auto pyoutput = locals.get("output");
if (isNone(pyoutput))
return Workspace_sptr();
auto ptrExtract = ExtractWorkspace(pyoutput);
if (ptrExtract.check()) {
return ptrExtract();
} else {
extract<std::string> extractString(pyoutput);
if (extractString.check()) {
// Will raise an error if the workspace does not exist as the user
// requested
// an output workspace
// but didn't create one.
return AnalysisDataService::Instance().retrieve(extractString());
} else {
throw std::runtime_error(
"Invalid type assigned to 'output' variable. Must "
"be a string or a Workspace object");
}
}
}
