// ---------------------------------------------------------------------- GroupElement* CreateEstimatedEdgesTask:: group( shawn::SimulationController& sc ) throw( std::runtime_error ) { std::string n = sc.environment().optional_string_param("group",""); if( n.empty() ) return NULL; ElementHandle eh = visualization_w().element_w( n ); if( eh.is_null() ) throw std::runtime_error(std::string("no such group: ")+n); GroupElement* ge = dynamic_cast<GroupElement*>(eh.get()); if( ge == NULL ) throw std::runtime_error(std::string("element is no group: ")+n); return ge; }