WIP ENH: set_datatype for Property.m, null output for logging.

src/Caosdb.m

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ classdef Caosdb < handle
 
       try
         % collection = maox_retrieve(obj.connection, ids);
-        disp("start transaction for ID retrieval");
+        % disp("start transaction for ID retrieval");
         [entities, count_results] = maox_run_transaction(obj.connection, ids);
       catch
         rethrow(lasterror());

src/Entity.m

@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ classdef Entity < handle
   end
   properties (Access = private)
     datatype_    % 1x1 struct with the following fields:
-    %  - is_list        logical
-    %  - is_reference   logical
-    %  - dtype_name     string.  Either the atomic datatype or the reference name.
+    %  - isList         logical
+    %  - isReference    logical
+    %  - dtypeName      string.  Either the atomic datatype or the reference name.
     parents_     % Cell array of Parent objects. Struct array with the following fields:
     %  - id
     %  - name

src/Property.m

@@ -23,10 +23,15 @@ classdef Property < handle
     name
     description
     importance
-    datatype
     unit
     value
   end
+  properties (Access = private)
+    datatype_    % 1x1 struct with the following fields:
+    %  - isList         logical
+    %  - isReference    logical
+    %  - dtypeName      string.  Either the atomic datatype or the reference name.
+  end
 
   methods
 
@@ -39,7 +44,7 @@ classdef Property < handle
         obj.name = data.name;
         obj.description = data.description;
         obj.importance = data.importance;
-        obj.datatype = data.datatype;
+        obj.datatype_ = data.datatype;
         obj.unit = data.unit;
         obj.value = data.value;
       end
@@ -61,5 +66,27 @@ classdef Property < handle
       struct_array = res;
     end
 
+    % Setters %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+    function set_datatype(obj, dtype_name, is_reference, is_list)
+      if nargin < 4
+        is_list = false;
+      end
+      if nargin < 3
+        is_reference = false;
+      end
+      assert(nargin >= 2, "maox:InvalidArgument", "Need at least an atomic datatype.");
+
+      dtype.isList = is_list;
+      dtype.isReference = is_reference;
+      if ~is_reference
+        assert(any(strcmp({ "UNSPECIFIED", "TEXT", "DOUBLE", "DATETIME", "INTEGER", "BOOLEAN"}, ...
+                          dtype_name)), ...
+               "maox:InvalidArgument", ["Unrecognized atomic datatype: " dtype_name]);
+      end
+      dtype.dtypeName = dtype_name;
+      obj.datatype_ = dtype;
+    end
+
   end
 end

src/lib/maoxdb.cpp

@@ -43,8 +43,18 @@ namespace ce = caosdb::entity;
 namespace cu = caosdb::utility;
 
 // Workaround for issue caosdb-cpplib#17
-#define CAOSDB_LOG_TRACE(name) std::clog << std::endl << "[" << name << "] "
-#define CAOSDB_LOG_DEBUG(name) std::clog << std::endl << "[" << name << "] "
+#undef CAOSDB_LOG_TRACE
+#undef CAOSDB_LOG_DEBUG
+#undef CAOSDB_LOG_INFO
+// #define CAOSDB_LOG_TRACE(name) std::clog << std::endl << "[" << name << "] "
+// #define CAOSDB_LOG_DEBUG(name) std::clog << std::endl << "[" << name << "] "
+// #define CAOSDB_LOG_INFO(name) std::clog << std::endl << "[" << name << "] "
+
+std::ostream nullout(nullptr);
+
+#define CAOSDB_LOG_TRACE(name) nullout
+#define CAOSDB_LOG_DEBUG(name) nullout
+#define CAOSDB_LOG_INFO(name) nullout
 
 auto logger_name = string("maoxdb");
 

src/lib/maoxdb.hpp

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "caosdb/utility.h"
 #include "mex.h"
 #include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
+#include <boost/iostreams/stream.hpp>
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <string>
 

src/private/maox_transaction.cpp

@@ -36,8 +36,18 @@ using caosdb::entity::Entity;
 using std::string;
 
 // Workaround for issue caosdb-cpplib#17
-#define CAOSDB_LOG_TRACE(name) std::clog << std::endl << "[" << name << "] "
+#undef CAOSDB_LOG_TRACE
+#undef CAOSDB_LOG_DEBUG
+#undef CAOSDB_LOG_INFO
+// #define CAOSDB_LOG_TRACE(name) std::clog << std::endl << "[" << name << "] "
 #define CAOSDB_LOG_DEBUG(name) std::clog << std::endl << "[" << name << "] "
+#define CAOSDB_LOG_INFO(name) std::clog << std::endl << "[" << name << "] "
+
+std::ostream nullout(nullptr);
+
+#define CAOSDB_LOG_TRACE(name) nullout
+// #define CAOSDB_LOG_DEBUG(name) nullout
+// #define CAOSDB_LOG_INFO(name) nullout
 
 auto logger_name = "maox_transaction";
 /**