Merge bc51d31 into bbfff10

armi/cases/case.py

@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ def __init__(self, cs, caseSuite=None, bp=None, geom=None):
         self._dependencies: Set[Case] = set()
         self.enabled = True
 
+        # set the signal if the user passes in a blueprint object, instead of a file
+        if bp is not None:
+            cs.filelessBP = True
+
         # NOTE: in order to prevent slow submission times for loading massively large
         # blueprints (e.g. certain computer-generated input files),
         # self.bp and self.geom can be None.

armi/cases/inputModifiers/inputModifiers.py

@@ -166,9 +166,7 @@ def __call__(self, cs, bp, geom):
 
 
 class BluePrintBlockModifier(InputModifier):
-    """
-    Adjust blueprint block->component->dimension to specified value.
-    """
+    """Adjust blueprint block->component->dimension to specified value."""
 
     def __init__(self, block, component, dimension, value):
         InputModifier.__init__(self, independentVariable={dimension: value})
@@ -186,9 +184,6 @@ def __call__(self, cs, bp, geom):
                     if componentDesign.name == self.component:
                         # set new value
                         setattr(componentDesign, self.dimension, self.value)
-
-        # maybe this list of for and if could be replaced by
-        # one line like  setattr(bp , 'self.block'.'self.component'.'self.dimension' , self.values)
-        # but not sure python can do that or should do that..
+                        return cs, bp, geom
 
         return cs, bp, geom

armi/operators/settingsValidation.py

@@ -269,6 +269,10 @@ def _inspectBlueprints(self):
         """Blueprints early error detection and old format conversions."""
         from armi.reactor import blueprints
 
+        # if there is a blueprints object, we don't need to check for a file
+        if self.cs.filelessBP:
+            return
+
         self.addQuery(
             lambda: not self.cs["loadingFile"],
             "No blueprints file loaded. Run will probably fail.",

armi/settings/caseSettings.py

@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ def __init__(self, fName=None):
         fName : str, optional
             Path to a valid yaml settings file that will be loaded
         """
+        # if the "loadingFile" is not set, this better be True, or there are no blueprints at all
+        self.filelessBP = False
 
         self._failOnLoad = False
         """This is state information.