aliasRangeDim: dim shape quick fix

Author: mpsonntag

+nix/Block.m

@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@
 
         function da = create_data_array_from_data(obj, name, nixtype, data)
             shape = size(data);
+            %-- Quick fix to enable alias range dimension with
+            %-- 1D data arrays created with this function.
+            %-- e.g. size([1 2 3]) returns shape [1 3], which would not
+            %-- be accepted when trying to add an alias range dimension.
+            %-- TODO Remove this when a cleverer solution presents itself.
+            if(size(data, 1) == 1)
+                shape = size(data, 2);
+            end;
             dtype = class(data);
 
             da = obj.create_data_array(name, nixtype, dtype, shape);

tests/TestDataArray.m

@@ -202,6 +202,20 @@
     assert(f.blocks{1}.dataArrays{2}.dimensions{1}.isAlias);
 
     clear daAlias da b f;
-    f = nix.File(fileName, nix.FileMode.ReadOnly);
+    f = nix.File(fileName, nix.FileMode.ReadWrite);
     assert(f.blocks{1}.dataArrays{2}.dimensions{1}.isAlias);
+    
+    %-- Test for the alias dimension shape work around
+    daAliasWa = f.blocks{1}.create_data_array_from_data('aliasDimWTest1', ...
+        'nix.DataArray', [1 2 3]);
+    daAliasWa.append_alias_range_dimension();
+    assert(daAliasWa.dimensions{1}.isAlias);
+    
+    daAliasWa = f.blocks{1}.create_data_array_from_data('aliasDimWATest2', ...
+        'nix.DataArray', [1; 2; 3]);
+    assert(isequal(daAliasWa.shape, [3 1]));
+    
+    daAliasWa = f.blocks{1}.create_data_array_from_data('aliasDimWATest3', ...
+        'nix.DataArray', [1 2 3; 2 4 5; 3 6 7]);
+    assert(isequal(daAliasWa.shape, [3 3]));
 end