add create/remove section for section

Author: mpsonntag

+nix/Section.m

@@ -47,6 +47,16 @@
         % Section methods
         % ----------------
 
+        function newSec = createSection(obj, name, type)
+            newSec = nix.Section(nix_mx('Section::createSection', obj.nix_handle, name, type));
+            obj.sectionsCache.lastUpdate = 0;
+        end;
+
+        function delCheck = deleteSection(obj, del)
+            delCheck = nix.Utils.delete_entity(obj, del, 'nix.Section', 'Section::deleteSection');
+            obj.sectionsCache.lastUpdate = 0;
+        end;
+
         function retObj = open_section(obj, id_or_name)
             retObj = nix.Utils.open_entity(obj, ...
                 'Section::openSection', id_or_name, @nix.Section);

nix_mx.cc

@@ -188,7 +188,9 @@ void mexFunction(int            nlhs,
             .reg("hasProperty", GETBYSTR(bool, nix::Section, hasProperty))
             .reg("hasSection", GETBYSTR(bool, nix::Section, hasSection))
             .reg("link", GETCONTENT(nix::Section, nix::Section, link))
-            .reg("parent", GETCONTENT(nix::Section, nix::Section, parent));
+            .reg("parent", GETCONTENT(nix::Section, nix::Section, parent))
+            .reg("createSection", &nix::Section::createSection)
+            .reg("deleteSection", REMOVER(nix::Section, nix::Section, deleteSection));
             //.reg("set_repository", SETTER(const std::string&, nix::Section, repository));
         methods->add("Section::properties", nixsection::properties);
 

tests/TestSection.m

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 %   Detailed explanation goes here
 
     funcs = {};
+    funcs{end+1} = @test_create_section;
+    funcs{end+1} = @test_delete_section;
     funcs{end+1} = @test_list_subsections;
     funcs{end+1} = @test_open_section;
     funcs{end+1} = @test_parent;
@@ -11,6 +13,32 @@
     funcs{end+1} = @test_properties;
 end
 
+%% Test: Create Section
+function [] = test_create_section( varargin )
+    f = nix.File(fullfile(pwd,'tests','testRW.h5'), nix.FileMode.Overwrite);
+    s = f.createSection('mainSection', 'nixSection');
+
+    assert(isempty(s.sections));
+    tmp = s.createSection('testSection1', 'nixSection');
+    tmp = s.createSection('testSection2', 'nixSection');
+    assert(size(s.sections, 1) == 2);
+end
+
+%% Test: Delete Section by entity or ID
+function [] = test_delete_section( varargin )
+    f = nix.File(fullfile(pwd,'tests','testRW.h5'), nix.FileMode.Overwrite);
+    s = f.createSection('mainSection', 'nixSection');
+    tmp = s.createSection('testSection1', 'nixSection');
+    tmp = s.createSection('testSection2', 'nixSection');
+
+    assert(s.deleteSection(s.sections{2}.id));
+    assert(size(s.sections, 1) == 1);
+    assert(s.deleteSection(s.sections{1}));
+    assert(isempty(s.sections));
+
+    assert(~s.deleteSection('I do not exist'));
+end
+
 function [] = test_list_subsections( varargin )
 %% Test: List/fetch subsections
     f = nix.File(fullfile(pwd, 'tests', 'test.h5'), nix.FileMode.ReadOnly);