new getBlobEntriesVariables

Author: dehann

src/DataBlobs/services/BlobEntry.jl

@@ -200,7 +200,8 @@ hasBlobEntry(var::AbstractDFGVariable, blobLabel::Symbol) = haskey(var.dataDict,
 
 """
     $(SIGNATURES)
-Get data entries, Vector{BlobEntry}
+
+Get blob entries, Vector{BlobEntry}
 """
 function getBlobEntries(var::AbstractDFGVariable)
     #or should we return the iterator, Base.ValueIterator{Dict{Symbol,BlobEntry}}?
@@ -212,6 +213,36 @@ function getBlobEntries(dfg::AbstractDFG, label::Symbol)
     getBlobEntries(getVariable(dfg, label))
 end
 
+"""
+    $(SIGNATURES)
+
+Get all blob entries matching a Regex pattern over variables
+
+Notes
+- Use `dropEmpties=true` to not include empty lists in result.
+- Use keyword `varList` for which variables to search through.
+"""
+function getBlobEntriesVariables(
+    dfg::AbstractDFG,
+    bLblPattern::Regex;
+    varList::AbstractVector{Symbol} = sort(listVariables(dfg); lt=natural_lt),
+    dropEmpties::Bool = false
+)
+    RETLIST = Vector{Vector{BlobEntry}}()
+    @showprogress "Get entries matching $bLblPattern" for vl in varList
+        bes = filter(
+            s->occursin(bLblPattern,string(s.label)),
+            listBlobEntries(dfg,vl)
+        )
+        # only push to list if there are entries on this variable
+        (!dropEmpties || 0 < length(bes)) ? nothing : continue
+        push!(RETLIST, bes)
+    end
+    
+    return RETLIST
+end
+
+
 """
     $(SIGNATURES)
 List the blob entries associated with a particular variable.

src/DataBlobs/services/HelpersDataWrapEntryBlob.jl

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # NOTE this is the convenience wrappers for entry and blob.
 
 """
-Get the data entry and blob for the specified blobstore or dfg retured as a tuple.
+Get the blob entry and blob for the specified blobstore or dfg retured as a tuple.
 Related
 [`getBlobEntry`](@ref)
 
@@ -241,12 +241,12 @@ end
 deleteData!(
     dfg::AbstractDFG, 
     blobstore::AbstractBlobStore, 
-    label::Symbol, 
+    vLbl::Symbol, 
     entry::BlobEntry
 ) = deleteBlob!(
     dfg, 
     blobstore, 
-    label, 
+    vLbl, 
     entry.label
 )
 

src/DistributedFactorGraphs.jl

@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ export hasBlobEntry,getBlobEntry,addBlobEntry!,updateBlobEntry!,deleteBlobEntry!
 export incrDataLabelSuffix
 
 export getBlobEntries, listDataEntries, hasDataEntry, hasDataEntry
+export getBlobEntriesVariables
 export listDataEntrySequence
 # convenience wrappers
 export mergeDataEntries!