Add capability to return gdc property as any (#2422)

Author: cbellot000

src/ansys/dpf/core/any.py

@@ -205,6 +205,11 @@ def _type_to_new_from_get_as_method(self, obj):
                 self._api.any_new_from_operator,
                 self._api.any_get_as_operator,
             )
+        elif issubclass(obj, Any):
+            return (
+                lambda x: x,
+                lambda x: x,
+            )
 
     @staticmethod
     def new_from(obj, server=None):
@@ -307,6 +312,7 @@ def cast(self, output_type=None):
                 or self._internal_type is str
                 or self._internal_type is float
                 or self._internal_type is bytes
+                or self._internal_type is Any
             ):
                 obj = internal_obj
             else:

tests/test_generic_data_container.py

@@ -172,3 +172,15 @@ def test_set_int_vec_generic_data_container(server_type):
     gdc.set_property("nparray", np.array([1, 2, 3], dtype=np.int32))
     assert np.allclose(gdc.get_property("vec"), [1, 2, 3])
     assert np.allclose(gdc.get_property("nparray"), [1, 2, 3])
+
+
+@conftest.raises_for_servers_version_under("7.0")
+def test_set_get_any_generic_data_container(server_type):
+    gdc = dpf.GenericDataContainer(server=server_type)
+    entity = dpf.DataTree(server=server_type)
+    entity.add(name="john")
+    gdc.set_property("persons", entity)
+    new_entity = gdc.get_property("persons", output_type=dpf.Any)
+    assert isinstance(new_entity, dpf.Any)
+    new_entity = new_entity.cast(dpf.DataTree)
+    assert new_entity.get_as("name") == "john"