From 7ef18bfea3e1390e506d431e898757728bd2b975 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rex Zhe Li <zhe.rex.li@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2020 00:37:02 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] make the WriteLog in PoissonSolver a bool type to facilitate
 input

---
 models/PoissonSolver.cpp | 12 +++---------
 models/PoissonSolver.h   |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/models/PoissonSolver.cpp b/models/PoissonSolver.cpp
index 0ef13c84..c50d8816 100644
--- a/models/PoissonSolver.cpp
+++ b/models/PoissonSolver.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ void ScaLBL_Poisson::ReadParams(string filename){
     Vin  = 1.0; //Boundary-z (inlet)  electric potential
     Vout = 1.0; //Boundary-Z (outlet) electric potential
     chargeDen_dummy = 1.0e-3;//For debugging;unit=[C/m^3]
-    WriteLog = 0;
+    WriteLog = false;
 
 	// LB-Poisson Model parameters
 	if (electric_db->keyExists( "timestepMax" )){
@@ -55,13 +55,7 @@ void ScaLBL_Poisson::ReadParams(string filename){
 		chargeDen_dummy = electric_db->getScalar<double>( "DummyChargeDen" );
 	}
 	if (electric_db->keyExists( "WriteLog" )){
-		auto writelog = electric_db->getScalar<std::string>( "WriteLog" );
-        if (writelog !="True" && writelog !="False"){
-            ERROR("Error: LB-Poisson Solver: WriteLog cannot be identified! Uesage: WriteLog is either True or False.\n");
-        }
-        else if (writelog =="True"){
-            WriteLog = 1;
-        }
+		WriteLog = electric_db->getScalar<bool>( "WriteLog" );
 	}
 
     // Read solid boundary condition specific to Poisson equation
@@ -466,7 +460,7 @@ void ScaLBL_Poisson::Run(double *ChargeDensity){
 			psi_avg_previous = psi_avg;
         }
 	}
-    if(WriteLog==1){
+    if(WriteLog==true){
         getConvergenceLog(timestep,error);
     }
 
diff --git a/models/PoissonSolver.h b/models/PoissonSolver.h
index f4d2efd7..241e871a 100644
--- a/models/PoissonSolver.h
+++ b/models/PoissonSolver.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public:
     double epsilon0,epsilon0_LB,epsilonR,epsilon_LB;
     double Vin, Vout;
     double chargeDen_dummy;//for debugging
-    short WriteLog;
+    bool WriteLog;
 	
 	int Nx,Ny,Nz,N,Np;
 	int rank,nprocx,nprocy,nprocz,nprocs;