getListPointers to access internal data

Post/PViewDataList.cpp

@@ -960,14 +960,25 @@ std::vector<double> *PViewDataList::incrementList(int numComp, int type, int num
   return 0;
 }
 
-void PViewDataList::import(int N[24], std::vector<double> *V[24])
+void PViewDataList::importLists(int N[24], std::vector<double> *V[24])
 {
   for(int i = 0; i < 24; i++){
     std::vector<double> *list = 0;
     int *nbe = 0, nbc, nbn;
     _getRawData(i, &list, &nbe, &nbc, &nbn);
     *nbe = N[i];
-    *list = *V[i];
+    *list = *V[i]; // deep copy
   }
   finalize();
 }
+
+void PViewDataList::getListPointers(int N[24], std::vector<double> *V[24])
+{
+  for(int i = 0; i < 24; i++){
+    std::vector<double> *list = 0;
+    int *nbe = 0, nbc, nbn;
+    _getRawData(i, &list, &nbe, &nbc, &nbn);
+    N[i] = *nbe;
+    V[i] = list; // copy pointer only
+  }
+}

Post/PViewDataList.h

@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ class PViewDataList : public PViewData {
   // specific to list-based data sets
   void setOrder2(int type);
   std::vector<double> *incrementList(int numComp, int type, int numNodes = 0);
-  void import(int N[24], std::vector<double> *V[24]);
+  void importLists(int N[24], std::vector<double> *V[24]);
+  void getListPointers(int N[24], std::vector<double> *V[24]);
 
   // I/O routines
   bool readPOS(FILE *fp, double version, bool binary);