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Fix whitespace handling in ProcessSystem stream references#62

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Fix whitespace handling in ProcessSystem stream references#62
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Motivation

  • ProcessSystem.resolveStreamReference accepted a reference string but only checked trim() for emptiness while still parsing the original untrimmed input, causing valid references with surrounding spaces (e.g. " feed " or " HP Sep. gasOut ") to fail resolution and produce wiring warnings or missing connections.
  • Users and JSON process definitions can easily include incidental whitespace; resolving these gracefully improves robustness of the JSON process builder and wiring logic.

Description

  • Normalize and trim the incoming reference at the start of resolveStreamReference and use normalizedRef for parsing.
  • Trim both unit and port tokens when splitting dot-notation references (e.g. unitName.port) so " HP Sep. gasOut " resolves correctly.
  • Added a regression test testBuildWithWhitespaceAroundStreamReference to JsonProcessBuilderTest that constructs a minimal ProcessSystem (a Stream + Separator) and asserts resolveStreamReference handles whitespace for plain and dot-notation references.
  • Committed the changes and updated the test sources to exercise resolveStreamReference directly.

Testing

  • Ran the targeted unit test: ./mvnw -q -Dtest=JsonProcessBuilderTest#testBuildWithWhitespaceAroundStreamReference test which passed after the fix.
  • Executed the full test class with ./mvnw -q -Dtest=JsonProcessBuilderTest test and confirmed the test class passed without failures.
  • The change is limited to parsing and unit tests; no other automated checks were modified.

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Pull request overview

Improves robustness of stream reference parsing by trimming surrounding whitespace in ProcessSystem.resolveStreamReference, with a regression test added to cover whitespace around stream references.

Changes:

  • Trim and normalize ref before parsing in ProcessSystem.resolveStreamReference.
  • Trim unit/port tokens for dot-notation references (unitName.port).
  • Add a unit test intended to cover whitespace handling around stream references.

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File Description
src/main/java/neqsim/process/processmodel/ProcessSystem.java Normalizes/trim stream reference strings before resolving units/ports.
src/test/java/neqsim/process/processmodel/JsonProcessBuilderTest.java Adds regression coverage for whitespace around stream reference strings.

Comment on lines 3931 to 3945
if (ref == null || ref.trim().isEmpty()) {
return null;
}
String normalizedRef = ref.trim();

String unitName;
String port = "outlet";

if (ref.contains(".")) {
String[] parts = ref.split("\\.", 2);
unitName = parts[0];
port = parts[1].toLowerCase();
if (normalizedRef.contains(".")) {
String[] parts = normalizedRef.split("\\.", 2);
unitName = parts[0].trim();
port = parts[1].trim().toLowerCase();
} else {
unitName = ref;
unitName = normalizedRef;
}
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JsonProcessBuilder has its own resolveStreamReference(String) implementation (in JsonProcessBuilder.java) that still parses the raw ref without trimming. As a result, JSON process definitions with surrounding whitespace in inlet refs will still fail to wire even after this change. To match the PR motivation, either (a) apply the same trim()/token-trim normalization in JsonProcessBuilder.resolveStreamReference, or (b) remove the duplicated logic and delegate to ProcessSystem.resolveStreamReference after the units are registered.

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Comment on lines +85 to +86
StreamInterface gasOutWithWhitespace = process.resolveStreamReference(" HP Sep. gasOut ");
assertNotNull(gasOutWithWhitespace,
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This test currently only asserts the dot-notation lookup is non-null. Because ProcessSystem.resolveStreamReference falls back to the unit’s default outlet (and for Separator that default is typically the gas outlet), the assertion can still pass even if whitespace around the port token isn’t handled correctly. To actually regression-test trimming of the port token, assert the resolved stream equals the expected port stream (e.g., use a liquidOut reference with surrounding spaces and assert it resolves to separator.getLiquidOutStream()), not just non-null.

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StreamInterface gasOutWithWhitespace = process.resolveStreamReference(" HP Sep. gasOut ");
assertNotNull(gasOutWithWhitespace,
StreamInterface liquidOutWithWhitespace =
process.resolveStreamReference(" HP Sep. liquidOut ");
assertEquals(separator.getLiquidOutStream(), liquidOutWithWhitespace,

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}

@Test
void testBuildWithWhitespaceAroundStreamReference() {
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The method name testBuildWithWhitespaceAroundStreamReference is misleading because this test does not build from JSON (it directly exercises ProcessSystem.resolveStreamReference). Consider renaming it to reflect what’s being verified (e.g., testResolveStreamReferenceTrimsWhitespace) to keep the test suite self-describing and aligned with the rest of this class’ testBuild... naming.

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void testBuildWithWhitespaceAroundStreamReference() {
void testResolveStreamReferenceTrimsWhitespace() {

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