[MOAB-dev] Detecting file types

[Jed Brown]

On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:42:04 -0600, Steve Jackson <sjackson at cae.wisc.edu> wrote:
> Dagmc loads a file by calling MBInterface::load_file().  For several  
> reasons, dagmc wants to know what type of file is thus loaded, but  
> MBInterface does not provide an obvious way to find out.

Why specifically does it need to know?  This sort of problem is most
frequently a sign of putting logic in the wrong place, leading to
brittleness as you add/change implementations.

Jed