From edc8145d9a4d5dbcc58cdd56c2bd050534f35121 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Hierholzer <martin.hierholzer@desy.de>
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2016 14:17:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Remove the restriction which prevented connecting nodes of
 the same direction. This was an artificial restriction, since later checks
 make sure that the network has exactly one feeder.

---
 include/Accessor.h | 5 -----
 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/Accessor.h b/include/Accessor.h
index 25db1d97..60926247 100644
--- a/include/Accessor.h
+++ b/include/Accessor.h
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ namespace ChimeraTK {
   template< typename UserType >
   template< typename UserType_o >
   void Accessor<UserType>::connectTo(Accessor<UserType_o> &targetAccessor) {
-    assert( _direction != targetAccessor._direction );
     Application::getInstance().connectAccessors(*this, targetAccessor);
   }
 
@@ -139,7 +138,6 @@ namespace ChimeraTK {
 
   template< typename UserType >
   void Accessor<UserType>::feedToControlSystem(const std::string& name) {
-    assert( _direction == VariableDirection::feeding );
     VariableNetwork &network = Application::getInstance().findOrCreateNetwork(this);
     network.addAppNode(*this);
     network.addConsumingPublication(name);
@@ -149,7 +147,6 @@ namespace ChimeraTK {
 
   template< typename UserType >
   void Accessor<UserType>::consumeFromControlSystem(const std::string& name) {
-    assert( _direction == VariableDirection::consuming );
     VariableNetwork &network = Application::getInstance().findOrCreateNetwork(this);
     network.addAppNode(*this);
     network.addFeedingPublication(*this,name);
@@ -167,7 +164,6 @@ namespace ChimeraTK {
   template< typename UserType >
   void Accessor<UserType>::consumeFromDevice(const std::string &deviceAlias, const std::string &registerName,
       UpdateMode mode) {
-    assert( _direction == VariableDirection::consuming );
     VariableNetwork &network = Application::getInstance().findOrCreateNetwork(this);
     network.addAppNode(*this);
     network.addFeedingDeviceRegister(*this, deviceAlias, registerName, mode);
@@ -177,7 +173,6 @@ namespace ChimeraTK {
 
   template< typename UserType >
   void Accessor<UserType>::feedToDevice(const std::string &deviceAlias, const std::string &registerName) {
-    assert( _direction == VariableDirection::feeding );
     VariableNetwork &network = Application::getInstance().findOrCreateNetwork(this);
     network.addAppNode(*this);
     network.addConsumingDeviceRegister(deviceAlias, registerName);
-- 
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