Merge pull request #10 from asceenl/master

Added setCoeff method

Fir1.cpp

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 #include <stdexcept>
 
 // give the filter an array of doubles for the coefficients
-Fir1::Fir1(double *_coefficients, unsigned number_of_taps) :
+Fir1::Fir1(const double *_coefficients,const unsigned number_of_taps) :
 	coefficients(new double[number_of_taps]),
 	buffer(new double[number_of_taps]()),
 	taps(number_of_taps) {
@@ -107,4 +107,13 @@ void Fir1::getCoeff(double* coeff_data, unsigned number_of_taps) const {
 	if (number_of_taps > taps)
 		memset(&coeff_data[taps], 0, (number_of_taps - taps)*sizeof(double));
 }
+void Fir1::setCoeff(const double* coeff_data, const unsigned number_of_taps) {
+
+	if (number_of_taps != taps) {
+		throw std::runtime_error("Invalid number of taps in new coefficient array");
+	}
+	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < number_of_taps; i++) {
+		coefficients[i] = coeff_data[i];
+	}
+}
 

Fir1.h

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class Fir1 {
 	 * \param coefficients Coefficients as double array.
          * \param number_of_taps Number of taps (needs to match the number of coefficients
          **/
-	Fir1(double *coefficients, unsigned number_of_taps);
+	Fir1(const double *coefficients,const unsigned number_of_taps);
 
 	/** Coefficients as a text file (for example from Python)
 	 * The number of taps is automatically detected
@@ -169,6 +169,18 @@ class Fir1 {
 	 */
 	void getCoeff(double* coeff_data, unsigned number_of_taps) const;
 
+  /**
+   * @brief Externally sets the coefficient array. This is useful when the
+   * actually running filter is at a different place as where the updating
+   * filter is employed.
+   *
+   * @param coeff_data New coefficients to set.
+   * @param number_of_taps Number of taps in the coefficient array. If this is
+   * not equal to the number of taps used in this filter, a runtime error is
+   * thrown.
+   */
+  void setCoeff(const double *coeff_data, const unsigned number_of_taps);
+
 	/**
 	 * Returns the coefficients as a vector
 	 **/