From b11fdcca07734237a73a0a492b964e032a923dd0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Axel Huebl <axel.huebl@plasma.ninja>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2024 15:57:30 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] SoA: Public Getter for Names

Expose the names to public member functions.
---
 Src/Particle/AMReX_StructOfArrays.H | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Src/Particle/AMReX_StructOfArrays.H b/Src/Particle/AMReX_StructOfArrays.H
index 201cf340dc..c051ddeb7c 100644
--- a/Src/Particle/AMReX_StructOfArrays.H
+++ b/Src/Particle/AMReX_StructOfArrays.H
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <array>
+#include <stdexcept>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -52,6 +53,28 @@ struct StructOfArrays {
     /** Get access to the particle Int Arrays (only compile-time components) */
     [[nodiscard]] const std::array< IntVector,  NInt>& GetIntData  () const { return m_idata; }
 
+    /** Get the names for the real SoA components **/
+    [[nodiscard]] std::vector<std::string> GetRealNames () const
+    {
+        if (m_rdata_names) {
+            return *m_rdata_names;
+        }
+        else {
+            throw std::runtime_error("SoA: no Real names defined!");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** Get the names for the int SoA components **/
+    [[nodiscard]] std::vector<std::string> GetIntNames () const
+    {
+        if (m_idata_names) {
+            return *m_idata_names;
+        }
+        else {
+            throw std::runtime_error("SoA: no int names defined!");
+        }
+    }
+
     /** Get access to a particle Real component Array (compile-time and runtime component)
      *
      * @param index component with 0...NReal-1 compile-time and NReal... runtime arguments

From f5c73d860b3a6fbc726f37fcdaa1a89bbb35ae43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Axel Huebl <axel.huebl@plasma.ninja>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 10:48:27 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Return empty

---
 Src/Particle/AMReX_StructOfArrays.H | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Src/Particle/AMReX_StructOfArrays.H b/Src/Particle/AMReX_StructOfArrays.H
index c051ddeb7c..558255daed 100644
--- a/Src/Particle/AMReX_StructOfArrays.H
+++ b/Src/Particle/AMReX_StructOfArrays.H
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ struct StructOfArrays {
             return *m_rdata_names;
         }
         else {
-            throw std::runtime_error("SoA: no Real names defined!");
+            return std::vector<std::string>();
         }
     }
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ struct StructOfArrays {
             return *m_idata_names;
         }
         else {
-            throw std::runtime_error("SoA: no int names defined!");
+            return std::vector<std::string>();
         }
     }
 

From 225be7f4d61e2d5b6acd6a2033568bdb42e53e22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Axel Huebl <axel.huebl@plasma.ninja>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 10:48:42 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Return empty (include)

---
 Src/Particle/AMReX_StructOfArrays.H | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Src/Particle/AMReX_StructOfArrays.H b/Src/Particle/AMReX_StructOfArrays.H
index 558255daed..46d18a1715 100644
--- a/Src/Particle/AMReX_StructOfArrays.H
+++ b/Src/Particle/AMReX_StructOfArrays.H
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <array>
-#include <stdexcept>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>