Method registerObservation

src/openms/source/METADATA/ID/IdentificationData.cpp:323–359

  }

  IdentificationData::ObservationRef
  IdentificationData::registerObservation(const Observation& obs)
  {
    if (!no_checks_)
    {
      // reference to spectrum or feature is required:
      if (obs.data_id.empty())
      {
        String msg = "missing identifier in observation";
        throw Exception::IllegalArgument(__FILE__, __LINE__,
                                         OPENMS_PRETTY_FUNCTION, msg);
      }
      // ref. to input file must be valid:
      if (!isValidReference_(obs.input_file, input_files_))
      {
        String msg = "invalid reference to an input file - register that first";
        throw Exception::IllegalArgument(__FILE__, __LINE__,
                                         OPENMS_PRETTY_FUNCTION, msg);
      }
    }

    // can't use "insertIntoMultiIndex_" because Observation doesn't have the
    // "steps_and_scores" member (from ScoredProcessingResult)
    auto result = observations_.insert(obs);
    if (!result.second) // existing element - merge in new information
    {
      observations_.modify(result.first, [&obs](Observation& existing)
                           {
                             existing.merge(obs);
                           });
    }
    // add address of new element to look-up table (for existence checks):
    observation_lookup_.insert(uintptr_t(&(*result.first)));

    // @TODO: add processing step? (currently not supported by Observation)
    return result.first;
  }


  IdentificationData::IdentifiedPeptideRef