From 22f3309450f065371106ac61360ab1bc18ae204f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Axel Huebl <axel.huebl@plasma.ninja>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 11:28:41 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: Read `ParticlePatches` Attr

`ParticlePatches` are no openPMD records but a special group.
It does not need required record components such as `unitDimension`.
---
 src/backend/PatchRecord.cpp | 18 ------------------
 1 file changed, 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/PatchRecord.cpp b/src/backend/PatchRecord.cpp
index 9b87835194..967f5d300f 100644
--- a/src/backend/PatchRecord.cpp
+++ b/src/backend/PatchRecord.cpp
@@ -60,24 +60,6 @@ void PatchRecord::flush_impl(
 
 void PatchRecord::read()
 {
-    Parameter<Operation::READ_ATT> aRead;
-    aRead.name = "unitDimension";
-    IOHandler()->enqueue(IOTask(this, aRead));
-    IOHandler()->flush(internal::defaultFlushParams);
-
-    if (auto val =
-            Attribute(*aRead.resource).getOptional<std::array<double, 7> >();
-        val.has_value())
-        this->setAttribute("unitDimension", val.value());
-    else
-        throw error::ReadError(
-            error::AffectedObject::Attribute,
-            error::Reason::UnexpectedContent,
-            {},
-            "Unexpected Attribute datatype for 'unitDimension' (expected an "
-            "array of seven floating point numbers, found " +
-                datatypeToString(Attribute(*aRead.resource).dtype) + ")");
-
     Parameter<Operation::LIST_DATASETS> dList;
     IOHandler()->enqueue(IOTask(this, dList));
     IOHandler()->flush(internal::defaultFlushParams);