From a148c958bf18931fc77358397f09b711aedaabba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Antoine Karcher <antoine.karcher@ansys.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 15:50:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] expose cast for fields container

---
 src/ansys/dpf/core/any.py |  6 ++++++
 tests/test_any.py         | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/ansys/dpf/core/any.py b/src/ansys/dpf/core/any.py
index ad60e8b983..aec71d740a 100644
--- a/src/ansys/dpf/core/any.py
+++ b/src/ansys/dpf/core/any.py
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ def _type_to_new_from_get_as_method(self, obj):
             data_tree,
             custom_type_field,
             collection,
+            fields_container
         )
 
         if issubclass(obj, int):
@@ -190,6 +191,11 @@ def _type_to_new_from_get_as_method(self, obj):
                 self._api.any_new_from_int_collection,
                 self._api.any_get_as_int_collection,
             )
+        elif issubclass(obj, fields_container.FieldsContainer):
+            return (
+                self._api.any_new_from_fields_container,
+                self._api.any_get_as_fields_container
+            )
 
     @staticmethod
     def new_from(obj, server=None):
diff --git a/tests/test_any.py b/tests/test_any.py
index bf3897fe1f..e00aad6b53 100644
--- a/tests/test_any.py
+++ b/tests/test_any.py
@@ -120,3 +120,13 @@ def test_cast_scoping_any(server_type):
     new_entity = any_dpf.cast()
 
     assert entity.location == new_entity.location
+
+@conftest.raises_for_servers_version_under("7.0")
+def test_cast_fields_container_any(server_type):
+    fc = dpf.FieldsContainer(server=server_type)
+    fc.labels = ["time"]
+    fc.add_field({"time": 0}, dpf.Field(nentities=5,server=server_type))
+    any_dpf = dpf.Any.new_from(fc)
+    
+    entity: dpf.FieldsContainer = any_dpf.cast()
+    assert entity.get_field({"time":0}).size == 5
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From cd3964ae2be56c3ba95ca4d6a92d7a37bbafa49a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Antoine Karcher <antoine.karcher@ansys.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 16:12:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] update test

---
 tests/test_any.py | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests/test_any.py b/tests/test_any.py
index e00aad6b53..f666ea6914 100644
--- a/tests/test_any.py
+++ b/tests/test_any.py
@@ -125,8 +125,11 @@ def test_cast_scoping_any(server_type):
 def test_cast_fields_container_any(server_type):
     fc = dpf.FieldsContainer(server=server_type)
     fc.labels = ["time"]
-    fc.add_field({"time": 0}, dpf.Field(nentities=5,server=server_type))
+
+    field1 = dpf.Field(nentities=2,server=server_type)
+    field1.data = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
+    fc.add_field({"time": 0}, field1)
     any_dpf = dpf.Any.new_from(fc)
     
     entity: dpf.FieldsContainer = any_dpf.cast()
-    assert entity.get_field({"time":0}).size == 5
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+    assert entity.get_field({"time":0}).size == 6
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