API for adding log entries to LVS and L2N databases

src/db/db/gsiDeclDbLayoutToNetlist.cc

@@ -1118,6 +1118,14 @@ Class<db::LayoutToNetlist> decl_dbLayoutToNetlist ("db", "LayoutToNetlist",
     "@brief Reads the extracted netlist from the file.\n"
     "This method employs the native format of KLayout.\n"
   ) +
+  gsi::method ("clear_log_entries", &db::LayoutToNetlist::clear_log_entries,
+    "@brief Clears the log entries.\n"
+    "This method has been introduced in version 0.30.2"
+  ) +
+  gsi::method ("add_log_entry", &db::LayoutToNetlist::log_entry, gsi::arg ("entry"),
+    "@brief Adds a log entry.\n"
+    "This method has been introduced in version 0.30.2"
+  ) +
   gsi::iterator ("each_log_entry|#each_error", &db::LayoutToNetlist::begin_log_entries, &db::LayoutToNetlist::end_log_entries,
     "@brief Iterates over all log entries collected during device and netlist extraction.\n"
     "This method has been introduced in version 0.28.13."

testdata/ruby/dbLayoutToNetlist.rb

@@ -1121,6 +1121,23 @@ END
     assert_equal(le[2].to_s, "warning")
     assert_equal(le[3].to_s, "error")
 
+    le = RBA::LogEntryData::new
+    le.severity = RBA::LogEntryData::Error
+    le.message = "A new entry"
+    le.geometry = RBA::DPolygon::new(RBA::DBox::new(0, 1, 2, 3))
+    le.cell_name = "MYCELL"
+    le.category_name = "CAT"
+    le.category_description = "Cat Desc"
+    l2n.add_log_entry(le)
+
+    le = l2n.each_log_entry.collect { |s| s.to_s }
+    assert_equal(le.size, 5)
+    assert_equal(le[4].to_s, "[Cat Desc] In cell MYCELL: A new entry, shape: (0,1;0,3;2,3;2,1)")
+
+    l2n.clear_log_entries
+    le = l2n.each_log_entry.collect { |s| s.to_s }
+    assert_equal(le.size, 0)
+
   end
 
   def test_22_Layers