From 1decea54ab9cc55d7f1840496dc959749317e98f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xander <102053371+fractalsbyx@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 19:07:24 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] make loadVariableAttributes and
 loadPostProcessorVariableAttributes virtual

also make variableAttributeLoader attributes private (read-only through getter)
---
 include/core/variableAttributeLoader.h | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/core/variableAttributeLoader.h b/include/core/variableAttributeLoader.h
index 503b7605..dc9fcd47 100644
--- a/include/core/variableAttributeLoader.h
+++ b/include/core/variableAttributeLoader.h
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ class variableAttributeLoader
   /**
    * \brief User-facing method where the variable attributes are set.
    */
-  void
+  virtual void
   loadVariableAttributes();
 
   /**
    * \brief User-facing method where the postprocessing variable attributes are set.
    */
-  void
+  virtual void
   loadPostProcessorVariableAttributes();
 
   /**
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ class variableAttributeLoader
   [[nodiscard]] AttributesList
   get_pp_attributes() const;
 
+private:
   /**
    * \brief The solutions variable attributes
    */
@@ -220,7 +221,6 @@ class variableAttributeLoader
    */
   AttributesList *relevant_attributes = nullptr;
 
-private:
   /**
    * \brief Perform a suite of assertions on attributes and pp_attributes to ensure that
    * the user's inputs are well-formed