fix interface for empty objects to minimal zeros

[aowen87]

The orig. interface to empty objects required the caller to pin-down a whole slew of args on each object's DBPut... call to get the call to proceed. It was inconvenient. Brian Ryujin has requested it be simplifed so that he can allow as many args as possible to just 'flow through' and set only one or two key args to indicate an object is empty

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Ticket number: 1550
Status: Resolved
Project: VisIt
Tracker: Bug
Priority: High
Subject: fix interface for empty objects to minimal zeros
Assigned to: Mark Miller
Category: -
Target version: 4.9.2
Author: Mark Miller
Start: 07/30/2013
Due date:
% Done: 0%
Estimated time: 10.00 hours
Created: 07/30/2013 06:11 pm
Updated: 11/07/2013 07:59 pm
Likelihood: 3 - Occasional
Severity: 2 - Minor Irritation
Found in version: 4.8
Impact:
Expected Use:
OS: All
Support Group: Any
Description:
The orig. interface to empty objects required the caller to pin-down a whole slew of args on each object's DBPut... call to get the call to proceed. It was inconvenient. Brian Ryujin has requested it be simplifed so that he can allow as many args as possible to just 'flow through' and set only one or two key args to indicate an object is empty

Comments:
I added time to time to complete because I found another set of issues to test and resolve