Add Xpress 9.8+ API support with backward compatibility #542
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Summary
This PR updates the linopy Xpress solver integration to support the new Python API introduced in Xpress 9.8+, while maintaining full backward compatibility with Xpress 9.6+ through fallback mechanisms.
Changes
1. API Method Migration (
linopy/solvers.py)All method calls updated with try/except blocks for backward compatibility:
m.read()→m.readProb()m.setlogfile()→m.setLogFile()m.readbasis()→m.readBasis()m.writebasis()→m.writeBasis()m.writebinsol()→m.writeBinSol()m.postsolve()→m.postSolve()m.getnamelist()→m.getNameList()m.getDual()→m.getDuals()2. Status Handling Improvements (
linopy/solvers.py)xpress.SolStatusenum constantsxpress.enums.SolveStatus.STOPPED3. Exception Handling (
linopy/solvers.py)Exceptioncatching with specificxpress.SolverErrorandxpress.ModelError4. IIS (Irreducible Infeasible Subset) Detection (
linopy/model.py)solver_model.iisall()→solver_model.IISAll()with fallbacksolver_model.getiisdata()→solver_model.getIISData()with fallback5. Unicode Handling (
linopy/constraints.py)6. Documentation Updates
doc/index.rstanddoc/prerequisites.rstTesting
Test Environment
Test Results