expose handleInvalids further back so scripts can opt out when they u…

…se loadOperator

armi/bookkeeping/db/__init__.py

@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ def loadOperator(
     loadNode,
     statePointName=None,
     allowMissing=False,
+    handleInvalids=True,
 ):
     """
     Return an operator given the path to a database.
@@ -104,6 +105,8 @@ def loadOperator(
     allowMissing : bool
         Whether to emit a warning, rather than crash if reading a database
         with undefined parameters. Default False.
+    handleInvalids : bool
+        Whether to check for invlaid settings. Default True.
 
     See Also
     --------
@@ -145,14 +148,15 @@ def loadOperator(
         # init Case here as it keeps track of execution time and assigns a reactor
         # attribute. This attribute includes the time it takes to initialize the reactor
         # so creating a reactor from the database should be included.
-        cs = db.loadCS()
+        cs = db.loadCS(handleInvalids=handleInvalids)
         thisCase = cases.Case(cs)
 
         r = db.load(
             loadCycle,
             loadNode,
             statePointName=statePointName,
             allowMissing=allowMissing,
+            handleInvalids=handleInvalids,
         )
 
     o = thisCase.initializeOperator(r=r)

armi/bookkeeping/db/database.py

@@ -393,9 +393,14 @@ def fileName(self, fName):
             raise RuntimeError("Cannot change Database file name while it's opened!")
         self._fileName = fName
 
-    def loadCS(self):
+    def loadCS(self, handleInvalids=True):
         """Attempt to load settings from the database file.
 
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        handleInvalids : bool
+            Whether to check for invlaid settings. Default True.
+
         Notes
         -----
         There are no guarantees here. If the database was written from a different version of ARMI than you are using,
@@ -405,7 +410,9 @@ def loadCS(self):
         cs = settings.Settings()
         cs.caseTitle = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(self.fileName))[0]
         try:
-            cs.loadFromString(self.h5db["inputs/settings"].asstr()[()])
+            cs.loadFromString(
+                self.h5db["inputs/settings"].asstr()[()], handleInvalids=handleInvalids
+            )
         except KeyError:
             # not all paths to writing a database require inputs to be written to the
             # database. Technically, settings do affect some of the behavior of database
@@ -708,6 +715,7 @@ def load(
         bp=None,
         statePointName=None,
         allowMissing=False,
+        handleInvalids=True,
     ):
         """Load a new reactor from a DB at (cycle, node).
 
@@ -743,6 +751,8 @@ def load(
         allowMissing : bool, optional
             Whether to emit a warning, rather than crash if reading a database
             with undefined parameters. Default False.
+        handleInvalids : bool
+            Whether to check for invlaid settings. Default True.
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -751,7 +761,7 @@ def load(
         """
         runLog.info("Loading reactor state for time node ({}, {})".format(cycle, node))
 
-        cs = cs or self.loadCS()
+        cs = cs or self.loadCS(handleInvalids=handleInvalids)
         bp = bp or self.loadBlueprints()
 
         if node < 0: