Name type.

Author: RubelMozumder

dev_tools/utils/nxdl_utils.py

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def decode_or_not(elem, encoding: str = "utf-8", decode: bool = True):
         try:
             return elem.decode(encoding)
         except UnicodeDecodeError as e:
-            raise ValueError("Error decoding bytes") from e
+            raise UnicodeDecodeError(f"Error decoding bytes: {e}")
 
     return elem
 
@@ -316,11 +316,19 @@ def is_name_type(child, name_type_value: str) -> bool:
         name_type_value (str): The nameType value to compare against ("any" or "partial").
 
     """
-    return child.attrib.get("nameType") == name_type_value or (
-        get_local_name_from_xml(child) == "group"
-        and "nameType" not in child.attrib
-        and "name" not in child.attrib
-    )
+    if (child.attrib.get("nameType") == name_type_value):
+        return True
+    
+
+    if name_type_value == "any" and(
+        get_local_name_from_xml(child) == "group" and
+            "nameType" not in child.attrib and
+            "name" not in child.attrib):
+        return True
+    return False
+
+
+
 
 
 def belongs_to(nxdl_elem, child, name, class_type=None, hdf_name=None):
@@ -850,7 +858,11 @@ def get_best_child(nxdl_elem, hdf_node, hdf_name, hdf_class_name, nexus_type):
             nexus_type != "group" or get_nx_class(child) == hdf_class_name
         ):
             name_any = is_name_type(child, "any")
+<<<<<<< Updated upstream
             name_partial = child.attrib.get("nameType") == "partial"
+=======
+            name_partial = is_name_type(child, "partial") 
+>>>>>>> Stashed changes
             if name_partial or name_any:
                 fit = get_nx_namefit(
                     hdf_name,