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#define NEXUSFILE_HPP 1
#include <map>
#include <string>
#include <utility>
#include <vector>
#include "napi.h"
#ifdef _WIN32
#ifndef _MSC_VER
# define NXDLL_EXPORT
#else
# if IN_NEXUS_CPP_LIBRARY
# define NXDLL_EXPORT __declspec(dllexport)
# else
# define NXDLL_EXPORT __declspec(dllimport)
# endif
#endif /* _MSC_VER */
#else /* _WIN32 */
# define NXDLL_EXPORT
#endif /* _WIN32 */
/**
* \file NeXusFile.hpp Definition of the NeXus C++ API.
* \defgroup cpp_types C++ Types
* \defgroup cpp_core C++ Core
* \ingroup cpp_main
*/
namespace NeXus {
/**
* The primitive types published by this API.
* \li FLOAT32 float.
* \li FLOAT64 double
* \li INT8 int8_t
* \li UINT8 uint8_t
* \li INT16 int16_t
* \li UINT16 uint16_t
* \li INT32 int32_t
* \li UINT32 uint32_t
* \li INT64 int8_t if available on the machine
* \li UINT64 uint8_t if available on the machine
* \ingroup cpp_types
*/
enum NXnumtype {
FLOAT32 = NX_FLOAT32,
FLOAT64 = NX_FLOAT64,
INT8 = NX_INT8,
UINT8 = NX_UINT8,
// BOOLEAN = NX_BOOLEAN, // NX_BOOLEAN is currently broken
INT16 = NX_INT16,
UINT16 = NX_UINT16,
INT32 = NX_INT32,
UINT32 = NX_UINT32,
INT64 = NX_INT64,
UINT64 = NX_UINT64,
CHAR = NX_CHAR,
BINARY = NX_BINARY
};
/**
* The available compression types. These are all ignored in xml files.
* \li NONE no compression
* \li LZW Lossless Lempel Ziv Welch compression (recommended)
* \li RLE Run length encoding (only HDF-4)
* \li HUF Huffmann encoding (only HDF-4)
* \ingroup cpp_types
*/
enum NXcompression {
CHUNK = NX_CHUNK,
NONE = NX_COMP_NONE,
LZW = NX_COMP_LZW,
RLE = NX_COMP_RLE,
HUF = NX_COMP_HUF
};
/**
* Type definition for a type-keyed multimap
*/
typedef std::multimap<std::string, std::string> TypeMap;
/**
* This structure holds the type and dimensions of a primative field/array.
*/
struct Info{
/** The primative type for the field. */
NXnumtype type;
/** The dimensions of the file. */
std::vector<int64_t> dims;
};
/** Information about an attribute. */
struct AttrInfo{
/** The primative type for the attribute. */
NXnumtype type;
/** The length of the attribute. */
unsigned length;
/** The name of the attribute. */
std::string name;
};
/**
* The Object that allows access to the information in the file.
* \ingroup cpp_core
*/
class NXDLL_EXPORT File
{
private:
/** The handle for the C-API. */
NXhandle m_file_id;
/** should be close handle on exit */
bool m_close_handle;
public:
/**
* \return A pair of the next entry available in a listing.
*/
std::pair<std::string, std::string> getNextEntry();
/**
* \return Information about the next attribute.
*/
AttrInfo getNextAttr();
private:
/**
* This is a deprecated function.
* \param com The compression type.
*/
void compress(NXcompression comp);
/**
* Initialize the pending group search to start again.
*/
void initGroupDir();
/**
* Initialize the pending attribute search to start again.
*/
void initAttrDir();
/**
* Function to walk the file tree and fill in the TypeMap.
*
* \param path the current path in the file
* \param class_name the current NX class name
* \param tmap the typemap being constructed
*/
void walkFileForTypeMap(const std::string path, const std::string class_name, TypeMap &tmap);
/**
* Function to append new path to current one.
* \param currpath the current path to append to
* \param subpath the path to append to the current path
* \return the newly joined path
*/
const std::string makeCurrentPath(const std::string currpath, const std::string subpath);
/**
* Function to consolidate the file opening code for the various constructors
* \param filename The name of the file to open.
* \param access How to access the file.
*/
void initOpenFile(const std::string& filename, const NXaccess access = NXACC_READ);
public:
/**
* Create a new File.
*
* \param filename The name of the file to open.
* \param access How to access the file.
*/
File(const std::string& filename, const NXaccess access = NXACC_READ);
/**
* Create a new File.
*
* \param filename The name of the file to open.
* \param access How to access the file.
*/
File(const char *filename, const NXaccess access = NXACC_READ);
/**
* Use an existing handle returned from NXopen()
*
* \param handle Handle to connect to
* \param close_handle Should the handle be closed on destruction
*/
File(NXhandle handle, bool close_handle = false);
/** Destructor. This does close the file. */
~File();
/** Close the file before the constructor is called. */
void close();
/** Flush the file. */
void flush();
template<typename NumT>
void malloc(NumT*& data, const Info& info);
template<typename NumT>
void free(NumT*& data);
/**
* Create a new group.
*
* \param name The name of the group to create (i.e. "entry").
* \param class_name The type of group to create (i.e. "NXentry").
* \param open_group Whether or not to automatically open the group after
* creating it.
*/
void makeGroup(const std::string& name, const std::string& class_name,
bool open_group = false);
/**
* Open an existing group.
*
* \param name The name of the group to create (i.e. "entry").
* \param class_name The type of group to create (i.e. "NXentry").
*/
void openGroup(const std::string& name, const std::string& class_name);
/**
* Open the NeXus object with the path specified.
*
* \param path A unix like path string to a group or field. The path
* string is a list of group names and SDS names separated with a slash,
* '/' (i.e. "/entry/sample/name").
*/
void openPath(const std::string& path);
/**
* Open the group in which the NeXus object with the specified path exists.
*
* \param path A unix like path string to a group or field. The path
* string is a list of group names and SDS names separated with a slash,
* '/' (i.e. "/entry/sample/name").
*/
void openGroupPath(const std::string& path);
/**
* Get the path into the current file
* \return A unix like path string pointing to the current
* position in the file
*/
std::string getPath();
/**
* Close the currently open group.
*/
void closeGroup();
/**
* \copydoc NeXus::File::makeData(const std::string&, NXnumtype,
* const std::vector<int64_t>&, bool);
*/
void makeData(const std::string& name, NXnumtype type,
const std::vector<int>& dims, bool open_data = false);
/**
* Create a data field with the specified information.
*
* \param name The name of the field to create (i.e. "distance").
* \param type The primative type of the field (i.e. "NeXus::FLOAT32").
* \param dims The dimensions of the field.
* \param open_data Whether or not to open the data after creating it.
*/
void makeData(const std::string& name, NXnumtype type,
const std::vector<int64_t>& dims, bool open_data = false);
/**
* Create a 1D data field with the specified information.
*
* \param name The name of the field to create (i.e. "distance").
* \param type The primative type of the field (i.e. "NeXus::FLOAT32").
* \param length The number of elements in the field.
* \param open_data Whether or not to open the data after creating it.
*/
template <typename NumT>
void makeData(const std::string& name, const NXnumtype type,
const NumT length, bool open_data = false);
/**
* Create a 1D data field, insert the data, and close the data.
*
* \param name The name of the field to create.
* \param value The string to put into the file.
*/
void writeData(const std::string& name, const std::string& value);
/**
* Create a 1D data field, insert the data, and close the data.
*
* \param name The name of the field to create.
* \param value The string to put into the file.
*/
void writeData(const std::string& name, const char* value);
/**
* Create a 1D data field, insert the data, and close the data.
*
* \tparam NumT numeric data type of \a value
* \param name The name of the field to create.
* \param value The vector to put into the file.
*/
template <typename NumT>
void writeData(const std::string& name, const std::vector<NumT>& value);
/**
* Create a 1D data field, insert the data, and close the data.
*
* \tparam NumT numeric data type of \a value
* \param name The name of the field to create.
* \param value The value to put into the file.
*/
template <typename NumT>
void writeData(const std::string& name, const NumT& value);
/**
* Create a n-dimension data field, insert the data, and close the data.
*
* \param name The name of the field to create.
* \param value The data to put into the file.
* \param dims The dimensions of the data.
* \tparam NumT numeric data type of \a value
*/
template <typename NumT>
void writeData(const std::string& name, const std::vector<NumT>& value,
const std::vector<int>& dims);
/**
* Create a n-dimension data field, insert the data, and close the data.
*
* \param name The name of the field to create.
* \param value The data to put into the file.
* \param dims The dimensions of the data.
* \tparam NumT numeric data type of \a value
*/
template <typename NumT>
void writeData(const std::string& name, const std::vector<NumT>& value,
const std::vector<int64_t>& dims);
/** Create a 1D data field with an unlimited dimension, insert the data, and close the data.
*
* \tparam NumT numeric data type of \a value
* \param name :: The name of the field to create.
* \param value :: The vector to put into the file.
*/
template <typename NumT>
void writeExtendibleData(const std::string& name, std::vector<NumT>& value);
/** Create a 1D data field with an unlimited dimension, insert the data, and close the data.
*
* \tparam NumT numeric data type of \a value
* \param name :: The name of the field to create.
* \param value :: The vector to put into the file.
* \param chunkSize :: chunk size to use when writing
*/
template <typename NumT>
void writeExtendibleData(const std::string& name, std::vector<NumT>& value, const int64_t chunk);
/** Create a 1D data field with an unlimited dimension, insert the data, and close the data.
*
* \tparam NumT numeric data type of \a value
* \param name :: The name of the field to create.
* \param value :: The vector to put into the file.
* \param dims :: The dimensions of the data.
* \param chunk :: chunk size to use when writing
*/
template <typename NumT>
void writeExtendibleData(const std::string& name, std::vector<NumT>& value,
std::vector<int64_t>& dims, std::vector<int64_t> & chunk);
/** Updates the data written into an already-created
* data vector. If the data was created as extendible, it will be resized.
*
* \tparam NumT numeric data type of \a value
* \param name :: The name of the field to create.
* \param value :: The vector to put into the file.
*/
template <typename NumT>
void writeUpdatedData(const std::string& name, std::vector<NumT>& value);
/** Updates the data written into an already-created
* data vector. If the data was created as extendible, it will be resized.
*
* \tparam NumT numeric data type of \a value
* \param name :: The name of the field to create.
* \param value :: The vector to put into the file.
* \param dims :: The dimensions of the data.
*/
template <typename NumT>
void writeUpdatedData(const std::string& name, std::vector<NumT>& value,
std::vector<int64_t>& dims);
/**
* \copydoc makeCompData(const std::string&, const NXnumtype,
* const std::vector<int64_t>&, const NXcompression,
* const std::vector<int64_t>&, bool)
*/
void makeCompData(const std::string& name, const NXnumtype type,
const std::vector<int>& dims, const NXcompression comp,
const std::vector<int>& bufsize, bool open_data = false);
/**
* Create a field with compression.
*
* \param name The name of the data to create.
* \param type The primitive type for the data.
* \param dims The dimensions of the data.
* \param comp The compression algorithm to use.
* \param bufsize The size of the compression buffer to use.
* \param open_data Whether or not to open the data after creating it.
*/
void makeCompData(const std::string& name, const NXnumtype type,
const std::vector<int64_t>& dims, const NXcompression comp,
const std::vector<int64_t>& bufsize, bool open_data = false);
/**
* \copydoc writeCompData(const std::string & name,
* const std::vector<NumT> & value,
* const std::vector<int64_t> & dims, const NXcompression comp,
* const std::vector<int64_t> & bufsize)
*/
template <typename NumT>
void writeCompData(const std::string & name,
const std::vector<NumT> & value,
const std::vector<int> & dims, const NXcompression comp,
const std::vector<int> & bufsize);
/**
* Create a compressed data, insert the data, and close it.
*
* \param name The name of the data to create.
* \param value The vector to put into the file.
* \param dims The dimensions of the data.
* \param comp The compression algorithm to use.
* \param bufsize The size of the compression buffer to use.
* \tparam NumT numeric data type of \a value
*/
template <typename NumT>
void writeCompData(const std::string & name,
const std::vector<NumT> & value,
const std::vector<int64_t> & dims, const NXcompression comp,
const std::vector<int64_t> & bufsize);
/**
* \param name The name of the data to open.
*/
void openData(const std::string& name);
/**
* Close the currently open data.
*/
void closeData();
/**
* \param data The data to put in the file.
*/
void putData(const void* data);
/**
* \param data The data to put in the file.
* \tparam NumT numeric data type of \a data
*/
template <typename NumT>
void putData(const std::vector<NumT>& data);
/**
* Put the supplied data as an attribute into the currently open data.
*
* \param info Description of the attribute to add.
* \param data The attribute value.
*/
void putAttr(const AttrInfo& info, const void* data);
/**
* Put the supplied data as an attribute into the currently open data.
*
* \param name Name of the attribute to add.
* \param value The attribute value.
* \tparam NumT numeric data type of \a value
*/
template <typename NumT>
void putAttr(const std::string& name, const NumT value);
/**
* Put a string as an attribute in the file.
*
* \param name Name of the attribute to add.
* \param value The attribute value.
*/
void putAttr(const char* name, const char* value);
/**
* Put a string as an attribute in the file.
*
* \param name Name of the attribute to add.
* \param value The attribute value.
*/
void putAttr(const std::string& name, const std::string value);
/**
* \copydoc NeXus::File::putSlab(void* data, std::vector<int64_t>& start,
* std::vector<int64_t>& size)
*/
void putSlab(void* data, std::vector<int>& start,
std::vector<int>& size);
/**
* Insert an array as part of a data in the final file.
*
* \param data The array to put in the file.
* \param start The starting index to insert the data.
* \param size The size of the array to put in the file.
*/
void putSlab(void* data, std::vector<int64_t>& start,
std::vector<int64_t>& size);
/**
* \copydoc NeXus::File::putSlab(std::vector<NumT>& data, std::vector<int64_t>&,
* std::vector<int64_t>&)
*/
template <typename NumT>
void putSlab(std::vector<NumT>& data, std::vector<int>& start,
std::vector<int>& size);
/**
* Insert an array as part of a data in the final file.
*
* \param data The array to put in the file.
* \param start The starting index to insert the data.
* \param size The size of the array to put in the file.
* \tparam NumT numeric data type of \a data
*/
template <typename NumT>
void putSlab(std::vector<NumT>& data, std::vector<int64_t>& start,
std::vector<int64_t>& size);
/**
* \copydoc NeXus::File::putSlab(std::vector<NumT>&, int64_t, int64_t)
*/
template <typename NumT>
void putSlab(std::vector<NumT>& data, int start, int size);
/**
* Insert a number as part of a data in the final file.
*
* \param data The array to put in the file.
* \param start The starting index to insert the data.
* \param size The size of the array to put in the file.
* \tparam NumT numeric data type of \a data
*/
template <typename NumT>
void putSlab(std::vector<NumT>& data, int64_t start, int64_t size);
/**
* \return The id of the data used for linking.
*/
NXlink getDataID();
/**
* Create a link in the current location to the supplied id.
*
* \param link The object (group or data) in the file to link to.
*/
void makeLink(NXlink& link);
/**
* Create a link with a new name.
*
* \param name The name of this copy of the link.
* \param link The object (group or data) in the file to link to.
*/
void makeNamedLink(const std::string& name, NXlink& link);
/**
* Open the original copy of this group or data as declared by the
* "target" attribute.
*/
void openSourceGroup();
/**
* Put the currently open data in the supplied pointer.
*
* \param data The pointer to copy the data to.
*/
void getData(void* data);
/**
* Allocate memory and return the data as a vector. Since this
* does call "new vector<NumT>" the caller is responsible for
* calling "delete".
* \tparam NumT numeric data type of result
*
* \return The data as a vector.
*/
template <typename NumT>
std::vector<NumT> * getData();
/**
* Put data into the supplied vector. The vector does not need to
* be the correct size, just the correct type as it is resized to
* the appropriate value.
*
* \param data Where to put the data.
* \tparam NumT numeric data type of \a data
*/
template <typename NumT>
void getData(std::vector<NumT>& data);
/** Get data and coerce into an int vector.
*
* @throw Exception if the data is actually a float or
* another type that cannot be coerced to an int.
* @param data :: vector to be filled.
*/
void getDataCoerce(std::vector<int> &data);
/** Get data and coerce into a vector of doubles.
*
* @throw Exception if the data cannot be coerced to a double.
* @param data :: vector to be filled.
*/
void getDataCoerce(std::vector<double> &data);
/** Return true if the data opened is of one of the
* int data types, 32 bits or less.
*/
bool isDataInt();
/** Put data into the supplied vector. The vector does not need to
* be the correct size, just the correct type as it is resized to
* the appropriate value.
*
* The named data object is opened, loaded, then closed.
*
* @param dataName :: name of the data to open.
* @param data :: Where to put the data.
* \tparam NumT numeric data type of \a data
*/
template <typename NumT>
void readData(const std::string & dataName, std::vector<NumT>& data);
/** Put data into the supplied value.
*
* The named data object is opened, loaded, then closed.
*
* \param dataName :: name of the data to open.
* \param data :: Where to put the data.
* \tparam NumT numeric data type of \a data
*/
template <typename NumT>
void readData(const std::string & dataName, NumT & data);
/** Put data into the supplied string. The vector does not need to
* be the correct size, just the correct type as it is resized to
* the appropriate value.
*
* The named data object is opened, loaded, then closed.
*
* @param dataName :: name of the data to open.
* @param data :: Where to put the data.
*/
void readData(const std::string & dataName, std::string & data);
/**
* \return String data from the file.
*/
std::string getStrData();
/**
* \return The Info structure that describes the currently open data.
*/
Info getInfo();
/**
* Return the entries available in the current place in the file.
*/
std::map<std::string, std::string> getEntries();
/** Return the entries available in the current place in the file,
* but avoids the map copy of getEntries().
*
* \param result The map that will be filled with the entries
*/
void getEntries(std::map<std::string, std::string> & result);
/**
* \copydoc NeXus::File::getSlab(void*, const std::vector<int64_t>&,
* const std::vector<int64_t>&)
*/
void getSlab(void* data, const std::vector<int>& start,
const std::vector<int>& size);
/**
* Get a section of data from the file.
*
* \param data The pointer to insert that data into.
* \param start The offset into the file's data block to start the read
* from.
* \param size The size of the block to read from the file.
*/
void getSlab(void* data, const std::vector<int64_t>& start,
const std::vector<int64_t>& size);
/**
* \return Information about all attributes on the data that is
* currently open.
*/
std::vector<AttrInfo> getAttrInfos();
/**
* \return true if the current point in the file has the named attribute
* \param name the name of the attribute to look for.
*/
bool hasAttr(const std::string & name);
/**
* Get the value of the attribute specified by the AttrInfo supplied.
*
* \param info Designation of which attribute to read.
* \param data The pointer to put the attribute value in.
* \param length The length of the attribute. If this is "-1" then the
* information in the supplied AttrInfo object will be used.
*/
void getAttr(const AttrInfo& info, void* data, int length = -1);
/**
* Get the value of an attribute that is a scalar number.
*
* \param info Designation of which attribute to read.
* \tparam NumT numeric data type of result
*
* \return The attribute value.
*/
template <typename NumT>
NumT getAttr(const AttrInfo& info);
/**
* Get the value of an attribute that is a scalar number.
*
* \param[in] name Name of attribute to read
* \param[out] value The read attribute value.
* \tparam NumT numeric data type of \a value
*/
template <typename NumT>
void getAttr(const std::string& name, NumT& value);
/**
* Get the value of a string attribute.
*
* \param info Which attribute to read.
*
* \return The value of the attribute.
*/
std::string getStrAttr(const AttrInfo & info);
/**
* \return The id of the group used for linking.
*/
NXlink getGroupID();
/**
* Determine whether or not two links refer to the same data or group.
*
* \param first The first link information to compare.
* \param second The second link information to compare.
*
* \return True if the two point at the same data or group.
*/
bool sameID(NXlink& first, NXlink& second);
/**
* Diagnostic print of the link information.
*
* \param link The link to print to stdout.
*/
void printLink(NXlink & link);
/**
* Set the number format used for a particular type when using the
* xml base. This is ignore in the other bases.
*
* \param type The primitive type to set the format for.
* \param format The format to use.
*/
void setNumberFormat(NXnumtype& type, const std::string& format);
/**
* Find out the name of the file this object is holding onto.
*
* \param buff_length The size of the buffer to use for reading the name.
*
* \return The name of the file.
*/
std::string inquireFile(const int buff_length = NX_MAXPATHLEN);
/**
* Determine Whether or not a supplied group is external.
*
* \param name The name of the group to check.
* \param type The type of the group to check.
* \param buff_length The size of the buffer to use for reading the url.
*
* \return The url to the external group.
*/
std::string isExternalGroup(const std::string& name,
const std::string& type,
const unsigned buff_length = NX_MAXNAMELEN);
/**
* Create a link to a group in an external file.
*
* \param name The name for the group in this file.
* \param type The type for the group in this file.
* \param url The url to the group in the external file.
*/
void linkExternal(const std::string& name, const std::string& type,
const std::string& url);
/**
* This function checksi if we are in an open dataset
* \returns true if we are currently in an open dataset else false
*/
bool isDataSetOpen();
/**
* Create a multimap with the data types as keys and the associated paths as values.
*
* \return The multimap of the opened file.
*/
TypeMap *getTypeMap();
};
/**
* This function returns the NXnumtype given a concrete number.
* \tparam NumT numeric data type of \a number to check
*/
template <typename NumT>
NXDLL_EXPORT NXnumtype getType(NumT number = NumT());
};
#include "NeXusStream.hpp"
#endif
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