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GDALDriver Class Reference

Format specific driver. More...

`#include <gdal_priv.h>`

Inheritance diagram for GDALDriver:

## Public Member Functions
CPLErr | SetMetadataItem (const char *pszName, const char *pszValue, const char *pszDomain="") override
| Set single metadata item. More...
GDALDataset * | Create (const char *pszName, int nXSize, int nYSize, int nBands, GDALDataType eType, char **papszOptions) CPL_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
| Create a new dataset with this driver. More...
GDALDataset * | CreateMultiDimensional (const char *pszName, CSLConstList papszRootGroupOptions, CSLConstList papszOptions) CPL_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
| Create a new multidimensioanl dataset with this driver. More...
CPLErr | Delete (const char *pszName)
| Delete named dataset. More...
CPLErr | Rename (const char *pszNewName, const char *pszOldName)
| Rename a dataset. More...
CPLErr | CopyFiles (const char *pszNewName, const char *pszOldName)
| Copy the files of a dataset. More...
GDALDataset * | CreateCopy (const char *, GDALDataset *, int, char **, GDALProgressFunc pfnProgress, void *pProgressData) CPL_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
| Create a copy of a dataset. More...
Public Member Functions inherited from GDALMajorObject
int | GetMOFlags () const
| Returns the GMO_ flags. More...
void | SetMOFlags (int nFlagsIn)
| Assign GMO_flags. More...
virtual const char * | GetDescription () const
| Fetch object description. More...
virtual void | SetDescription (const char *)
| Set object description. More...
virtual char ** | GetMetadataDomainList ()
| Fetch list of metadata domains. More...
virtual char ** | GetMetadata (const char *pszDomain="")
| Fetch metadata. More...
virtual CPLErr | SetMetadata (char **papszMetadata, const char *pszDomain="")
| Set metadata. More...
virtual const char * | GetMetadataItem (const char *pszName, const char *pszDomain="")
| Fetch single metadata item. More...

## Static Public Member Functions
static CPLErr | QuietDelete (const char *pszName, const char *const *papszAllowedDrivers=nullptr)
| Delete dataset if found. More...
static GDALDriverH | ToHandle (GDALDriver *poDriver)
| Convert a GDALDriver* to a GDALDriverH. More...
static GDALDriver * | FromHandle (GDALDriverH hDriver)
| Convert a GDALDriverH to a GDALDriver*. More...
Static Public Member Functions inherited from GDALMajorObject
static GDALMajorObjectH | ToHandle (GDALMajorObject *poMajorObject)
| Convert a GDALMajorObject* to a GDALMajorObjectH. More...
static GDALMajorObject * | FromHandle (GDALMajorObjectH hMajorObject)
| Convert a GDALMajorObjectH to a GDALMajorObject*. More...

## Additional Inherited Members
Protected Member Functions inherited from GDALMajorObject
char ** | BuildMetadataDomainList (char **papszList, int bCheckNonEmpty,...) CPL_NULL_TERMINATED
| Helper function for custom implementations of GetMetadataDomainList() More...

## Detailed Description

Format specific driver.

An instance of this class is created for each supported format, and manages information about the format.

This roughly corresponds to a file format, though some drivers may be gateways to many formats through a secondary multi-library.

## Member Function Documentation

CPLErr GDALDriver::CopyFiles | ( | const char * | pszNewName,
|  | const char * | pszOldName
| ) |  |

Copy the files of a dataset.

Copy all the files associated with a dataset.

Equivalent of the C function GDALCopyDatasetFiles().

Parameters

  pszNewName | new name for the dataset.
  pszOldName | old name for the dataset.

Returns
  CE_None on success, or CE_Failure if the operation fails.

GDALDataset * GDALDriver::Create | ( | const char * | pszFilename,
|  | int | nXSize,
|  | int | nYSize,
|  | int | nBands,
|  | GDALDataType | eType,
|  | char ** | papszOptions
| ) |  |

Create a new dataset with this driver.

What argument values are legal for particular drivers is driver specific, and there is no way to query in advance to establish legal values.

That function will try to validate the creation option list passed to the driver with the GDALValidateCreationOptions() method. This check can be disabled by defining the configuration option GDAL_VALIDATE_CREATION_OPTIONS=NO.

After you have finished working with the returned dataset, it is required to close it with GDALClose(). This does not only close the file handle, but also ensures that all the data and metadata has been written to the dataset (GDALFlushCache() is not sufficient for that purpose).

In some situations, the new dataset can be created in another process through the GDAL API Proxy mechanism.

In GDAL 2, the arguments nXSize, nYSize and nBands can be passed to 0 when creating a vector-only dataset for a compatible driver.

Equivalent of the C function GDALCreate().

Parameters

  pszFilename | the name of the dataset to create. UTF-8 encoded.
  nXSize | width of created raster in pixels.
  nYSize | height of created raster in pixels.
  nBands | number of bands.
  eType | type of raster.
  papszOptions | list of driver specific control parameters. The APPEND_SUBDATASET=YES option can be specified to avoid prior destruction of existing dataset.

Returns
  NULL on failure, or a new GDALDataset.

GDALDataset * GDALDriver::CreateCopy | ( | const char * | pszFilename,
|  | GDALDataset * | poSrcDS,
|  | int | bStrict,
|  | char ** | papszOptions,
|  | GDALProgressFunc | pfnProgress,
|  | void * | pProgressData
| ) |  |

Create a copy of a dataset.

This method will attempt to create a copy of a raster dataset with the indicated filename, and in this drivers format. Band number, size, type, projection, geotransform and so forth are all to be copied from the provided template dataset.

Note that many sequential write once formats (such as JPEG and PNG) don't implement the Create() method but do implement this CreateCopy() method. If the driver doesn't implement CreateCopy(), but does implement Create() then the default CreateCopy() mechanism built on calling Create() will be used. So to test if CreateCopy() is available, you can test if GDAL_DCAP_CREATECOPY or GDAL_DCAP_CREATE is set in the GDAL metadata.

It is intended that CreateCopy() will often be used with a source dataset which is a virtual dataset allowing configuration of band types, and other information without actually duplicating raster data (see the VRT driver). This is what is done by the gdal_translate utility for example.

That function will try to validate the creation option list passed to the driver with the GDALValidateCreationOptions() method. This check can be disabled by defining the configuration option GDAL_VALIDATE_CREATION_OPTIONS=NO.

After you have finished working with the returned dataset, it is required to close it with GDALClose(). This does not only close the file handle, but also ensures that all the data and metadata has been written to the dataset (GDALFlushCache() is not sufficient for that purpose).

In some situations, the new dataset can be created in another process through the GDAL API Proxy mechanism.

Parameters

  pszFilename | the name for the new dataset. UTF-8 encoded.
  poSrcDS | the dataset being duplicated.
  bStrict | TRUE if the copy must be strictly equivalent, or more normally FALSE indicating that the copy may adapt as needed for the output format.
  papszOptions | additional format dependent options controlling creation of the output file. The APPEND_SUBDATASET=YES option can be specified to avoid prior destruction of existing dataset.
  pfnProgress | a function to be used to report progress of the copy.
  pProgressData | application data passed into progress function.

Returns
  a pointer to the newly created dataset (may be read-only access).

GDALDataset * GDALDriver::CreateMultiDimensional | ( | const char * | pszFilename,
|  | CSLConstList | papszRootGroupOptions,
|  | CSLConstList | papszOptions
| ) |  |

Create a new multidimensioanl dataset with this driver.

Only drivers that advertize the GDAL_DCAP_MULTIDIM_RASTER capability and implement the pfnCreateMultiDimensional method might return a non nullptr GDALDataset.

This is the same as the C function GDALCreateMultiDimensional().

Parameters

  pszFilename | the name of the dataset to create. UTF-8 encoded.
  papszRootGroupOptions | driver specific options regarding the creation of the root group. Might be nullptr.
  papszOptions | driver specific options regarding the creation of the dataset. Might be nullptr.

Returns
  a new dataset, or nullptr in case of failure.

Since
  GDAL 3.1

CPLErr GDALDriver::Delete | ( | const char * | pszFilename | ) |

Delete named dataset.

The driver will attempt to delete the named dataset in a driver specific fashion. Full featured drivers will delete all associated files, database objects, or whatever is appropriate. The default behaviour when no driver specific behaviour is provided is to attempt to delete all the files that are returned by GDALGetFileList() on the dataset handle.

It is unwise to have open dataset handles on this dataset when it is deleted.

Equivalent of the C function GDALDeleteDataset().

Parameters

  pszFilename | name of dataset to delete.

Returns
  CE_None on success, or CE_Failure if the operation fails.

static GDALDriver* GDALDriver::FromHandle | ( | GDALDriverH | hDriver | ) |
| inline static

Convert a GDALDriverH to a GDALDriver*.

Since
  GDAL 2.3

CPLErr GDALDriver::QuietDelete | ( | const char * | pszName,
|  | const char *const * | papszAllowedDrivers = `nullptr`
| ) |  |
| static

Delete dataset if found.

This is a helper method primarily used by Create() and CreateCopy() to predelete any dataset of the name soon to be created. It will attempt to delete the named dataset if one is found, otherwise it does nothing. An error is only returned if the dataset is found but the delete fails.

This is a static method and it doesn't matter what driver instance it is invoked on. It will attempt to discover the correct driver using Identify().

Parameters

  pszName | the dataset name to try and delete.
  papszAllowedDrivers | NULL to consider all candidate drivers, or a NULL terminated list of strings with the driver short names that must be considered.

Returns
  CE_None if the dataset does not exist, or is deleted without issues.

CPLErr GDALDriver::Rename | ( | const char * | pszNewName,
|  | const char * | pszOldName
| ) |  |

Rename a dataset.

Rename a dataset. This may including moving the dataset to a new directory or even a new filesystem.

It is unwise to have open dataset handles on this dataset when it is being renamed.

Equivalent of the C function GDALRenameDataset().

Parameters

  pszNewName | new name for the dataset.
  pszOldName | old name for the dataset.

Returns
  CE_None on success, or CE_Failure if the operation fails.

CPLErr GDALDriver::SetMetadataItem | ( | const char * | pszName,
|  | const char * | pszValue,
|  | const char * | pszDomain = `""`
| ) |  |
| override virtual

Set single metadata item.

The C function GDALSetMetadataItem() does the same thing as this method.

Parameters

  pszName | the key for the metadata item to fetch.
  pszValue | the value to assign to the key.
  pszDomain | the domain to set within, use NULL for the default domain.

Returns
  CE_None on success, or an error code on failure.

Reimplemented from GDALMajorObject.

static GDALDriverH GDALDriver::ToHandle | ( | GDALDriver * | poDriver | ) |
| inline static

Convert a GDALDriver* to a GDALDriverH.

Since
  GDAL 2.3

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

- gdal_priv.h
- gdaldriver.cpp