class ShapeFormat in Tinman.Terrain.Shapes

The supported 2D vector shape file formats.

abstract class

ShapeFormat

extends

FileFormat

Public / Constants

Any

The file format is unknown and will be determined automatically.

public static readonly field	Any
type	ShapeFormat

Remarks:

Use Next to walk through all registered formats.

CSH

The CSH shape file format ('Compiled SHape', proprietary).

public static readonly field	CSH
type	ShapeFormat

See also:

Shape.ReadCSH

SHP

The ESRI Shapefile format.

public static readonly field	SHP
type	ShapeFormat

Remarks:

The file ending *.shp indicates a shapefile. Georeferencing is provided by a file in the same directory, having the file ending *.prj. Metadata is provided by a file with the suffix *.dbf.

Public / Attributes

Description

Long description of this file format.

public virtual property	Description { get }
type	string
value	[not-null]	The description string.
inherited	FileFormat.Description

Name

The file format name.

public property	Name { get }
type	string
value	[not-null]	The file format name.
inherited	FileFormat.Name

Next

Returns the next file format.

[ThreadSafe]
public property	Next { get }
type	IFileFormat
value		The next file format or null.
inherited	FileFormat.Next

Remarks:

The first file format can be obtained from implementing classes. This property can be used to cycle all available file formats of the same type.

Type

The type of this file format (e.g. images, shapes, 3D models).

public property	Type { get }
type	string
value	[not-null]	The human-readable type name.
inherited	FileFormat.Type

Public / Methods

CanRead

Can this file format object be used to read the given path?

public virtual method	CanRead (string suffix, bool directory = false)
type	bool
params	suffix	[not-null]	The lower-case pathname suffix (without '.'). Will be empty if the path does not have a pathname suffix.
	directory		Does the path refer to a directory (true) or to a file (false)? Defaults to false.
returns			true if this file format can be used, false if not.
inherited	FileFormat.CanRead

CanReadFind

Returns the first file format in the chain (see IFileFormat) that can read the given path.

public method	CanReadFind (string suffix, bool directory = false)
type	IFileFormat
params	suffix	[not-null]	The lower-case pathname suffix (without '.'). Will be empty if the path does not have a pathname suffix.
	directory		Does the path refer to a directory (true) or to a file (false)? Defaults to false.
returns			The found file format or null.
inherited	FileFormat.CanReadFind

CanWrite

Can this file format object be used to write the given path?

public virtual method	CanWrite (string suffix)
type	bool
params	suffix	[not-null]	The lower-case pathname suffix (without '.'). Will be empty if the path does not have a pathname suffix.
returns			true if this file format can be used, false if not.
inherited	FileFormat.CanWrite

ForName

Returns a shape file format by its Name.

public static method	ForName (string name)
type	ShapeFormat
params	name	[not-empty]	The shape file format name.
returns		[not-null]	The shape file format or Any if not found.

PleaseIncludeInBinaryThanks

This is a no-op method that forces the compiler / linker to include this type in the resulting binary.

public virtual method	PleaseIncludeInBinaryThanks ()
inherited	FileFormat.PleaseIncludeInBinaryThanks

Remarks:

Calling this stub method makes sure that all lazy constructor calls have been made.

To initialize everything, an application needs to call this method on its root module(s) (see TinmanModule), followed by a call to PleaseIncludeInBinaryThanksAll.

ReadShapes

Reads the given shape.

[OwnerReturn]
public abstract method	ReadShapes (IFileData data, ReadShapeFlags flags)
type	IShapeReader
params	data	[not-null]	The shape data provider.
	flags		The reader flags.
returns		[not-null]	The IShapeReader for reading the shape data.

ToString

[Pure]
public override method	ToString ()
type	string
inherited	FileFormat.ToString

Protected / Attributes

IsRegistered

Has this file format been registered?

protected property	IsRegistered { get }
type	bool
value		true if this file format has been registered, false if not.
inherited	FileFormat.IsRegistered

See also:

FileFormat.Register

Protected / Constructors

ShapeFormat

Creates a new instance of ShapeFormat.

protected constructor	ShapeFormat (string name, string description, bool isAny = false)
params	name	[not-empty]	Value for Name
	description	[not-empty]	Value for Description
	isAny		Is this an automatic file format?

Protected / Methods

NameFind

Finds the IFileFormat that has the given name.

protected method	NameFind (string name)
type	IFileFormat
params	name	[not-empty]	The file format name.
returns			The found file format or null.
inherited	FileFormat.NameFind

Register

Appends this file format to the chain of the given file format.

[ThreadSafe]
protected method	Register (FileFormat any)
params	any	[not-null]	The file format chain to append to.
inherited	FileFormat.Register

ThrowIfNotRegistered

protected method	ThrowIfNotRegistered ()
inherited	FileFormat.ThrowIfNotRegistered