gdal.Driver
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.
Table of Contents
Methods
copyFiles
-
name_old -
name_new
Copy the files of a dataset.
Parameters:
-
name_oldStringNew name for the dataset.
-
name_newStringOld name of the dataset.
create
-
filename -
x_size=0 -
y_size=0 -
band_count=0 -
data_type=gdal.GDT_Byte -
creation_options
Create a new dataset with this driver.
Parameters:
-
filenameString -
[x_size=0]Integer optionalraster width in pixels (ignored for vector datasets)
-
[y_size=0]Integer optionalraster height in pixels (ignored for vector datasets)
-
[band_count=0]Integer optional -
[data_type=gdal.GDT_Byte]Integer optionalpixel data type (ignored for vector datasets) (see data types)
-
[creation_options]String[] | Object optionalAn array or object containing driver-specific dataset creation options
Returns:
gdal.Dataset
createCopy
-
filename -
src -
strict=false -
options=null
Create a copy of a dataset.
Parameters:
-
filenameString -
srcgdal.Dataset -
[strict=false]Boolean optional -
[options=null]String[] | Object optionalAn array or object containing driver-specific dataset creation options
Returns:
gdal.Dataset
deleteDataset
-
filename
Parameters:
-
filenameString
getMetadata
-
domain
Returns metadata about the driver.
Parameters:
-
[domain]String optional
Returns:
Object
Opens a dataset.
Parameters:
-
pathString -
[mode=`"r"`]String optionalThe mode to use to open the file:
"r"or"r+"
Returns:
rename
-
new_name -
old_name
Renames the dataset.
Parameters:
-
new_nameStringNew name for the dataset.
-
old_nameStringOld name of the dataset.