app/django/contrib/gis/gdal/driver.py
author Pawel Solyga <Pawel.Solyga@gmail.com>
Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:26:40 +0000
changeset 485 2865922ea06a
parent 323 ff1a9aa48cfd
permissions -rw-r--r--
Change id to account in base.html template (without this change we couldn't signout using top right links and also couldn't display currently logged in account information on the left side of links). This patch is related to commit in revision r1022. http://code.google.com/p/soc/source/detail?r=1022 Patch by: Pawel Solyga

# prerequisites imports 
from ctypes import c_void_p
from django.contrib.gis.gdal.error import OGRException
from django.contrib.gis.gdal.prototypes.ds import \
    get_driver, get_driver_by_name, get_driver_count, get_driver_name, register_all

# For more information, see the OGR C API source code:
#  http://www.gdal.org/ogr/ogr__api_8h.html
#
# The OGR_Dr_* routines are relevant here.
class Driver(object):
    "Wraps an OGR Data Source Driver."

    # Case-insensitive aliases for OGR Drivers.
    _alias = {'esri' : 'ESRI Shapefile',
              'shp' : 'ESRI Shapefile',
              'shape' : 'ESRI Shapefile',
              'tiger' : 'TIGER',
              'tiger/line' : 'TIGER',
              }
                
    def __init__(self, dr_input):
        "Initializes an OGR driver on either a string or integer input."

        if isinstance(dr_input, basestring):
            # If a string name of the driver was passed in
            self._ptr = None # Initially NULL
            self._register()

            # Checking the alias dictionary (case-insensitive) to see if an alias
            #  exists for the given driver.
            if dr_input.lower() in self._alias:
                name = self._alias[dr_input.lower()]
            else:
                name = dr_input

            # Attempting to get the OGR driver by the string name.
            dr = get_driver_by_name(name)
        elif isinstance(dr_input, int):
            self._register()
            dr = get_driver(dr_input)
        elif isinstance(dr_input, c_void_p):
            dr = dr_input
        else:
            raise OGRException('Unrecognized input type for OGR Driver: %s' % str(type(dr_input)))

        # Making sure we get a valid pointer to the OGR Driver
        if not dr:
            raise OGRException('Could not initialize OGR Driver on input: %s' % str(dr_input))
        self._ptr = dr

    def __str__(self):
        "Returns the string name of the OGR Driver."
        return get_driver_name(self._ptr)

    def _register(self):
        "Attempts to register all the data source drivers."
        # Only register all if the driver count is 0 (or else all drivers
        # will be registered over and over again)
        if not self.driver_count: register_all()
                    
    # Driver properties
    @property
    def driver_count(self):
        "Returns the number of OGR data source drivers registered."
        return get_driver_count()