QGIS/python/core/qgsvectorfilewriter.sip

/** \ingroup core
  * A convenience class for writing vector files to disk.
 There are two possibilities how to use this class:
 1. static call to QgsVectorFileWriter::writeAsVectorFormat(...) which saves the whole vector layer
 2. create an instance of the class and issue calls to addFeature(...)
 */
class QgsVectorFileWriter
{
%TypeHeaderCode
#include <qgsvectorfilewriter.h>
#include <qgsfield.h>
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  public:
    enum OptionType
    {
      Set,
      String,
      Int,
      Hidden
    };

    class Option
    {
      public:
        Option( const QString& docString, QgsVectorFileWriter::OptionType type );
        virtual ~Option();

        QString docString;
        QgsVectorFileWriter::OptionType type;
    };

    class SetOption : QgsVectorFileWriter::Option
    {
      public:
        SetOption( const QString& docString, const QStringList& values, const QString& defaultValue, bool allowNone = false );

        QSet<QString> values;
        QString defaultValue;
        bool allowNone;
    };

    class StringOption: QgsVectorFileWriter::Option
    {
      public:
        StringOption( const QString& docString, const QString& defaultValue = QString() );

        QString defaultValue;
    };

    class IntOption: QgsVectorFileWriter::Option
    {
      public:
        IntOption( const QString& docString, int defaultValue );

        int defaultValue;
    };

    class BoolOption : QgsVectorFileWriter::SetOption
    {
      public:
        BoolOption( const QString& docString, bool defaultValue );
    };

    class HiddenOption : QgsVectorFileWriter::Option
    {
      public:
        HiddenOption( const QString& value );

        QString mValue;
    };

    struct MetaData
    {
      MetaData();

      MetaData( const QString& longName, const QString& trLongName, const QString& glob, const QString& ext, const QMap<QString, QgsVectorFileWriter::Option*>& driverOptions, const QMap<QString, QgsVectorFileWriter::Option*>& layerOptions, const QString& compulsoryEncoding = QString() );

      QString longName;
      QString trLongName;
      QString glob;
      QString ext;
      QMap<QString, QgsVectorFileWriter::Option*> driverOptions;
      QMap<QString, QgsVectorFileWriter::Option*> layerOptions;
      /** Some formats require a compulsory encoding, typically UTF-8. If no compulsory encoding, empty string */
      QString compulsoryEncoding;
    };

    enum WriterError
    {
      NoError,
      ErrDriverNotFound,
      ErrCreateDataSource,
      ErrCreateLayer,
      ErrAttributeTypeUnsupported,
      ErrAttributeCreationFailed,
      ErrProjection,
      ErrFeatureWriteFailed,
      ErrInvalidLayer,
    };

    enum SymbologyExport
    {
      NoSymbology, //export only data
      FeatureSymbology, //Keeps the number of features and export symbology per feature
      SymbolLayerSymbology //Exports one feature per symbol layer (considering symbol levels)
    };

    /** Interface to convert raw field values to their user-friendly value.
     * @note Added in QGIS 2.16
     */
    class FieldValueConverter
    {
      public:
        /** Constructor */
        FieldValueConverter();

        /** Destructor */
        virtual ~FieldValueConverter();

        /** Return a possibly modified field definition. Default implementation will return provided field unmodified.
         * @param field original field definition
         * @return possibly modified field definition
         */
        virtual QgsField fieldDefinition( const QgsField& field );

        /** Convert the provided value, for field fieldIdxInLayer. Default implementation will return provided value unmodified.
         * @param fieldIdxInLayer field index
         * @param value original raw value
         * @return possibly modified value.
         */
        virtual QVariant convert( int fieldIdxInLayer, const QVariant& value );
    };

    /** Write contents of vector layer to an (OGR supported) vector formt
     * @param layer layer to write
     * @param fileName file name to write to
     * @param fileEncoding encoding to use
     * @param destCRS pointer to CRS to reproject exported geometries to
     * @param driverName OGR driver to use
     * @param onlySelected write only selected features of layer
     * @param errorMessage pointer to buffer fo error message
     * @param datasourceOptions list of OGR data source creation options
     * @param layerOptions list of OGR layer creation options
     * @param skipAttributeCreation only write geometries
     * @param newFilename QString pointer which will contain the new file name created (in case it is different to fileName).
     * @param symbologyExport symbology to export
     * @param symbologyScale scale of symbology
     * @param filterExtent if not a null pointer, only features intersecting the extent will be saved (added in QGIS 2.4)
     * @param overrideGeometryType set to a valid geometry type to override the default geometry type for the layer. This parameter
     * allows for conversion of geometryless tables to null geometries, etc (added in QGIS 2.14)
     * @param forceMulti set to true to force creation of multi* geometries (added in QGIS 2.14)
     * @param includeZ set to true to include z dimension in output. This option is only valid if overrideGeometryType is set. (added in QGIS 2.14)
     * @param attributes attributes to export (empty means all unless skipAttributeCreation is set)
     * @param fieldValueConverter field value converter (added in QGIS 2.16)
     */
    static WriterError writeAsVectorFormat( QgsVectorLayer* layer,
                                            const QString& fileName,
                                            const QString& fileEncoding,
                                            const QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem *destCRS,
                                            const QString& driverName = "ESRI Shapefile",
                                            bool onlySelected = false,
                                            QString *errorMessage = 0,
                                            const QStringList &datasourceOptions = QStringList(),
                                            const QStringList &layerOptions = QStringList(),
                                            bool skipAttributeCreation = false,
                                            QString *newFilename = 0,
                                            SymbologyExport symbologyExport = NoSymbology,
                                            double symbologyScale = 1.0,
                                            const QgsRectangle* filterExtent = 0,
                                            QgsWKBTypes::Type overrideGeometryType = QgsWKBTypes::Unknown,
                                            bool forceMulti = false,
                                            bool includeZ = false,
                                            QgsAttributeList attributes = QgsAttributeList(),
                                            FieldValueConverter* fieldValueConverter = nullptr
                                          );

    /** Writes a layer out to a vector file.
     * @param layer layer to write
     * @param fileName file name to write to
     * @param fileEncoding encoding to use
     * @param ct pointer to coordinate transform to reproject exported geometries with
     * @param driverName OGR driver to use
     * @param onlySelected write only selected features of layer
     * @param errorMessage pointer to buffer fo error message
     * @param datasourceOptions list of OGR data source creation options
     * @param layerOptions list of OGR layer creation options
     * @param skipAttributeCreation only write geometries
     * @param newFilename QString pointer which will contain the new file name created (in case it is different to fileName).
     * @param symbologyExport symbology to export
     * @param symbologyScale scale of symbology
     * @param filterExtent if not a null pointer, only features intersecting the extent will be saved (added in QGIS 2.4)
     * @param overrideGeometryType set to a valid geometry type to override the default geometry type for the layer. This parameter
     * allows for conversion of geometryless tables to null geometries, etc (added in QGIS 2.14)
     * @param forceMulti set to true to force creation of multi* geometries (added in QGIS 2.14)
     * @param includeZ set to true to include z dimension in output. This option is only valid if overrideGeometryType is set. (added in QGIS 2.14)
     * @param attributes attributes to export (empty means all unless skipAttributeCreation is set)
     * @param fieldValueConverter field value converter (added in QGIS 2.16)
     * @note added in 2.2
     */
    static WriterError writeAsVectorFormat( QgsVectorLayer* layer,
                                            const QString& fileName,
                                            const QString& fileEncoding,
                                            const QgsCoordinateTransform* ct,
                                            const QString& driverName = "ESRI Shapefile",
                                            bool onlySelected = false,
                                            QString *errorMessage = 0,
                                            const QStringList &datasourceOptions = QStringList(),
                                            const QStringList &layerOptions = QStringList(),
                                            bool skipAttributeCreation = false,
                                            QString *newFilename = 0,
                                            SymbologyExport symbologyExport = NoSymbology,
                                            double symbologyScale = 1.0,
                                            const QgsRectangle* filterExtent = 0,
                                            QgsWKBTypes::Type overrideGeometryType = QgsWKBTypes::Unknown,
                                            bool forceMulti = false,
                                            bool includeZ = false,
                                            QgsAttributeList attributes = QgsAttributeList(),
                                            FieldValueConverter* fieldValueConverter = nullptr
                                          );

    /** Create a new vector file writer */
    QgsVectorFileWriter( const QString& vectorFileName,
                         const QString& fileEncoding,
                         const QgsFields& fields,
                         QGis::WkbType geometryType,
                         const QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem* srs,
                         const QString& driverName = "ESRI Shapefile",
                         const QStringList &datasourceOptions = QStringList(),
                         const QStringList &layerOptions = QStringList(),
                         QString *newFilename = nullptr,
                         SymbologyExport symbologyExport = NoSymbology
                       );

    /** Create a new vector file writer */
    QgsVectorFileWriter( const QString& vectorFileName,
                         const QString& fileEncoding,
                         const QgsFields& fields,
                         QgsWKBTypes::Type geometryType,
                         const QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem* srs,
                         const QString& driverName = "ESRI Shapefile",
                         const QStringList &datasourceOptions = QStringList(),
                         const QStringList &layerOptions = QStringList(),
                         QString *newFilename = nullptr,
                         SymbologyExport symbologyExport = NoSymbology
                       );

    /** Returns map with format filter string as key and OGR format key as value*/
    static QMap< QString, QString> supportedFiltersAndFormats();

    /** Returns driver list that can be used for dialogs. It contains all OGR drivers
     * + some additional internal QGIS driver names to distinguish between more
     * supported formats of the same OGR driver
     */
    static QMap< QString, QString> ogrDriverList();

    /** Returns filter string that can be used for dialogs*/
    static QString fileFilterString();

    /** Creates a filter for an OGR driver key*/
    static QString filterForDriver( const QString& driverName );

    /** Converts codec name to string passed to ENCODING layer creation option of OGR Shapefile*/
    static QString convertCodecNameForEncodingOption( const QString &codecName );

    /** Checks whether there were any errors in constructor */
    WriterError hasError();

    /** Retrieves error message */
    QString errorMessage();

    /** Add feature to the currently opened data source */
    bool addFeature( QgsFeature& feature, QgsFeatureRendererV2* renderer = 0, QGis::UnitType outputUnit = QGis::Meters );

    //! @note not available in python bindings
    // QMap<int, int> attrIdxToOgrIdx();

    /** Close opened shapefile for writing */
    ~QgsVectorFileWriter();

    /** Delete a shapefile (and its accompanying shx / dbf / prf)
     * @param theFileName /path/to/file.shp
     * @return bool true if the file was deleted successfully
     */
    static bool deleteShapeFile( const QString& theFileName );

    SymbologyExport symbologyExport() const;
    void setSymbologyExport( SymbologyExport symExport );

    double symbologyScaleDenominator() const;
    void setSymbologyScaleDenominator( double d );

    static bool driverMetadata( const QString& driverName, MetaData& driverMetadata );

  protected:
    //! @note not available in python bindings
    // OGRGeometryH createEmptyGeometry( QGis::WkbType wkbType );

  private:

    QgsVectorFileWriter( const QgsVectorFileWriter& rh );
};