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QgsVectorFileWriter Class Reference

A convenience class for writing vector files to disk. More...

#include <qgsvectorfilewriter.h>

Classes

class  BoolOption
 
class  HiddenOption
 
class  IntOption
 
struct  MetaData
 
class  Option
 
class  SetOption
 
class  StringOption
 

Public Types

enum  OptionType { Set, String, Int, Hidden }
 
enum  SymbologyExport { NoSymbology = 0, FeatureSymbology, SymbolLayerSymbology }
 
enum  WriterError {
  NoError = 0, ErrDriverNotFound, ErrCreateDataSource, ErrCreateLayer,
  ErrAttributeTypeUnsupported, ErrAttributeCreationFailed, ErrProjection, ErrFeatureWriteFailed,
  ErrInvalidLayer
}
 

Public Member Functions

 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. More...
 
 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)
 Create a new vector file writer. More...
 
 ~QgsVectorFileWriter ()
 Close opened shapefile for writing. More...
 
bool addFeature (QgsFeature &feature, QgsFeatureRendererV2 *renderer=nullptr, QGis::UnitType outputUnit=QGis::Meters)
 Add feature to the currently opened data source. More...
 
QMap< int, int > attrIdxToOgrIdx ()
 
QString errorMessage ()
 Retrieves error message. More...
 
WriterError hasError ()
 Checks whether there were any errors in constructor. More...
 
void setSymbologyExport (SymbologyExport symExport)
 
void setSymbologyScaleDenominator (double d)
 
SymbologyExport symbologyExport () const
 
double symbologyScaleDenominator () const
 

Static Public Member Functions

static QString convertCodecNameForEncodingOption (const QString &codecName)
 Converts codec name to string passed to ENCODING layer creation option of OGR Shapefile. More...
 
static bool deleteShapeFile (const QString &theFileName)
 Delete a shapefile (and its accompanying shx / dbf / prf) More...
 
static bool driverMetadata (const QString &driverName, MetaData &driverMetadata)
 
static QString fileFilterString ()
 Returns filter string that can be used for dialogs. More...
 
static QString filterForDriver (const QString &driverName)
 Creates a filter for an OGR driver key. More...
 
static QMap< QString, QStringogrDriverList ()
 Returns driver list that can be used for dialogs. More...
 
static OGRwkbGeometryType ogrTypeFromWkbType (QgsWKBTypes::Type type)
 Get the ogr geometry type from an internal QGIS wkb type enum. More...
 
static QMap< QString, QStringsupportedFiltersAndFormats ()
 Returns map with format filter string as key and OGR format key as value. More...
 
static WriterError writeAsVectorFormat (QgsVectorLayer *layer, const QString &fileName, const QString &fileEncoding, const QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem *destCRS, const QString &driverName="ESRI Shapefile", bool onlySelected=false, QString *errorMessage=nullptr, const QStringList &datasourceOptions=QStringList(), const QStringList &layerOptions=QStringList(), bool skipAttributeCreation=false, QString *newFilename=nullptr, SymbologyExport symbologyExport=NoSymbology, double symbologyScale=1.0, const QgsRectangle *filterExtent=nullptr, QgsWKBTypes::Type overrideGeometryType=QgsWKBTypes::Unknown, bool forceMulti=false, bool includeZ=false)
 Write contents of vector layer to an (OGR supported) vector formt. More...
 
static WriterError writeAsVectorFormat (QgsVectorLayer *layer, const QString &fileName, const QString &fileEncoding, const QgsCoordinateTransform *ct, const QString &driverName="ESRI Shapefile", bool onlySelected=false, QString *errorMessage=nullptr, const QStringList &datasourceOptions=QStringList(), const QStringList &layerOptions=QStringList(), bool skipAttributeCreation=false, QString *newFilename=nullptr, SymbologyExport symbologyExport=NoSymbology, double symbologyScale=1.0, const QgsRectangle *filterExtent=nullptr, QgsWKBTypes::Type overrideGeometryType=QgsWKBTypes::Unknown, bool forceMulti=false, bool includeZ=false)
 Writes a layer out to a vector file. More...
 

Protected Member Functions

OGRGeometryH createEmptyGeometry (QgsWKBTypes::Type wkbType)
 

Protected Attributes

QMap< int, int > mAttrIdxToOgrIdx
 Map attribute indizes to OGR field indexes. More...
 
QTextCodecmCodec
 
OGRDataSourceH mDS
 
WriterError mError
 Contains error value if construction was not successful. More...
 
QString mErrorMessage
 
QgsFields mFields
 
OGRGeometryH mGeom
 
OGRLayerH mLayer
 
QString mOgrDriverName
 
OGRSpatialReferenceH mOgrRef
 
SymbologyExport mSymbologyExport
 
double mSymbologyScaleDenominator
 Scale for symbology export (e.g. More...
 
QgsWKBTypes::Type mWkbType
 Geometry type which is being used. More...
 

Detailed Description

A convenience class for writing vector files to disk.

There are two possibilities how to use this class:

  1. static call to QgsVectorFileWriter::writeAsShapefile(...) which saves the whole vector layer
  2. create an instance of the class and issue calls to addFeature(...)

Currently supports only writing to shapefiles, but shouldn't be a problem to add capability to support other OGR-writable formats.

Definition at line 42 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.h.

Member Enumeration Documentation

Enumerator
Set 
String 
Int 
Hidden 

Definition at line 45 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.h.

Enumerator
NoSymbology 
FeatureSymbology 
SymbolLayerSymbology 

Definition at line 156 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.h.

Enumerator
NoError 
ErrDriverNotFound 
ErrCreateDataSource 
ErrCreateLayer 
ErrAttributeTypeUnsupported 
ErrAttributeCreationFailed 
ErrProjection 
ErrFeatureWriteFailed 
ErrInvalidLayer 

Definition at line 143 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

QgsVectorFileWriter::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.

Definition at line 56 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.cpp.

QgsVectorFileWriter::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,
QgsVectorFileWriter::SymbologyExport  symbologyExport = NoSymbology 
)

Create a new vector file writer.

Definition at line 81 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.cpp.

QgsVectorFileWriter::~QgsVectorFileWriter ( )

Close opened shapefile for writing.

Definition at line 1959 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.cpp.

Member Function Documentation

bool QgsVectorFileWriter::addFeature ( QgsFeature feature,
QgsFeatureRendererV2 renderer = nullptr,
QGis::UnitType  outputUnit = QGis::Meters 
)

Add feature to the currently opened data source.

Definition at line 1666 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.cpp.

QMap<int, int> QgsVectorFileWriter::attrIdxToOgrIdx ( )
inline
Note
not available in python bindings

Definition at line 296 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.h.

QString QgsVectorFileWriter::convertCodecNameForEncodingOption ( const QString codecName)
static

Converts codec name to string passed to ENCODING layer creation option of OGR Shapefile.

Definition at line 2425 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.cpp.

OGRGeometryH QgsVectorFileWriter::createEmptyGeometry ( QgsWKBTypes::Type  wkbType)
protected
Note
not available in python bindings

Definition at line 531 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.cpp.

bool QgsVectorFileWriter::deleteShapeFile ( const QString theFileName)
static

Delete a shapefile (and its accompanying shx / dbf / prf)

Parameters
theFileName/path/to/file.shp
Returns
bool true if the file was deleted successfully

Definition at line 2267 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.cpp.

bool QgsVectorFileWriter::driverMetadata ( const QString driverName,
QgsVectorFileWriter::MetaData driverMetadata 
)
static

Definition at line 1625 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.cpp.

QString QgsVectorFileWriter::errorMessage ( )

Retrieves error message.

Definition at line 1661 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.cpp.

QString QgsVectorFileWriter::fileFilterString ( )
static

Returns filter string that can be used for dialogs.

Definition at line 2398 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.cpp.

QString QgsVectorFileWriter::filterForDriver ( const QString driverName)
static

Creates a filter for an OGR driver key.

Definition at line 2413 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.cpp.

QgsVectorFileWriter::WriterError QgsVectorFileWriter::hasError ( )

Checks whether there were any errors in constructor.

Definition at line 1656 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.cpp.

QMap< QString, QString > QgsVectorFileWriter::ogrDriverList ( )
static

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

Definition at line 2326 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.cpp.

OGRwkbGeometryType QgsVectorFileWriter::ogrTypeFromWkbType ( QgsWKBTypes::Type  type)
static

Get the ogr geometry type from an internal QGIS wkb type enum.

Will drop M values and convert Z to 2.5D where required.

Note
not available in python bindings

Definition at line 1643 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.cpp.

void QgsVectorFileWriter::setSymbologyExport ( SymbologyExport  symExport)
inline

Definition at line 308 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.h.

void QgsVectorFileWriter::setSymbologyScaleDenominator ( double  d)

Definition at line 2293 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.cpp.

QMap< QString, QString > QgsVectorFileWriter::supportedFiltersAndFormats ( )
static

Returns map with format filter string as key and OGR format key as value.

Definition at line 2299 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.cpp.

SymbologyExport QgsVectorFileWriter::symbologyExport ( ) const
inline

Definition at line 307 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.h.

double QgsVectorFileWriter::symbologyScaleDenominator ( ) const
inline

Definition at line 310 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.h.

QgsVectorFileWriter::WriterError QgsVectorFileWriter::writeAsVectorFormat ( QgsVectorLayer layer,
const QString fileName,
const QString fileEncoding,
const QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem destCRS,
const QString driverName = "ESRI Shapefile",
bool  onlySelected = false,
QString errorMessage = nullptr,
const QStringList datasourceOptions = QStringList(),
const QStringList layerOptions = QStringList(),
bool  skipAttributeCreation = false,
QString newFilename = nullptr,
SymbologyExport  symbologyExport = NoSymbology,
double  symbologyScale = 1.0,
const QgsRectangle filterExtent = nullptr,
QgsWKBTypes::Type  overrideGeometryType = QgsWKBTypes::Unknown,
bool  forceMulti = false,
bool  includeZ = false 
)
static

Write contents of vector layer to an (OGR supported) vector formt.

Parameters
layerlayer to write
fileNamefile name to write to
fileEncodingencoding to use
destCRSpointer to CRS to reproject exported geometries to
driverNameOGR driver to use
onlySelectedwrite only selected features of layer
errorMessagepointer to buffer fo error message
datasourceOptionslist of OGR data source creation options
layerOptionslist of OGR layer creation options
skipAttributeCreationonly write geometries
newFilenameQString pointer which will contain the new file name created (in case it is different to fileName).
symbologyExportsymbology to export
symbologyScalescale of symbology
filterExtentif not a null pointer, only features intersecting the extent will be saved (added in QGIS 2.4)
overrideGeometryTypeset 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)
forceMultiset to true to force creation of multi* geometries (added in QGIS 2.14)
includeZset to true to include z dimension in output. This option is only valid if overrideGeometryType is set. (added in QGIS 2.14)

Definition at line 1978 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.cpp.

QgsVectorFileWriter::WriterError QgsVectorFileWriter::writeAsVectorFormat ( QgsVectorLayer layer,
const QString fileName,
const QString fileEncoding,
const QgsCoordinateTransform ct,
const QString driverName = "ESRI Shapefile",
bool  onlySelected = false,
QString errorMessage = nullptr,
const QStringList datasourceOptions = QStringList(),
const QStringList layerOptions = QStringList(),
bool  skipAttributeCreation = false,
QString newFilename = nullptr,
SymbologyExport  symbologyExport = NoSymbology,
double  symbologyScale = 1.0,
const QgsRectangle filterExtent = nullptr,
QgsWKBTypes::Type  overrideGeometryType = QgsWKBTypes::Unknown,
bool  forceMulti = false,
bool  includeZ = false 
)
static

Writes a layer out to a vector file.

Parameters
layerlayer to write
fileNamefile name to write to
fileEncodingencoding to use
ct
driverNameOGR driver to use
onlySelectedwrite only selected features of layer
errorMessagepointer to buffer fo error message
datasourceOptionslist of OGR data source creation options
layerOptionslist of OGR layer creation options
skipAttributeCreationonly write geometries
newFilenameQString pointer which will contain the new file name created (in case it is different to fileName).
symbologyExportsymbology to export
symbologyScalescale of symbology
filterExtentif not a null pointer, only features intersecting the extent will be saved (added in QGIS 2.4)
overrideGeometryTypeset 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)
forceMultiset to true to force creation of multi* geometries (added in QGIS 2.14)
includeZset to true to include z dimension in output. This option is only valid if overrideGeometryType is set. (added in QGIS 2.14)
Note
added in v2.2

Definition at line 2008 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.cpp.

Member Data Documentation

QMap<int, int> QgsVectorFileWriter::mAttrIdxToOgrIdx
protected

Map attribute indizes to OGR field indexes.

Definition at line 344 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.h.

QTextCodec* QgsVectorFileWriter::mCodec
protected

Definition at line 338 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.h.

OGRDataSourceH QgsVectorFileWriter::mDS
protected

Definition at line 327 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.h.

WriterError QgsVectorFileWriter::mError
protected

Contains error value if construction was not successful.

Definition at line 335 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.h.

QString QgsVectorFileWriter::mErrorMessage
protected

Definition at line 336 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.h.

QgsFields QgsVectorFileWriter::mFields
protected

Definition at line 332 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.h.

OGRGeometryH QgsVectorFileWriter::mGeom
protected

Definition at line 330 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.h.

OGRLayerH QgsVectorFileWriter::mLayer
protected

Definition at line 328 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.h.

QString QgsVectorFileWriter::mOgrDriverName
protected

Definition at line 355 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.h.

OGRSpatialReferenceH QgsVectorFileWriter::mOgrRef
protected

Definition at line 329 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.h.

SymbologyExport QgsVectorFileWriter::mSymbologyExport
protected

Definition at line 346 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.h.

double QgsVectorFileWriter::mSymbologyScaleDenominator
protected

Scale for symbology export (e.g.

for symbols units in map units)

Definition at line 353 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.h.

QgsWKBTypes::Type QgsVectorFileWriter::mWkbType
protected

Geometry type which is being used.

Definition at line 341 of file qgsvectorfilewriter.h.


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