mdfinfo4 module documentation

Measured Data Format blocks paser for version 4.x

Platform and python version

With Unix and Windows for python 2.6+ and 3.2+

Created on Sun Dec 15 12:57:28 2013

Author:Aymeric Rateau

Dependencies

Attributes

PythonVersion : float
Python version currently running, needed for compatibility of both python 2.6+ and 3.2+

mdfinfo4 module

class mdfinfo4.ATBlock(fid, pointer)

Bases: mdfinfo4.MDFBlock

reads Attachment block and saves in class dict

Methods

class mdfinfo4.CABlock(fid, pointer)

Bases: mdfinfo4.MDFBlock

reads Channel Array block and saves in class dict

Methods

class mdfinfo4.CCBlock(fid, pointer)

Bases: mdfinfo4.MDFBlock

reads Channel Conversion block and saves in class dict

Methods

class mdfinfo4.CGBlock(fid, pointer)

Bases: mdfinfo4.MDFBlock

reads Channel Group block and saves in class dict

Methods

class mdfinfo4.CHBlock(fid, pointer)

Bases: mdfinfo4.MDFBlock

reads Channel Hierarchy block and saves in class dict

Methods

class mdfinfo4.CNBlock(fid, pointer)

Bases: mdfinfo4.MDFBlock

reads Channel block and saves in class dict

Methods

class mdfinfo4.CommentBlock(fid, pointer, MDType=None)

Bases: mdfinfo4.MDFBlock

reads Comment block and saves in class dict

Notes

Can read xml (MD metadata) or text (TX) comments from several kind of blocks

Methods

extractXmlField(xml_tree, field)

Extract Xml field from a xml tree

Parameters:

xml_tree : xml tree from xml.etree.ElementTree

field : str
Returns:

field value in xml tree
class mdfinfo4.DGBlock(fid, pointer)

Bases: mdfinfo4.MDFBlock

reads Data Group block and saves in class dict

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class mdfinfo4.EVBlock(fid, pointer)

Bases: mdfinfo4.MDFBlock

reads Event block and saves in class dict

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class mdfinfo4.FHBlock(fid, pointer)

Bases: mdfinfo4.MDFBlock

reads File History block and save in class dict

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class mdfinfo4.HDBlock(fid, pointer=64)

Bases: mdfinfo4.MDFBlock

reads Header block and save in class dict

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class mdfinfo4.IDBlock(fid)

Bases: mdfinfo4.MDFBlock

reads ID Block and save in class dict

Methods

class mdfinfo4.MDFBlock

Bases: dict

MDFBlock base class for the MDF related block classes

Methods

loadHeader(fid, pointer) reads block’s header and put in class dict
mdfblockread( fid, type, count ) converts a byte array of length count to a given data type
mdfblockreadCHAR( fid, count ) reads a character chain of length count encoded in latin.
mdfblockreadBYTE( fid, count ) reads an array of UTF-8 encoded bytes
loadHeader(fid, pointer)

reads block’s header and put in class dict

Parameters:

fid : float

file identifier

pointer : int

position of block in file
static mdfblockread(fid, type, count)

converts a byte array of length count to a given data type

Parameters:

type : str

C format data type

count : int

number of elements to sequentially read
Returns:

array of values of ‘type’ parameter
static mdfblockreadBYTE(fid, count)

reads an array of UTF-8 encoded bytes. Removes trailing 0

Parameters:

count : int

number of bytes to read
Returns:

bytes array of length count
static mdfblockreadCHAR(fid, count)

reads a character chain of length count encoded in latin. Removes trailing 0

Parameters:

count : int

number of characters to read
Returns:

a string of length count
class mdfinfo4.SIBlock(fid, pointer)

Bases: mdfinfo4.MDFBlock

reads Source Information block and saves in class dict

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class mdfinfo4.SRBlock(fid, pointer)

Bases: mdfinfo4.MDFBlock

reads Sample Reduction block and saves in class dict

Methods

mdfinfo4.elementTreeToDict(element)

converts xml tree into dictionnary

Parameters:element : xml tree from xml.etree.ElementTree
Returns:dict of xml tree flattened
class mdfinfo4.info4(fileName=None, fid=None)

Bases: dict

information block parser fo MDF file version 4.x

Notes

mdfinfo(FILENAME) contains a dict of structures, for each data group, containing key information about all channels in each group. FILENAME is a string that specifies the name of the MDF file. Either file name or fid should be given. General dictionary structure is the following

  • mdfinfo[‘HDBlock’] header block
  • mdfinfo[‘DGBlock’][dataGroup] Data Group block
  • mdfinfo[‘CGBlock’][dataGroup][channelGroup] Channel Group block
  • mdfinfo[‘CNBlock’][dataGroup][channelGroup][channel] Channel block including text blocks for comment and identifier
  • mdfinfo[‘CCBlock’][dataGroup][channelGroup][channel] Channel conversion information

Attributes

fileName (str) name of file

Methods

listChannels4(fileName=None)

Read MDF file and extract its complete structure

Parameters:

fileName : str

file name
Returns:

list of channel names contained in file
readATBlock(selfself, fid, pointer)

reads Attachment blocks

Parameters:

fid : float

file identifier

pointer : int

position of ATBlock in file
Returns:

Attachments Blocks in a dict
readCGBlock(fid, dg, channelNameList=False)

reads Channel Group blocks

Parameters:

fid : float

file identifier

dg : int

data group number

channelNameList : bool

Flag to reads only channel blocks for listChannels4 method
readCNBlock(fid, dg, cg, channelNameList=False)

reads Channel blocks

Parameters:

fid : float

file identifier

dg : int

data group number

cg : int

channel group number in data group

channelNameList : bool

Flag to reads only channel blocks for listChannels4 method
readComposition(fid, dg, cg, MLSDChannels, channelNameList=False)

check for composition of channels, arrays or structures

Parameters:

fid : float

file identifier

dg : int

data group number

cg : int

channel group number in data group

MLSDChannels : list of int

channel numbers

channelNameList : bool

Flag to reads only channel blocks for listChannels4 method
Returns:

MLSDChannels list of appended Maximum Length Sampling Data channels
readDGBlock(fid, channelNameList=False)

reads Data Group Blocks

Parameters:

fid : float

file identifier

channelNameList : bool

Flag to reads only channel blocks for listChannels4 method
readSRBlock(fid, pointer)

reads Sample Reduction Blocks

Parameters:

fid : float

file identifier

pointer : int

position of SRBlock in file
Returns:

Sample Reduction Blocks in a dict
readinfo(fid)

read all file blocks except data

Parameters:

fid : float

file identifier