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package org.eclipse.dawnsci.nexus.builder;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;
import org.eclipse.dawnsci.nexus.NXcollection;
import org.eclipse.dawnsci.nexus.NXdata;
import org.eclipse.dawnsci.nexus.NXinstrument;
import org.eclipse.dawnsci.nexus.NXobject;
import org.eclipse.dawnsci.nexus.NXpositioner;
import org.eclipse.dawnsci.nexus.NXsample;
import org.eclipse.dawnsci.nexus.NexusBaseClass;
import org.eclipse.dawnsci.nexus.builder.data.NexusDataBuilder;
/**
* Defines the interface for a class that can create a a NeXus object of a particular type.
* (i.e. an instance of a NeXus base class).
* For example, this interface can be implemented by classes representing devices such
* as positioners or detectors; alternatively a wrapper class implementing this class
* could contain objects representing such devices, this allows for greater decoupling.
*
* @param a subinterface of {@link NXobject} that an object
*/
public interface NexusObjectProvider extends NexusEntryModification {
/**
* Get the name of the provider. This is used as the name of the
* NeXus object (i.e. group) in the parent group to which it is added.
* @return name of base
*/
public String getName();
/**
* Return the NeXus base class enum value for the type NeXus object this
* provider creates.
* @return the {@link NexusBaseClass} for this object provider
*/
public NexusBaseClass getNexusBaseClass();
/**
* Returns the NeXus object for this provider, creating it if necessary
* The same NeXus object must be returned each time this method is invoked
* @return NeXus object or null
*/
public N getNexusObject();
/**
* Returns the category for this {@link NexusObjectProvider}. When adding
* a nexus object to a {@link NexusEntryBuilder}, the nexus object will be added
* to a group of this type, if one exists in the skeleton tree. For example
* a {@link NexusObjectProvider} that provides an {@link NXpositioner} would normally
* be added to the {@link NXinstrument} group, but if
* this method returns {@link NexusBaseClass#NX_SAMPLE}, then it will instead be added
* to the {@link NXsample} group.
* @return category for this object
*/
public NexusBaseClass getCategory();
/**
* Returns the name of the collection for this {@link NexusObjectProvider}. When adding
* a nexus object to a {@link NexusEntryBuilder}, if this method does not return
* null, then the nexus object will be added to the {@link NXcollection} with this
* name within the group that it would have been added to otherwise. The collection will be
* created if it does not already exist.
* @return collection name or null
*/
public String getCollectionName();
/**
* Returns the names of the external HDF5 file(s) that this device writes
* its data to, or null if none.
* @return name of external file, or null
*/
public Set getExternalFileNames();
/**
* Returns the rank of the external dataset with the given field name.
* @param fieldName field name
* @return rank of external dataset with given field name
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if no such field exists
*/
public int getExternalDatasetRank(String fieldName);
// methods below this line are relevant only when adding this object to a NexusDataBuilder
/**
* Returns the axis data field names for this object. These are the fields
* that will be linked to when this this object is added to
* an {@link NexusDataBuilder} to construct an {@link NXdata} group.
*
* This method should not return the names of primary data fields, nor should it
* return the names of data fields which should only be added to the {@link NXdata} groups
* for a particular primary data field (an {@link NXdata} group is added to the scan for
* each primary data field, as returned by {@link #getPrimaryDataFieldName()} and
* {@link #getAdditionalPrimaryDataFieldNames()}). The primary data field will also be linked
* to in an {@link NXdata} group, except where this device is the primary device for the scan
* where it is not linked to in the {@link NXdata} groups for additional primary data fields.
*
* @return name of data fields for this object
*/
public List getAxisDataFieldNames();
/**
* Returns the name of the default data field to write to within the nexus object.
* If this object is added as the primary device to an {@link NXdata} group, then
* this is the field name of the default field, i.e. the field referred to by
* the @signal attribute.
*
* If additional {@link NXdata} groups should be created for other fields in this scan,
* then the names of these fields should be returned by {@link #getAdditionalPrimaryDataFieldNames()}.
*
* @return default data field name, this cannot be null
*/
public String getPrimaryDataFieldName();
/**
* Returns the names of any additional primary data fields for this device.
* This method indicates that if this device is to be used to create an
* {@link NXdata} with the field {@link #getPrimaryDataFieldName()}
* as the default (signal field), then additional {@link NXdata} groups
* should be created for each of these fields.
*
* @return additional primary data field names
*/
public List getAdditionalPrimaryDataFieldNames();
/**
* Returns the names of any data fields that are axes for the primary data field with
* the given name. These data fields are those that should be added to the {@link NXdata}
* group for the primary data field with the given name (and not those for other primary
* data fields), in addition to the data fields returned by {@link #getAxisDataFieldNames()}
* @param primaryDataFieldName primary data field name
* @return names of data fields
*/
public List getAxisDataFieldsForPrimaryDataField(String primaryDataFieldName);
/**
* Returns the name of the default axis field for this nexus object, if any.
* If this object is added as a device to an {@link NXdata} then this
* is the field that will be added as a default axis of the @signal field,
* for example for a positioner this may be the demand field.
* @return name of demand field, or null if none.
*/
public String getDefaultAxisDataFieldName();
/**
* Returns the dimension of the given primary data field for which the data field with the
* given name is a default axis, or null if this field does
* not provide a default axis to the default data field.
* This method is required only when this device provides the default data field
* of an {@link NXdata} group (i.e. that referred to by the @signal attribute),
* and additional data fields within this device provide default axis for that data field
* @param primaryDataFieldName name of primary data field
* @param axisDataFieldName axis data field name
* @return dimension of the default data field for which the field with the
* given name provides a default axis, or null if none
*/
public Integer getDefaultAxisDimension(String primaryDataFieldName, String axisDataFieldName);
/**
* Returns the dimension mappings between the data field and
* the primary data field with the given names.
* This method is required only when this device provides the default data
* field of an {@link NXdata} group (i.e. that referred to by the signal
* attribute), and additional data fields within that
* and the default data field of this device.
* @param primaryDataFieldName field name
* @param axisDataFieldName axis data field name
* @return dimension mappings between the field with the given name and the
* default data field
*/
public int[] getDimensionMappings(String primaryDataFieldName, String axisDataFieldName);
/**
* Returns whether the names of the fields within the nexus object should be prefixed with the
* device name when linked to from an {@link NXdata} group. If this method returns
* true and just one data field
* from this device is added to the {@link NXdata}, then the device name will be used as the
* name of the field.
* @return true to use the device name when linking fields in an {@link NXdata}
* group, false to not use the device name, null unspecified
*/
public Boolean getUseDeviceNameInNXdata();
/**
* Returns the value of the application defined property of this object with the given name.
* This allows arbitrary application or implementation specific information to be
* associated with this object.
*
* Note that these properties should not be confused with the fields of the
* NeXus object returned by {@link #getNexusObject()}.
*
* @param propertyName name of property
* @return the value of the property with the given name, or null if no property
* with the given name is set
*/
public Object getPropertyValue(String propertyName);
}