FormatterFactory¶

class lsst.daf.butler.FormatterFactory¶

Bases: object

Factory for Formatter instances.

Methods Summary

`getFormatter`(entity)	Get a new formatter instance.
`registerFormatter`(type_, formatter)	Register a `Formatter`.

Methods Documentation

getFormatter(entity)¶

Get a new formatter instance.

Parameters:	entity : `DatasetRef`, `DatasetType` or `StorageClass`, or `str` Entity to use to determine the formatter to return. `StorageClass` will be used as a last resort if `DatasetRef` or `DatasetType` instance is provided.

registerFormatter(type_, formatter)¶

Register a Formatter.

Parameters:	type_ : `str` or `StorageClass` or `DatasetType` Type for which this formatter is to be used. formatter : `str` Identifies a `Formatter` subclass to use for reading and writing Datasets of this type.
Raises:	ValueError If formatter does not name a valid formatter type.