Geo::OGR::Driver Class Reference

Inherits Geo::OGR.

Inheritance diagram for Geo::OGR::Driver:

[legend]List of all members.

Public Class Methods
list	Capabilities ()
Public Object Methods
scalar	TestCapability (scalar cap)
Geo::OGR::DataSource	Create (scalar name, hashref options=undef)
Geo::OGR::DataSource	Copy (scalar ds, scalar name, listref options=undef)
Geo::OGR::DataSource	Open (scalar name, scalar update=0)
	Delete (scalar name)
scalar	Name ()
Public Attributes
list	CAPABILITIES
	name

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Member Function Documentation

list Geo::OGR::Driver::Capabilities

(

)

Returns:

a list of capabilities. The class method returns a list of all potential capabilities a driver may have; the object method returns a list of all capabilities the driver has. Examples.

@all_capabilities = Geo::OGR::Driver::Capabilities;
@capabilities_of_a_driver = Geo::OGR::Driver('KML')->Capabilities;

Geo::OGR::DataSource Geo::OGR::Driver::Copy	(	scalar	ds,
		scalar	name,
		listref	options = undef
	)

Copy an OGR data source object.

Note:

a.k.a. CopyDataSource

Parameters:

	ds	The Geo::OGR::DataSource object to be copied.
	name	The name for the new data source.
	options	Driver specific options.

Returns:

a new Geo::OGR::DataSource object.

Geo::OGR::DataSource Geo::OGR::Driver::Create	(	scalar	name,
		hashref	options = undef
	)

Create an OGR data source object.

Note:

a.k.a. CreateDataSource

Parameters:

	name	The data source name.
	options	Driver specific options.

Usage:

$ds = Geo::OGR::Driver('driver name')->Create('data source name', {});

Returns:

a new Geo::OGR::DataSource object.

Geo::OGR::Driver::Delete

(

scalar

name

)

Delete an OGR data source.

Note:

a.k.a. DeleteDataSource

Parameters:

name

The name of data source.

scalar Geo::OGR::Driver::Name

(

)

Note:

a.k.a. GetName

Returns:

the name of the driver.

Geo::OGR::DataSource Geo::OGR::Driver::Open	(	scalar	name,
		scalar	update = 0
	)

Open an OGR data source object. Alternative name: OpenDataSource.

Parameters:

	name	The name of data source.
	update	Whether to open the data source in update mode.

Returns:

a new Geo::OGR::DataSource object

Reimplemented from Geo::OGR.

scalar Geo::OGR::Driver::TestCapability

(

scalar

cap

)

Parameters:

cap

A capability string.

Returns:

boolean value.

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Member Data Documentation

list Geo::OGR::Driver::CAPABILITIES

Driver capabilities known to GDAL

Geo::OGR::Driver::name

scalar (access as $driver->{name})

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• lib/Geo/OGR.pm

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