nectarchain.data.container.core.NectarCAMContainer

class NectarCAMContainer(prefix=None, **fields)

Bases: Container

Base class for the NectarCAM containers.

This container cannot be recursive, to be directly written with a HDF5TableWriter.

Attributes:

metadict

dict of attached metadata

prefixstr

Prefix attached to column names when saved to a table or file

Methods

as_dict	Convert the Container into a dictionary
from_hdf5	Reads a container from an HDF5 file.
items	Generator over (key, value) pairs for the items
keys	Get the keys of the container
reset	Reset all values back to their default values
update	update more than one parameter at once (e.g. update(x=3,y=4) or update(**dict_of_values)).
validate	Check that all fields in the Container have the expected characteristics (as defined by the Field metadata).
values	Get the keys of the container

Attributes

meta
prefix
default_prefix
fields

classmethod from_hdf5(path, index_component=0, group_name='data')

Reads a container from an HDF5 file.

Parameters: path (str or Path): The path to the HDF5 file.

This method will call the _container_from_hdf5 method with the container

argument associated to its own class (ArrayDataContainer)

Yields: Container: The container generator linked to the HDF5 file.

Example: >>> container = NectarCAMContainer.from_hdf5(‘path_to_file.h5’)