LIGO_LW XML I/O (gwpy.io.ligolw)

Basic utilities for reading/writing LIGO_LW-format XML files.

All specific unified input/output for class objects should be placed in an ‘io’ subdirectory of the containing directory for that class.

Functions

build_content_handler(parent, filter_func)	Build a ContentHandler with a given filter.
default_content_handler()	Return a standard content handler to read LIGO_LW documents.
get_filtering_contenthandler(element)	Build a FilteringLIGOLWContentHandler to exclude this element.
get_ligolw_element(xmldoc)	Find an existing <LIGO_LW> element in this XML Document.
get_partial_contenthandler(element)	Build a PartialLIGOLWContentHandler to read only this element.
is_ligolw(origin, filepath, fileobj, *args, ...)	Identify a file object as LIGO_LW-format XML.
iter_tables(source)	Iterate over all tables in the given document(s).
list_tables(source)	List the names of all tables in this file(s).
open_xmldoc(fobj[, contenthandler])	Try and open an existing LIGO_LW-format file, or create a new Document.
read_ligolw(source[, contenthandler])	Read one or more LIGO_LW format files.
read_table(source[, tablename, columns, ...])	Read a Table from one or more LIGO_LW files.
to_table_type(val, cls, colname)	Cast a value to the correct type for inclusion in a LIGO_LW table.
write_tables(target, tables, *[, append, ...])	Write an LIGO_LW table to file.
write_tables_to_document(xmldoc, tables, *)	Write the given LIGO_LW table into a Document.