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IDfs123File Interface

Base interface common for dfs 1, 2 and 3 files

Special for these files are that all their dynamic and static items use the same spatial axis.

This interface provides the file header information and a spatial axis that are common to all dynamic items. The dynamic items does not export the spatial axis.

Namespace:  DHI.Generic.MikeZero.DFS.dfs123
Assembly:  DHI.Generic.MIKEZero.DFS (in DHI.Generic.MIKEZero.DFS.dll) Version: 19.0.0.0 (11.1.1.1111)
Syntax
public interface IDfs123File : IDfsFileIO, 
	IDfsFileStaticIO, IDisposable

The IDfs123File type exposes the following members.

Properties
  NameDescription
Public propertyFileInfo
File info
Public propertyItemInfo
Information on all the dynamic items in the file.
Public propertySpatialAxis
Spatial axis that are valid for all dynamic and static items.
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Methods
  NameDescription
Public methodClose
Close the file and release all ressources associated with it. The header information is still valid (for reading) even though the file has been closed.
(Inherited from IDfsFileIO.)
Public methodDispose
Performs application-defined tasks associated with freeing, releasing, or resetting unmanaged resources.
(Inherited from IDisposable.)
Public methodFindItem
Positions the file pointer at the location in the file where the specified dynamic item at the specified time step starts.
(Inherited from IDfsFileIO.)
Public methodFindTimeStep
Positions the file pointer at the location in the file where the specified time step starts.
(Inherited from IDfsFileIO.)
Public methodFlush
Flush cached data to the file. This will especially update the header information, such that if another process is reading the file while it is being read, the new header information can be retrieved.
(Inherited from IDfsFileIO.)
Public methodFlushTimeStep
Flush cached data to the file. This will update the time part of the header information, but not other parts of the header.

Compared to the Flush method; the Flush will update statistics of all items (if enabled) and all modifications to the header data. This method will only update the time part. The Flush method can be an expensive operations especially for files with many dynamic items. This method is independent of the file at hand.

(Inherited from IDfsFileIO.)
Public methodReadItemTimeStep(Int32, Int32)
Reads the dynamic item-timestep as specified from the file. It throws an exception if itemNumber or timestepIndex is out of range.
(Inherited from IDfsFileIO.)
Public methodReadItemTimeStep(IDfsItemData, Int32)
Read the specified item and time step. With this you can reuse the data buffer in IDfsItemData, Data. The data is updated in place.

If the data from one timestep is to be saved for later, the user is responsible to copy the data before using this method again.

(Inherited from IDfsFileIO.)
Public methodReadItemTimeStepNext

Reads the next dynamic item-timestep. First time called it returns the first timestep of the first item. It cycles through each timestep, and each item in the timestep. For a file with 3 items, it returns (itemnumber, timestepIndex) in the following order: (1,0), (2,0), (3,0), (1,1), (2,1), (3,1), (1,2), etc.

If one of the ReadItemTimeStep is called with for example (1,4) the next call to this method will continue from there and return (2,4).

If one of the methods reading/writing static item data is called, the iterator is reset, and the next call to this method again returns the first item-timestep.

This is the most efficient way to iterate through all the items and timesteps in a file, since it iterates exactly as the data is stored on the disk.

(Inherited from IDfsFileIO.)
Public methodReadStaticItem
Read the number staticItemNo static item from the file.
(Inherited from IDfsFileStaticIO.)
Public methodReadStaticItemNext
Reads the next static item. First time called it returns the first static item. If ReadStaticItem(Int32) is called for example with argument staticItemNo 3, the next call to this method will return static item number 4. If one of the methods reading/writing dynamic item data is called, see IDfsFileIO, the static item number is reset, and the next call to this method again returns the first item number.
(Inherited from IDfsFileStaticIO.)
Public methodReset
Resets the file pointer to point on the first dynamic item time step in the file.

Can also be used if it is required to restart reading the static items.

(Inherited from IDfsFileIO.)
Public methodWriteItemTimeStep
Writes data to the specified item and timestep in the file.

If the item-timestep exists already, data is updated. If it does not exist, the item number and timestep index must match exactly the next item-timestep after the last one in the file.

The size of the data must match the data size of the item that is to be written.

The time value is only relevant for files with non-equidistant time axis. For files with an equidistant time axis, the time value is ignored, and a zero can be used.

(Inherited from IDfsFileIO.)
Public methodWriteItemTimeStepNext

Writes the next dynamic item-timestep.

If the file pointer points to the end of the file, this will append a new item-timestep to the file. If the file pointer points to an existing item-timestep, the data of that item-timestep is updated.

Remember that the file pointer position depends on the mode that the file was opened: In edit mode the file pointer points at the first item-timestep. In append mode the file pointer points initially at the end of file.

It iterates over the item-timesteps as the ReadItemTimeStepNext, see there for more details.

This is the most efficient way to iterate through and update/append the items and timesteps in a file, since it iterates exactly as the data is stored on the disk.

The size of the data must match the data size of the item that is to be written.

The time value is only relevant for files with non-equidistant time axis. For files with an equidistant time axis, the time value is ignored, and a zero can be used.

(Inherited from IDfsFileIO.)
Public methodWriteStaticItemData
Write the static item back to the file. the staticItem must originate from this file. This will update and overwrite the static item information and the data of the static item.
(Inherited from IDfsFileStaticIO.)
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