fmeobjects.FMEMultiPoint

FMEMultiPoint.appendPart(point)	This appends the point to the multi point.
FMEMultiPoint.appendParts(multiPoint)	This appends the multi point passed in to the multi point.
FMEMultiPoint.boundingBox()	This method returns the bounding box of the geometry.
FMEMultiPoint.boundingCube()	This method returns the bounding cube of the geometry.
FMEMultiPoint.bounds()	Returns the bounds of the geometry.
FMEMultiPoint.clearMeasures()	Remove all measures from the geometry.
FMEMultiPoint.copyAttributesFromFeature(...)	Copies all the attributes from the given feature to traits on this geometry, if they match the (optional) regular expression.
FMEMultiPoint.copyNameFromGeometry(...)	Copies the name of the 'sourceGeometry' onto this geometry.
FMEMultiPoint.copyTraitsFromGeometry(...)	Copies all the traits from the given geometry that match the (optional) regular expression.
FMEMultiPoint.copyTraitsToFeature(...)	Copies all the traits from this geometry to attributes on the given feature, if they match the (optional) regular expression.
FMEMultiPoint.deleteName()	Deletes the geometry's name.
FMEMultiPoint.force2D()	Reduces the geometry to 2D.
FMEMultiPoint.force3D(newZ)	This sets the geometry's dimension to 3D.
FMEMultiPoint.getArea()	Area calculation.
FMEMultiPoint.getMeasureNames()	Retrieve the names of the measures on this geometry.
FMEMultiPoint.getName()	This routine retrieves the 'name' of this geometry as a str.
FMEMultiPoint.getPartAt(index)	This method returns the point at the given index.
FMEMultiPoint.getTrait(traitName)	Retrieves the geometry trait value of the specified trait name.
FMEMultiPoint.getTraitNames()	Retrieve the names of the traits on this geometry.
FMEMultiPoint.getTraitNullMissingAndType(...)	This method returns a tuple of a boolean, indicating if the trait is null, a boolean, indicating if the trait is missing, and an integer representing the type of the trait.
FMEMultiPoint.getTraitType(traitName)	Returns the type of given trait.
FMEMultiPoint.hasMeasures()	Check if this geometry or any sub part of this geometry has measures.
FMEMultiPoint.hasName()	Returns whether or not the geometry has a name.
FMEMultiPoint.is3D()	Returns whether or not the geometry is 3D.
FMEMultiPoint.isCollection()	Check if the geometry is an aggregate or multi-part collection.
FMEMultiPoint.measureExists(measureName)	Returns True if the specified measure exists and False otherwise.
FMEMultiPoint.numParts()	This returns the number of points that make up this multi point.
FMEMultiPoint.offset(offsetPoint)	Offsets the geometry by the coords specified by 'offsetPoint'.
FMEMultiPoint.removeLastPart()	This removes and returns the last point of the multi point.
FMEMultiPoint.removeMeasure(measureName)	Removes the measure with name 'measureName' if supplied, or the default measure, if there is one.
FMEMultiPoint.removeTraits(regexp)	This method has 4 modes:
FMEMultiPoint.renameMeasure(oldMeasureName, ...)	Renames the measure specified by 'oldMeasureName' to the new name, specified by 'newMeasureName'.
FMEMultiPoint.rotate2D(center, angle)	The angle is CCW up from the horizontal and is measured in degrees.
FMEMultiPoint.scale(xscale, yscale, zscale)	Applies a scale factor to the multi point.
FMEMultiPoint.setName(name)	Sets the geometry's name with a str.
FMEMultiPoint.setTrait(traitName, traitValue)	Sets a geometry trait with the specified value.
FMEMultiPoint.setTraitNullWithType(...)	This method supplies a null trait value with a type to the geometry.

class FMEMultiPoint

__decIterRef__(args),

__incIterRef__(args),

FME Multi-Point Class

Create an instance of a Multi-Point geometry object.

init()

Default FMEMultiPoint constructor.

Return type

FMEMultiPoint

Returns

An instance of a MultiPoint geometry object.

init(multiPoint)

Create a copy of the passed in Multi-Point geometry object.

Parameters

multiPoint (FMEMultiPoint) – The Multi-Point geometry object to create a copy of.

Return type

FMEMultiPoint

Returns

An instance of a MultiPoint Geometry object.

__init__(*args, **kwargs)

appendPart(point)

This appends the point to the multi point. If None is passed in, nothing will be appended. All points in the multi point will be forced to have the same dimension. If any 3D points exist, all 2D points will be converted to 3D with a default Z value of 0.0.

Parameters

point (FMEPoint) – The point to be appended.

Return type

None

Raises

FMEException – An exception is raised if an error occurred.

appendParts(multiPoint)

This appends the multi point passed in to the multi point. If None is passed in, nothing will be appended.

Parameters

multiPoint (FMEMultiPoint) – The multi point to be appended.

Return type

None

Raises

FMEException – An exception is raised if an error occurred.

boundingBox()

This method returns the bounding box of the geometry.

Return type

tuple[tuple[float]]

Returns

The bounding box of the Geometry, in the form ((minx, miny), (maxx, maxy)).

boundingCube()

This method returns the bounding cube of the geometry.

Return type

tuple[tuple[float]]

Returns

The bounding box of the Geometry, in the form ((minx, miny, minz), (maxx, maxy, maxz)).

bounds()

Returns the bounds of the geometry.

Return type

tuple[FMEPoint]

Returns

The min point and max point of the bounds. None is returned if the geometry contains no points.

clearMeasures()

Remove all measures from the geometry.

Return type

None

copyAttributesFromFeature(sourceFeature, overwriteExisting, regexp, prefix)

Copies all the attributes from the given feature to traits on this geometry, if they match the (optional) regular expression.

Parameters

• sourceFeature (FMEFeature) – The feature to copy attributes from.

• overwriteExisting (bool) – Existing traits will be overwritten only if overwriteExisting is True.

• regexp (str) – (Optional) The regular expression to match the attributes against. If regexp is not specified, then all attributes will be copied.

• prefix (str) – (Optional) The prefix is put on all the trait names as they are copied. If it is not specified, a prefix will not be added to the trait names.

Return type

None

copyNameFromGeometry(sourceGeometry)

Copies the name of the ‘sourceGeometry’ onto this geometry. If ‘sourceGeometry’s name is blank or None, this geometry’s name will become None.

Parameters

sourceGeometry (FMEGeometry) – The geometry to copy the name from.

Return type

None

copyTraitsFromGeometry(sourceGeometry, overwriteExisting, regexp, prefix)

Copies all the traits from the given geometry that match the (optional) regular expression.

Parameters

• sourceGeometry (FMEGeometry) – The geometry to copy traits from.

• overwriteExisting (bool) – Existing traits will be overwritten only if overwriteExisting is True.

• regexp (str) – (Optional) The regular expression to match the traits against. If regexp is not specified, or is an empty string, then all traits will be copied.

• prefix (str) – (Optional) The prefix is put on all the trait names as they are copied. If it is not specified, a prefix will not be added to the trait names.

Return type

None

copyTraitsToFeature(destFeature, overwriteExisting, regexp, prefix)

Copies all the traits from this geometry to attributes on the given feature, if they match the (optional) regular expression.

Parameters

• destFeature (FMEFeature) – The feature to copy traits to.

• overwriteExisting (bool) – Existing attributes will be overwritten only if overwriteExisting is True.

• regexp (str) – (Optional) The regular expression to match the traits against. If regexp is not specified, or is an empty string, then all traits will be copied.

• prefix (str) – (Optional) The prefix is put on all the attribute names as they are copied. If it is not specified, a prefix will not be added to the attribute names.

Return type

None

deleteName()

Deletes the geometry’s name. If a name existed prior to this call then True is returned; otherwise False is returned.

Return type

bool

Returns

Returns a boolean indicating whether or not the name existed before deletion.

force2D()

Reduces the geometry to 2D.

Return type

None

force3D(newZ)

This sets the geometry’s dimension to 3D. All Z values are set to the value passed in, even if the geometry is already 3D.

Parameters

newZ (float) – The new Z value.

Return type

None

getArea()

Area calculation.

Return type

float

Returns

The calculated area.

getMeasureNames()

Retrieve the names of the measures on this geometry.

Return type

tuple[str]

Returns

Return a tuple storing the names of the measures on this geometry. This will return an empty tuple if there are no measures. For FMEAggregate, FMEMultiSurface, and FMECompositeSurface, this will return the union of all measure names of all of its parts.

getName()

This routine retrieves the ‘name’ of this geometry as a str. This will return None if it did not have a name associated with it.

Return type

str or None

Returns

The geometry’s name.

getPartAt(index)

This method returns the point at the given index. None is returned if the index is out of range.

Parameters

index (int) – The index of the point part to return.

Return type

FMEPoint or None

Returns

The point at the given index.

Raises

FMEException – An exception is raised if an error occurred.

getTrait(traitName)

Retrieves the geometry trait value of the specified trait name. Null trait values will be returned as an empty string. Binary blob traits are returned as a bytearray.

None is returned when the trait is not found on the geometry.

Parameters

traitName (str) – The name of the geometry trait.

Return type

bool, int, float, str, bytearray, bytes or None

Returns

The trait value.

Raises

FMEException – An exception is raised if there was a problem in retrieving the trait value.

getTraitNames()

Retrieve the names of the traits on this geometry.

Return type

tuple[str]

Returns

Return a tuple storing the names of the traits on this geometry. This will return an empty tuple if there are no traits. For all collections and containers, this will only return the names of traits on the outermost object only.

getTraitNullMissingAndType(traitName)

This method returns a tuple of a boolean, indicating if the trait is null, a boolean, indicating if the trait is missing, and an integer representing the type of the trait. The first boolean is True if ‘traitName’ maps to a null trait value on the geometry. Otherwise it is False. The second boolean is True if ‘traitName’ maps to a no value on the geometry. Otherwise it is False. If the trait is absent, FME_ATTR_UNDEFINED is returned for the type.

The possible trait types are FME_ATTR_UNDEFINED, FME_ATTR_BOOLEAN, FME_ATTR_INT8, FME_ATTR_UINT8, FME_ATTR_INT16, FME_ATTR_UINT16, FME_ATTR_INT32, FME_ATTR_UINT32, FME_ATTR_REAL32, FME_ATTR_REAL64, FME_ATTR_REAL80, FME_ATTR_STRING, FME_ATTR_ENCODED_STRING, FME_ATTR_INT64, FME_ATTR_UINT64.

Parameters

traitName (str) – The trait’s name.

Return type

tuple[bool, bool, int]

Returns

A tuple of 2 boolean values the first indicating whether or not the value of the trait is null, the second indicating whether or not the trait is missing, and an integer representing the trait type.

getTraitType(traitName)

Returns the type of given trait. If the trait cannot be found, FME_ATTR_UNDEFINED will be returned.

Returns one of FME_ATTR_UNDEFINED, FME_ATTR_BOOLEAN, FME_ATTR_INT8, FME_ATTR_UINT8, FME_ATTR_INT16, FME_ATTR_UINT16, FME_ATTR_INT32, FME_ATTR_UINT32, FME_ATTR_REAL32, FME_ATTR_REAL64, FME_ATTR_REAL80, FME_ATTR_STRING, FME_ATTR_ENCODED_STRING, FME_ATTR_INT64, FME_ATTR_UINT64.

Parameters

traitName (str) – The trait’s name.

Return type

int

Returns

The trait type.

hasMeasures()

Check if this geometry or any sub part of this geometry has measures.

Return type

bool

Returns

True if this geometry or any sub part of this geometry has measures, False otherwise.

hasName()

Returns whether or not the geometry has a name.

Return type

bool

Returns

Returns True if the geometry has a name and False otherwise.

is3D()

Returns whether or not the geometry is 3D.

Return type

bool

Returns

Returns True if the geometry is 3D and False otherwise. For FMENull, this method will always return True. For FMEAggregate, FMEMultiPoint, FMEMultiArea, FMEMultiText and FMEMultiCurve, this method will return True if any one of the sub-parts is 3D. If the collection is empty or all of its members are 2D, this method will return False.

isCollection()

Check if the geometry is an aggregate or multi-part collection.

Return type

bool

Returns

True if the geometry is an aggregate or multi-part collection.

measureExists(measureName)

Returns True if the specified measure exists and False otherwise. If the ‘measureName’ parameter is not specified then the default measure is checked.

Parameters

measureName (str) – (Optional) The measure’s name.

Return type

bool

Returns

Boolean indicating whether or not the measure exists.

numParts()

This returns the number of points that make up this multi point.

Return type

int

Returns

The number of points in multi point.

offset(offsetPoint)

Offsets the geometry by the coords specified by ‘offsetPoint’.

Parameters

offsetPoint (FMEPoint) – The point to offset the coordinates of the geometry by.

Return type

None

Raises

FMEException – An exception is raised if an error occurred.

removeLastPart()

This removes and returns the last point of the multi point. If there are no points in the multi point, it will return None.

Return type

FMEPoint or None

Returns

The last point of the multi point.

Raises

FMEException – An exception is raised if an error occurred.

removeMeasure(measureName)

Removes the measure with name ‘measureName’ if supplied, or the default measure, if there is one.

Parameters

measureName (str) – (Optional) The name of the measure to remove.

Return type

None

removeTraits(regexp)

This method has 4 modes:

1. Remove all traits at the top level: regex == NULL

2. Remove some traits at the top level: regex == <string>

3. Remove all traits at all levels: regex == kFME_RecurseAll

4. Remove some traits at all levels: regex == kFME_RecurseSome <string>

For example, specifying regex == NULL for a multi-surface will remove all traits at the root level of the multi-surface, whereas specifying regex == kFME_RecurseSome <string> will remove all traits from all levels of the multi surface that match <string>. If <string> is an illegal regular expression, no traits will be removed.

Return type

None

renameMeasure(oldMeasureName, newMeasureName)

Renames the measure specified by ‘oldMeasureName’ to the new name, specified by ‘newMeasureName’.

Parameters

• oldMeasureName (str) – The original name of the measure.

• newMeasureName (str) – The new name of the measure.

Return type

None

rotate2D(center, angle)

The angle is CCW up from the horizontal and is measured in degrees.

Parameters

• center (FMEPoint) – The center of the rotation.

• angle (float) – The angle in degrees.

Return type

None

Raises

FMEException – An exception is raised if an error occurred.

scale(xscale, yscale, zscale)

Applies a scale factor to the multi point. The ‘zscale’ is ignored if geometry is 2D.

Parameters

• xscale (float) – The x scale factor.

• yscale (float) – The y scale factor.

• zscale (float) – The z scale factor.

Return type

None

Raises

FMEException – An exception is raised if an error occurred.

setName(name)

Sets the geometry’s name with a str. By supplying a blank name as input, this method will act as deleteName().

Parameters

name (str) – The geometry’s new name.

Return type

None

setTrait(traitName, traitValue)

Sets a geometry trait with the specified value. If the geometry trait already exists, its value and type will be changed. The following type numeric mappings are used:

PyInt ==> FME_Int32

PyFloat ==> FME_Real64

PyLong ==> FME_Int64

Binary values are to be specified as bytearray values or bytes values.

Parameters

• traitName (str) – The name of the geometry trait.

• traitValue (bool, int, float, str, bytearray, or bytes) – The value of the geometry trait.

Return type

None

setTraitNullWithType(traitName, traitType)

This method supplies a null trait value with a type to the geometry. If a trait with the same name already exists, it is overwritten.

Trait type must be one of FME_ATTR_UNDEFINED, FME_ATTR_BOOLEAN, FME_ATTR_INT8, FME_ATTR_UINT8, FME_ATTR_INT16, FME_ATTR_UINT16, FME_ATTR_INT32, FME_ATTR_UINT32, FME_ATTR_REAL32, FME_ATTR_REAL64, FME_ATTR_REAL80, FME_ATTR_STRING, FME_ATTR_ENCODED_STRING, FME_ATTR_INT64, FME_ATTR_UINT64.

Parameters

• traitName (str) – The trait’s name.

• traitType (int) – An integer representing the trait type.

Return type

None