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Query dataset filter properties.

Source: R/H5P.R
H5P_filters.Rd

Return information about the filter pipeline applied to a dataset creation property list.

Usage

H5Pall_filters_avail(h5plist)

H5Pget_nfilters(h5plist)

H5Pget_filter(h5plist, idx)

Arguments

h5plist

Object of class H5IdComponent representing a dataset creation property list.

idx

Integer of length 1. This argument selects which filter to return information about. Indexing is R-style 1-based.

Details

  • H5Pall_filters_avail() checks whether all filters required to process a dataset are available to rhdf5. This can be required if reading files created with other HDF5 software.

  • H5Pget_nfilters() returns the number of filters in the dataset chunk processing pipeline.

  • H5Pget_filter() provides details of a specific filter in the pipeline. This includes the filter name and the parameters provided to it e.g. compression level.