mapscript.symbolSetObj

class mapscript.symbolSetObj(symbolfile: char const = None)

A symbolSetObj is an attribute of a mapObj and is associated with instances of symbolObj.

Overview

The symbolSetObj has the following relationships:

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Attributes

filename

char Symbolset filename

imagecachesize

int Symbols in the cache

maxsymbols

int immutable Maximum number of allowed symbols

numsymbols

int immutable Number of symbols in the set

thisown

The membership flag

Methods

__init__(symbolfile: char const = None)[kaynak]

Create new symbolSetObj instance. If symbolfile is specified, symbols will be loaded from the file.

appendSymbol(symbol: symbolObj) int[kaynak]

Add a copy of symbol to the symbolset and return its index.

getSymbol(i: int) symbolObj[kaynak]

Returns a reference to the symbol at index.

getSymbolByName(symbolname: char) symbolObj[kaynak]

Returns a reference to the symbol named name.

index(symbolname: char) int[kaynak]

Return the index of the symbol named name or -1 in the case that no such symbol is found.

removeSymbol(index: int) symbolObj[kaynak]

Remove the symbol at index and return a copy of the symbol.

save(filename: char const) int[kaynak]

Save symbol set to a file. Returns MS_SUCCESS or MS_FAILURE