msl.io.metadata module
Provides information about other data.
- class msl.io.metadata.Metadata(read_only, vertex_name, **kwargs)[source]
Bases:
Dictionary
Provides information about other data.
Do not instantiate directly. A
Metadata
object is created automatically whencreate_dataset()
orcreate_group()
is called.- Parameters:
- fromkeys(seq, value=None, read_only=None)[source]
Create a new
Metadata
object with keys from seq and values set to value.- Parameters:
seq – Any iterable object that contains the names of the keys.
value (
object
, optional) – The default value to use for each key.read_only (
bool
, optional) – Whether the returned object should be created in read-only mode. IfNone
then uses the mode for theMetadata
that is used to call this method.
- Returns: