rust_hdf5/swmr.rs
1//! Single Writer / Multiple Reader (SWMR) API.
2//!
3//! Provides a high-level wrapper around the SWMR protocol for streaming
4//! frame-based data (e.g., area detector images).
5
6use std::path::Path;
7
8use crate::format::messages::attribute::AttributeMessage;
9use crate::format::messages::datatype::DatatypeMessage;
10use crate::io::locking::FileLocking;
11use crate::io::Hdf5Reader;
12use crate::io::SwmrWriter as IoSwmrWriter;
13
14use crate::error::{Hdf5Error, Result};
15use crate::types::H5Type;
16
17/// SWMR writer for streaming frame-based data to an HDF5 file.
18///
19/// Usage:
20/// ```no_run
21/// use rust_hdf5::swmr::SwmrFileWriter;
22///
23/// let mut writer = SwmrFileWriter::create("stream.h5").unwrap();
24/// let ds = writer.create_streaming_dataset::<f32>("frames", &[256, 256]).unwrap();
25/// writer.start_swmr().unwrap();
26///
27/// // Write frames
28/// let frame_data = vec![0.0f32; 256 * 256];
29/// let raw: Vec<u8> = frame_data.iter()
30/// .flat_map(|v| v.to_le_bytes())
31/// .collect();
32/// writer.append_frame(ds, &raw).unwrap();
33/// writer.flush().unwrap();
34///
35/// writer.close().unwrap();
36/// ```
37pub struct SwmrFileWriter {
38 inner: IoSwmrWriter,
39}
40
41impl SwmrFileWriter {
42 /// Create a new HDF5 file for SWMR streaming using the env-var-derived
43 /// locking policy.
44 pub fn create<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> Result<Self> {
45 let inner = IoSwmrWriter::create(path.as_ref())?;
46 Ok(Self { inner })
47 }
48
49 /// Create a new HDF5 file for SWMR streaming with an explicit locking
50 /// policy. The writer holds an exclusive lock until [`Self::start_swmr`]
51 /// is called, at which point the lock is downgraded to shared so
52 /// concurrent SWMR readers can attach.
53 pub fn create_with_locking<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P, locking: FileLocking) -> Result<Self> {
54 let inner = IoSwmrWriter::create_with_locking(path.as_ref(), locking)?;
55 Ok(Self { inner })
56 }
57
58 /// Reopen a cleanly-closed HDF5 file to resume SWMR streaming.
59 ///
60 /// Existing datasets are reconstructed; locate them with
61 /// [`dataset_index`](Self::dataset_index), call [`start_swmr`](Self::start_swmr)
62 /// to re-enter SWMR mode, then continue with [`append_frame`](Self::append_frame).
63 /// Appending to a multi-frame-chunk dataset (`chunk[0] > 1`) after reopen
64 /// is rejected — its final partial band was zero-padded at the original
65 /// close. Recovering a crashed (never cleanly closed) file is not supported.
66 pub fn open_append<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> Result<Self> {
67 let inner = IoSwmrWriter::open_append(path.as_ref())?;
68 Ok(Self { inner })
69 }
70
71 /// Reopen a cleanly-closed HDF5 file to resume SWMR streaming with an
72 /// explicit locking policy. See [`Self::open_append`].
73 pub fn open_append_with_locking<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P, locking: FileLocking) -> Result<Self> {
74 let inner = IoSwmrWriter::open_append_with_locking(path.as_ref(), locking)?;
75 Ok(Self { inner })
76 }
77
78 /// Return the index of a dataset by name, or `None` if absent.
79 ///
80 /// Mainly used after [`open_append`](Self::open_append) to recover the
81 /// index of a reconstructed dataset for [`append_frame`](Self::append_frame).
82 pub fn dataset_index(&self, name: &str) -> Option<usize> {
83 self.inner.dataset_index(name)
84 }
85
86 /// Create a streaming dataset.
87 ///
88 /// The dataset will have shape `[0, frame_dims...]` initially, with
89 /// chunk dimensions `[1, frame_dims...]` and unlimited first dimension.
90 ///
91 /// Returns the dataset index for use with `append_frame`.
92 pub fn create_streaming_dataset<T: H5Type>(
93 &mut self,
94 name: &str,
95 frame_dims: &[u64],
96 ) -> Result<usize> {
97 self.create_streaming_dataset_with_datatype(name, T::hdf5_type(), frame_dims)
98 }
99
100 /// [`Self::create_streaming_dataset`] with an explicit stored datatype instead of a
101 /// carrier `T`, for a type no `T` describes (e.g. a reduced-precision
102 /// type for [`FilterPipeline::nbit`](crate::FilterPipeline::nbit)); an
103 /// element is `datatype.element_size()` bytes.
104 pub fn create_streaming_dataset_with_datatype(
105 &mut self,
106 name: &str,
107 datatype: crate::DatatypeMessage,
108 frame_dims: &[u64],
109 ) -> Result<usize> {
110 let idx = self
111 .inner
112 .create_streaming_dataset(name, datatype, frame_dims)?;
113 Ok(idx)
114 }
115
116 /// Create a streaming dataset whose frames are compressed.
117 ///
118 /// Like [`create_streaming_dataset`](Self::create_streaming_dataset) but
119 /// each appended frame is run through `pipeline` (e.g.
120 /// `FilterPipeline::deflate(4)`). SWMR appends and in-place header
121 /// updates work the same as for uncompressed streaming datasets.
122 pub fn create_streaming_dataset_compressed<T: H5Type>(
123 &mut self,
124 name: &str,
125 frame_dims: &[u64],
126 pipeline: crate::format::messages::filter::FilterPipeline,
127 ) -> Result<usize> {
128 self.create_streaming_dataset_compressed_with_datatype(
129 name,
130 T::hdf5_type(),
131 frame_dims,
132 pipeline,
133 )
134 }
135
136 /// [`Self::create_streaming_dataset_compressed`] with an explicit stored datatype instead of a
137 /// carrier `T`, for a type no `T` describes (e.g. a reduced-precision
138 /// type for [`FilterPipeline::nbit`](crate::FilterPipeline::nbit)); an
139 /// element is `datatype.element_size()` bytes.
140 pub fn create_streaming_dataset_compressed_with_datatype(
141 &mut self,
142 name: &str,
143 datatype: crate::DatatypeMessage,
144 frame_dims: &[u64],
145 pipeline: crate::format::messages::filter::FilterPipeline,
146 ) -> Result<usize> {
147 let idx = self
148 .inner
149 .create_streaming_dataset_compressed(name, datatype, frame_dims, pipeline)?;
150 Ok(idx)
151 }
152
153 /// Create a streaming dataset whose frames are split into fixed-size
154 /// chunk tiles.
155 ///
156 /// `frame_dims` is the per-frame shape (e.g. `[1024, 1024]`);
157 /// `frame_chunk` is the tile shape within a frame (e.g. `[256, 256]`),
158 /// of the same rank. The on-disk chunk shape becomes
159 /// `[1, frame_chunk...]`, so each frame is stored as
160 /// `product(frame_dims / frame_chunk)` chunks instead of one. This
161 /// mirrors area-detector tiling controls such as NDFileHDF5's
162 /// `nRowChunks` / `nColChunks`: it changes only the partial-read
163 /// granularity and compression unit, not the stored data.
164 /// [`append_frame`](Self::append_frame) accepts a whole frame and
165 /// splits it into tiles automatically.
166 pub fn create_streaming_dataset_tiled<T: H5Type>(
167 &mut self,
168 name: &str,
169 frame_dims: &[u64],
170 frame_chunk: &[u64],
171 ) -> Result<usize> {
172 let idx = self.inner.create_streaming_dataset_tiled(
173 name,
174 T::hdf5_type(),
175 frame_dims,
176 frame_chunk,
177 )?;
178 Ok(idx)
179 }
180
181 /// Create a compressed streaming dataset whose frames are split into
182 /// fixed-size chunk tiles. See
183 /// [`create_streaming_dataset_tiled`](Self::create_streaming_dataset_tiled)
184 /// for the meaning of `frame_chunk`; each tile is the compression unit.
185 pub fn create_streaming_dataset_tiled_compressed<T: H5Type>(
186 &mut self,
187 name: &str,
188 frame_dims: &[u64],
189 frame_chunk: &[u64],
190 pipeline: crate::format::messages::filter::FilterPipeline,
191 ) -> Result<usize> {
192 self.create_streaming_dataset_tiled_compressed_with_datatype(
193 name,
194 T::hdf5_type(),
195 frame_dims,
196 frame_chunk,
197 pipeline,
198 )
199 }
200
201 /// [`Self::create_streaming_dataset_tiled_compressed`] with an explicit stored datatype instead of a
202 /// carrier `T`, for a type no `T` describes (e.g. a reduced-precision
203 /// type for [`FilterPipeline::nbit`](crate::FilterPipeline::nbit)); an
204 /// element is `datatype.element_size()` bytes.
205 pub fn create_streaming_dataset_tiled_compressed_with_datatype(
206 &mut self,
207 name: &str,
208 datatype: crate::DatatypeMessage,
209 frame_dims: &[u64],
210 frame_chunk: &[u64],
211 pipeline: crate::format::messages::filter::FilterPipeline,
212 ) -> Result<usize> {
213 let idx = self.inner.create_streaming_dataset_tiled_compressed(
214 name,
215 datatype,
216 frame_dims,
217 frame_chunk,
218 pipeline,
219 )?;
220 Ok(idx)
221 }
222
223 /// Create a streaming dataset with full control over the chunk shape,
224 /// including the frame axis.
225 ///
226 /// `chunk` is the complete per-chunk shape, of rank
227 /// `frame_dims.len() + 1`: `chunk[0]` frames per chunk (the NDFileHDF5
228 /// `nFramesChunks` control) and `chunk[1..]` the per-frame tile shape
229 /// (`nRowChunks` / `nColChunks`). When `chunk[0] > 1`,
230 /// [`append_frame`](Self::append_frame) buffers whole frames until a
231 /// chunk band fills; the final partial band is written (zero-padded) at
232 /// [`close`](Self::close), and the dataset's logical frame count always
233 /// equals the exact number of frames appended.
234 pub fn create_streaming_dataset_chunked<T: H5Type>(
235 &mut self,
236 name: &str,
237 frame_dims: &[u64],
238 chunk: &[u64],
239 ) -> Result<usize> {
240 let idx =
241 self.inner
242 .create_streaming_dataset_chunked(name, T::hdf5_type(), frame_dims, chunk)?;
243 Ok(idx)
244 }
245
246 /// Compressed variant of
247 /// [`create_streaming_dataset_chunked`](Self::create_streaming_dataset_chunked);
248 /// each chunk is filtered independently through `pipeline`.
249 pub fn create_streaming_dataset_chunked_compressed<T: H5Type>(
250 &mut self,
251 name: &str,
252 frame_dims: &[u64],
253 chunk: &[u64],
254 pipeline: crate::format::messages::filter::FilterPipeline,
255 ) -> Result<usize> {
256 self.create_streaming_dataset_chunked_compressed_with_datatype(
257 name,
258 T::hdf5_type(),
259 frame_dims,
260 chunk,
261 pipeline,
262 )
263 }
264
265 /// [`Self::create_streaming_dataset_chunked_compressed`] with an explicit stored datatype instead of a
266 /// carrier `T`, for a type no `T` describes (e.g. a reduced-precision
267 /// type for [`FilterPipeline::nbit`](crate::FilterPipeline::nbit)); an
268 /// element is `datatype.element_size()` bytes.
269 pub fn create_streaming_dataset_chunked_compressed_with_datatype(
270 &mut self,
271 name: &str,
272 datatype: crate::DatatypeMessage,
273 frame_dims: &[u64],
274 chunk: &[u64],
275 pipeline: crate::format::messages::filter::FilterPipeline,
276 ) -> Result<usize> {
277 let idx = self.inner.create_streaming_dataset_chunked_compressed(
278 name, datatype, frame_dims, chunk, pipeline,
279 )?;
280 Ok(idx)
281 }
282
283 /// [`Self::create_streaming_dataset_chunked`] with a frame axis that holds
284 /// at most `max_frames` frames (`None`: unlimited) and an explicit stored
285 /// datatype, filtered through `pipeline` when one is given: NDFileHDF5's
286 /// maxdims\[0\] = NumCapture. A bounded frame axis is indexed by a fixed
287 /// array, the index libhdf5 picks for it, and an append past
288 /// `max_frames` is refused.
289 pub fn create_streaming_dataset_with_max_frames(
290 &mut self,
291 name: &str,
292 datatype: crate::DatatypeMessage,
293 frame_dims: &[u64],
294 chunk: &[u64],
295 max_frames: Option<u64>,
296 pipeline: Option<crate::format::messages::filter::FilterPipeline>,
297 ) -> Result<usize> {
298 let idx = self.inner.create_streaming_dataset_with_max_frames(
299 name, datatype, frame_dims, chunk, max_frames, pipeline,
300 )?;
301 Ok(idx)
302 }
303
304 /// Create a fixed-shape multi-dimensional grid dataset that fills at
305 /// explicit positions as frames arrive.
306 ///
307 /// Unlike [`create_streaming_dataset`](Self::create_streaming_dataset),
308 /// which appends frames along a single unlimited leading axis, this
309 /// creates a dataset of the full bounded shape `dims` (no unlimited axis)
310 /// and lets you place each frame at an arbitrary chunk position with
311 /// [`write_chunk_at`](Self::write_chunk_at). This mirrors AreaDetector's
312 /// "extra dimensions" layout, where a scan of known size (e.g.
313 /// `[Na, Nb, H, W]`) is filled in odometer order. `chunk` is the per-chunk
314 /// shape of the same rank (typically `[1, …, 1, H, W]`). `dims` is also
315 /// the maximum shape; [`set_extent`](Self::set_extent) moves the extent
316 /// within it. Returns the dataset index.
317 pub fn create_grid_dataset<T: H5Type>(
318 &mut self,
319 name: &str,
320 dims: &[u64],
321 chunk: &[u64],
322 ) -> Result<usize> {
323 self.create_grid_dataset_with_datatype(name, T::hdf5_type(), dims, chunk)
324 }
325
326 /// [`Self::create_grid_dataset`] with an explicit stored datatype instead of a
327 /// carrier `T`, for a type no `T` describes (e.g. a reduced-precision
328 /// type for [`FilterPipeline::nbit`](crate::FilterPipeline::nbit)); an
329 /// element is `datatype.element_size()` bytes.
330 pub fn create_grid_dataset_with_datatype(
331 &mut self,
332 name: &str,
333 datatype: crate::DatatypeMessage,
334 dims: &[u64],
335 chunk: &[u64],
336 ) -> Result<usize> {
337 let idx = self
338 .inner
339 .create_grid_dataset(name, datatype, dims, chunk)?;
340 Ok(idx)
341 }
342
343 /// Compressed variant of [`create_grid_dataset`](Self::create_grid_dataset);
344 /// each chunk is filtered independently through `pipeline`, and
345 /// [`write_chunk_raw_at`](Self::write_chunk_raw_at) can place chunks a
346 /// codec already compressed.
347 pub fn create_grid_dataset_compressed<T: H5Type>(
348 &mut self,
349 name: &str,
350 dims: &[u64],
351 chunk: &[u64],
352 pipeline: crate::format::messages::filter::FilterPipeline,
353 ) -> Result<usize> {
354 self.create_grid_dataset_compressed_with_datatype(
355 name,
356 T::hdf5_type(),
357 dims,
358 chunk,
359 pipeline,
360 )
361 }
362
363 /// [`Self::create_grid_dataset_compressed`] with an explicit stored
364 /// datatype instead of a carrier `T`, for a type no `T` describes (e.g. a
365 /// reduced-precision type for
366 /// [`FilterPipeline::nbit`](crate::FilterPipeline::nbit)); an element is
367 /// `datatype.element_size()` bytes.
368 pub fn create_grid_dataset_compressed_with_datatype(
369 &mut self,
370 name: &str,
371 datatype: crate::DatatypeMessage,
372 dims: &[u64],
373 chunk: &[u64],
374 pipeline: crate::format::messages::filter::FilterPipeline,
375 ) -> Result<usize> {
376 let idx = self
377 .inner
378 .create_grid_dataset_compressed(name, datatype, dims, chunk, pipeline)?;
379 Ok(idx)
380 }
381
382 /// Create a hard link: an additional name for a dataset or group that
383 /// already exists in the file.
384 ///
385 /// No data is copied — the link and its target share one object header,
386 /// exactly as `h5py` / libhdf5 hard links do. This is the NeXus-style way
387 /// to expose a streaming dataset at an aliased path.
388 ///
389 /// * `parent_group_path` — full path of the group that will hold the
390 /// link (`"/"` for the root group).
391 /// * `link_name` — leaf name of the new link within that group.
392 /// * `target_path` — full path of an existing dataset or group.
393 ///
394 /// # Visibility relative to SWMR mode
395 ///
396 /// A link created **before** [`start_swmr`](Self::start_swmr) is committed
397 /// by `start_swmr` and is visible to SWMR readers for the whole streaming
398 /// window. A link created **after** `start_swmr` is committed only by
399 /// [`close`](Self::close); it does not appear to readers that attach
400 /// during the live SWMR window. Create layout links before `start_swmr`
401 /// when readers must resolve them while streaming.
402 pub fn create_hard_link(
403 &mut self,
404 parent_group_path: &str,
405 link_name: &str,
406 target_path: &str,
407 ) -> Result<()> {
408 self.inner
409 .writer_mut()
410 .create_hard_link(parent_group_path, link_name, target_path)?;
411 Ok(())
412 }
413
414 /// Create a group in the file hierarchy.
415 ///
416 /// * `parent_group_path` — full path of the parent group (`"/"` for the
417 /// root group).
418 /// * `name` — leaf name of the new group.
419 ///
420 /// A nested NeXus layout is built one level at a time, parent first:
421 ///
422 /// ```no_run
423 /// # use rust_hdf5::swmr::SwmrFileWriter;
424 /// # let mut writer = SwmrFileWriter::create("stream.h5").unwrap();
425 /// writer.create_group("/", "entry").unwrap();
426 /// writer.create_group("/entry", "data").unwrap();
427 /// ```
428 ///
429 /// Like [`create_hard_link`](Self::create_hard_link), a group created
430 /// before [`start_swmr`](Self::start_swmr) is visible to SWMR readers for
431 /// the whole streaming window; one created after is committed only by
432 /// [`close`](Self::close).
433 pub fn create_group(&mut self, parent_group_path: &str, name: &str) -> Result<()> {
434 self.inner
435 .writer_mut()
436 .create_group(parent_group_path, name)?;
437 Ok(())
438 }
439
440 /// Set a string attribute on a group, or on the root group when
441 /// `group_path` is `"/"`.
442 ///
443 /// This is the NeXus way to tag a group with its class — for example
444 /// `set_group_attr_string("/entry", "NX_class", "NXentry")`. An existing
445 /// attribute of the same name is replaced.
446 ///
447 /// After [`start_swmr`](Self::start_swmr) a set or replace is committed
448 /// at close, as libhdf5 1.14 commits it under SWMR; until then readers
449 /// see the attributes as published. This holds for every attribute
450 /// setter.
451 pub fn set_group_attr_string(
452 &mut self,
453 group_path: &str,
454 name: &str,
455 value: &str,
456 ) -> Result<()> {
457 self.inner.writer_mut().set_vlen_string_attribute(
458 group_attr_target(group_path),
459 name,
460 value,
461 )?;
462 Ok(())
463 }
464
465 /// Set a numeric scalar attribute on a group, or on the root group when
466 /// `group_path` is `"/"`. An existing attribute of the same name is
467 /// replaced. After [`start_swmr`](Self::start_swmr) it is committed at
468 /// close — see [`set_group_attr_string`](Self::set_group_attr_string).
469 pub fn set_group_attr_numeric<T: H5Type>(
470 &mut self,
471 group_path: &str,
472 name: &str,
473 value: &T,
474 ) -> Result<()> {
475 let attr = AttributeMessage::scalar_numeric(name, T::hdf5_type(), scalar_to_bytes(value));
476 self.inner
477 .writer_mut()
478 .set_attribute(group_attr_target(group_path), attr)?;
479 Ok(())
480 }
481
482 /// Set a numeric array attribute on a group, or on the root group when
483 /// `group_path` is `"/"` — the group form of
484 /// [`set_dataset_attr_array`](Self::set_dataset_attr_array), with the
485 /// same shape rule. After [`start_swmr`](Self::start_swmr) it is
486 /// committed at close — see
487 /// [`set_group_attr_string`](Self::set_group_attr_string).
488 pub fn set_group_attr_array<T: H5Type>(
489 &mut self,
490 group_path: &str,
491 name: &str,
492 dims: &[u64],
493 values: &[T],
494 ) -> Result<()> {
495 let attr = array_attr(name, dims, values)?;
496 self.inner
497 .writer_mut()
498 .set_attribute(group_attr_target(group_path), attr)?;
499 Ok(())
500 }
501
502 /// Set a scalar attribute of a caller-supplied datatype on a group, or on
503 /// the root group when `group_path` is `"/"` — the SWMR form of
504 /// [`H5Group::set_attr_typed`](crate::H5Group::set_attr_typed). After
505 /// [`start_swmr`](Self::start_swmr) it is committed at close — see
506 /// [`set_group_attr_string`](Self::set_group_attr_string).
507 pub fn set_group_attr_typed(
508 &mut self,
509 group_path: &str,
510 name: &str,
511 datatype: DatatypeMessage,
512 value: Vec<u8>,
513 ) -> Result<()> {
514 let attr = crate::attribute::typed_scalar_attr(name, datatype, value)?;
515 self.inner
516 .writer_mut()
517 .set_attribute(group_attr_target(group_path), attr)?;
518 Ok(())
519 }
520
521 /// Create a fixed-shape (non-streaming) dataset and write all its data in
522 /// one call. Returns the dataset index.
523 ///
524 /// This is for the NeXus metadata that surrounds the image stream —
525 /// coordinate axes, detector geometry, and (with `dims = &[]`) scalar
526 /// values such as `/entry/instrument/detector/distance`. Unlike a
527 /// streaming dataset, it is written once and not appended to.
528 pub fn write_dataset<T: H5Type>(
529 &mut self,
530 name: &str,
531 dims: &[u64],
532 data: &[T],
533 ) -> Result<usize> {
534 let expected: u64 = if dims.is_empty() {
535 1
536 } else {
537 dims.iter().product()
538 };
539 if data.len() as u64 != expected {
540 return Err(crate::error::Hdf5Error::InvalidState(format!(
541 "write_dataset: data has {} elements but shape {dims:?} needs {expected}",
542 data.len()
543 )));
544 }
545 let idx = self
546 .inner
547 .writer_mut()
548 .create_dataset(name, T::hdf5_type(), dims)?;
549 self.inner
550 .writer_mut()
551 .write_dataset_raw(idx, slice_to_bytes(data))?;
552 Ok(idx)
553 }
554
555 /// [`write_dataset`](Self::write_dataset) with a caller-supplied datatype
556 /// and the raw element bytes, `dims` product times the type's size — for
557 /// NDFileHDF5's NUL-terminated fixed-length string constants, where
558 /// [`write_string_dataset`](Self::write_string_dataset) writes a
559 /// variable-length one. A byte count that does not match is refused
560 /// before the dataset is created.
561 pub fn write_dataset_typed(
562 &mut self,
563 name: &str,
564 datatype: DatatypeMessage,
565 dims: &[u64],
566 data: &[u8],
567 ) -> Result<usize> {
568 let expected = dims.iter().product::<u64>() * datatype.element_size() as u64;
569 if data.len() as u64 != expected {
570 return Err(Hdf5Error::InvalidState(format!(
571 "write_dataset_typed: data has {} bytes but shape {dims:?} needs {expected}",
572 data.len()
573 )));
574 }
575 let idx = self
576 .inner
577 .writer_mut()
578 .create_dataset(name, datatype, dims)?;
579 self.inner.writer_mut().write_dataset_raw(idx, data)?;
580 Ok(idx)
581 }
582
583 /// Create a variable-length string dataset (one element per string).
584 /// Returns the dataset index. Useful for NeXus metadata such as
585 /// `/entry/start_time` or per-frame timestamp arrays.
586 ///
587 /// The datatype declares UTF-8;
588 /// [`write_string_dataset_ascii`](Self::write_string_dataset_ascii)
589 /// declares ASCII instead.
590 pub fn write_string_dataset(&mut self, name: &str, strings: &[&str]) -> Result<usize> {
591 let idx = self
592 .inner
593 .writer_mut()
594 .create_vlen_string_dataset(name, strings, 1)?;
595 Ok(idx)
596 }
597
598 /// [`write_string_dataset`](Self::write_string_dataset) under an **ASCII**
599 /// datatype, the one h5py's `string_dtype("ascii")` produces. A string
600 /// that is not 7-bit is rejected rather than mislabelled.
601 pub fn write_string_dataset_ascii(&mut self, name: &str, strings: &[&str]) -> Result<usize> {
602 let idx = self
603 .inner
604 .writer_mut()
605 .create_vlen_string_dataset(name, strings, 0)?;
606 Ok(idx)
607 }
608
609 /// Set a string attribute on a dataset, addressed by its index. The
610 /// NeXus way to record `units`, `long_name`, `signal`, etc. An existing
611 /// attribute of the same name is replaced. After
612 /// [`start_swmr`](Self::start_swmr) it is committed at close — see
613 /// [`set_group_attr_string`](Self::set_group_attr_string).
614 pub fn set_dataset_attr_string(
615 &mut self,
616 ds_index: usize,
617 name: &str,
618 value: &str,
619 ) -> Result<()> {
620 self.inner.writer_mut().set_vlen_string_attribute(
621 crate::io::writer::AttrTarget::Dataset(ds_index),
622 name,
623 value,
624 )?;
625 Ok(())
626 }
627
628 /// Set a numeric scalar attribute on a dataset, addressed by its index.
629 /// An existing attribute of the same name is replaced. After
630 /// [`start_swmr`](Self::start_swmr) it is committed at close — see
631 /// [`set_group_attr_string`](Self::set_group_attr_string).
632 pub fn set_dataset_attr_numeric<T: H5Type>(
633 &mut self,
634 ds_index: usize,
635 name: &str,
636 value: &T,
637 ) -> Result<()> {
638 let attr = AttributeMessage::scalar_numeric(name, T::hdf5_type(), scalar_to_bytes(value));
639 self.inner
640 .writer_mut()
641 .add_dataset_attribute(ds_index, attr)?;
642 Ok(())
643 }
644
645 /// Set a scalar attribute of a caller-supplied datatype on a dataset,
646 /// addressed by its index — the SWMR form of
647 /// [`H5Dataset::set_attr_typed`](crate::H5Dataset::set_attr_typed).
648 /// After [`start_swmr`](Self::start_swmr) it is committed at close — see
649 /// [`set_group_attr_string`](Self::set_group_attr_string).
650 pub fn set_dataset_attr_typed(
651 &mut self,
652 ds_index: usize,
653 name: &str,
654 datatype: DatatypeMessage,
655 value: Vec<u8>,
656 ) -> Result<()> {
657 let attr = crate::attribute::typed_scalar_attr(name, datatype, value)?;
658 self.inner
659 .writer_mut()
660 .add_dataset_attribute(ds_index, attr)?;
661 Ok(())
662 }
663
664 /// Set a numeric array attribute on a dataset, addressed by its index.
665 ///
666 /// `dims` are the dimension sizes (e.g. `&[3]` for a 1-D array) and the
667 /// number of `values` must equal their product. This is the SWMR
668 /// counterpart of [`H5Attribute::write_array`](crate::H5Attribute::write_array),
669 /// for the length-ndims `int32` array attributes AreaDetector writes
670 /// (`NDArrayDimOffset`, `NDArrayDimBinning`, `NDArrayDimReverse`). An
671 /// existing attribute of the same name is replaced.
672 ///
673 /// After [`start_swmr`](Self::start_swmr) it is committed at close — see
674 /// [`set_group_attr_string`](Self::set_group_attr_string). Resolve a
675 /// dataset path to its index with [`dataset_index`](Self::dataset_index).
676 pub fn set_dataset_attr_array<T: H5Type>(
677 &mut self,
678 ds_index: usize,
679 name: &str,
680 dims: &[u64],
681 values: &[T],
682 ) -> Result<()> {
683 let attr = array_attr(name, dims, values)?;
684 self.inner
685 .writer_mut()
686 .add_dataset_attribute(ds_index, attr)?;
687 Ok(())
688 }
689
690 /// Set the fill value of a streaming dataset, addressed by its index.
691 ///
692 /// Call this before the first [`append_frame`](Self::append_frame): it
693 /// determines the value of chunk regions that are never written (a
694 /// partial final band, or unwritten tiles).
695 pub fn set_dataset_fill_value<T: H5Type>(&mut self, ds_index: usize, value: &T) -> Result<()> {
696 self.set_dataset_fill_value_bytes(ds_index, &scalar_to_bytes(value))
697 }
698
699 /// [`set_dataset_fill_value`](Self::set_dataset_fill_value) from one
700 /// element encoded in the dataset's stored datatype — for a type no `T`
701 /// carries, such as one made with a `_with_datatype` constructor.
702 /// `bytes` is the element's host-order image, `datatype.element_size()`
703 /// bytes long; it is put in the order the datatype declares.
704 pub fn set_dataset_fill_value_bytes(&mut self, ds_index: usize, bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<()> {
705 let writer = self.inner.writer_mut();
706 if ds_index >= writer.dataset_count() {
707 return Err(Hdf5Error::InvalidState(format!(
708 "dataset index {ds_index} out of range"
709 )));
710 }
711 let datatype = writer.ds(ds_index).lock().datatype.clone();
712 let width = datatype.element_size() as usize;
713 if bytes.len() != width {
714 return Err(Hdf5Error::TypeMismatch(format!(
715 "fill value is {} bytes but datatype {datatype} stores {width}",
716 bytes.len()
717 )));
718 }
719 let stored = crate::dataset::to_stored_byte_order(bytes, &datatype, width)?;
720 writer.set_dataset_fill_value(ds_index, stored.into_owned())?;
721 Ok(())
722 }
723
724 /// Place an existing dataset inside a group.
725 ///
726 /// By default a dataset created through this writer lives at the root
727 /// level; this moves its link record into `group_path` (which must
728 /// already exist). The group must be created before `start_swmr` for the
729 /// placement to be visible to readers during streaming.
730 pub fn assign_dataset_to_group(&mut self, group_path: &str, ds_index: usize) -> Result<()> {
731 self.inner
732 .writer_mut()
733 .assign_dataset_to_group(group_path, ds_index)?;
734 Ok(())
735 }
736
737 /// Signal the start of SWMR mode.
738 pub fn start_swmr(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
739 self.inner.start_swmr()?;
740 Ok(())
741 }
742
743 /// Append a frame of raw data to a streaming dataset.
744 ///
745 /// The data size must match one frame (product of frame_dims * element_size).
746 pub fn append_frame(&mut self, ds_index: usize, data: &[u8]) -> Result<()> {
747 self.inner.append_frame(ds_index, data)?;
748 Ok(())
749 }
750
751 /// Append a frame that is already filtered (e.g. compressed by a codec
752 /// plugin upstream), storing its bytes verbatim — HDF5's direct chunk
753 /// write (`H5Dwrite_chunk`) for a streaming dataset.
754 ///
755 /// `data` is the stored (compressed) image of one frame; the dataset's
756 /// filter pipeline, recorded when it was created with a `_compressed`
757 /// constructor, is what readers run to decode it. `filter_mask` bit *i*
758 /// set means filter *i* was not applied to this frame; pass 0 when the
759 /// whole pipeline was. The dataset must store one whole frame per chunk
760 /// ([`create_streaming_dataset_compressed`](Self::create_streaming_dataset_compressed),
761 /// or a `_chunked_compressed` or filtered `_with_max_frames` chunk of
762 /// `[1, frame_dims...]`).
763 pub fn append_frame_raw(
764 &mut self,
765 ds_index: usize,
766 data: &[u8],
767 filter_mask: u32,
768 ) -> Result<()> {
769 self.inner.append_frame_raw(ds_index, data, filter_mask)?;
770 Ok(())
771 }
772
773 /// Write one already-filtered chunk verbatim at an explicit chunk
774 /// position of a grid dataset made by
775 /// [`create_grid_dataset_compressed`](Self::create_grid_dataset_compressed)
776 /// — HDF5's direct chunk write (`H5Dwrite_chunk`) at a chunk offset.
777 /// `filter_mask` bit *i* set means filter *i* was not applied to this
778 /// chunk; pass 0 when the whole pipeline was.
779 pub fn write_chunk_raw_at(
780 &mut self,
781 ds_index: usize,
782 chunk_coords: &[u64],
783 data: &[u8],
784 filter_mask: u32,
785 ) -> Result<()> {
786 self.inner
787 .write_chunk_raw_at(ds_index, chunk_coords, data, filter_mask)?;
788 Ok(())
789 }
790
791 /// Write one frame at an explicit chunk position of a grid dataset
792 /// created with [`create_grid_dataset`](Self::create_grid_dataset).
793 ///
794 /// `chunk_coords` are in units of chunks (row-major over the chunk grid)
795 /// and `data` must be exactly one full chunk (`product(chunk) *
796 /// element_size` bytes; edge chunks are zero-padded by the caller).
797 /// Positions may be written in any order, beyond the extent too while
798 /// inside the maximum shape, and unwritten positions read back as fill.
799 /// As with the streaming path, call [`flush`](Self::flush) to make writes
800 /// visible to SWMR readers and set dataset attributes before
801 /// [`start_swmr`](Self::start_swmr).
802 pub fn write_chunk_at(
803 &mut self,
804 ds_index: usize,
805 chunk_coords: &[u64],
806 data: &[u8],
807 ) -> Result<()> {
808 self.inner.write_chunk_at(ds_index, chunk_coords, data)?;
809 Ok(())
810 }
811
812 /// Set a dataset's logical extent within its maximum shape, growing or
813 /// shrinking it — libhdf5's `H5Dset_extent`, e.g. a grid's extent
814 /// following the positions written so far. A multi-frame-chunk stream,
815 /// whose extent counts the frames it buffers, is refused.
816 pub fn set_extent(&mut self, ds_index: usize, dims: &[u64]) -> Result<()> {
817 self.inner.set_extent(ds_index, dims)?;
818 Ok(())
819 }
820
821 /// Flush all dataset index structures to disk with SWMR ordering.
822 pub fn flush(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
823 self.inner.flush()?;
824 Ok(())
825 }
826
827 /// Close and finalize the file.
828 pub fn close(self) -> Result<()> {
829 self.inner.close()?;
830 Ok(())
831 }
832}
833
834/// SWMR reader for monitoring a streaming HDF5 file.
835///
836/// Opens a file being written by a concurrent [`SwmrFileWriter`] and
837/// periodically calls [`refresh`](Self::refresh) to pick up new data.
838///
839/// ```no_run
840/// use rust_hdf5::swmr::SwmrFileReader;
841///
842/// let mut reader = SwmrFileReader::open("stream.h5").unwrap();
843///
844/// loop {
845/// reader.refresh().unwrap();
846/// let names = reader.dataset_names();
847/// if let Some(shape) = reader.dataset_shape("frames").ok() {
848/// println!("frames shape: {:?}", shape);
849/// if shape[0] > 0 {
850/// let data = reader.read_dataset_raw("frames").unwrap();
851/// println!("got {} bytes", data.len());
852/// break;
853/// }
854/// }
855/// std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(100));
856/// }
857/// ```
858pub struct SwmrFileReader {
859 reader: Hdf5Reader,
860}
861
862impl SwmrFileReader {
863 /// Open an HDF5 file for SWMR reading using the env-var-derived
864 /// locking policy. Takes a shared lock so it coexists with the
865 /// downgraded shared lock held by [`SwmrFileWriter`] after
866 /// `start_swmr`, and with other concurrent SWMR readers.
867 pub fn open<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> Result<Self> {
868 let reader = Hdf5Reader::open_swmr(path.as_ref())?;
869 Ok(Self { reader })
870 }
871
872 /// Open an HDF5 file for SWMR reading with an explicit locking policy.
873 pub fn open_with_locking<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P, locking: FileLocking) -> Result<Self> {
874 let reader = Hdf5Reader::open_swmr_with_locking(path.as_ref(), locking)?;
875 Ok(Self { reader })
876 }
877
878 /// Re-read the superblock and dataset metadata from disk.
879 ///
880 /// Call this periodically to pick up new data written by the concurrent
881 /// SWMR writer.
882 pub fn refresh(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
883 self.reader.refresh()?;
884 Ok(())
885 }
886
887 /// Return the names of all datasets.
888 pub fn dataset_names(&self) -> Vec<String> {
889 self.reader
890 .dataset_names()
891 .iter()
892 .map(|s| s.to_string())
893 .collect()
894 }
895
896 /// Return the current shape of a dataset.
897 pub fn dataset_shape(&mut self, name: &str) -> Result<Vec<u64>> {
898 Ok(self.reader.dataset_shape(name)?)
899 }
900
901 /// Read the raw bytes of a dataset.
902 pub fn read_dataset_raw(&mut self, name: &str) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
903 Ok(self.reader.read_dataset_raw(name)?)
904 }
905
906 /// Read a dataset as a typed vector.
907 ///
908 /// `T` must have the dataset's exact element width — the same
909 /// width-checked byte reinterpretation as
910 /// [`H5Dataset::read_raw`](crate::dataset::H5Dataset::read_raw), with no
911 /// datatype conversion. Use
912 /// [`dataset_element_size`](Self::dataset_element_size) to size-check a
913 /// type at runtime.
914 pub fn read_dataset<T: H5Type>(&mut self, name: &str) -> Result<Vec<T>> {
915 self.check_element_width::<T>(name)?;
916 let datatype = self.dataset_datatype(name)?;
917 let es = T::element_size();
918 let total = self.reader.dataset_raw_size(name)? as usize;
919 if es == 0 || !total.is_multiple_of(es) {
920 return Err(crate::error::Hdf5Error::TypeMismatch(format!(
921 "raw data size {total} is not a multiple of element size {es}"
922 )));
923 }
924 // As the non-SWMR full read: the image lands in the vector this
925 // returns rather than in a byte buffer copied into it afterwards.
926 crate::io::reader::read_image_into_new(total / es, |image| {
927 self.reader.read_dataset_raw_into_dst(
928 name,
929 image,
930 crate::io::file_handle::ReadDst::Fresh,
931 )?;
932 crate::dataset::to_host_byte_order(image, &datatype, es)
933 })
934 }
935
936 /// Read a slice (hyperslab) of a dataset as raw bytes.
937 ///
938 /// `starts[d]` is the first index along dimension `d`, `counts[d]` is how
939 /// many. For a streaming dataset this reads only the chunks the slice
940 /// overlaps — the efficient way for a live viewer to fetch the latest
941 /// frame without re-reading the whole stream.
942 pub fn read_slice_raw(
943 &mut self,
944 name: &str,
945 starts: &[u64],
946 counts: &[u64],
947 ) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
948 Ok(self.reader.read_slice(name, starts, counts)?)
949 }
950
951 /// Read a slice (hyperslab) of a dataset as a typed vector.
952 /// See [`read_slice_raw`](Self::read_slice_raw); `T`'s width is checked
953 /// like [`read_dataset`](Self::read_dataset).
954 pub fn read_slice<T: H5Type>(
955 &mut self,
956 name: &str,
957 starts: &[u64],
958 counts: &[u64],
959 ) -> Result<Vec<T>> {
960 self.check_element_width::<T>(name)?;
961 let datatype = self.dataset_datatype(name)?;
962 bytes_to_typed(self.reader.read_slice(name, starts, counts)?, &datatype)
963 }
964
965 /// The width gate for the typed reads: without it, reinterpreting the
966 /// raw bytes splits or merges elements — an f64 dataset read as `i32`
967 /// passed the divisibility check and silently returned twice as many
968 /// garbage values.
969 fn check_element_width<T: H5Type>(&mut self, name: &str) -> Result<()> {
970 let stored = self.dataset_element_size(name)?;
971 if T::element_size() != stored {
972 return Err(crate::error::Hdf5Error::TypeMismatch(format!(
973 "read type has element size {} but dataset has element size {stored}",
974 T::element_size(),
975 )));
976 }
977 Ok(())
978 }
979
980 /// Read a variable-length string dataset.
981 pub fn read_vlen_strings(&mut self, name: &str) -> Result<Vec<String>> {
982 Ok(self.reader.read_vlen_strings(name)?)
983 }
984
985 /// Element size of a dataset's datatype, in bytes — enough to size a
986 /// read buffer without knowing the concrete element type at compile time.
987 pub fn dataset_element_size(&mut self, name: &str) -> Result<usize> {
988 self.reader
989 .dataset_info(name)
990 .map(|i| i.datatype.element_size() as usize)
991 .ok_or_else(|| crate::error::Hdf5Error::NotFound(name.to_string()))
992 }
993
994 /// The stored datatype of a dataset, which the typed reads need to put
995 /// the element image into host byte order.
996 fn dataset_datatype(&mut self, name: &str) -> Result<DatatypeMessage> {
997 self.reader
998 .dataset_info(name)
999 .map(|i| i.datatype.clone())
1000 .ok_or_else(|| crate::error::Hdf5Error::NotFound(name.to_string()))
1001 }
1002
1003 /// All group paths in the file.
1004 pub fn group_paths(&self) -> Vec<String> {
1005 self.reader.group_paths().iter().cloned().collect()
1006 }
1007
1008 /// Whether a group exists. A leading `/` is tolerated.
1009 pub fn has_group(&self, group_path: &str) -> bool {
1010 self.reader.has_group(group_path.trim_start_matches('/'))
1011 }
1012
1013 /// Names of the attributes on a dataset.
1014 pub fn dataset_attr_names(&mut self, name: &str) -> Result<Vec<String>> {
1015 Ok(self.reader.dataset_attr_names(name)?)
1016 }
1017
1018 /// Read a dataset's attribute as a string (e.g. `units`, `NX_class`).
1019 pub fn dataset_attr_string(&mut self, dataset: &str, attr: &str) -> Result<String> {
1020 let a = self.reader.dataset_attr(dataset, attr)?.clone();
1021 Ok(self.reader.attr_string_value(&a)?)
1022 }
1023
1024 /// Names of the attributes on a group, or on the root group when
1025 /// `group_path` is `"/"`. A leading `/` is tolerated.
1026 pub fn group_attr_names(&mut self, group_path: &str) -> Result<Vec<String>> {
1027 Ok(if group_path == "/" {
1028 self.reader.root_attr_names()?
1029 } else {
1030 self.reader
1031 .group_attr_names(group_path.trim_start_matches('/'))?
1032 })
1033 }
1034
1035 /// Read a group's attribute as a string (the NeXus `NX_class` etc.), or
1036 /// a root attribute when `group_path` is `"/"`. A leading `/` is tolerated.
1037 pub fn group_attr_string(&mut self, group_path: &str, attr: &str) -> Result<String> {
1038 let a = if group_path == "/" {
1039 self.reader.root_attr(attr)
1040 } else {
1041 self.reader
1042 .group_attr(group_path.trim_start_matches('/'), attr)
1043 }?
1044 .clone();
1045 Ok(self.reader.attr_string_value(&a)?)
1046 }
1047}
1048
1049/// The writer-side attribute list a group path names: `"/"` is the
1050/// file-level (root) list, anything else the group's own.
1051fn group_attr_target(group_path: &str) -> crate::io::writer::AttrTarget<'_> {
1052 if group_path == "/" {
1053 crate::io::writer::AttrTarget::Root
1054 } else {
1055 crate::io::writer::AttrTarget::Group(group_path)
1056 }
1057}
1058
1059/// Reinterpret a raw byte buffer as a typed vector. The buffer length must
1060/// be a whole multiple of `T`'s element size, and the stored byte order is
1061/// converted to the host's first — reinterpretation is only the stored value
1062/// when the two agree.
1063fn bytes_to_typed<T: H5Type>(mut raw: Vec<u8>, datatype: &DatatypeMessage) -> Result<Vec<T>> {
1064 let es = T::element_size();
1065 if es == 0 || !raw.len().is_multiple_of(es) {
1066 return Err(crate::error::Hdf5Error::TypeMismatch(format!(
1067 "raw data size {} is not a multiple of element size {es}",
1068 raw.len()
1069 )));
1070 }
1071 crate::dataset::to_host_byte_order(&mut raw, datatype, es)?;
1072 let count = raw.len() / es;
1073 let mut result = Vec::<T>::with_capacity(count);
1074 // Safety: `T: H5Type` is a `Copy` POD primitive exactly `element_size()`
1075 // bytes wide, so the byte buffer is a valid array of `count` `T`s.
1076 unsafe {
1077 std::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(raw.as_ptr(), result.as_mut_ptr() as *mut u8, raw.len());
1078 result.set_len(count);
1079 }
1080 Ok(result)
1081}
1082
1083/// The array attribute message for `values` of shape `dims`, whose product
1084/// must be the value count (an empty shape is a scalar, one value).
1085fn array_attr<T: H5Type>(name: &str, dims: &[u64], values: &[T]) -> Result<AttributeMessage> {
1086 let expected: u64 = dims.iter().product();
1087 if values.len() as u64 != expected {
1088 return Err(crate::error::Hdf5Error::InvalidState(format!(
1089 "attribute '{name}': {} values but shape {dims:?} needs {expected}",
1090 values.len()
1091 )));
1092 }
1093 Ok(AttributeMessage::array_numeric(
1094 name,
1095 T::hdf5_type(),
1096 dims,
1097 slice_to_bytes(values).to_vec(),
1098 ))
1099}
1100
1101/// Raw bytes of one `H5Type` scalar.
1102fn scalar_to_bytes<T: H5Type>(value: &T) -> Vec<u8> {
1103 let es = T::element_size();
1104 // Safety: `T: H5Type` is a `Copy` POD primitive exactly `element_size()`
1105 // bytes wide.
1106 unsafe { std::slice::from_raw_parts(value as *const T as *const u8, es) }.to_vec()
1107}
1108
1109/// Raw bytes of an `H5Type` slice, in element order.
1110fn slice_to_bytes<T: H5Type>(data: &[T]) -> &[u8] {
1111 // Safety: as `scalar_to_bytes`; the slice is a contiguous POD array.
1112 unsafe { std::slice::from_raw_parts(data.as_ptr() as *const u8, std::mem::size_of_val(data)) }
1113}