cv::FileStorage Class Reference

XML/YAML/JSON file storage class that encapsulates all the information necessary for writing or reading data to/from a file. More...

#include <opencv2/core/persistence.hpp>

Public Types
enum	{   UNDEFINED = 0,   VALUE_EXPECTED = 1,   NAME_EXPECTED = 2,   INSIDE_MAP = 4 }
enum	Mode {   READ = 0,   WRITE = 1,   APPEND = 2,   MEMORY = 4,   FORMAT_MASK = (7<<3),   FORMAT_AUTO = 0,   FORMAT_XML = (1<<3),   FORMAT_YAML = (2<<3),   FORMAT_JSON = (3<<3),   BASE64 = 64,   WRITE_BASE64 = BASE64 | WRITE }
	file storage mode More...

Public Member Functions
	FileStorage ()
	The constructors. More...
	FileStorage (const String &filename, int flags, const String &encoding=String())
	Opens a file. More...
	FileStorage (CvFileStorage *fs, bool owning=true)
virtual	~FileStorage ()
	the destructor. calls release() More...
void	endWriteStruct ()
	Finishes writing nested structure (should pair startWriteStruct()) More...
FileNode	getFirstTopLevelNode () const
	Returns the first element of the top-level mapping. More...
int	getFormat () const
	Returns the current format. More...
virtual bool	isOpened () const
	Checks whether the file is opened. More...
virtual bool	open (const String &filename, int flags, const String &encoding=String())
	Opens a file. More...
CvFileStorage *	operator* ()
	Returns the obsolete C FileStorage structure. More...
const CvFileStorage *	operator* () const
FileNode	operator[] (const String &nodename) const
	Returns the specified element of the top-level mapping. More...
FileNode	operator[] (const char *nodename) const
virtual void	release ()
	Closes the file and releases all the memory buffers. More...
virtual String	releaseAndGetString ()
	Closes the file and releases all the memory buffers. More...
FileNode	root (int streamidx=0) const
	Returns the top-level mapping. More...
void	startWriteStruct (const String &name, int flags, const String &typeName=String())
	Starts to write a nested structure (sequence or a mapping). More...
void	write (const String &name, int val)
	Simplified writing API to use with bindings. More...
void	write (const String &name, double val)
void	write (const String &name, const String &val)
void	write (const String &name, InputArray val)
void	writeComment (const String &comment, bool append=false)
	Writes a comment. More...
void	writeObj (const String &name, const void *obj)
	Writes the registered C structure (CvMat, CvMatND, CvSeq). More...
void	writeRaw (const String &fmt, const uchar *vec, size_t len)
	Writes multiple numbers. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static String	getDefaultObjectName (const String &filename)
	Returns the normalized object name for the specified name of a file. More...

Public Attributes
String	elname
	the currently written element More...
Ptr< CvFileStorage >	fs
	the underlying C FileStorage structure More...
int	state
	the writer state More...
std::vector< char >	structs
	the stack of written structures More...

Related Functions
(Note that these are not member functions.)
FileStorage &	operator<< (FileStorage &fs, const String &str)
	Writes string to a file storage. More...
void	write (FileStorage &fs, const String &name, int value)
void	write (FileStorage &fs, const String &name, float value)
void	write (FileStorage &fs, const String &name, double value)
void	write (FileStorage &fs, const String &name, const String &value)
void	write (FileStorage &fs, const String &name, const Mat &value)
void	write (FileStorage &fs, const String &name, const SparseMat &value)
void	writeScalar (FileStorage &fs, int value)
void	writeScalar (FileStorage &fs, float value)
void	writeScalar (FileStorage &fs, double value)
void	writeScalar (FileStorage &fs, const String &value)
template<typename _Tp >
static void	write (FileStorage &fs, const _Tp &value)
template<>
void	write (FileStorage &fs, const int &value)
template<>
void	write (FileStorage &fs, const float &value)
template<>
void	write (FileStorage &fs, const double &value)
template<>
void	write (FileStorage &fs, const String &value)
template<typename _Tp >
static void	write (FileStorage &fs, const Point_< _Tp > &pt)
template<typename _Tp >
static void	write (FileStorage &fs, const Point3_< _Tp > &pt)
template<typename _Tp >
static void	write (FileStorage &fs, const Size_< _Tp > &sz)
template<typename _Tp >
static void	write (FileStorage &fs, const Complex< _Tp > &c)
template<typename _Tp >
static void	write (FileStorage &fs, const Rect_< _Tp > &r)
template<typename _Tp , int cn>
static void	write (FileStorage &fs, const Vec< _Tp, cn > &v)
template<typename _Tp >
static void	write (FileStorage &fs, const Scalar_< _Tp > &s)
static void	write (FileStorage &fs, const Range &r)
template<typename _Tp >
static void	write (FileStorage &fs, const std::vector< _Tp > &vec)
template<typename _Tp >
static void	write (FileStorage &fs, const String &name, const Point_< _Tp > &pt)
template<typename _Tp >
static void	write (FileStorage &fs, const String &name, const Point3_< _Tp > &pt)
template<typename _Tp >
static void	write (FileStorage &fs, const String &name, const Size_< _Tp > &sz)
template<typename _Tp >
static void	write (FileStorage &fs, const String &name, const Complex< _Tp > &c)
template<typename _Tp >
static void	write (FileStorage &fs, const String &name, const Rect_< _Tp > &r)
template<typename _Tp , int cn>
static void	write (FileStorage &fs, const String &name, const Vec< _Tp, cn > &v)
template<typename _Tp >
static void	write (FileStorage &fs, const String &name, const Scalar_< _Tp > &s)
static void	write (FileStorage &fs, const String &name, const Range &r)
static void	write (FileStorage &fs, const String &name, const KeyPoint &kpt)
static void	write (FileStorage &fs, const String &name, const DMatch &m)
template<typename _Tp >
static void	write (FileStorage &fs, const String &name, const std::vector< _Tp > &vec)
template<typename _Tp >
static void	write (FileStorage &fs, const String &name, const std::vector< std::vector< _Tp > > &vec)
template<typename _Tp >
static FileStorage &	operator<< (FileStorage &fs, const _Tp &value)
	Writes data to a file storage. More...
static FileStorage &	operator<< (FileStorage &fs, const char *str)
	Writes data to a file storage. More...
static FileStorage &	operator<< (FileStorage &fs, char *value)
	Writes data to a file storage. More...

Detailed Description

XML/YAML/JSON file storage class that encapsulates all the information necessary for writing or reading data to/from a file.

Examples:

samples/cpp/filestorage.cpp, samples/cpp/tutorial_code/features2D/Homography/decompose_homography.cpp, samples/cpp/tutorial_code/features2D/Homography/homography_from_camera_displacement.cpp, and samples/cpp/tutorial_code/features2D/Homography/pose_from_homography.cpp.

Member Enumeration Documentation

anonymous enum

anonymous enum

Enumerator
UNDEFINED
VALUE_EXPECTED
NAME_EXPECTED
INSIDE_MAP

Mode

enum cv::FileStorage::Mode

file storage mode

Enumerator
READ	value, open the file for reading
WRITE	value, open the file for writing
APPEND	value, open the file for appending
MEMORY	flag, read data from source or write data to the internal buffer (which is returned by FileStorage::release)
FORMAT_MASK	mask for format flags
FORMAT_AUTO	flag, auto format
FORMAT_XML	flag, XML format
FORMAT_YAML	flag, YAML format
FORMAT_JSON	flag, JSON format
BASE64	flag, write rawdata in Base64 by default. (consider using WRITE_BASE64)
WRITE_BASE64	flag, enable both WRITE and BASE64

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

FileStorage() [1/3]

cv::FileStorage::FileStorage

(

)

Python:
	cv.FileStorage(		) ->	<FileStorage object>
	cv.FileStorage(	filename, flags[, encoding]	) ->	<FileStorage object>

The constructors.

The full constructor opens the file. Alternatively you can use the default constructor and then call FileStorage::open.

FileStorage() [2/3]

cv::FileStorage::FileStorage	(	const String &	filename,
		int	flags,
		const String &	encoding = String()
	)

Python:
	cv.FileStorage(		) ->	<FileStorage object>
	cv.FileStorage(	filename, flags[, encoding]	) ->	<FileStorage object>

Opens a file.

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. See description of parameters in FileStorage::FileStorage. The method calls FileStorage::release before opening the file.

Parameters

filename	Name of the file to open or the text string to read the data from. Extension of the file (.xml, .yml/.yaml or .json) determines its format (XML, YAML or JSON respectively). Also you can append .gz to work with compressed files, for example myHugeMatrix.xml.gz. If both FileStorage::WRITE and FileStorage::MEMORY flags are specified, source is used just to specify the output file format (e.g. mydata.xml, .yml etc.). A file name can also contain parameters. You can use this format, "*?base64" (e.g. "file.json?base64" (case sensitive)), as an alternative to FileStorage::BASE64 flag.
flags	Mode of operation. One of FileStorage::Mode
encoding	Encoding of the file. Note that UTF-16 XML encoding is not supported currently and you should use 8-bit encoding instead of it.

FileStorage() [3/3]

cv::FileStorage::FileStorage	(	CvFileStorage *	fs,
		bool	owning = true
	)

Python:
	cv.FileStorage(		) ->	<FileStorage object>
	cv.FileStorage(	filename, flags[, encoding]	) ->	<FileStorage object>

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

~FileStorage()

virtual cv::FileStorage::~FileStorage ( )

virtual

the destructor. calls release()

Member Function Documentation

endWriteStruct()

void cv::FileStorage::endWriteStruct

(

)

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.endWriteStruct(		) ->	None

Finishes writing nested structure (should pair startWriteStruct())

getDefaultObjectName()

static String cv::FileStorage::getDefaultObjectName ( const String &  filename )

static

Returns the normalized object name for the specified name of a file.

Parameters

filename

Name of a file

Returns

The normalized object name.

getFirstTopLevelNode()

FileNode cv::FileStorage::getFirstTopLevelNode

(

)

const

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.getFirstTopLevelNode(		) ->	retval

Returns the first element of the top-level mapping.

Returns

The first element of the top-level mapping.

getFormat()

int cv::FileStorage::getFormat

(

)

const

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.getFormat(		) ->	retval

Returns the current format.

Returns

The current format, see FileStorage::Mode

isOpened()

virtual bool cv::FileStorage::isOpened ( ) const

virtual

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.isOpened(		) ->	retval

Checks whether the file is opened.

Returns

true if the object is associated with the current file and false otherwise. It is a good practice to call this method after you tried to open a file.

Examples:

samples/cpp/filestorage.cpp.

open()

virtual bool cv::FileStorage::open ( const String &  filename, int  flags, const String &  encoding = String()  )

virtual

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.open(	filename, flags[, encoding]	) ->	retval

Opens a file.

See description of parameters in FileStorage::FileStorage. The method calls FileStorage::release before opening the file.

Parameters

filename	Name of the file to open or the text string to read the data from. Extension of the file (.xml, .yml/.yaml or .json) determines its format (XML, YAML or JSON respectively). Also you can append .gz to work with compressed files, for example myHugeMatrix.xml.gz. If both FileStorage::WRITE and FileStorage::MEMORY flags are specified, source is used just to specify the output file format (e.g. mydata.xml, .yml etc.). A file name can also contain parameters. You can use this format, "*?base64" (e.g. "file.json?base64" (case sensitive)), as an alternative to FileStorage::BASE64 flag.
flags	Mode of operation. One of FileStorage::Mode
encoding	Encoding of the file. Note that UTF-16 XML encoding is not supported currently and you should use 8-bit encoding instead of it.

operator*() [1/2]

CvFileStorage* cv::FileStorage::operator* ( )

inline

Returns the obsolete C FileStorage structure.

Returns

Pointer to the underlying C FileStorage structure

operator*() [2/2]

const CvFileStorage* cv::FileStorage::operator* ( ) const

inline

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

operator[]() [1/2]

FileNode cv::FileStorage::operator[]

(

const String &

nodename

)

const

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.getNode(	nodename	) ->	retval

Returns the specified element of the top-level mapping.

Parameters

nodename

Name of the file node.

Returns

Node with the given name.

operator[]() [2/2]

FileNode cv::FileStorage::operator[]

(

const char *

nodename

)

const

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.getNode(	nodename	) ->	retval

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

release()

virtual void cv::FileStorage::release ( )

virtual

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.release(		) ->	None

Closes the file and releases all the memory buffers.

Call this method after all I/O operations with the storage are finished.

releaseAndGetString()

virtual String cv::FileStorage::releaseAndGetString ( )

virtual

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.releaseAndGetString(		) ->	retval

Closes the file and releases all the memory buffers.

Call this method after all I/O operations with the storage are finished. If the storage was opened for writing data and FileStorage::WRITE was specified

Examples:

samples/cpp/filestorage.cpp.

root()

FileNode cv::FileStorage::root

(

int

streamidx = 0

)

const

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.root(	[, streamidx]	) ->	retval

Returns the top-level mapping.

Parameters

streamidx

Zero-based index of the stream. In most cases there is only one stream in the file. However, YAML supports multiple streams and so there can be several.

Returns

The top-level mapping.

startWriteStruct()

void cv::FileStorage::startWriteStruct	(	const String &	name,
		int	flags,
		const String &	typeName = String()
	)

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.startWriteStruct(	name, flags[, typeName]	) ->	None

Starts to write a nested structure (sequence or a mapping).

Parameters

name	name of the structure (if it's a member of parent mapping, otherwise it should be empty
flags	type of the structure (FileNode::MAP or FileNode::SEQ (both with optional FileNode::FLOW)).
typeName	usually an empty string

write() [1/4]

void cv::FileStorage::write	(	const String &	name,
		int	val
	)

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.write(	name, val	) ->	None

Simplified writing API to use with bindings.

Parameters

name	Name of the written object
val	Value of the written object

write() [2/4]

void cv::FileStorage::write	(	const String &	name,
		double	val
	)

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.write(	name, val	) ->	None

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

write() [3/4]

void cv::FileStorage::write	(	const String &	name,
		const String &	val
	)

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.write(	name, val	) ->	None

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

write() [4/4]

void cv::FileStorage::write	(	const String &	name,
		InputArray	val
	)

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.write(	name, val	) ->	None

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

writeComment()

void cv::FileStorage::writeComment	(	const String &	comment,
		bool	append = false
	)

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.writeComment(	comment[, append]	) ->	None

Writes a comment.

The function writes a comment into file storage. The comments are skipped when the storage is read.

Parameters

comment	The written comment, single-line or multi-line
append	If true, the function tries to put the comment at the end of current line. Else if the comment is multi-line, or if it does not fit at the end of the current line, the comment starts a new line.

writeObj()

void cv::FileStorage::writeObj	(	const String &	name,
		const void *	obj
	)

Writes the registered C structure (CvMat, CvMatND, CvSeq).

Parameters

name	Name of the written object.
obj	Pointer to the object.

See also

cvWrite for details.

writeRaw()

void cv::FileStorage::writeRaw	(	const String &	fmt,
		const uchar *	vec,
		size_t	len
	)

Writes multiple numbers.

Writes one or more numbers of the specified format to the currently written structure. Usually it is more convenient to use operator << instead of this method.

Parameters

fmt	Specification of each array element, see format specification
vec	Pointer to the written array.
len	Number of the uchar elements to write.

Friends And Related Function Documentation

operator<<() [1/4]

FileStorage & operator<< ( FileStorage &  fs, const String &  str  )

related

Writes string to a file storage.

operator<<() [2/4]

template<typename _Tp >

static FileStorage & operator<< ( FileStorage &  fs, const _Tp &  value  )

related

Writes data to a file storage.

operator<<() [3/4]

static FileStorage & operator<< ( FileStorage &  fs, const char *  str  )

related

Writes data to a file storage.

operator<<() [4/4]

static FileStorage & operator<< ( FileStorage &  fs, char *  value  )

related

Writes data to a file storage.

write() [1/32]

void write ( FileStorage &  fs, const String &  name, int  value  )

related

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.write(	name, val	) ->	None

write() [2/32]

void write ( FileStorage &  fs, const String &  name, float  value  )

related

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.write(	name, val	) ->	None

write() [3/32]

void write ( FileStorage &  fs, const String &  name, double  value  )

related

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.write(	name, val	) ->	None

write() [4/32]

void write ( FileStorage &  fs, const String &  name, const String &  value  )

related

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.write(	name, val	) ->	None

write() [5/32]

void write ( FileStorage &  fs, const String &  name, const Mat &  value  )

related

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.write(	name, val	) ->	None

write() [6/32]

void write ( FileStorage &  fs, const String &  name, const SparseMat &  value  )

related

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.write(	name, val	) ->	None

write() [7/32]

template<typename _Tp >

static void write ( FileStorage &  fs, const _Tp &  value  )

related

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.write(	name, val	) ->	None

write() [8/32]

void write ( FileStorage &  fs, const int &  value  )

related

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.write(	name, val	) ->	None

write() [9/32]

void write ( FileStorage &  fs, const float &  value  )

related

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.write(	name, val	) ->	None

write() [10/32]

void write ( FileStorage &  fs, const double &  value  )

related

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.write(	name, val	) ->	None

write() [11/32]

void write ( FileStorage &  fs, const String &  value  )

related

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.write(	name, val	) ->	None

write() [12/32]

template<typename _Tp >

static void write ( FileStorage &  fs, const Point_< _Tp > &  pt  )

related

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.write(	name, val	) ->	None

write() [13/32]

template<typename _Tp >

static void write ( FileStorage &  fs, const Point3_< _Tp > &  pt  )

related

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.write(	name, val	) ->	None

write() [14/32]

template<typename _Tp >

static void write ( FileStorage &  fs, const Size_< _Tp > &  sz  )

related

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.write(	name, val	) ->	None

write() [15/32]

template<typename _Tp >

static void write ( FileStorage &  fs, const Complex< _Tp > &  c  )

related

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.write(	name, val	) ->	None

write() [16/32]

template<typename _Tp >

static void write ( FileStorage &  fs, const Rect_< _Tp > &  r  )

related

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.write(	name, val	) ->	None

write() [17/32]

template<typename _Tp , int cn>

static void write ( FileStorage &  fs, const Vec< _Tp, cn > &  v  )

related

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.write(	name, val	) ->	None

write() [18/32]

template<typename _Tp >

static void write ( FileStorage &  fs, const Scalar_< _Tp > &  s  )

related

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.write(	name, val	) ->	None

write() [19/32]

static void write ( FileStorage &  fs, const Range &  r  )

related

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.write(	name, val	) ->	None

write() [20/32]

template<typename _Tp >

static void write ( FileStorage &  fs, const std::vector< _Tp > &  vec  )

related

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.write(	name, val	) ->	None

write() [21/32]

template<typename _Tp >

static void write ( FileStorage &  fs, const String &  name, const Point_< _Tp > &  pt  )

related

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.write(	name, val	) ->	None

write() [22/32]

template<typename _Tp >

static void write ( FileStorage &  fs, const String &  name, const Point3_< _Tp > &  pt  )

related

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.write(	name, val	) ->	None

write() [23/32]

template<typename _Tp >

static void write ( FileStorage &  fs, const String &  name, const Size_< _Tp > &  sz  )

related

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.write(	name, val	) ->	None

write() [24/32]

template<typename _Tp >

static void write ( FileStorage &  fs, const String &  name, const Complex< _Tp > &  c  )

related

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.write(	name, val	) ->	None

write() [25/32]

template<typename _Tp >

static void write ( FileStorage &  fs, const String &  name, const Rect_< _Tp > &  r  )

related

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.write(	name, val	) ->	None

write() [26/32]

template<typename _Tp , int cn>

static void write ( FileStorage &  fs, const String &  name, const Vec< _Tp, cn > &  v  )

related

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.write(	name, val	) ->	None

write() [27/32]

template<typename _Tp >

static void write ( FileStorage &  fs, const String &  name, const Scalar_< _Tp > &  s  )

related

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.write(	name, val	) ->	None

write() [28/32]

static void write ( FileStorage &  fs, const String &  name, const Range &  r  )

related

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.write(	name, val	) ->	None

write() [29/32]

static void write ( FileStorage &  fs, const String &  name, const KeyPoint &  kpt  )

related

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.write(	name, val	) ->	None

write() [30/32]

static void write ( FileStorage &  fs, const String &  name, const DMatch &  m  )

related

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.write(	name, val	) ->	None

write() [31/32]

template<typename _Tp >

static void write ( FileStorage &  fs, const String &  name, const std::vector< _Tp > &  vec  )

related

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.write(	name, val	) ->	None

write() [32/32]

template<typename _Tp >

static void write ( FileStorage &  fs, const String &  name, const std::vector< std::vector< _Tp > > &  vec  )

related

Python:
	cv.FileStorage.write(	name, val	) ->	None

writeScalar() [1/4]

void writeScalar ( FileStorage &  fs, int  value  )

related

writeScalar() [2/4]

void writeScalar ( FileStorage &  fs, float  value  )

related

writeScalar() [3/4]

void writeScalar ( FileStorage &  fs, double  value  )

related

writeScalar() [4/4]

void writeScalar ( FileStorage &  fs, const String &  value  )

related

Member Data Documentation

elname

String cv::FileStorage::elname

the currently written element

fs

Ptr<CvFileStorage> cv::FileStorage::fs

the underlying C FileStorage structure

state

int cv::FileStorage::state

the writer state

structs

std::vector<char> cv::FileStorage::structs

the stack of written structures

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• opencv2/core/persistence.hpp