from_name

ctapointing.io.from_name(name, container, **kwargs)

Read data from either HDF5 file or database into Container.

Parameters:

• name (str) – when reading from database (see below), name refers to the UUID of the dataset when reading from file, name refers to the file name

• container (ctapipe.core.Container) – container class into which the data is read

• **kwargs –

  database_name: str or None

  if specified, read from database with name database_name. Must be specified for reading from database. If set to None, file reading mode is assumed

  collection_name: str or None

  if specified, read from database collection collection_name. Must be specified for database reading

  table_name: str or None:

  the table within the HDF5 file from which data is read. Must be specified for file reading

Returns:

Container – object of type container

Return type:

Container