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Class containing utility methods for dataformats

Copyright: 2020 Paul Holden <paulh@moodle.com>
License: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
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Defines 1 class

dataformat:: (4 methods):
  get_format_instance()
  download_data()
  write_data()
  write_data_to_filearea()


Class: dataformat  - X-Ref

Dataformat utility class

get_format_instance(string $dataformat)   X-Ref
Return an instance of a dataformat writer from given dataformat type

param: string $dataformat
return: dataformat\base

download_data(string $filename, string $dataformat, array $columns, Iterable $iterator,callable $callback = null)   X-Ref
Sends a formatted data file to the browser

param: string $filename
param: string $dataformat
param: array $columns
param: Iterable $iterator
param: callable|null $callback Optional callback method to apply to each record prior to writing, which accepts two

write_data(string $filename, string $dataformat, array $columns, Iterable $iterator,callable $callback = null)   X-Ref
Writes a formatted data file with specified filename

param: string $filename
param: string $dataformat
param: array $columns
param: Iterable $iterator
param: callable|null $callback
return: string Complete path to the file on disk

write_data_to_filearea(array $filerecord, string $dataformat, array $columns, Iterable $iterator,callable $callback = null)   X-Ref
Writes a formatted data file to file storage

param: array $filerecord File record for storage, 'filename' extension should be omitted as it's added by the dataformat
param: string $dataformat
param: array $columns
param: Iterable $iterator Iterable set of records to write
param: callable|null $callback Optional callback method to apply to each record prior to writing
return: stored_file