[gdal-dev] VRT dataset to text in-memory?

[Michael Sumner]

Excellent, Even - thanks so much, I have this working now.  I've crafted a
PR for the example.

Mateusz: thank you for the source code overview, I will be using that too.

Best, Mike

On Sun, Mar 6, 2022 at 10:18 PM Even Rouault <even.rouault at spatialys.com>
wrote:

> Michael,
>
> yes you can get the VRT XML text with:
>
> poVRTDS->GetMetadata("xml:VRT")[0]
>
> If you can submit a pull request documenting that, that would be welcome
>
> Even
> Le 03/03/2022 à 11:14, Michael Sumner a écrit :
>
> Hello, reading the raster VRT tutorial
>
> https://gdal.org/drivers/raster/vrt.html#creation-of-vrt-datasets
>
> with this code:
>
> //
> int   nBand;
> GDALDriver *poDriver = (GDALDriver *) GDALGetDriverByName( "VRT" );
> GDALDataset *poSrcDS, *poVRTDS;
> poSrcDS = (GDALDataset *) GDALOpenShared( pszSourceFilename, GA_ReadOnly );
> poVRTDS = poDriver->CreateCopy( "", poSrcDS, FALSE, NULL, NULL, NULL );
> //
>
> Is there a way to obtained the VRT XML text representing poVRTDS without
> writing to an actual file?
>
> Sorry if this is obvious, haven't been able to find an example that does
> what I want. I've seen examples using GetMetadataItem from a band for parts
> of the XML, but can't see how to get the entire thing.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Best, Mike
>
>
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> Michael Sumner
> Software and Database Engineer
> Australian Antarctic Division
> Hobart, Australia
> e-mail: mdsumner at gmail.com
>
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