nxsreader

To remind you: NeXus files consist of NeXus items: groups, fields, links and attributes.

NeXusItem

can be group, field, link or attribute. All items contain:

• name, names are sometimes significant, e.g. end_time, sometimes not, e.g. data.

• path, unambiguously identifies the item, e.g.: /scan:NXentry/experiment_identifier

• parent, the parent item.

Groups

contain groups, fields, links and attributes. Groups generate the hierarchical structure of NeXus files. They correspond to directories in a file system.

Fields

contain values (data) and attributes. They correspond to files in a file system.

Links

point to other NeXus items. They correspond to links in a file system.

Attributes

contain values. They correspond to file properties in a file system.

The script nxsreader is the command line interface to the class HasyUtils.nxsReader.