mendevi.database.meta.get_extractor

mendevi.database.meta.get_extractor(name: str, safe: bool = False) → ExtractContext[source]

Get the way to deserialize a raw value.

Parameters

namestr: The label name.
safeboolean, default=False: If True, retrun a stupid value instead of raising KeyError.

Returns

labelstr: The description of the physical quantity. This description can be used to label the axes of a graph.
funccallable | str: The function that performs the verification and deserialisation task, or the formula that allows you to find this quantity.
is_logboolean or None: True to display in log space, False for linear. The value None means the axis is not continuous.