DataArray

A data array is meant to keep track of numerical values while providing associated metadata such as size, tupleSize, data type, array name, component names and so on.

Structure

The possible data types are only available in the language itself as typed arrays:

Type	Bytes	C type
Int8Array	1 8-bit	int8_t
Uint8Array	1 8-bit	uint8_t
Uint8ClampedArray	1 8-bit	uint8_t
Int16Array	2 16-bit	int16_t
Uint16Array	2 16-bit	uint16_t
Int32Array	4 32-bit	int32_t
Uint32Array	4 32-bit	uint32_t
Float32Array	4 32-bit	float
Float64Array	8 64-bit	double

Scalar array in memory

{
  vtkClass: 'vtkDataArray',
  name: 'Temperature',
  numberOfComponents: 1,
  size: 1024,
  dataType: 'Float32Array',
  buffer: new ArrayBuffer(), // Optional: Available if fetch from Network
  values: new Float32Array(this.buffer),
  ranges: [
    { min: -5.23, max: 25.7, component: 0, name: 'Scalar' },
  ],
}

Vector array in memory

{
  vtkClass: 'vtkDataArray',
  name: 'Velocity',
  numberOfComponents: 3,
  size: 3072,
  dataType: 'Float64Array',
  values: new Float64Array([...]),
  ranges: [
    { min: -5.23, max: 25.7, component: 0, name: 'X' },
    { min: -1, max: 1, component: 1, name: 'Y' },
    { min: -0.23, max: 2.7, component: 2, name: 'Z' },
    { min: -35.3, max: 125.7, component: -1, name: 'Magnitude' },
  ],
}

Scalar array reference

Reference arrays are used within datasets that need to be fetched on the network or written on disk. The ref section provides the information needed to download the array and fill it in memory.

{
  vtkClass: 'vtkDataArray',
  name: 'Velocity',
  numberOfComponents: 3,
  size: 3072,
  dataType: 'Float64Array',
  values: null,
  ref: {
    id: '57b161d50afcda9eee221d6a5190075e',
    basepath: '/pointdata/',
    encode: 'LittleEndian',
  },
  ranges: [
    { min: -5.23, max: 25.7, component: 0, name: 'X' },
    { min: -1, max: 1, component: 1, name: 'Y' },
    { min: -0.23, max: 2.7, component: 2, name: 'Z' },
    { min: -35.3, max: 125.7, component: -1, name: 'Magnitude' },
  ],
}