ColortableRegistry#

class metpy.plots.ctables.ColortableRegistry[source]#

Manages the collection of color tables.

Provides access to color tables, read collections of files, and generates matplotlib’s Normalize instances to go with the colortable.

Methods Summary

`__init__`(args, *kwargs)
`add_colortable`(fobj, name)	Add a color table from a file to the registry.
`clear`()
`copy`()
`fromkeys`([value])	Create a new dictionary with keys from iterable and values set to value.
`get`(key[, default])	Return the value for key if key is in the dictionary, else default.
`get_colortable`(name)	Get a color table from the registry.
`get_with_boundaries`(name, boundaries)	Get a color table from the registry with a corresponding norm.
`get_with_range`(name, start, end)	Get a color table from the registry with a corresponding norm.
`get_with_steps`(name, start, step)	Get a color table from the registry with a corresponding norm.
`items`()
`keys`()
`pop`(k[,d])	If the key is not found, return the default if given; otherwise, raise a KeyError.
`popitem`()	Remove and return a (key, value) pair as a 2-tuple.
`scan_dir`(path)	Scan a directory on disk for color table files and add them to the registry.
`scan_resource`(pkg, path)	Scan a resource directory for colortable files and add them to the registry.
`setdefault`(key[, default])	Insert key with a value of default if key is not in the dictionary.
`update`([E, ]**F)	If E is present and has a .keys() method, then does: for k in E: D[k] = E[k] If E is present and lacks a .keys() method, then does: for k, v in E: D[k] = v In either case, this is followed by: for k in F: D[k] = F[k]
`values`()

Methods Documentation

__init__(*args, **kwargs)#

add_colortable(fobj, name)[source]#

Add a color table from a file to the registry.

Parameters:

fobj (file-like object) – The file to read the color table from
name (str) – The name under which the color table will be stored

clear() → None. Remove all items from D.#

copy() → a shallow copy of D#

fromkeys(value=None, /)#: Create a new dictionary with keys from iterable and values set to value.

get(key, default=None, /)#: Return the value for key if key is in the dictionary, else default.

get_colortable(name)[source]#

Get a color table from the registry.

Parameters:: name (str) – The name under which the color table will be stored
Returns:: matplotlib.colors.ListedColormap – The color table corresponding to name

get_with_boundaries(name, boundaries)[source]#

Get a color table from the registry with a corresponding norm.

Builds a matplotlib.colors.BoundaryNorm using boundaries.

Parameters:

name (str) – The name under which the color table will be stored
boundaries (array-like) – The list of boundaries for the norm

Returns:

matplotlib.colors.BoundaryNorm, matplotlib.colors.ListedColormap – The boundary norm based on boundaries, and the color table itself.

get_with_range(name, start, end)[source]#

Get a color table from the registry with a corresponding norm.

Builds a matplotlib.colors.BoundaryNorm using start, end, and the number of colors, based on the color table obtained from name.

Parameters:

name (str) – The name under which the color table will be stored
start (float) – The starting boundary
end (float) – The ending boundary

Returns:

matplotlib.colors.BoundaryNorm, matplotlib.colors.ListedColormap – The boundary norm based on start and end with the number of colors from the number of entries matching the color table, and the color table itself.

get_with_steps(name, start, step)[source]#

Get a color table from the registry with a corresponding norm.

Builds a matplotlib.colors.BoundaryNorm using start, step, and the number of colors, based on the color table obtained from name.

Parameters:

name (str) – The name under which the color table will be stored
start (float) – The starting boundary
step (float) – The step between boundaries

Returns:

matplotlib.colors.BoundaryNorm, matplotlib.colors.ListedColormap – The boundary norm based on start and step with the number of colors from the number of entries matching the color table, and the color table itself.

items() → a set-like object providing a view on D's items#

keys() → a set-like object providing a view on D's keys#

pop(k[, d]) → v, remove specified key and return the corresponding value.#: If the key is not found, return the default if given; otherwise, raise a KeyError.

popitem()#

Remove and return a (key, value) pair as a 2-tuple.

Pairs are returned in LIFO (last-in, first-out) order. Raises KeyError if the dict is empty.

scan_dir(path)[source]#

Scan a directory on disk for color table files and add them to the registry.

Parameters:: path (str) – The path to the directory with the color tables

scan_resource(pkg, path)[source]#

Scan a resource directory for colortable files and add them to the registry.

Parameters:

pkg (str) – The package containing the resource directory
path (str) – The path to the directory with the color tables

setdefault(key, default=None, /)#

Insert key with a value of default if key is not in the dictionary.

Return the value for key if key is in the dictionary, else default.

update([E, ]**F) → None. Update D from dict/iterable E and F.#: If E is present and has a .keys() method, then does: for k in E: D[k] = E[k] If E is present and lacks a .keys() method, then does: for k, v in E: D[k] = v In either case, this is followed by: for k in F: D[k] = F[k]

values() → an object providing a view on D's values#