Data methods

These are the most frequently-used methods of the Data class. A complete list of methods can be found on http://esys.esscc.uq.edu.au/docs.html.
\begin{methoddesc}[Data]{getFunctionSpace}{}
returns the \class{FunctionSpace}\xspace of the object.
\end{methoddesc}


\begin{methoddesc}[Data]{getDomain}{}
returns the \class{Domain}\xspace of the object.
\end{methoddesc}


\begin{methoddesc}[Data]{getShape}{}
returns the shape\xspace\index{shape}of the object as a \class{tuple} of
integers.
\end{methoddesc}


\begin{methoddesc}[Data]{getRank}{}
returns the rank of the data on each data point. \index{rank}
\end{methoddesc}


\begin{methoddesc}[Data]{isEmpty}{}
returns \constant{True}\xspace id the \class...
...ains no {data sample points}\index{data sample!points}\xspace .
\end{methoddesc}


\begin{methoddesc}[Data]{setTaggedValue}{tag_name,value}
assigns the \var{value}...
...If no tag is assigned tag name \var{tag_name}, no value is set.
\end{methoddesc}


\begin{methoddesc}[Data]{dump}{filename}
dumps the \class{Data}\xspace object to...
...responsibility of the user to
save the \class{Domain}\xspace .
\end{methoddesc}


\begin{methoddesc}[Data]{__str__}{}
returns a string representation of the object.
\end{methoddesc}

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