def create_variable_element(self, variableResult):
variable = WaterML.VariableInfoType(
variableName=variableResult.VariableName,
valueType=variableResult.ValueType,
dataType=variableResult.DataType,
generalCategory=variableResult.GeneralCategory,
sampleMedium=variableResult.SampleMedium,
NoDataValue=variableResult.NoDataValue,
variableDescription=variableResult.VariableDescription)
variableCode = WaterML.variableCode()
variableCode.vocabulary = self.vocabulary
#TODO: What is this, should it always be true?
variableCode.default = "true"
variableCode.variableID = variableResult.VariableID
variableCode.valueOf_ = variableResult.VariableCode
variable.add_variableCode(variableCode)
if variableResult.VariableUnits:
units = WaterML.units(
unitsAbbreviation=variableResult.VariableUnits.
UnitsAbbreviation,
unitsCode=variableResult.VariableUnitsID,
unitsType=variableResult.VariableUnits.UnitsType,
valueOf_=variableResult.VariableUnits.UnitsName)
variable.set_units(units)
timeSupport = WaterML.timeSupport()
timeSupport.isRegular = variableResult.IsRegular
if variableResult.TimeUnits:
timeUnits = WaterML.UnitsType(
UnitID=variableResult.TimeUnits.UnitsID,
UnitName=variableResult.TimeUnits.UnitsName,
UnitDescription=variableResult.TimeUnits.UnitsName,
UnitType=variableResult.TimeUnits.UnitsType,
UnitAbbreviation=variableResult.TimeUnits.UnitsAbbreviation)
timeSupport.set_unit(timeUnits)
# TODO: time interval is not the same as time support.
# Time interval refers to a spacing between values for regular data,
# which isn't stored in ODM.
if variableResult.TimeSupport:
# integer in WaterML 1.0
timeSupport.timeInterval = str(int(variableResult.TimeSupport))
variable.set_timeSupport(timeSupport)
return variable
