writers.null.rst

writers.null

The null writer discards its input. No point output is produced when using a null writer.

Example

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Pipeline version="1.0">
  <Writer type="writers.null">
    <Filter type="filters.hexbin">
      <Reader type="readers.las">
        <Option name="filename">simple.las</Option>
      </Reader>
    </Filter>
  </Writer>
</Pipeline>

When used with an option that forces metadata output, like --pipeline-serialization, this pipeline will create a hex boundary for the input file, but no output point data file will be produced.

Options

The null writer discards all passed options.