Write array component to HDF5 file

Function to populate hdf5 file with array type data.

write_array(
  array,
  handle,
  data_product,
  component,
  description,
  dimension_names,
  dimension_values,
  dimension_units,
  units
)

Arguments

array: an array containing the data
handle: an object of class fdp, R6 containing metadata required by the Data Pipeline API
data_product: a string specifying the name of the data product
component: a string specifying a location within the hdf5 file
description: a string describing the data product component
dimension_names: a list where each element is a vector containing the labels associated with a particular dimension (e.g. element 1 corresponds to dimension 1, which corresponds to row names) and the name of each element describes the contents of each dimension (e.g. age classes).
dimension_values: (optional) a list of values corresponding to each dimension (e.g. list element 2 corresponds to columns)
dimension_units: (optional) a list of units corresponding to each dimension (e.g. list element 2 corresponds to columns)
units: (optional) a string specifying the units of the data as a whole

Returns a handle index associated with the just written component, which can be used to raise an issue if necessary