Method indexables

pandas/io/pytables.py:4987–5019

create the indexables from the table description

(self)

    @cache_readonly
    def indexables(self):
        """create the indexables from the table description"""
        d = self.description

        # TODO: can we get a typ for this?  AFAICT it is the only place
        #  where we aren't passing one
        # the index columns is just a simple index
        md = self.read_metadata("index")
        meta = "category" if md is not None else None
        index_col = GenericIndexCol(
            name="index", axis=0, table=self.table, meta=meta, metadata=md
        )

        _indexables: list[GenericIndexCol | GenericDataIndexableCol] = [index_col]

        for i, n in enumerate(d._v_names):
            assert isinstance(n, str)

            atom = getattr(d, n)
            md = self.read_metadata(n)
            meta = "category" if md is not None else None
            dc = GenericDataIndexableCol(
                name=n,
                pos=i,
                values=[n],
                typ=atom,
                table=self.table,
                meta=meta,
                metadata=md,
            )
            _indexables.append(dc)

        return _indexables

    # error: Signature of "write" incompatible with supertype "AppendableTable"
    def write(self, **kwargs) -> None:  # type: ignore[override]