Python code to simplify reading SciDB data

I've written some code in python that uses the SciDB python connector to access data in a more straightforward manner.  In summary, you submit a query and get back an iterator over the data.  It is currently very incomplete, and needs:

1. Currently it just returns the attributes.  It needs to also return the values of the dimensions.   Done!
2. Ability to reset the iterator - it can currently only be used once

The code is publicly available from this github repository:
https://github.com/dllahr/scidb_python_utils

Details / Background

The example code provided for using the SciDB connector required many lines of code in order to execute a query and read back the results.  I wanted a simpler system that behaves like other database readers in which you execute a query and then can iterate over the results.  To do this, I took the SciDB example code provided in 

/opt/scidb/12.10/share/scidb/examples/python/sample.py

and wrapped it in an iterator class in python.  Here is an example of how to use it that comes from the test case provided in the repository at

scidb_python_utils / ScidbReader / scidb_read / test / test_scidb_read.py:





class TestScidbReader(unittest.TestCase):
    array_name = "test_scidb_read"

    def test_read(self):
        #connect to SciDB database
        scidb = scidbapi.connect("localhost", 1239)
        
        #instantiate reader by passing reference to database connection
        reader = scidb_read.scidb_reader.ScidbReader(scidb)
        
        #read for a specific query - in this case all the data in a previously setup array
        reader.read("scan({})".format(TestScidbReader.array_name))
        
        #iterate over the data returned by the query, printing it out
        #(data is returned as a list)
        for data in reader:
            print data
            
        #end the query
        reader.complete_query()
        
        #close the database connection
        scidb.disconnect()