Method addMetadataVlr

io/LasWriter.cpp:423–436

void LasWriter::addMetadataVlr(MetadataNode& forward)
{
    std::string json = Utils::toJSON(forward);
    if ((json.size() > las::Vlr::MaxDataSize) && !d->header.versionAtLeast(1, 4))
    {
        log()->get(LogLevel::Debug) << "pdal metadata VLR too large "
            "to write in VLR for files < LAS 1.4";
    }
    else
    {
        std::vector<char> data(json.begin(), json.end());
        addVlr(las::PdalUserId, las::PdalMetadataRecordId, "PDAL metadata", data);
    }
}

void LasWriter::addPipelineVlr()
{