Raster Map File Read from File Method

def _read(self, directory, filename, session, path, name, extension, spatial, spatialReferenceID, replaceParamFile):
        """
        Raster Map File Read from File Method
        """
        # Assign file extension attribute to file object
        self.fileExtension = extension
        self.filename = filename

        self._load_raster_text(path)
        
        if spatial:
            # Get well known binary from the raster file using the MapKit RasterLoader
            wkbRaster = RasterLoader.grassAsciiRasterToWKB(session=session,
                                                           grassRasterPath=path,
                                                           srid=str(spatialReferenceID),
                                                           noData='0')
            self.raster = wkbRaster