nom.tam.fits

Class BinaryTableHDU

java.lang.Object

nom.tam.fits.BasicHDU<T>

nom.tam.fits.TableHDU<BinaryTable>

nom.tam.fits.BinaryTableHDU

All Implemented Interfaces:

FitsElement

Direct Known Subclasses:

CompressedImageHDU, CompressedTableHDU

public class BinaryTableHDU
extends TableHDU<BinaryTable>

FITS binary table header/data unit

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class nom.tam.fits.BasicHDU

BITPIX_BYTE, BITPIX_DOUBLE, BITPIX_FLOAT, BITPIX_INT, BITPIX_LONG, BITPIX_SHORT, isPrimary, myData, myHeader

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BinaryTableHDU(Header hdr, BinaryTable datum)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	addColumn(Object data) Add a column to the table without any associated header information.
protected IFitsHeader[]	columnKeyStems() What are the standard column stems for a binary table?
static BinaryTable	encapsulate(Object o)
void	info(PrintStream stream) Print out some information about this HDU.
static boolean	isData(Object o)
boolean	isHeader() Check that this HDU has a valid header.
static boolean	isHeader(Header header) Check that this is a valid binary table header.
static BinaryTable	manufactureData(Header header)
static Header	manufactureHeader(Data data)
boolean	setComplexColumn(int index) Convert a column in the table to complex.
void	write(ArrayDataOutput ado) Write the contents of the element to a data sink.

Methods inherited from class nom.tam.fits.TableHDU

addRow, deleteColumnsIndexOne, deleteColumnsIndexOne, deleteColumnsIndexZero, deleteColumnsIndexZero, deleteRows, deleteRows, findColumn, getColumn, getColumn, getColumnFormat, getColumnMeta, getColumnName, getColumns, getElement, getNCols, getNRows, getRow, setColumn, setColumn, setColumnMeta, setColumnMeta, setColumnMeta, setColumnMeta, setColumnMeta, setColumnMeta, setColumnMeta, setColumnName, setCurrentColumn, setCurrentColumn, setElement, setRow

Methods inherited from class nom.tam.fits.BasicHDU

addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, card, getAuthor, getAxes, getBitPix, getBlankValue, getBScale, getBUnit, getBZero, getCreationDate, getData, getDummyHDU, getEpoch, getEquinox, getFileOffset, getGroupCount, getHeader, getInstrument, getKernel, getMaximumValue, getMinimumValue, getObject, getObservationDate, getObserver, getOrigin, getParameterCount, getReference, getSize, getTelescope, getTrimmedString, getTrimmedString, read, reset, rewrite, rewriteable, saveReplaceCard

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BinaryTableHDU

public BinaryTableHDU(Header hdr,
                      BinaryTable datum)

Method Detail

encapsulate

public static BinaryTable encapsulate(Object o)
                               throws FitsException

Parameters:

o - data to encapsulate

Returns:

Encapsulate data in a BinaryTable data type

Throws:

FitsException - if the type of the data is not usable as data

isData

public static boolean isData(Object o)

isHeader

public static boolean isHeader(Header header)

Check that this is a valid binary table header.

Parameters:

header - to validate.

Returns:

true if this is a binary table header.

manufactureData

public static BinaryTable manufactureData(Header header)
                                   throws FitsException

Parameters:

header - the template specifying the binary table.

Returns:

a new created data from a binary table header.

Throws:

FitsException - if there was a problem with the header.

manufactureHeader

public static Header manufactureHeader(Data data)
                                throws FitsException

Parameters:

data - the data used to build the binary table. This is typically some kind of array of objects.

Returns:

a newly created binary table HDU from the supplied data.

Throws:

FitsException - if there was a problem with the data.

addColumn

public int addColumn(Object data)
              throws FitsException

Description copied from class: TableHDU

Add a column to the table without any associated header information.

Overrides:

addColumn in class TableHDU<BinaryTable>

Parameters:

data - the new column information. the newCol should be an Object[] where type of all of the constituents is identical. The length of data should match the other columns. Note: It is valid for data to be a 2 or higher dimensionality primitive array. In this case the column index is the first (in Java speak) index of the array. E.g., if called with int[30][20][10], the number of rows in the table should be 30 and this column will have elements which are 2-d integer arrays with TDIM = (10,20).

Returns:

the number of columns in the adapted table

Throws:

FitsException - if the operation failed

columnKeyStems

protected IFitsHeader[] columnKeyStems()

What are the standard column stems for a binary table?

Specified by:

columnKeyStems in class TableHDU<BinaryTable>

Returns:

the stems of the keywords that are associated with table columns. Users can supplement this with their own and call the appropriate deleteColumns fields.

info

public void info(PrintStream stream)

Print out some information about this HDU.

Specified by:

info in class BasicHDU<BinaryTable>

Parameters:

stream - the printstream to write the info on

isHeader

public boolean isHeader()

Check that this HDU has a valid header.

Returns:

true if this HDU has a valid header.

setComplexColumn

public boolean setComplexColumn(int index)
                         throws FitsException

Convert a column in the table to complex. Only tables with appropriate types and dimensionalities can be converted. It is legal to call this on a column that is already complex.

Parameters:

index - The 0-based index of the column to be converted.

Returns:

Whether the column can be converted

Throws:

FitsException - if the header could not be adapted

write

public void write(ArrayDataOutput ado)
           throws FitsException

Description copied from interface: FitsElement

Write the contents of the element to a data sink.

Specified by:

write in interface FitsElement

Overrides:

write in class BasicHDU<BinaryTable>

Parameters:

ado - The data sink.

Throws:

FitsException - if the write was unsuccessful.