nom.tam.fits
Class AsciiTableHDU

java.lang.Object
  nom.tam.fits.BasicHDU
      nom.tam.fits.ExtensionHDU
          nom.tam.fits.TableHDU
              nom.tam.fits.AsciiTableHDU

public class AsciiTableHDU

extends TableHDU

FITS ASCII table header/data unit ASCII tables are not currently suppoted.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class nom.tam.fits.TableHDU

columnStrings

Fields inherited from class nom.tam.fits.BasicHDU

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

Constructor Summary

AsciiTableHDU(Header header)
Create an ascii table header/data unit.

Method Summary

void	info() Print out some information about this HDU.
boolean	isHeader() Check that this HDU has a valid header.
static boolean	isHeader(Header header) Check that this is a valid ascii table header.
(package private) Data	manufactureData() Create a Data object to correspond to the header description.
void	readData(BufferedDataInputStream stream) Skip the ASCII table and throw an exception.

Methods inherited from class nom.tam.fits.TableHDU

addColumnString, setLastMark

Methods inherited from class nom.tam.fits.ExtensionHDU

getExtensionLevel, getExtensionName, getExtensionType, getExtensionVersion

Methods inherited from class nom.tam.fits.BasicHDU

checkField, getAuthor, getAxes, getBitPix, getBlankValue, getBScale, getBUnit, getBZero, getCreationDate, getData, getEpoch, getEquinox, getGroupCount, getHeader, getInstrument, getMaximumValue, getMinimumValue, getObject, getObservationDate, getObserver, getOrigin, getParameterCount, getReference, getSize, getTelescope, getTrimmedString, skipData, skipData, write

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AsciiTableHDU

public AsciiTableHDU(Header header)
              throws FitsException

Create an ascii table header/data unit.

Parameters:

header - the template specifying the ascii table.

Throws:

FitsException - if there was a problem with the header.

Method Detail

isHeader

public static boolean isHeader(Header header)

Check that this is a valid ascii table header.

Parameters:

header - to validate.

Returns:

true if this is an ascii table header.

isHeader

public boolean isHeader()

Check that this HDU has a valid header.

Returns:

true if this HDU has a valid header.

manufactureData

Data manufactureData()
               throws FitsException

Create a Data object to correspond to the header description.

Specified by:

manufactureData in class BasicHDU

Returns:

An unfilled Data object which can be used to read in the data for this HDU.

Throws:

FitsException - if the Data object could not be created from this HDU's Header

readData

public void readData(BufferedDataInputStream stream)
              throws FitsException

Skip the ASCII table and throw an exception.

Overrides:

readData in class BasicHDU

Parameters:

stream - the stream from which the data is read.

Returns:

nothing since an exception is always thrown.

Throws:

FitsException - because ASCII tables are not yet supported.

info

public void info()

Description copied from class: BasicHDU

Print out some information about this HDU.

Specified by:

info in class BasicHDU