nom.tam.fits
Class ExtensionHDU

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

Direct Known Subclasses:

ImageHDU, TableHDU

public abstract class ExtensionHDU
extends BasicHDU

Generic FITS extension methods

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class nom.tam.fits.BasicHDU

BITPIX_BYTE, BITPIX_DOUBLE, BITPIX_FLOAT, BITPIX_INT, BITPIX_LONG, BITPIX_SHORT

Constructor Summary

ExtensionHDU(Header header)
Create an HDU with the specified Header and an empty Data section

Method Summary

int	getExtensionLevel()
java.lang.String	getExtensionName()
java.lang.String	getExtensionType()
int	getExtensionVersion()

Methods inherited from class nom.tam.fits.BasicHDU

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, info, isHeader, readData, skipData, skipData, write

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ExtensionHDU

public ExtensionHDU(Header header)

Create an HDU with the specified Header and an empty Data section

Parameters:

header - the Header

Method Detail

getExtensionType

public java.lang.String getExtensionType()
                                  throws FitsException

Throws:

FitsException

getExtensionName

public java.lang.String getExtensionName()

getExtensionVersion

public int getExtensionVersion()

getExtensionLevel

public int getExtensionLevel()