nom.tam.fits
Class ImageData

java.lang.Object
  nom.tam.fits.Data
      nom.tam.fits.ImageData

public class ImageData
extends Data

This class instantiates FITS primary HDU and IMAGE extension data. Essentially these data are a primitive multi-dimensional array.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class nom.tam.fits.Data

dataArray

Constructor Summary

ImageData()
Create the equivalent of a null data element.

ImageData(Header h)
Create an array from a header description.

ImageData(java.lang.Object x)
Create an ImageData object using the specified object to initialize the data array.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class nom.tam.fits.Data

getData, getPaddedSize, getPadding, getTrueSize, read, readTrueData, write, writeTrueData

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ImageData

public ImageData(Header h)
          throws FitsException

Create an array from a header description. This is typically how data will be created when reading FITS data from a file where the header is read first. This creates an empty array.

Parameters:

h - header to be used as a template.

Throws:

FitsException - if there was a problem with the header description.

ImageData

public ImageData()

Create the equivalent of a null data element.

ImageData

public ImageData(java.lang.Object x)

Create an ImageData object using the specified object to initialize the data array.

Parameters:

x - The initial data array. This should be a primitive array but this is not checked currently.