nom.tam.fits
Class TableHDU

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

Direct Known Subclasses:

AsciiTableHDU, BinaryTableHDU

public abstract class TableHDU
extends ExtensionHDU

Generic FITS table 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

TableHDU(Header header)
Build a table from the specified FITS header.

Method Summary

void	addColumnString(java.lang.String keyBase) Add a base keyword to the keys to be looked for in describing a column.

Methods inherited from class nom.tam.fits.ExtensionHDU

getExtensionLevel, getExtensionName, getExtensionType, 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

TableHDU

public TableHDU(Header header)
         throws FitsException

Build a table from the specified FITS header.

Parameters:

header - to use as a template.

Throws:

FitsException - if the header was not valid.

Method Detail

addColumnString

public void addColumnString(java.lang.String keyBase)

Add a base keyword to the keys to be looked for in describing a column. E.g., if a user wishes to make sure the TLMINn keywords are associated with columns he/she might call addColumnString("TLMIN"); This does not mean that the software will generate these columns, only that they will be seen as associated with the appropriate table data.