nom.tam.fits
Class ExtensionHDU

java.lang.Object
  extended by nom.tam.fits.BasicHDU
      extended by 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()