nom.tam.fits
Class TableHDU

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