# STIL
Starlink Tables Infrastructure Library

STIL provides input, output and processing facilities for generic tabular data.

See: Description

Packages
Package | Description
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uk.ac.starlink.cdf |
uk.ac.starlink.connect | Classes related to persistent connections to remote services.
uk.ac.starlink.ecsv |
uk.ac.starlink.feather |
uk.ac.starlink.fits | Classes for general FITS handling, including NDX, NDArray and StarTable implementations.
uk.ac.starlink.gbin |
uk.ac.starlink.mirage | Adapter classes for use of the Mirage file format with Starlink table classes.
uk.ac.starlink.parquet |
uk.ac.starlink.table | Defines an interface for access to astronomical tables.
uk.ac.starlink.table.formats | Table I/O handlers for various miscellaneous (mostly text-based) table serialization formats.
uk.ac.starlink.table.gui | Provides graphical classes used for rendering StarTable objects, and related utility functionality.
uk.ac.starlink.table.jdbc | Table classes related to JDBC (SQL database connectivity) handling.
uk.ac.starlink.table.storage | RowStore implementations.
uk.ac.starlink.util | Miscellaneous utility classes.
uk.ac.starlink.util.gui | Miscellaneous utility classes for graphical-interface-related things.
uk.ac.starlink.votable | Classes for VOTable input and output.
uk.ac.starlink.votable.datalink |
uk.ac.starlink.votable.dom | Provides an extensible implementation of the `org.w3c.dom` API.

STIL provides input, output and processing facilities for generic tabular data. More information can be found in SUN/252 or at the STIL web page.