uk.ac.starlink.fits

Class FitsTableWriter.PrimaryType

java.lang.Object

uk.ac.starlink.fits.FitsTableWriter.PrimaryType

Enclosing class:

FitsTableWriter

public abstract static class FitsTableWriter.PrimaryType
extends Object

Characterises the type of Primary HDU that will precede table extensions written by this writer.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static FitsTableWriter.PrimaryType	BASIC Basic Primary HDU, containing minimal headers and no data part.
static FitsTableWriter.PrimaryType	NONE No Primary HDU is written.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	PrimaryType(String name) Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract boolean	allowSignedByte() Indicates whether signed byte values will be permitted in files with this PHDU type.
String	toString()
abstract void	writeTables(FitsTableWriter writer, TableSequence tseq, OutputStream out) Writes a sequence of tables to an output stream.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

BASIC

public static final FitsTableWriter.PrimaryType BASIC

Basic Primary HDU, containing minimal headers and no data part.

NONE

public static final FitsTableWriter.PrimaryType NONE

No Primary HDU is written. The resulting output will therefore not be a legal FITS file, but it can be appended to an existing FITS file with a valid Primary HDU and perhaps other extension HDUs.

Constructor Detail

PrimaryType

protected PrimaryType(String name)

Constructor.

Method Detail

allowSignedByte

public abstract boolean allowSignedByte()

Indicates whether signed byte values will be permitted in files with this PHDU type.

Returns:

whether signed bytes are allowed

writeTables

public abstract void writeTables(FitsTableWriter writer,
                                 TableSequence tseq,
                                 OutputStream out)
                          throws IOException

Writes a sequence of tables to an output stream.

Parameters:

writer - fits writer instance

tseq - sequence of tables

out - destination stream

Throws:

IOException

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object