2 The StarTable interface

The most fundamental type in the STIL package is uk.ac.starlink.table.StarTable; any time you are using a table, you will use an object which implements this interface.

• 2.1 Table Metadata
• 2.2 Column Metadata
• 2.3 Table Data
• 2.3.1 Sequential Access
• 2.3.2 Random Access
• 2.3.3 Parallel Processing
• 2.3.4 Adapting Sequential to Random Access