org.eso.fits
Class FitsTform

java.lang.Object
  org.eso.fits.FitsTform

public class FitsTform
extends java.lang.Object

FitsTform class decodes information in value fields of FITS table TFORM and TDISP keywords.

Constructor Summary

FitsTform(java.lang.String form)
Constructur for FitsTform class from a FITS table format string.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getAdditional() Get method to retreive the additional information string.
char	getDataType() Get method to obtain the data type indicated by the format.
int	getDecimals() Get method to give the number of decimals for display formats.
char	getEFormat() Get method to give the extended E-format display format.
int	getExponent() Get method to obtain the number of chararters to be displayd in an exponential display format.
java.lang.String	getFormat() Get method to retrieve the original format string.
int	getRepeat() Get method to obtain the repeat factor of the format for Binary Tables (by default it is 1).
int	getWidth() Get method to retrieve the field width of a single data value in bytes.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FitsTform

public FitsTform(java.lang.String form)
          throws FitsException

Constructur for FitsTform class from a FITS table format string.

Parameters:

form - String with TFORM or TDISP format

Throws:

FitsException

Method Detail

getFormat

public java.lang.String getFormat()

Get method to retrieve the original format string.

getDataType

public char getDataType()

Get method to obtain the data type indicated by the format.

getEFormat

public char getEFormat()

Get method to give the extended E-format display format. 'E' indicates engineering format while 'S' is scientific. If none is given a null character is returned.

getRepeat

public int getRepeat()

Get method to obtain the repeat factor of the format for Binary Tables (by default it is 1).

getWidth

public int getWidth()

Get method to retrieve the field width of a single data value in bytes.

getDecimals

public int getDecimals()

Get method to give the number of decimals for display formats. For B/O/X display formats it gives maximum number.

getExponent

public int getExponent()

Get method to obtain the number of chararters to be displayd in an exponential display format.

getAdditional

public java.lang.String getAdditional()

Get method to retreive the additional information string. This may be appended the prime data type in Binary Table TFORM keywords e.g. P type.