uk.ac.starlink.ast

Class Stc

java.lang.Object

uk.ac.starlink.ast.AstObject

uk.ac.starlink.ast.Mapping

uk.ac.starlink.ast.Frame

uk.ac.starlink.ast.Region

uk.ac.starlink.ast.Stc

Direct Known Subclasses:

StcCatalogEntryLocation, StcObsDataLocation, StcResourceProfile, StcSearchLocation

public abstract class Stc
extends Region

Java interface to the AST Stc class - represents an instance of the IVOA STC class. The Stc class is an implementation of the IVOA STC class which forms part of the IVOA Space-Time Coordinate Metadata system. See:

http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~arots/nvometa/STC.html

The Stc class does not have a constructor function of its own, as it is simply a container class for a family of specialised sub-classes including StcCatalogEntryLocation, StcResourceProfile, StcSearchLocation and StcObsDataLocation.

Licence

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the Licence, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public Licence for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public Licence along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street,Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA

See Also:

AST Stc

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class uk.ac.starlink.ast.Mapping

Mapping.Interpolator, Mapping.Spreader

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class uk.ac.starlink.ast.Region

OVERLAP_INSIDE, OVERLAP_NEGATE, OVERLAP_NONE, OVERLAP_OUTSIDE, OVERLAP_PARTIAL, OVERLAP_SAME, OVERLAP_UNKNOWN

Fields inherited from class uk.ac.starlink.ast.Mapping

LINEAR_INTERPOLATOR, LINEAR_SPREADER, NEAREST_INTERPOLATOR, NEAREST_SPREADER

Fields inherited from class uk.ac.starlink.ast.AstObject

AST__BAD, AST__TUNULL, pointer

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
AstroCoords	getStcCoord(int i) Returns one of the AstroCoords elements stored within this Stc when it was constructed.
int	getStcNCoord() Returns the number of AstroCoords elements stored within this Stc when it was constructed.
Region	getStcRegion() Obtain a copy of the encapsulated Region within a Stc.

Methods inherited from class uk.ac.starlink.ast.Region

getAdaptive, getBounded, getClosed, getFillFactor, getMeshSize, getNegated, getRegionBounds, getRegionFrame, getRegionPoints, getUnc, mapRegion, mask, maskB, maskD, maskF, maskI, maskL, maskS, negate, overlap, setAdaptive, setClosed, setFillFactor, setMeshSize, setNegated, setUnc, showMesh

Methods inherited from class uk.ac.starlink.ast.Frame

angle, axAngle, axDistance, axOffset, convert, distance, findFrame, format, getActiveUnit, getAlignSystem, getBottom, getDigits, getDigits, getDirection, getDomain, getDut1, getEpoch, getFormat, getLabel, getMatchEnd, getMaxAxes, getMinAxes, getNaxes, getNormUnit, getObsLat, getObsLon, getPermute, getPreserveAxes, getSymbol, getSystem, getTitle, getTop, getUnit, intersect, norm, offset, offset2, permAxes, pickAxes, resolve, setActiveUnit, setAlignSystem, setBottom, setDigits, setDigits, setDirection, setDomain, setDut1, setEpoch, setEpoch, setFormat, setLabel, setMatchEnd, setMaxAxes, setMinAxes, setObsLat, setObsLon, setPermute, setPreserveAxes, setSymbol, setSystem, setTitle, setTop, setUnit, unformat

Methods inherited from class uk.ac.starlink.ast.Mapping

decompose, getInvert, getNin, getNout, getReport, getTranForward, getTranInverse, invert, linearApprox, mapBox, mapSplit, rate, rebin, rebinD, rebinF, rebinI, resample, resampleB, resampleD, resampleF, resampleI, resampleL, resampleS, setInvert, setReport, simplify, tran1, tran2, tranGrid, tranN, tranP

Methods inherited from class uk.ac.starlink.ast.AstObject

annul, clear, copy, delete, equals, finalize, getAstConstantI, getB, getC, getD, getF, getI, getID, getIdent, getL, getNobject, getObjSize, getRefCount, hashCode, isThreaded, reportVersions, sameObject, set, setB, setC, setD, setF, setI, setID, setIdent, setL, show, test, tune

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getStcNCoord

public int getStcNCoord()

Returns the number of AstroCoords elements stored within this Stc when it was constructed.

Returns:

number of coords stored

getStcCoord

public AstroCoords getStcCoord(int i)

Returns one of the AstroCoords elements stored within this Stc when it was constructed. If the coordinate system represented by this Stc has been changed since it was created (for instance, by changing its System attribute), then the sizes and positions in the returned AstroCoords object will reflect the change in coordinate system.

Parameters:

i - index of coords to retrieve. The first index is 1.

Returns:

i'th coord stored

getStcRegion

public Region getStcRegion()

Obtain a copy of the encapsulated Region within a Stc. This function returns a pointer to a deep copy of the Region supplied when the Stc was created.

Notes

- A null Object pointer (AST__NULL) will be returned if this function is invoked with the AST error status set, or if it should fail for any reason.

Returns:

A pointer to a deep copy of the Region encapsulated within the supplied Stc.

Throws:

AstException - if an error occurred in the AST library