uk.ac.starlink.ttools.task

Class InputTableSpec

java.lang.Object

uk.ac.starlink.ttools.task.InputTableSpec

public abstract class InputTableSpec
extends Object

Provides the specifications for a single input table.

Since:

29 Sep 2006

Author:

Mark Taylor

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
InputTableSpec(String loc, ProcessingStep[] steps) Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static InputTableSpec	createSpec(String loc, ProcessingStep[] steps, StarTable table) Returns an InputTableSpec with a fixed table value.
abstract StarTable	getInputTable() Returns input table.
String	getLocation() Returns input table location as specified in the parameter value.
ProcessingStep[]	getSteps() Returns the array of processing steps which constitutes the processing pipeline.
StarTable	getWrappedTable() Returns the input table processed by all of the accumulated processing steps associated with this spec.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

InputTableSpec

public InputTableSpec(String loc,
                      ProcessingStep[] steps)

Constructor.

Parameters:

loc - original table location

steps - processing pipeline

Method Detail

getInputTable

public abstract StarTable getInputTable()
                                 throws TaskException

Returns input table.

Returns:

input table

Throws:

TaskException

getSteps

public ProcessingStep[] getSteps()

Returns the array of processing steps which constitutes the processing pipeline.

Returns:

processing pipeline steps

getLocation

public String getLocation()

Returns input table location as specified in the parameter value.

Returns:

input table location

getWrappedTable

public StarTable getWrappedTable()
                          throws IOException,
                                 TaskException

Returns the input table processed by all of the accumulated processing steps associated with this spec.

Returns:

pre-processed table

Throws:

IOException

TaskException

createSpec

public static InputTableSpec createSpec(String loc,
                                        ProcessingStep[] steps,
                                        StarTable table)

Returns an InputTableSpec with a fixed table value.

Parameters:

loc - original table location

steps - processing pipeline

table - input table

Returns:

new table spec