net.aerith.misao.catalog.io
Class McgReader

java.lang.Object
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              +--net.aerith.misao.catalog.io.McgReader

public class McgReader

extends FileReader

The McgReader is a class to read the Morphological Catalog of Galaxies.

The (x,y) position is also set properly so that (0,0) represents the specified R.A. and Decl. to open method and (1,1) represents the position 1 deg to the west and 1 deg to the north.

Fields inherited from class net.aerith.misao.catalog.io.FileReader

circum_area, current_block, current_index, reader

Fields inherited from class net.aerith.misao.catalog.io.CatalogReader

center_coor, date, limiting_mag, url_set

Constructor Summary

McgReader()
Constructs an empty McgReader.

McgReader(java.net.URL url)
Constructs a McgReader with URL of the catalog file.

Method Summary

CatalogStar	createStar(java.lang.String record) Creates a CatalogStar object from the specified one line record in the file.
private static java.lang.String	cutPeriod(java.lang.String string) Cuts the period at the end of the specified string.
java.lang.String	getHelpMessage() Gets the help message.
double	getMaximumPositionErrorInArcsec() Gets the maximum error of position in arcsec.
java.lang.String	getName() Gets the catalog name.

Methods inherited from class net.aerith.misao.catalog.io.FileReader

close, getBlockCount, getBlockSize, getRecordSize, isFile, open, overlapsBlock, readNext

Methods inherited from class net.aerith.misao.catalog.io.CatalogReader

addURL, getDateLimit, getDateLimitMessage, getFovLimit, getFovLimitMessage, hasDateLimit, hasFovLimit, isDateDependent, isInDirectory, open, read, setDate, setDefaultURL, setLimitingMagnitude, supportsExamination

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

McgReader

public McgReader()

Constructs an empty McgReader.

McgReader

public McgReader(java.net.URL url)

Constructs a McgReader with URL of the catalog file.

Parameters:

url - the URL of the catalog file.

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Gets the catalog name. It must be unique among all subclasses.

Overrides:

getName in class FileReader

Returns:

the catalog name.

cutPeriod

private static final java.lang.String cutPeriod(java.lang.String string)

Cuts the period at the end of the specified string.

Parameters:

string - the string which may have a period at the end.

Returns:

the string without a period at the end.

getMaximumPositionErrorInArcsec

public double getMaximumPositionErrorInArcsec()

Gets the maximum error of position in arcsec. It is the search area size to identify with other stars.

Overrides:

getMaximumPositionErrorInArcsec in class CatalogReader

Returns:

the maximum error of position in arcsec.

createStar

public CatalogStar createStar(java.lang.String record)

Creates a CatalogStar object from the specified one line record in the file. If some more records are required to create a star object, it returns null. This method must be overrided in the subclasses.

Overrides:

createStar in class FileReader

Parameters:

record - the one line record in the file.

Returns:

the star object.

getHelpMessage

public java.lang.String getHelpMessage()

Gets the help message.

Overrides:

getHelpMessage in class CatalogReader

Returns:

the help message.