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//# STAsciiWriter.h: ASAP class to write out single dish spectra as image FITS
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//# $Id: STAsciiWriter.h 2658 2012-10-10 03:29:17Z MalteMarquarding $
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#ifndef STASCIIWRITER_H
#define STASCIIWRITER_H

#include <casa/aips.h>
#include <casa/BasicSL/String.h>
#include <casa/ostream.h>

#include "Scantable.h"


namespace casa {
  template<class T> class Vector;
  class MDirection;
}

namespace asap {
/**
 * A class to export a Scnatble to ASCII file(s)
 */
class STAsciiWriter {
public:
// Constructor
  STAsciiWriter();

// Destructor
  virtual ~STAsciiWriter();

// Write out ascii table
  casa::Bool write(const Scantable& table, const casa::String& name);

private:
  casa::String formatDirection(const casa::MDirection& md) const;
  template <class T>
  void addLine(std::ostream& of, const casa::String& lbl,
               const T& value);
};

}// namespace
#endif