source: trunk/src/STWriter.h @ 1391

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//# STWriter.h: ASAP class to write out single dish spectra.
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//# $Id: STWriter.h 1391 2007-07-30 01:59:36Z MalteMarquarding $
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#ifndef STWRITER_H
#define STWRITER_H

#include <string>

#include <casa/aips.h>
#include <casa/Utilities/CountedPtr.h>

#include "Logger.h"
#include "Scantable.h"

class PKSwriter;
class casa::Table;

namespace asap {
/**
  * This exports the ASAP internal data format to othe formats,
  * such as "SDFITS", "FITS", "MS2" or "ASCII"
  *
  * @brief Export of ASAP data container into foreign formats
  * @author Malte Marquarding
  * @date 2006-03-08
  * @version 2.0a
*/
class STWriter : public Logger {
public:
  explicit STWriter(const string &format = "SDFITS");
  virtual ~STWriter();

  /**
   * Set the format the data should be exported in
   * @param format an be "SDFITS", "FITS", "MS2" or "ASCII"
   * @return ststus code from PKSwriter
   */
  casa::Int setFormat(const string& format = "SDFITS");

  /**
   * Write the data to a file (directory)
   * @param table the Scantable object
   * @param filename the output file name
   * @return
   */
  casa::Int write(const casa::CountedPtr<Scantable> table,
            const string& filename);

private:
  casa::Vector<casa::Float> tsysFromTable(const casa::Table& tab);

  void polConversion( casa::Matrix<casa::Float>& spec,
                      casa::Matrix<casa::uChar>& flag,
                      casa::Vector<casa::Complex>& xpol,
                      const casa::Table& tab);

  void replacePtTab(const casa::Table& tab, const std::string& fname);

  std::string     format_;
  PKSwriter* writer_;
};

}// namespace
#endif