source: trunk/src/param.cc

// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
// param.cc: Dealing with the set of parameters for Duchamp.
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
// Copyright (C) 2006, Matthew Whiting, ATNF
//
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//
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//    Internet email: Matthew.Whiting [at] atnf.csiro.au
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//                    Australia Telescope National Facility, CSIRO
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//                    Epping NSW 1710
//                    AUSTRALIA
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#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <fstream>
#include <sstream>
#include <string>
#include <algorithm>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <duchamp/param.hh>
#include <duchamp/fitsHeader.hh>
#include <duchamp/duchamp.hh>
#include <duchamp/pgheader.hh>
#include <duchamp/ATrous/filter.hh>
#include <duchamp/ATrous/FilterFactory.hh>
#include <duchamp/Utils/utils.hh>
#include <duchamp/Utils/Section.hh>
#include <duchamp/Utils/VOParam.hh>
#include <duchamp/Outputs/columns.hh>

namespace duchamp
{
  const std::string defaultSection = "[*,*,*]";

  /****************************************************************/
  ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
  //// Accessor Functions for Parameter class:
  ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
  Param::~Param()
  {
    /// Deletes the offsets array if the sizeOffsets parameter is
    /// positive.
      if(this->sizeOffsets>0){
          delete [] this->offsets;
      }
      if (this->reconFilter){
          delete this->reconFilter;
      }
  }

  Param::Param()
  {
    this->defaultValues();
  }

  void Param::defaultValues()
  {
    /// Provides default intial values for the parameters. Note that
    /// imageFile has no default value!

    // Input files
    this->imageFile         = "";
    this->flagSubsection    = false;
    this->pixelSec          = Section();
    this->flagReconExists   = false;
    this->reconFile         = "";
    this->flagSmoothExists  = false;
    this->smoothFile        = "";
    this->usePrevious       = false;
    this->objectList        = "";
    // Output files
    this->flagLog           = false;
    this->logFile           = "duchamp-Logfile.txt";
    this->outFile           = "duchamp-Results.txt";
    this->flagSeparateHeader= false;
    this->headerFile        = "duchamp-Results.hdr";
    this->flagWriteBinaryCatalogue = true;
    this->binaryCatalogue   = "duchamp-Catalogue.dpc";
    this->flagPlotSpectra   = true;
    this->spectraFile       = "duchamp-Spectra.ps";
    this->flagPlotIndividualSpectra = false;
    this->flagTextSpectra   = false;
    this->spectraTextFile   = "duchamp-Spectra.txt";
    this->flagOutputBaseline    = false;
    this->fileOutputBaseline    = "";
    this->flagOutputMomentMap    = false;
    this->fileOutputMomentMap    = "";
    this->flagOutputMomentMask    = false;
    this->fileOutputMomentMask    = "";
    this->flagOutputMask    = false;
    this->fileOutputMask    = "";
    this->flagMaskWithObjectNum = false;
    this->flagOutputSmooth  = false;
    this->fileOutputSmooth  = "";
    this->flagOutputRecon   = false;
    this->fileOutputRecon   = "";
    this->flagOutputResid   = false;
    this->fileOutputResid   = "";
    this->flagVOT           = false;
    this->votFile           = "duchamp-Results.xml";
    this->flagKarma         = false;
    this->karmaFile         = "duchamp-Results.ann";
    this->flagDS9           = false;
    this->ds9File           = "duchamp-Results.reg";
    this->flagCasa          = false;
    this->casaFile          = "duchamp-Results.crf";
    this->annotationType    = "borders";
    this->flagMaps          = true;
    this->detectionMap      = "duchamp-DetectionMap.ps";
    this->momentMap         = "duchamp-MomentMap.ps";
    this->flagXOutput       = true;
    this->precFlux          = Catalogues::prFLUX;
    this->precVel           = Catalogues::prVEL;
    this->precSNR           = Catalogues::prSNR;
    // Cube related parameters 
    this->flagBlankPix      = false;
    this->blankPixValue     = -8.00061;
    this->blankKeyword      = 1;
    this->bscaleKeyword     = -8.00061;
    this->bzeroKeyword      = 0.;
    this->newFluxUnits      = "";
    // Flagged channel parameters
    this->flaggedChannelList = "";
    this->flaggedChannels   = std::vector<int>();
    this->flaggedChannelMask= std::vector<bool>();
    // Beam
    this->areaBeam          = 0.;
    this->fwhmBeam          = 0.;
    this->beamAsUsed.empty();
    this->searchType        = "spatial";
    // Trim-related         
    this->flagTrim          = false;
    this->hasBeenTrimmed    = false;
    this->borderLeft        = 0;
    this->borderRight       = 0;
    this->borderBottom      = 0;
    this->borderTop         = 0;
    // Subsection offsets
    this->sizeOffsets       = 0;
    this->xSubOffset        = 0;
    this->ySubOffset        = 0;
    this->zSubOffset        = 0;
    // Baseline related
    this->flagBaseline      = false;
    this->baselineType      = "atrous";
    this->baselineBoxWidth  = 51;
    // Detection-related    
    this->flagNegative      = false;
    // Object growth        
    this->flagGrowth        = false;
    this->growthCut         = 3.;
    this->flagUserGrowthThreshold = false;
    this->growthThreshold   = 0.;
    // FDR analysis         
    this->flagFDR           = false;
    this->alphaFDR          = 0.01;
    this->FDRnumCorChan     = 2;
    // Other detection      
    this->flagStatSec       = false;
    this->statSec           = Section();
    this->flagRobustStats   = true;
    this->snrCut            = 5.;
    this->threshold         = 0.;
    this->flagUserThreshold = false;
    // Smoothing 
    this->flagSmooth        = false;
    this->smoothType        = "spectral";
    this->hanningWidth      = 5;
    this->kernMaj           = 3.;
    this->kernMin           = -1.;
    this->kernPA            = 0.;
    this->smoothEdgeMethod  = "equal";
    this->spatialSmoothCutoff = 1.e-10;
    // A trous reconstruction parameters
    this->flagATrous        = false;
    this->reconDim          = 1;
    this->scaleMin          = 1;
    this->scaleMax          = 0;
    this->snrRecon          = 4.;
    this->reconConvergence  = 0.005;
    this->filterCode        = 1;
    FilterFactory filtFac;
    this->reconFilter = filtFac.getFilter(this->filterCode);

    // Volume-merging parameters
    this->flagAdjacent      = true;
    this->threshSpatial     = 3.;
    this->threshVelocity    = 7.;
    this->minChannels       = 3;
    this->minPix            = 2;
    this->minVoxels         = 4;
    this->maxChannels       = -1;
    this->maxPix            = -1;
    this->maxVoxels         = -1;
    this->flagRejectBeforeMerge = false;
    this->flagTwoStageMerging = true;
    // Input-Output related
    this->spectralMethod    = "peak";
    this->spectralType      = "";
    this->restFrequency     = -1.;
    this->restFrequencyUsed = false;
    this->spectralUnits     = "";
    this->pixelCentre       = "centroid";
    this->sortingParam      = "vel";
    this->borders           = true;
    this->blankEdge         = true;
    this->verbose           = true;
    this->commentStr        = "";
  }

  Param::Param (const Param& p)
  {
    operator=(p);
  }

  Param& Param::operator= (const Param& p)
  {
    if(this == &p) return *this;
    this->imageFile         = p.imageFile;
    this->flagSubsection    = p.flagSubsection; 
    this->pixelSec          = p.pixelSec; 
    this->flagReconExists   = p.flagReconExists;
    this->reconFile         = p.reconFile;      
    this->flagSmoothExists  = p.flagSmoothExists;
    this->smoothFile        = p.smoothFile;     
    this->usePrevious       = p.usePrevious;
    this->objectList        = p.objectList;
    this->flagLog           = p.flagLog;        
    this->logFile           = p.logFile;       
    this->outFile           = p.outFile;        
    this->flagSeparateHeader= p.flagSeparateHeader;
    this->headerFile        = p.headerFile;
    this->flagWriteBinaryCatalogue = p.flagWriteBinaryCatalogue;
    this->binaryCatalogue   = p.binaryCatalogue;
    this->flagPlotSpectra   = p.flagPlotSpectra;
    this->spectraFile       = p.spectraFile;    
    this->flagPlotIndividualSpectra = p.flagPlotIndividualSpectra;
    this->flagTextSpectra   = p.flagTextSpectra;    
    this->spectraTextFile   = p.spectraTextFile;    
    this->flagOutputBaseline    = p.flagOutputBaseline;
    this->fileOutputBaseline    = p.fileOutputBaseline;
    this->flagOutputMomentMap    = p.flagOutputMomentMap;
    this->fileOutputMomentMap    = p.fileOutputMomentMap;
    this->flagOutputMomentMask   = p.flagOutputMomentMask;
    this->fileOutputMomentMask   = p.fileOutputMomentMask;
    this->flagOutputMask    = p.flagOutputMask;
    this->fileOutputMask    = p.fileOutputMask;
    this->flagMaskWithObjectNum = p.flagMaskWithObjectNum;
    this->flagOutputSmooth  = p.flagOutputSmooth;
    this->fileOutputSmooth  = p.fileOutputSmooth;
    this->flagOutputRecon   = p.flagOutputRecon;
    this->fileOutputRecon   = p.fileOutputRecon;
    this->flagOutputResid   = p.flagOutputResid;
    this->fileOutputResid   = p.fileOutputResid;
    this->flagVOT           = p.flagVOT;         
    this->votFile           = p.votFile;        
    this->flagKarma         = p.flagKarma;      
    this->karmaFile         = p.karmaFile;      
    this->flagDS9           = p.flagDS9;      
    this->ds9File           = p.ds9File;      
    this->flagCasa          = p.flagCasa;      
    this->casaFile          = p.casaFile;      
    this->annotationType    = p.annotationType;
    this->flagMaps          = p.flagMaps;       
    this->detectionMap      = p.detectionMap;   
    this->momentMap         = p.momentMap;      
    this->flagXOutput       = p.flagXOutput;       
    this->precFlux          = p.precFlux;
    this->precVel           = p.precVel;
    this->precSNR           = p.precSNR;
    this->flagNegative      = p.flagNegative;
    this->flagBlankPix      = p.flagBlankPix;   
    this->blankPixValue     = p.blankPixValue;  
    this->blankKeyword      = p.blankKeyword;   
    this->bscaleKeyword     = p.bscaleKeyword;  
    this->bzeroKeyword      = p.bzeroKeyword;   
    this->newFluxUnits      = p.newFluxUnits;
    this->flaggedChannelList = p.flaggedChannelList;
    this->flaggedChannels   = p.flaggedChannels;
    this->flaggedChannelMask= p.flaggedChannelMask;
    this->areaBeam          = p.areaBeam;     
    this->fwhmBeam          = p.fwhmBeam;     
    this->beamAsUsed        = p.beamAsUsed;
    this->searchType        = p.searchType;
    this->flagTrim          = p.flagTrim;    
    this->hasBeenTrimmed    = p.hasBeenTrimmed;    
    this->borderLeft        = p.borderLeft;     
    this->borderRight       = p.borderRight;    
    this->borderBottom      = p.borderBottom;   
    this->borderTop         = p.borderTop;      
    if(this->sizeOffsets>0) delete [] this->offsets;
    this->sizeOffsets       = p.sizeOffsets;
    if(this->sizeOffsets>0){
      this->offsets           = new long[this->sizeOffsets];
      for(int i=0;i<this->sizeOffsets;i++) this->offsets[i] = p.offsets[i];
    }
    this->xSubOffset        = p.xSubOffset;     
    this->ySubOffset        = p.ySubOffset;     
    this->zSubOffset        = p.zSubOffset;
    this->flagBaseline      = p.flagBaseline;
    this->baselineType      = p.baselineType;
    this->baselineBoxWidth  = p.baselineBoxWidth;
    this->flagGrowth        = p.flagGrowth;
    this->growthCut         = p.growthCut;
    this->growthThreshold   = p.growthThreshold;
    this->flagUserGrowthThreshold = p.flagUserGrowthThreshold;
    this->flagFDR           = p.flagFDR;
    this->alphaFDR          = p.alphaFDR;
    this->FDRnumCorChan     = p.FDRnumCorChan;
    this->flagStatSec       = p.flagStatSec; 
    this->statSec           = p.statSec;
    this->flagRobustStats   = p.flagRobustStats;
    this->snrCut            = p.snrCut;
    this->threshold         = p.threshold;
    this->flagUserThreshold = p.flagUserThreshold;
    this->flagSmooth        = p.flagSmooth;
    this->smoothType        = p.smoothType;
    this->hanningWidth      = p.hanningWidth;
    this->kernMaj           = p.kernMaj;
    this->kernMin           = p.kernMin;
    this->kernPA            = p.kernPA;
    this->smoothEdgeMethod  = p.smoothEdgeMethod;
    this->spatialSmoothCutoff = p.spatialSmoothCutoff;
    this->flagATrous        = p.flagATrous;
    this->reconDim          = p.reconDim;
    this->scaleMin          = p.scaleMin;
    this->scaleMax          = p.scaleMax;
    this->snrRecon          = p.snrRecon;
    this->reconConvergence  = p.reconConvergence;
    this->filterCode        = p.filterCode;
    FilterFactory filtFac;
    this->reconFilter       = filtFac.getFilter(this->filterCode);
    this->flagAdjacent      = p.flagAdjacent;
    this->threshSpatial     = p.threshSpatial;
    this->threshVelocity    = p.threshVelocity;
    this->minChannels       = p.minChannels;
    this->minPix            = p.minPix;
    this->minVoxels         = p.minVoxels;
    this->maxChannels       = p.maxChannels;
    this->maxPix            = p.maxPix;
    this->maxVoxels         = p.maxVoxels;
    this->flagRejectBeforeMerge = p.flagRejectBeforeMerge;
    this->flagTwoStageMerging = p.flagTwoStageMerging;
    this->spectralMethod    = p.spectralMethod;
    this->spectralType      = p.spectralType;
    this->restFrequency     = p.restFrequency;
    this->restFrequencyUsed = p.restFrequencyUsed;
    this->spectralUnits     = p.spectralUnits;
    this->pixelCentre       = p.pixelCentre;
    this->sortingParam      = p.sortingParam;
    this->borders           = p.borders;
    this->blankEdge         = p.blankEdge;
    this->verbose           = p.verbose;
    this->commentStr        = p.commentStr;
    return *this;
  }
  //--------------------------------------------------------------------

  OUTCOME Param::getopts(int argc, char ** argv, std::string progname)
  {
    ///   A function that reads in the command-line options, in a manner 
    ///    tailored for use with the main Duchamp program.
    /// 
    ///   \param argc The number of command line arguments.
    ///   \param argv The array of command line arguments.

    OUTCOME returnValue = FAILURE;
    if(argc==1){
      std::cout << ERR_USAGE_MSG;
      returnValue = FAILURE;
    }
    else {
      std::string file;
      float thresh;
      bool changeX = false, changeThresh=false;
      this->defaultValues();
      char c;
      while( ( c = getopt(argc,argv,"p:f:t:hvx") )!=-1){
        switch(c) {
        case 'p':
          file = optarg;
          if(this->readParams(file)==FAILURE){
            DUCHAMPERROR(progname,"Could not open parameter file " << file);
          }
          else returnValue = SUCCESS;
          break;
        case 'f':
          file = optarg;
          this->imageFile = file;
          returnValue = SUCCESS;
          break;
        case 'v':
          std::cout << PROGNAME << " version " << VERSION << std::endl;
          break;
        case 'x':
          changeX = true;
          break;
        case 't':
          thresh = atof(optarg);
          changeThresh = true;
          break;
        case 'h':
        default :
          std::cout << ERR_USAGE_MSG;
          break;
        }
      }
      if(changeX){
        if(returnValue == SUCCESS) this->setFlagXOutput(false);
        else {
          DUCHAMPERROR(progname, "You need to specify either a parameter file or FITS image.\n");
          std::cout << "\n" << ERR_USAGE_MSG;
        }
      }
      if(changeThresh){
        this->threshold = thresh;
        this->flagUserThreshold = true;
        this->checkPars();
      }
    }
    return returnValue;
  }
  //--------------------------------------------------------------------

  bool Param::isBlank(float &value)
  {
    ///  Tests whether the value passed as the argument is BLANK or not.
    ///  \param value Pixel value to be tested.
    ///  \return False if flagBlankPix is false. Else, compare to the
    ///  relevant FITS keywords, using integer comparison.

    return this->flagBlankPix &&
      (this->blankKeyword == int((value-this->bzeroKeyword)/this->bscaleKeyword));
  }

    std::vector<bool> Param::makeBlankMask(float *array, size_t size)
  {
    ///  This returns an array of bools, saying whether each pixel in the
    ///  given array is BLANK or not. If the pixel is BLANK, set mask to
    ///  false, else set to true. The array is allocated by the function.

      std::vector<bool> mask(size);
      for(size_t i=0;i<size;i++) mask[i] = !this->isBlank(array[i]);
      return mask;
  }


    std::vector<bool> Param::makeStatMask(float *array, size_t *dim)
  {
    ///  This returns an array of bools, saying whether each pixel in
    ///  the given array is suitable for a stats calculation. It needs
    ///  to be in the StatSec (if defined), not blank and not a flagged
    ///  channel. The array is allocated by the function with a 'new' call. 

      std::vector<bool> mask(dim[0]*dim[1]*dim[2]);
    std::vector<bool> flaggedChans = this->getChannelFlags(dim[2]);
    for(size_t x=0;x<dim[0];x++) {
      for(size_t y=0;y<dim[1];y++) {
        for(size_t z=0;z<dim[2];z++) {
          size_t i = x+y*dim[0]+z*dim[0]*dim[1];
          mask[i] = !this->isBlank(array[i]) && !flaggedChans[z] && this->isStatOK(x,y,z);
        }
      }
    }
    return mask;
  }

    bool Param::isFlaggedChannel(int z)
    {
        /// Tests whether a given channel has been flagged by the user

        // bool isFlagged=false;
        // for(size_t i=0;i<this->flaggedChannels.size()&&!isFlagged;i++)
        //     isFlagged=(z==this->flaggedChannels[i]);
        // return isFlagged;

        if(this->flaggedChannelMask.size()==0) return false;
        else if(z>int(this->flaggedChannelMask.size()) || z<0) return false;
        else return this->flaggedChannelMask[z];

    }

    std::vector<bool> Param::getChannelFlags(int numChannels)
    {

        std::vector<bool> flags(numChannels,false);
        for(std::vector<int>::iterator chan = this->flaggedChannels.begin(); chan!=this->flaggedChannels.end(); chan++){ 
            // channels are zero-based, but channel-specification is 1-based
            if(*chan<=numChannels && *chan>-1) flags[*chan-1] = true;
        }
        return flags;
    }


  bool Param::isStatOK(int x, int y, int z)
  {
    /// Test whether a given pixel position lies within the subsection
    /// given by the statSec parameter. Only tested if the flagSubsection
    /// parameter is true -- if it isn't, we just return true since all
    /// pixels are therefore available for statstical calculations.
    /// \param x X-value of pixel being tested.
    /// \param y Y-value of pixel being tested.
    /// \param z Z-value of pixel being tested.
    /// \return True if pixel is able to be used for statistical
    /// calculations. False otherwise.

    int xval=x,yval=y,zval=z;
    if(flagSubsection){
      xval += pixelSec.getStart(0);
      yval += pixelSec.getStart(1);
      zval += pixelSec.getStart(2);
    }
    return !flagStatSec || statSec.isInside(xval,yval,zval);
  }

  std::vector<bool> Param::getObjectChoices()
  {
    ///  Returns a list of bool values, indicating whether a given
    ///  object was requested or not. The size of the vector is
    ///  determined by the maximum value in objectList. For instance,
    ///  if objectList="2,3,5-8", then the returned vector will be
    ///  [0,1,1,0,1,1,1,1].
    ///  \return Vector of bool values.

      if(this->objectListVector.size()==0) return std::vector<bool>(0);
      else {
          int maxNum = *std::max_element(this->objectListVector.begin(), this->objectListVector.end());
          std::vector<bool> choices(maxNum,false);
          for(std::vector<int>::iterator obj = objectListVector.begin();obj!=objectListVector.end();obj++) 
              choices[*obj-1] = true;
          return choices;
      }
  }

  std::vector<bool> Param::getObjectChoices(int numObjects)
  {
    ///  Returns a list of bool values, indicating whether a given
    ///  object was requested or not. The size of the vector is given
    ///  by the numObjects parameter. So, if objectList="2,3,5-8", then
    ///  the returned vector from a getObjectChoices(10) call will be
    ///  [0,1,1,0,1,1,1,1,0,0].
    ///  \param numObjects How many objects there are in total.
    ///  \return Vector of bool values.

    if(this->objectList==""){
      std::vector<bool> choices(numObjects,true);
      return choices;
    }
    else{
      std::vector<bool> choices(numObjects,false);
      std::vector<int> duds,goodlist;
      for(std::vector<int>::iterator obj = this->objectListVector.begin();obj!=this->objectListVector.end();obj++){ 
          if(*obj<=numObjects) {
              choices[*obj-1] = true;
              goodlist.push_back(*obj);
          }
          else duds.push_back(*obj);
      }
      if(duds.size()>0){
          this->objectListVector = goodlist;
          std::stringstream dudlist;
          dudlist << duds[0];
          for(size_t i=1;i<duds.size();i++) dudlist << ","<<duds[i];
          std::string obj="object";
          if(duds.size()>1) obj+= "s";
          DUCHAMPWARN("Object Selection", "You have only detected " << numObjects << " objects, so the requested " 
                      << obj << " '" << dudlist.str() << "' cannot be returned. Please check your request, as it doesn't match the results.");
      }
      return choices;
    }

  }

  /****************************************************************/
  /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// 
  /// / Other Functions using the  Parameter class:
  /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// 

  OUTCOME Param::readParams(std::string paramfile)
  {
    /// The parameters are read in from a disk file, on the assumption that each
    ///  line of the file has the format "parameter value" (eg. alphafdr 0.1)
    /// 
    /// The case of the parameter name does not matter, nor does the
    /// formatting of the spaces (it can be any amount of whitespace or
    /// tabs). 
    /// 
    /// \param paramfile A std::string containing the parameter filename.
    /// 
    /// \return FAILURE if the parameter file does not exist. SUCCESS if
    /// it is able to read it.

    if(!USE_PGPLOT){
      // Change default values for these parameters when we don't use PGPlot
      this->flagXOutput = false;
      this->flagMaps = false;
      this->flagPlotSpectra = false;
    }

    std::ifstream fin(paramfile.c_str());
    if(!fin.is_open()) return FAILURE;
    std::string line;
    while( !std::getline(fin,line,'\n').eof()){

      if(line[0]!='#'){
        std::stringstream ss;
        ss.str(line);
        std::string arg;
        ss >> arg;
        arg = makelower(arg);
        if(arg=="imagefile")       this->imageFile = readFilename(ss);
        if(arg=="flagsubsection")  this->flagSubsection = readFlag(ss); 
        if(arg=="subsection")      this->pixelSec.setSection(readSval(ss));
        if(arg=="flagreconexists") this->flagReconExists = readFlag(ss); 
        if(arg=="reconfile")       this->reconFile = readSval(ss); 
        if(arg=="flagsmoothexists")this->flagSmoothExists = readFlag(ss); 
        if(arg=="smoothfile")      this->smoothFile = readSval(ss); 
        if(arg=="beamarea")        this->areaBeam = readFval(ss);
        if(arg=="beamfwhm")        this->fwhmBeam = readFval(ss);
        if(arg=="useprevious")     this->usePrevious = readFlag(ss);
        if(arg=="objectlist")      this->objectList = readSval(ss);

        if(arg=="flaglog")         this->flagLog = readFlag(ss); 
        if(arg=="logfile")         this->logFile = readSval(ss); 
        if(arg=="outfile")         this->outFile = readSval(ss); 
        if(arg=="flagseparateheader") this->flagSeparateHeader = readFlag(ss);
        if(arg=="headerfile")      this->headerFile = readFilename(ss);
        if(arg=="flagwritebinarycatalogue") this->flagWriteBinaryCatalogue = readFlag(ss);
        if(arg=="binarycatalogue") this->binaryCatalogue = readFilename(ss);
        if(arg=="flagplotspectra") this->flagPlotSpectra = readFlag(ss);
        if(arg=="spectrafile")     this->spectraFile = readFilename(ss); 
        if(arg=="flagplotindividualspectra") this->flagPlotIndividualSpectra = readFlag(ss);
        if(arg=="flagtextspectra") this->flagTextSpectra = readFlag(ss); 
        if(arg=="spectratextfile") this->spectraTextFile = readFilename(ss); 
        if(arg=="flagoutputbaseline")  this->flagOutputBaseline = readFlag(ss); 
        if(arg=="fileoutputbaseline")  this->fileOutputBaseline = readFilename(ss);
        if(arg=="flagoutputmomentmap")  this->flagOutputMomentMap = readFlag(ss); 
        if(arg=="fileoutputmomentmap")  this->fileOutputMomentMap = readFilename(ss);
        if(arg=="flagoutputmomentmask")  this->flagOutputMomentMask = readFlag(ss); 
        if(arg=="fileoutputmomentmask")  this->fileOutputMomentMask = readFilename(ss);
        if(arg=="flagoutputmask")  this->flagOutputMask = readFlag(ss); 
        if(arg=="fileoutputmask")  this->fileOutputMask = readFilename(ss);
        if(arg=="flagmaskwithobjectnum") this->flagMaskWithObjectNum = readFlag(ss);
        if(arg=="flagoutputsmooth")this->flagOutputSmooth = readFlag(ss); 
        if(arg=="fileoutputsmooth")this->fileOutputSmooth = readFilename(ss);
        if(arg=="flagoutputrecon") this->flagOutputRecon = readFlag(ss); 
        if(arg=="fileoutputrecon") this->fileOutputRecon = readFilename(ss);
        if(arg=="flagoutputresid") this->flagOutputResid = readFlag(ss); 
        if(arg=="fileoutputresid") this->fileOutputResid = readFilename(ss);
        if(arg=="flagvot")         this->flagVOT = readFlag(ss); 
        if(arg=="votfile")         this->votFile = readFilename(ss); 
        if(arg=="flagkarma")       this->flagKarma = readFlag(ss); 
        if(arg=="karmafile")       this->karmaFile = readFilename(ss); 
        if(arg=="flagds9")         this->flagDS9 = readFlag(ss); 
        if(arg=="ds9file")         this->ds9File = readFilename(ss); 
        if(arg=="flagcasa")        this->flagCasa = readFlag(ss); 
        if(arg=="casafile")        this->casaFile = readFilename(ss); 
        if(arg=="annotationtype")  this->annotationType = readSval(ss); 
        if(arg=="flagmaps")        this->flagMaps = readFlag(ss); 
        if(arg=="detectionmap")    this->detectionMap = readFilename(ss); 
        if(arg=="momentmap")       this->momentMap = readFilename(ss); 
        if(arg=="flagxoutput")     this->flagXOutput = readFlag(ss); 
        if(arg=="newfluxunits")    this->newFluxUnits = readSval(ss);
        if(arg=="precflux")        this->precFlux = readIval(ss);
        if(arg=="precvel")         this->precVel = readIval(ss);
        if(arg=="precsnr")         this->precSNR = readIval(ss);

        if(arg=="flagtrim")        this->flagTrim = readFlag(ss); 
        if(arg=="flaggedchannels") this->flaggedChannelList = readSval(ss);
        if(arg=="flagbaseline")    this->flagBaseline = readFlag(ss); 
        if(arg=="baselinetype")    this->baselineType = readSval(ss);
        if(arg=="baselineboxwidth") this->baselineBoxWidth = readIval(ss);
        if(arg=="searchtype")      this->searchType = readSval(ss);

        if(arg=="flagnegative")    this->flagNegative = readFlag(ss);
        if(arg=="flaggrowth")      this->flagGrowth = readFlag(ss); 
        if(arg=="growthcut")       this->growthCut = readFval(ss); 
        if(arg=="growththreshold"){
          this->growthThreshold = readFval(ss);
          this->flagUserGrowthThreshold = true;
        }

        if(arg=="flagfdr")         this->flagFDR = readFlag(ss); 
        if(arg=="alphafdr")        this->alphaFDR = readFval(ss); 
        if(arg=="fdrnumcorchan")   this->FDRnumCorChan = readIval(ss);
        if(arg=="flagstatsec")     this->flagStatSec = readFlag(ss); 
        if(arg=="statsec")         this->statSec.setSection(readSval(ss));
        if(arg=="flagrobuststats") this->flagRobustStats = readFlag(ss); 
        if(arg=="snrcut")          this->snrCut = readFval(ss); 
        if(arg=="threshold"){
          this->threshold = readFval(ss);
          this->flagUserThreshold = true;
        }
      
        if(arg=="flagsmooth")      this->flagSmooth = readFlag(ss);
        if(arg=="smoothtype")      this->smoothType = readSval(ss);
        if(arg=="hanningwidth")    this->hanningWidth = readIval(ss);
        if(arg=="kernmaj")         this->kernMaj = readFval(ss);
        if(arg=="kernmin")         this->kernMin = readFval(ss);
        if(arg=="kernpa")          this->kernPA = readFval(ss);
        if(arg=="smoothedgemethod") this->smoothEdgeMethod = readSval(ss);
        if(arg=="spatialsmoothcutoff") this->spatialSmoothCutoff = readFval(ss);

        if(arg=="flagatrous")      this->flagATrous = readFlag(ss); 
        if(arg=="recondim")        this->reconDim = readIval(ss); 
        if(arg=="scalemin")        this->scaleMin = readIval(ss); 
        if(arg=="scalemax")        this->scaleMax = readIval(ss); 
        if(arg=="snrrecon")        this->snrRecon = readFval(ss); 
        if(arg=="reconconvergence") this->reconConvergence = readFval(ss);
        if(arg=="filtercode")      this->filterCode = readIval(ss); 

        if(arg=="flagadjacent")    this->flagAdjacent = readFlag(ss); 
        if(arg=="threshspatial")   this->threshSpatial = readFval(ss); 
        if(arg=="threshvelocity")  this->threshVelocity = readFval(ss); 
        if(arg=="minpix")          this->minPix = readIval(ss); 
        if(arg=="minchannels")     this->minChannels = readIval(ss); 
        if(arg=="minvoxels")       this->minVoxels = readIval(ss); 
        if(arg=="maxpix")          this->maxPix = readIval(ss); 
        if(arg=="maxchannels")     this->maxChannels = readIval(ss); 
        if(arg=="maxvoxels")       this->maxVoxels = readIval(ss); 
        if(arg=="flagrejectbeforemerge") this->flagRejectBeforeMerge = readFlag(ss); 
        if(arg=="flagtwostagemerging") this->flagTwoStageMerging = readFlag(ss); 

        if(arg=="spectralmethod")  this->spectralMethod=makelower(readSval(ss));
        if(arg=="spectraltype")    this->spectralType = readSval(ss);
        if(arg=="restfrequency")   this->restFrequency = readFval(ss);
        if(arg=="spectralunits")   this->spectralUnits = readSval(ss);
        if(arg=="pixelcentre")     this->pixelCentre = makelower(readSval(ss));
        if(arg=="sortingparam")    this->sortingParam = makelower(readSval(ss));
        if(arg=="drawborders")     this->borders = readFlag(ss); 
        if(arg=="drawblankedges")  this->blankEdge = readFlag(ss); 
        if(arg=="verbose")         this->verbose = readFlag(ss); 

        // Dealing with deprecated parameters.
        if(arg=="flagblankpix"){
          this->flagTrim = readFlag(ss);
          DUCHAMPWARN("Reading parameters","The parameter flagBlankPix is deprecated. Please use the flagTrim parameter in future.");
          DUCHAMPWARN("Reading parameters","   Setting flagTrim = " << stringize(this->flagTrim));
        }
        if(arg=="blankpixvalue"){
          DUCHAMPWARN("Reading parameters","The parameter blankPixValue is deprecated. This value is only taken from the FITS header.");
        }
        if(arg=="beamsize"){
          this->areaBeam = readFval(ss);
          DUCHAMPWARN("Reading parameters","The parameter beamSize is deprecated. You can specify the beam size by beamArea or beamFWHM.");
          DUCHAMPWARN("Reading parameters","   Setting beamArea = " << this->areaBeam);
        }
        if(arg=="flagmw"){
            DUCHAMPWARN("Reading parameters", "The parameters flagMW, minMW and maxMW have been deprecated.");
            DUCHAMPWARN("Reading parameters", "   Instead, use the parameter flaggedChannels to indicate channels & channel ranges to be excluded from detection.");
        }
      }
    }

    this->checkPars();

    return SUCCESS;

  }
  
  void Param::checkPars()
  {

    // If flagSubsection is false, but the parset had a subsection string in it, we want to set this back to the default.
    if(!this->flagSubsection){
      this->pixelSec.setSection(defaultSection);
    }
    if(!this->flagStatSec){
      this->statSec.setSection(defaultSection);
    }

    // If we have usePrevious=false, set the objectlist to blank so that we use all of them. Otherwise, define the vector list of choices.
    if(!this->usePrevious) this->objectList = "";
    else this->objectListVector = selectionToIntVec(this->objectList);

    // Defining the vector list of flagged channels
    if(this->flaggedChannelList.size()>0){
        this->flaggedChannels = selectionToIntVec(this->flaggedChannelList);
        this->flaggedChannelMask = std::vector<bool>(*std::max_element(this->flaggedChannels.begin(),this->flaggedChannels.end()),false);
        for(size_t i=0;i<this->flaggedChannels.size();i++) this->flaggedChannelMask[ this->flaggedChannels[i] ] = true;
    }

    // If pgplot was not included in the compilation, need to set flagXOutput to false
    if(!USE_PGPLOT){
      if(this->flagXOutput || this->flagMaps || this->flagPlotSpectra || this->flagPlotIndividualSpectra)
        DUCHAMPWARN("Reading parameters","PGPlot has not been enabled, so setting flagXOutput, flagMaps, flagPlotSpectra and flagPlotIndividualSpectra to false.");
      this->flagXOutput = false;
      this->flagMaps = false;
      this->flagPlotSpectra = false;
      this->flagPlotIndividualSpectra = false;
    }

    if(!this->flagPlotSpectra && this->flagPlotIndividualSpectra){
      DUCHAMPWARN("Reading parameters","flagPlotSpectra is false, so setting flagPlotIndividualSpectra to false as well.");
      this->flagPlotIndividualSpectra = false;
    }

    // Correcting bad precision values -- if negative, set to 0
    if(this->precFlux<0) this->precFlux = 0;
    if(this->precVel<0)  this->precVel = 0;
    if(this->precSNR<0)  this->precSNR = 0;

    // Can only have "spatial" or "spectral" as search types
    if(this->searchType != "spatial" && this->searchType != "spectral"){
      DUCHAMPWARN("Reading parameters","You have requested a search type of \""<<this->searchType<<"\" -- Only \"spectral\" and \"spatial\" are accepted, so setting to \"spatial\".");
      this->searchType = "spatial";
    }

    // The wavelet reconstruction takes precendence over the smoothing.
    if(this->flagATrous) this->flagSmooth = false;

    // Check validity of recon parameters
    if(this->flagATrous){
      if(this->reconConvergence < 0.){
        DUCHAMPWARN("Reading Parameters","Your reconConvergence value is negative ("<<this->reconConvergence<<") - setting to " << -this->reconConvergence <<".");
        this->reconConvergence *= -1.;
      }

      if (this->reconFilter){
          delete this->reconFilter;
      }
      FilterFactory filtFac;
      this->reconFilter = filtFac.getFilter(this->filterCode);

      if((this->scaleMax) > 0 && (this->scaleMax < this->scaleMin)){
        DUCHAMPWARN("Reading Parameters","Reconstruction scaleMax ("<<this->scaleMax<<") is less than scaleMin ("<<this->scaleMin<<"): setting both to "<<this->scaleMin);
        this->scaleMax = this->scaleMin;
      }

      if( (this->reconDim < 1) || (this->reconDim > 3) ){
        DUCHAMPWARN("Reading Parameters", "You requested a " << this->reconDim << " dimensional reconstruction. Setting reconDim to 1");
        this->reconDim = 1;
      }

      if( this->snrRecon < 0.){
        DUCHAMPWARN("Reading Parameters", "Your snrRecon value is negative (" << this->snrRecon<<"). Turning reconstruction off -- fix your parameter file!");
        this->flagATrous = false;
      }

    }

    // Check validity of smoothing parameters
    if(this->flagSmooth){
        
        // Make sure smoothType is an acceptable type -- default is "spectral"
        if((this->smoothType!="spectral")&&
           (this->smoothType!="spatial")){
            DUCHAMPWARN("Reading parameters","The requested value of the parameter smoothType, \"" << this->smoothType << "\", is invalid -- changing to \"spectral\".");
            this->smoothType = "spectral";
        }

        // If kernMin has not been given, or is negative, make it equal to kernMaj
        if(this->kernMin < 0) this->kernMin = this->kernMaj;
        
        // Check the smoothEdgeMethod and spatialSmoothCutoff parameters.
        if(this->smoothType=="spatial"){
            if((this->smoothEdgeMethod != "equal") && (this->smoothEdgeMethod!="truncate") && (this->smoothEdgeMethod!="scale")){
                DUCHAMPWARN("Reading parameters","The requested value of the parameter smoothEdgeMethod, \""<< this->smoothEdgeMethod << "\", is invalid - changing to \"equal\".");
                this->smoothEdgeMethod = "equal";
            }
            if(this->spatialSmoothCutoff<0.){
                this->spatialSmoothCutoff *= -1.;
                DUCHAMPWARN("Reading parameters","The value of spatialSmoothCutoff is negative. Changing to "<<this->spatialSmoothCutoff);
            }
        }

    }

    if(this->flagUserThreshold){

      // If we specify a manual threshold, need to also specify a manual growth threshold
      // If we haven't done so, turn growing off
      if(this->flagGrowth && !this->flagUserGrowthThreshold){
        DUCHAMPWARN("Reading parameters","You have specified a manual search threshold, but not a manual growth threshold. You need to do so using the \"growthThreshold\" parameter.");
        DUCHAMPWARN("Reading parameters","The growth function is being turned off.");
        this->flagGrowth = false;
      }

      // If we specify a manual threshold, we don't need the FDR method, so turn it off if requested.
      if(this->flagFDR){
        DUCHAMPWARN("Reading parameters","You have specified a manual search threshold, so we don't need to use the FDR method. Setting \"flagFDR=false\".");
        this->flagFDR = false;
      }

    }   

    // Make sure the growth level is less than the detection level. Else turn off growing.
    if(this->flagGrowth){
      std::stringstream errmsg;
      bool doWarn = false;
      if(this->flagUserThreshold &&
         ( (this->threshold < this->growthThreshold)
           || (this->snrCut < this->growthCut) ) ){
        errmsg << "Your \"growthThreshold\" parameter" << this->growthThreshold <<" is larger than your \"threshold\"" << this->threshold;
        doWarn = true;
      }
      
      if(!this->flagUserThreshold &&
         (this->snrCut < this->growthCut)) {
        errmsg << "Your \"growthCut\" parameter " << this->growthCut << " is larger than your \"snrCut\"" << this->snrCut;
        doWarn = true;
      }

      if(doWarn){
        DUCHAMPWARN("Reading parameters",errmsg.str());
        DUCHAMPWARN("Reading parameters","The growth function is being turned off.");

      }
    }

    // Make sure the annnotationType is an acceptable option -- default is "borders"
    if((this->annotationType != "borders") && (this->annotationType!="circles") && (this->annotationType!="ellipses")){
      DUCHAMPWARN("Reading parameters","The requested value of the parameter annotationType, \"" << this->annotationType << "\", is invalid -- changing to \"borders\".");
      this->annotationType = "borders";
    }
      

    // Make sure spectralMethod is an acceptable type -- default is "peak"
    if((this->spectralMethod!="peak")&&
       (this->spectralMethod!="sum")){
      DUCHAMPWARN("Reading parameters","The requested value of the parameter spectralMethod, \"" << this->spectralMethod << "\", is invalid -- changing to \"peak\".");
      this->spectralMethod = "peak";
    }

    // make sure pixelCentre is an acceptable type -- default is "peak"
    if((this->pixelCentre!="centroid")&&
       (this->pixelCentre!="average") &&
       (this->pixelCentre!="peak")       ){
      DUCHAMPWARN("Reading parameters","The requested value of the parameter pixelCentre, \"" << this->pixelCentre << "\", is invalid -- changing to \"centroid\".");
      this->pixelCentre = "centroid";
    }

    // Make sure sortingParam is an acceptable type -- default is "vel"
    bool OK = false;
    int loc=(this->sortingParam[0]=='-') ? 1 : 0;
    for(int i=0;i<numSortingParamOptions;i++) 
      OK = OK || this->sortingParam.substr(loc)==sortingParamOptions[i];
    if(!OK){
      DUCHAMPWARN("Reading parameters","The requested value of the parameter sortingParam, \"" << this->sortingParam << "\", is invalid. -- changing to \"vel\".");
      this->sortingParam = "vel";
    }

    // Make sure minVoxels is appropriate given minChannels & minPixels
    if(this->minVoxels < (this->minPix + this->minChannels - 1) ){
      DUCHAMPWARN("Reading parameters","Changing minVoxels to " << this->minPix + this->minChannels - 1 << " given minPix="<<this->minPix << " and minChannels="<<this->minChannels);
      this->minVoxels = this->minPix + this->minChannels - 1;
    }
    
    // check that baselines are being calculated if we want to save them to a FITS file
    if(this->flagOutputBaseline && !this->flagBaseline){
      DUCHAMPWARN("Reading parameters","Saving of baseline values to a FITS file has been requested, but baselines are not being calculated. Turning off saving of baseline values.");
      this->flagOutputBaseline = false;
    }

    // check that the baseline option is valid
    if(this->flagBaseline){
        if (this->baselineType != "atrous" && this->baselineType != "median"){
            DUCHAMPWARN("Reading parameters", "The only types of baseline subtraction available are 'atrous' or 'median' - you provided '"<<this->baselineType <<"'. Setting to 'atrous'.");
            this->baselineType = "atrous";
        }
        if(this->baselineType == "median" && this->baselineBoxWidth%2 == 0){
            DUCHAMPWARN("Reading parameters", "The baseline box width needs to be odd. Changing from " << this->baselineBoxWidth << " to " << this->baselineBoxWidth+1 <<".");
            this->baselineBoxWidth++;
        }
    }
      
  }

  OUTCOME Param::checkImageExists()
  {
    /// A simple check to see whether the image actually exists or not, using the cfitsio interface.
    /// If it does, we return SUCCESS, otherwise we throw an exception.

    int exists,status = 0;  /* MUST initialize status */
    fits_file_exists(this->imageFile.c_str(),&exists,&status);
    if(exists<=0){
      fits_report_error(stderr, status);
      DUCHAMPTHROW("Cube Reader","Requested image " << this->imageFile << " does not exist!");
      return FAILURE;
    }
    return SUCCESS;
  }


  void recordParameters(std::ostream& theStream, Param &par, std::string paramName, std::string paramDesc, std::string paramValue)
  {
    
    const int width = 60;
    int widthText = width - paramName.size();

    theStream << par.commentString()
              << std::setw(widthText) << paramDesc
              << std::setiosflags(std::ios::right) << paramName
              << "  =  " << std::resetiosflags(std::ios::right) << paramValue 
              <<std::endl;
  }

  std::string fileOption(bool flag, std::string file)
  {
    std::ostringstream ss;
    ss << stringize(flag);
    if(flag) ss << " --> " << file;
    return ss.str();
    
  }

  std::ostream& operator<< ( std::ostream& theStream, Param& par)
  {
    /// Print out the parameter set in a formatted, easy to read style.
    /// Lists the parameters, a description of them, and their value.

    // BUG -- can get error: `boolalpha' is not a member of type `ios' -- old compilers: gcc 2.95.3?
    //   theStream.setf(std::ios::boolalpha);
    theStream.setf(std::ios::left);
    theStream  <<par.commentString()<<"\n"<<par.commentString()<<"---- Parameters ----"<<std::endl;
    theStream  << std::setfill('.');
    if(par.getFlagSubsection())
      recordParam(theStream, par, "[imageFile]", "Image to be analysed", par.getImageFile()<<par.getSubsection());
    else 
      recordParam(theStream, par, "[imageFile]", "Image to be analysed", par.getImageFile());
    if(par.getFlagRestFrequencyUsed()){
      recordParam(theStream, par, "[restFrequency]","Rest frequency as used", par.getRestFrequency());
    }
    if(par.getFlagReconExists() && par.getFlagATrous()){
      recordParam(theStream, par, "[reconExists]", "Reconstructed array exists?", stringize(par.getFlagReconExists()));
      recordParam(theStream, par, "[reconFile]", "FITS file containing reconstruction", par.getReconFile());
    }
    if(par.getFlagSmoothExists() && par.getFlagSmooth()){
      recordParam(theStream, par, "[smoothExists]", "Smoothed array exists?", stringize(par.getFlagSmoothExists()));
      recordParam(theStream, par, "[smoothFile]", "FITS file containing smoothed array", par.getSmoothFile());
    }
    if(par.getFlagLog()){
        recordParam(theStream, par, "[logFile]", "Intermediate Logfile", par.logFile);
    }
    recordParam(theStream, par, "[outFile]", "Final Results file", par.getOutFile());
    if(par.getFlagSeparateHeader()){
      recordParam(theStream, par, "[headerFile]", "Header for results file", par.getHeaderFile());
    }
    if(USE_PGPLOT && par.getFlagPlotSpectra()){
      std::string label=par.getSpectraFile();
      if(par.getFlagPlotIndividualSpectra()) label += ", with individual spectra too";
      recordParam(theStream, par, "[spectraFile]", "Spectrum file", label);
    }
    if(par.getFlagTextSpectra()){
      recordParam(theStream, par, "[spectraTextFile]", "Text file with ascii spectral data", par.getSpectraTextFile());
    }
    if(par.getFlagVOT()){
      recordParam(theStream, par, "[votFile]", "VOTable file", par.getVOTFile());
    }
    if(par.getFlagKarma()){
      recordParam(theStream, par, "[karmaFile]", "Karma annotation file" , par.getKarmaFile());
    }
    if(par.getFlagDS9()){
      recordParam(theStream, par, "[ds9File]", "DS9 annotation file" , par.getDS9File());
    }
    if(par.getFlagCasa()){
      recordParam(theStream, par, "[casaFile]", "CASA annotation file" , par.getCasaFile());
    }
    if(USE_PGPLOT && par.getFlagMaps()){
      recordParam(theStream, par, "[momentMap]", "0th Moment Map", par.getMomentMap());
      recordParam(theStream, par, "[detectionMap]", "Detection Map", par.getDetectionMap());
    }
    if(USE_PGPLOT){
      recordParam(theStream, par, "[flagXOutput]", "Display a map in a pgplot xwindow?", stringize(par.getFlagXOutput()));
    }
    if(par.getFlagATrous()){
      recordParam(theStream, par, "[flagOutputRecon]", "Saving reconstructed cube?", fileOption(par.getFlagOutputRecon(),par.outputReconFile()));
      recordParam(theStream, par, "[flagOutputResid]", "Saving residuals from reconstruction?", fileOption(par.getFlagOutputResid(),par.outputResidFile()));
    }                                                  
    if(par.getFlagSmooth()){    
      recordParam(theStream, par, "[flagOutputSmooth]", "Saving smoothed cube?", fileOption(par.getFlagOutputSmooth(),par.outputSmoothFile()));
    }                                                  
    recordParam(theStream, par, "[flagOutputMask]", "Saving mask cube?", fileOption(par.getFlagOutputMask(),par.outputMaskFile()));
    recordParam(theStream, par, "[flagOutputMomentMap]", "Saving 0th moment to FITS file?", fileOption(par.getFlagOutputMomentMap(),par.outputMomentMapFile()));
    recordParam(theStream, par, "[flagOutputMomentMask]", "Saving 0th moment mask to FITS file?", fileOption(par.getFlagOutputMomentMask(),par.outputMomentMaskFile()));
    recordParam(theStream, par, "[flagOutputBaseline]", "Saving baseline values to FITS file?", fileOption(par.getFlagOutputBaseline(),par.outputBaselineFile()));

    theStream  << par.commentString() <<"------"<<std::endl;

    recordParam(theStream, par, "[searchType]", "Type of searching performed", par.getSearchType());
    if(par.getFlagBlankPix()){
      recordParam(theStream, par, "", "Blank Pixel Value", par.getBlankPixVal());
    }
    recordParam(theStream, par, "[flagTrim]", "Trimming Blank Pixels?", stringize(par.getFlagTrim()));
    recordParam(theStream, par, "[flagNegative]", "Searching for Negative features?", stringize(par.getFlagNegative()));
    if(par.getFlaggedChannelList().size()>0){
        recordParam(theStream, par, "[flaggedChannels]", "Channels flagged by user", par.getFlaggedChannelList());
    }
    if(par.beamAsUsed.origin()==EMPTY){  // No beam in FITS file and no information provided
      recordParam(theStream, par, "", "Area of Beam", "No beam");
    }
    else if(par.beamAsUsed.origin()==HEADER){ // Report beam size from FITS file
      recordParam(theStream, par, "", "Area of Beam (pixels)", par.beamAsUsed.area() << "   (beam: " << par.beamAsUsed.maj() << " x " << par.beamAsUsed.min() <<" pixels)");
    }
    else if(par.beamAsUsed.origin()==PARAM){ // Report beam size requested in parameter set input
      if(par.fwhmBeam>0.) recordParam(theStream, par, "[beamFWHM]", "FWHM of Beam (pixels)", par.beamAsUsed.maj() << "   (beam area = " << par.beamAsUsed.area() <<" pixels)");
      else  recordParam(theStream, par, "[beamArea]", "Area of Beam (pixels)", par.beamAsUsed.area());
    }
    else{
      recordParam(theStream, par, "[beam info]", "Size & shape of beam", "No information available!");
    }
    recordParam(theStream, par, "[flagBaseline]", "Removing baselines before search?", stringize(par.getFlagBaseline()));
    if(par.getFlagBaseline()){
        recordParam(theStream, par, "[baselineType]", "Baseline removal algorithm", par.getBaselineType());
        if(par.getBaselineType()=="median")
            recordParam(theStream, par, "[baselineBoxWidth]", "Box width for median baseline estimation", par.getBaselineBoxWidth());
    }
    recordParam(theStream, par, "[flagSmooth]", "Smoothing data prior to searching?", stringize(par.getFlagSmooth()));
    if(par.getFlagSmooth()){           
      recordParam(theStream, par, "[smoothType]", "Type of smoothing", par.getSmoothType());
      if(par.getSmoothType()=="spectral")
        recordParam(theStream, par, "[hanningWidth]", "Width of hanning filter", par.getHanningWidth());
      else{
        recordParam(theStream, par, "[kernMaj]", "Gaussian kernel major axis FWHM [pix]", par.getKernMaj());
        recordParam(theStream, par, "[kernMin]", "Gaussian kernel minor axis FWHM [pix]", par.getKernMin());
        recordParam(theStream, par, "[kernPA]",  "Gaussian kernel position angle [deg]",  par.getKernPA());
        recordParam(theStream, par, "[smoothEdgeMethod]","Method for treating edge pixels", par.getSmoothEdgeMethod());
        recordParam(theStream, par, "[spatialSmoothCutoff]","Cutoff value for determining kernel", par.getSpatialSmoothCutoff());
      }
    }
    recordParam(theStream, par, "[flagATrous]", "Using A Trous reconstruction?", stringize(par.getFlagATrous()));
    if(par.getFlagATrous()){                           
      recordParam(theStream, par, "[reconDim]", "Number of dimensions in reconstruction", par.getReconDim());
      if(par.getMaxScale()>0){
        recordParam(theStream, par, "[scaleMin-scaleMax]", "Scales used in reconstruction", par.getMinScale()<<"-"<<par.getMaxScale());
      }
      else{
        recordParam(theStream, par, "[scaleMin]", "Minimum scale in reconstruction", par.getMinScale());
      }
      recordParam(theStream, par, "[snrRecon]", "SNR Threshold within reconstruction", par.getAtrousCut());
      recordParam(theStream, par, "[reconConvergence]", "Residual convergence criterion", par.getReconConvergence());
      recordParam(theStream, par, "[filterCode]", "Filter being used for reconstruction", par.getFilterCode()<<" ("<<par.getFilterName()<<")");
    }                                                  
    recordParam(theStream, par, "[flagRobustStats]", "Using Robust statistics?", stringize(par.getFlagRobustStats()));
    if(par.getFlagStatSec()){
      recordParam(theStream, par, "[statSec]", "Section used by statistics calculation", par.statSec.getSection());
    }
    recordParam(theStream, par, "[flagFDR]", "Using FDR analysis?", stringize(par.getFlagFDR()));
    if(par.getFlagFDR()){                                      
      recordParam(theStream, par, "[alphaFDR]", "Alpha value for FDR analysis", par.getAlpha());
      recordParam(theStream, par, "[FDRnumCorChan]", "Number of correlated channels for FDR", par.getFDRnumCorChan());
    }                                                  
    else {
      if(par.getFlagUserThreshold()){
        recordParam(theStream, par, "[threshold]", "Detection Threshold", par.getThreshold());
      }
      else{
        recordParam(theStream, par, "[snrCut]", "SNR Threshold (in sigma)", par.getCut());
      }
    }
    recordParam(theStream, par, "[minPix]", "Minimum # Pixels in a detection", par.getMinPix());
    recordParam(theStream, par, "[minChannels]", "Minimum # Channels in a detection", par.getMinChannels());
    recordParam(theStream, par, "[minVoxels]", "Minimum # Voxels in a detection", par.getMinVoxels());
    if(par.getMaxPix()>0) recordParam(theStream, par, "[maxPix]", "Maximum # Pixels in a detection", par.getMaxPix());
    if(par.getMaxChannels()>0) recordParam(theStream, par, "[maxChannels]", "Maximum # Channels in a detection", par.getMaxChannels());
    if(par.getMaxVoxels()>0) recordParam(theStream, par, "[maxVoxels]", "Maximum # Voxels in a detection", par.getMaxVoxels());
    recordParam(theStream, par, "[flagGrowth]", "Growing objects after detection?", stringize(par.getFlagGrowth()));
    if(par.getFlagGrowth()) {                          
      if(par.getFlagUserGrowthThreshold()){
        recordParam(theStream, par, "[growthThreshold]", "Threshold for growth", par.getGrowthThreshold());
      }
      else{
        recordParam(theStream, par, "[growthCut]", "SNR Threshold for growth", par.getGrowthCut());
      }
    }
    recordParam(theStream, par, "[flagAdjacent]", "Using Adjacent-pixel criterion?", stringize(par.getFlagAdjacent()));
    if(!par.getFlagAdjacent()){
      recordParam(theStream, par, "[threshSpatial]", "Max. spatial separation for merging", par.getThreshS());
    }
    recordParam(theStream, par, "[threshVelocity]", "Max. velocity separation for merging", par.getThreshV());
    recordParam(theStream, par, "[flagRejectBeforeMerge]", "Reject objects before merging?", stringize(par.getFlagRejectBeforeMerge()));
    recordParam(theStream, par, "[flagTwoStageMerging]", "Merge objects in two stages?", stringize(par.getFlagTwoStageMerging()));
    recordParam(theStream, par, "[spectralMethod]", "Method of spectral plotting", par.getSpectralMethod());
    recordParam(theStream, par, "[pixelCentre]", "Type of object centre used in results", par.getPixelCentre());

    theStream  << par.commentString() <<"--------------------\n";
    theStream  << std::setfill(' ');
    theStream.unsetf(std::ios::left);
    //  theStream.unsetf(std::ios::boolalpha);
    return theStream;
  }

  std::vector<VOParam> Param::getVOParams()
  {
    std::vector<VOParam> vopars;
    vopars.push_back(VOParam("imageFile","meta.file;meta.fits","char",this->imageFile,this->imageFile.size(),""));
    vopars.push_back(VOParam("flagSubsection","meta.code","boolean",this->flagSubsection,0,""));
    if(this->flagSubsection)
      vopars.push_back(VOParam("subsection","","char",this->pixelSec.getSection(),this->pixelSec.getSection().size(),""));
    vopars.push_back(VOParam("flagStatSec","meta.code","boolean",this->flagStatSec,0,""));
    if(this->flagSubsection)
      vopars.push_back(VOParam("StatSec","","char",this->statSec.getSection(),this->statSec.getSection().size(),""));
    if(this->flagReconExists)
      vopars.push_back(VOParam("reconfile","meta.file;meta.fits","char",this->reconFile, this->reconFile.size(),""));
    if(this->flagSmoothExists)
      vopars.push_back(VOParam("smoothfile","meta.file;meta.fits","char",this->smoothFile, this->smoothFile.size(),""));
    if(this->usePrevious)
      vopars.push_back(VOParam("objectlist","","char",this->objectList,this->objectList.size(),""));

    vopars.push_back(VOParam("searchType","meta.note","char",this->searchType,this->searchType.size(),""));
    vopars.push_back(VOParam("flagNegative","meta.code","boolean",this->flagNegative,0,""));
    vopars.push_back(VOParam("flagBaseline","meta.code","boolean",this->flagBaseline,0,""));
    if(this->flagBaseline){
        vopars.push_back(VOParam("baselineType","meta.note","char",this->baselineType,this->baselineType.size(),""));
        if(this->baselineType=="median")
            vopars.push_back(VOParam("baselineBoxWidth","","int",this->baselineBoxWidth,0,""));
    }
    vopars.push_back(VOParam("flagRobustStats","meta.code","boolean",this->flagRobustStats,0,""));
    vopars.push_back(VOParam("flagFDR","meta.code","boolean",this->flagFDR,0,""));
    if(this->flagFDR){
      vopars.push_back(VOParam("alphaFDR","stat.param","float",this->alphaFDR,0,""));
      vopars.push_back(VOParam("FDRnumCorChan","stat.param","int",this->FDRnumCorChan,0,""));
    }
    else{
      if(this->flagUserThreshold)
            vopars.push_back(VOParam("threshold","phot.flux;stat.min","float",this->threshold,0,""));
      else
        vopars.push_back(VOParam("snrCut","stat.snr;phot;stat.min","float",this->snrCut,0,""));
    }
    vopars.push_back(VOParam("flagGrowth","meta.code","boolean",this->flagGrowth,0,""));
    if(this->flagGrowth){
      if(this->flagUserGrowthThreshold)
        vopars.push_back(VOParam("growthThreshold","phot.flux;stat.min","float",this->growthThreshold,0,""));
      else
        vopars.push_back(VOParam("growthCut","stat.snr;phot;stat.min","float",this->growthCut,0,""));
    }
    vopars.push_back(VOParam("minPix","","int",this->minPix,0,""));
    vopars.push_back(VOParam("minChannels","","int",this->minChannels,0,""));
    vopars.push_back(VOParam("minVoxels","","int",this->minVoxels,0,""));
    if(this->maxPix>0) vopars.push_back(VOParam("maxPix","","int",this->maxPix,0,""));
    if(this->maxChannels>0) vopars.push_back(VOParam("maxChannels","","int",this->maxChannels,0,""));
    if(this->maxVoxels>0) vopars.push_back(VOParam("maxVoxels","","int",this->maxVoxels,0,""));
    vopars.push_back(VOParam("flagAdjacent","meta.code","boolean",this->flagAdjacent,0,""));
    if(!this->flagAdjacent)
      vopars.push_back(VOParam("threshSpatial","","float",this->threshSpatial,0,""));
    vopars.push_back(VOParam("threshVelocity","","float",this->threshVelocity,0,""));
    vopars.push_back(VOParam("flagRejectBeforeMerge","","boolean",this->flagRejectBeforeMerge,0,""));
    vopars.push_back(VOParam("flagTwoStageMerging","","boolean",this->flagTwoStageMerging,0,""));
    vopars.push_back(VOParam("pixelCentre","","char",this->pixelCentre,this->pixelCentre.size(),""));
    vopars.push_back(VOParam("flagSmooth","meta.code","boolean",this->flagSmooth,0,""));
    if(this->flagSmooth){
      vopars.push_back(VOParam("smoothType","","char",this->smoothType,this->smoothType.size(),""));
      if(this->smoothType=="spectral")
        vopars.push_back(VOParam("hanningWidth","","int",this->hanningWidth,0,""));
      else{
        vopars.push_back(VOParam("kernMaj","","float",this->kernMaj,0,""));
        vopars.push_back(VOParam("kernMin","","float",this->kernMin,0,""));
        vopars.push_back(VOParam("kernPA","","float",this->kernPA,0,""));
        vopars.push_back(VOParam("smoothEdgeMethod","","char",this->smoothEdgeMethod,this->smoothEdgeMethod.size(),""));
        vopars.push_back(VOParam("spatialSmoothCutoff","","float", this->spatialSmoothCutoff,0,""));
      }
    }
    vopars.push_back(VOParam("flagATrous","meta.code","boolean",this->flagATrous,0,""));
    if(this->flagATrous){
      vopars.push_back(VOParam("reconDim","","int",this->reconDim,0,""));
      vopars.push_back(VOParam("scaleMin","","int",this->scaleMin,0,""));
      if(this->scaleMax>0)
        vopars.push_back(VOParam("scaleMax","","int",this->scaleMax,0,""));
      vopars.push_back(VOParam("snrRecon","","float",this->snrRecon,0,""));
      vopars.push_back(VOParam("reconConvergence","","float",this->reconConvergence,0,""));
      vopars.push_back(VOParam("filterCode","","int",this->filterCode,0,""));
    }
    if(this->beamAsUsed.origin()==PARAM){
      if(this->fwhmBeam>0)
        vopars.push_back(VOParam("beamFWHM","","float",this->fwhmBeam,0,""));
      else
        vopars.push_back(VOParam("beamArea","","float",this->areaBeam,0,""));
    }
    if(this->restFrequencyUsed){
      vopars.push_back(VOParam("restFrequency","em.freq","float",this->restFrequency,0,"Hz"));
    }

    return vopars;

  }

  void Param::writeToBinaryFile(std::string &filename)
  {
    std::ofstream outfile(filename.c_str(), std::ios::out | std::ios::binary | std::ios::app);
    writeStringToBinaryFile(outfile,this->imageFile);
    outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->flagSubsection), sizeof this->flagSubsection);
    if(this->flagSubsection) writeStringToBinaryFile(outfile,this->pixelSec.getSection());
    outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->flagStatSec), sizeof this->flagStatSec);
    if(this->flagStatSec) writeStringToBinaryFile(outfile,this->statSec.getSection());
    outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->flagReconExists), sizeof this->flagReconExists);
    if(this->flagReconExists) writeStringToBinaryFile(outfile,this->reconFile);
    outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->flagSmoothExists), sizeof this->flagSmoothExists);
    if(this->flagSmoothExists) writeStringToBinaryFile(outfile,this->smoothFile);
    //
    writeStringToBinaryFile(outfile,this->searchType);
    outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->flagNegative), sizeof this->flagNegative);
    outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->flagBaseline), sizeof this->flagBaseline);
    if(this->flagBaseline){
        writeStringToBinaryFile(outfile,this->baselineType);
        if(this->baselineType=="median")
            outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->baselineBoxWidth), sizeof this->baselineBoxWidth);
    }
    outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->flagRobustStats), sizeof this->flagRobustStats);
    outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->flagFDR), sizeof this->flagFDR);
    if(this->flagFDR){
      outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->alphaFDR), sizeof this->alphaFDR);
      outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->FDRnumCorChan), sizeof this->FDRnumCorChan);
      bool beamFromParam=(this->beamAsUsed.origin() == PARAM);
      outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&beamFromParam), sizeof beamFromParam);
      if(beamFromParam){
        outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->fwhmBeam), sizeof this->fwhmBeam);
        outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->areaBeam), sizeof this->areaBeam);
      }
    }
    else{
      outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->flagUserThreshold), sizeof this->flagUserThreshold);
      if(this->flagUserThreshold)
        outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->threshold), sizeof this->threshold);
      else
        outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->snrCut), sizeof this->snrCut);
    }
    outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->flagGrowth), sizeof this->flagGrowth);
    if(this->flagGrowth){
      outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->flagUserGrowthThreshold), sizeof this->flagUserGrowthThreshold);
      if(this->flagUserGrowthThreshold)
        outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->growthThreshold), sizeof this->growthThreshold);
      else
        outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->growthCut), sizeof this->growthCut);
    }
    outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->minPix), sizeof this->minPix);
    outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->minChannels), sizeof this->minChannels);
    outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->minVoxels), sizeof this->minVoxels);
    outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->maxPix), sizeof this->maxPix);
    outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->maxChannels), sizeof this->maxChannels);
    outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->maxVoxels), sizeof this->maxVoxels);
    outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->flagAdjacent), sizeof this->flagAdjacent);
    if(!this->flagAdjacent)
      outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->threshSpatial), sizeof this->threshSpatial);
    outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->threshVelocity), sizeof this->threshVelocity);
    outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->flagRejectBeforeMerge), sizeof this->flagRejectBeforeMerge);
    outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->flagTwoStageMerging), sizeof this->flagTwoStageMerging);
    outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->flagSmooth), sizeof this->flagSmooth);
    if(this->flagSmooth){
      bool type=(this->smoothType=="spectral");
      outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&type), sizeof type);
      if(type)
        outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->hanningWidth), sizeof this->hanningWidth);
      else{
        outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->kernMaj), sizeof this->kernMaj);
        outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->kernMin), sizeof this->kernMin);
        outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->kernPA), sizeof this->kernPA);
        outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->smoothEdgeMethod), sizeof this->smoothEdgeMethod);
        outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->spatialSmoothCutoff), sizeof this->spatialSmoothCutoff);
      }
    }
    outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->flagATrous), sizeof this->flagATrous);
    if(this->flagATrous){
      outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->reconDim), sizeof this->reconDim);
      outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->scaleMin), sizeof this->scaleMin);
      outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->scaleMax), sizeof this->scaleMax);
      outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->snrRecon), sizeof this->snrRecon);
      outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->reconConvergence), sizeof this->reconConvergence);
      outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&this->filterCode), sizeof this->filterCode);
    }
    writeStringToBinaryFile(outfile,this->flaggedChannelList);

    outfile.close();
  }

  std::streampos Param::readFromBinaryFile(std::string &filename, std::streampos loc)
  {
    std::ifstream infile(filename.c_str(), std::ios::in | std::ios::binary);
    if(!infile.is_open()){
      DUCHAMPERROR("read binary parameters","Could not open binary catalogue \""<<filename <<"\"");
      return -1;
    }
    infile.seekg(loc);
    this->imageFile = readStringFromBinaryFile(infile);
    infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->flagSubsection), sizeof this->flagSubsection);
    if(this->flagSubsection){
      std::string sec=readStringFromBinaryFile(infile);
      this->pixelSec.setSection(sec);
    }
    infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->flagStatSec), sizeof this->flagStatSec);
    if(this->flagStatSec){
      std::string sec=readStringFromBinaryFile(infile);
      this->statSec.setSection(sec);
    }
    infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->flagReconExists), sizeof this->flagReconExists);
    if(this->flagReconExists) this->reconFile=readStringFromBinaryFile(infile);
    infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->flagSmoothExists), sizeof this->flagSmoothExists);
    if(this->flagSmoothExists) this->smoothFile=readStringFromBinaryFile(infile);
    //
    this->searchType=readStringFromBinaryFile(infile);
    infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->flagNegative), sizeof this->flagNegative);
    infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->flagBaseline), sizeof this->flagBaseline);
    if(this->flagBaseline){
        this->baselineType = readStringFromBinaryFile(infile);
        if(this->baselineType == "median")
            infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->baselineBoxWidth), sizeof this->baselineBoxWidth);
    }
    infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->flagRobustStats), sizeof this->flagRobustStats);
    infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->flagFDR), sizeof this->flagFDR);
    if(this->flagFDR){
      infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->alphaFDR), sizeof this->alphaFDR);
      infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->FDRnumCorChan), sizeof this->FDRnumCorChan);
      bool beamFromParam;
      infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&beamFromParam), sizeof beamFromParam);
      if(beamFromParam){
        infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->fwhmBeam), sizeof this->fwhmBeam);
        infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->areaBeam), sizeof this->areaBeam);
      }
    }
    else{
      infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->flagUserThreshold), sizeof this->flagUserThreshold);
      if(this->flagUserThreshold)
        infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->threshold), sizeof this->threshold);
      else
        infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->snrCut), sizeof this->snrCut);
    }
    infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->flagGrowth), sizeof this->flagGrowth);
    if(this->flagGrowth){
      infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->flagUserGrowthThreshold), sizeof this->flagUserGrowthThreshold);
      if(this->flagUserGrowthThreshold)
        infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->growthThreshold), sizeof this->growthThreshold);
      else
        infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->growthCut), sizeof this->growthCut);
    }
    infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->minPix), sizeof this->minPix);
    infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->minChannels), sizeof this->minChannels);
    infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->minVoxels), sizeof this->minVoxels);
    infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->maxPix), sizeof this->maxPix);
    infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->maxChannels), sizeof this->maxChannels);
    infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->maxVoxels), sizeof this->maxVoxels);
    infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->flagAdjacent), sizeof this->flagAdjacent);
    if(!this->flagAdjacent)
      infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->threshSpatial), sizeof this->threshSpatial);
    infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->threshVelocity), sizeof this->threshVelocity);
    infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->flagRejectBeforeMerge), sizeof this->flagRejectBeforeMerge);
    infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->flagTwoStageMerging), sizeof this->flagTwoStageMerging);
    infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->flagSmooth), sizeof this->flagSmooth);
    if(this->flagSmooth){
      bool type;
      infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&type), sizeof type);
      this->smoothType = type ? "spectral" : "spatial";
      if(type)
        infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->hanningWidth), sizeof this->hanningWidth);
      else{
        infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->kernMaj), sizeof this->kernMaj);
        infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->kernMin), sizeof this->kernMin);
        infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->kernPA), sizeof this->kernPA);
        infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->smoothEdgeMethod), sizeof this->smoothEdgeMethod);
        infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->spatialSmoothCutoff), sizeof this->spatialSmoothCutoff);
      }
    }
    infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->flagATrous), sizeof this->flagATrous);
    if(this->flagATrous){
      infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->reconDim), sizeof this->reconDim);
      infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->scaleMin), sizeof this->scaleMin);
      infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->scaleMax), sizeof this->scaleMax);
      infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->snrRecon), sizeof this->snrRecon);
      infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->reconConvergence), sizeof this->reconConvergence);
      infile.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&this->filterCode), sizeof this->filterCode);
    }
    this->flaggedChannelList=readStringFromBinaryFile(infile);

    std::streampos newloc = infile.tellg();
    infile.close();
    return newloc;

  }




  void Param::copyHeaderInfo(FitsHeader &head)
  {
    ///  A function to copy across relevant header keywords from the 
    ///  FitsHeader class to the Param class, as they are needed by
    ///  functions in the Param class.
    ///  The parameters are the keywords BLANK, BSCALE, BZERO, and the beam size. 

    this->blankKeyword  = head.getBlankKeyword();
    this->bscaleKeyword = head.getBscaleKeyword();
    this->bzeroKeyword  = head.getBzeroKeyword();
    this->blankPixValue = this->blankKeyword * this->bscaleKeyword + 
      this->bzeroKeyword;
  }

  std::string Param::inputWithoutExtension()
  {
    /// This function takes the input filename and returns a string
    /// that doesn't have its .fits extension. It will also remove a
    /// .fits.gz extension. If no such extension exists, then the full
    /// filename is returned.

    std::string inputName = this->imageFile;
    std::string outputName;
    size_t size=inputName.size();
    if(size>5 && inputName.substr(size-5,5)==".fits")  
      outputName = inputName.substr(0,size-5);
    else if(size>8 && inputName.substr(size-8,8)==".fits.gz") 
      outputName = inputName.substr(0,size-8);
    else
      outputName = inputName;
    return outputName;
  }

  std::string Param::outputMaskFile()
  {
    ///  This function produces the required filename in which to save
    ///  the mask image, indicating which pixels have been detected as
    ///  part of an object. If the input image is image.fits, then the
    ///  output will be image.MASK.fits.

    if(this->fileOutputMask==""){
      std::string outputName = this->inputWithoutExtension();
      outputName += ".MASK.fits";
      return outputName;
    }
    else return this->fileOutputMask;
  }

  std::string Param::outputMomentMapFile()
  {
    ///  This function produces the required filename in which to save
    ///  the moment-0 FITS image. If the input image is image.fits, then the
    ///  output will be image.MOM0.fits.

    if(this->fileOutputMomentMap==""){
      std::string outputName = this->inputWithoutExtension();
      outputName += ".MOM0.fits";
      return outputName;
    }
    else return this->fileOutputMomentMap;
  }

  std::string Param::outputMomentMaskFile()
  {
    ///  This function produces the required filename in which to save
    ///  the moment-0 FITS image. If the input image is image.fits, then the
    ///  output will be image.MOM0.fits.

    if(this->fileOutputMomentMask==""){
      std::string outputName = this->inputWithoutExtension();
      outputName += ".MOM0MASK.fits";
      return outputName;
    }
    else return this->fileOutputMomentMask;
  }

  std::string Param::outputBaselineFile()
  {
    ///  This function produces the required filename in which to save
    ///  the baseline FITS image. If the input image is image.fits, then the
    ///  output will be image.BASE.fits.

    if(this->fileOutputBaseline==""){
      std::string outputName = this->inputWithoutExtension();
      outputName += ".BASE.fits";
      return outputName;
    }
    else return this->fileOutputBaseline;
  }

  std::string Param::outputSmoothFile()
  {
    ///  This function produces the required filename in which to save
    ///   the smoothed array. If the input image is image.fits, then
    ///   the output will be:
    ///    <ul><li> Spectral smoothing: image.SMOOTH-1D-3.fits, where the
    ///             width of the Hanning filter was 3 pixels.
    ///        <li> Spatial smoothing : image.SMOOTH-2D-3-2-20-E-10.fits, where
    ///             kernMaj=3, kernMin=2 and kernPA=20 degrees, EQUAL edge method, and cutoff of 1.e-10.
    ///    </ul>

    if(this->fileOutputSmooth==""){
      std::stringstream ss;
      ss << this->inputWithoutExtension();
      if(this->flagSubsection) ss<<".sub";
      if(this->smoothType=="spectral")
        ss << ".SMOOTH-1D-" << this->hanningWidth << ".fits";
      else if(this->smoothType=="spatial"){
          char method='X';
          if(this->smoothEdgeMethod=="equal") method='E';
          else if (this->smoothEdgeMethod=="truncate") method='T';
          else if (this->smoothEdgeMethod=="scale") method='S';
          ss << ".SMOOTH-2D-" 
             << this->kernMaj << "-"
             << this->kernMin << "-"
             << this->kernPA  << "-"
             << method        << "-"
             << -log10(this->spatialSmoothCutoff)
             << ".fits";
      }
      return ss.str();
    }
    else return this->fileOutputSmooth;
  }

  std::string Param::outputReconFile()
  {
    /// This function produces the required filename in which to save
    ///  the reconstructed array. If the input image is image.fits, then
    ///  the output will be eg. image.RECON-3-2-4-1.fits, where the numbers are
    ///  3=reconDim, 2=filterCode, 4=snrRecon, 1=minScale

    if(this->fileOutputRecon==""){
      std::stringstream ss;
      ss << this->inputWithoutExtension();
      if(this->flagSubsection) ss<<".sub";
      ss << ".RECON-" << this->reconDim 
         << "-"       << this->filterCode
         << "-"       << this->snrRecon
         << "-"       << this->scaleMin
         << "-"       << this->scaleMax
         << "-"       << this->reconConvergence
         << ".fits";
      return ss.str();
    }
    else return this->fileOutputRecon;
  }

  std::string Param::outputResidFile()
  {
    /// This function produces the required filename in which to save
    ///  the reconstructed array. If the input image is image.fits, then
    ///  the output will be eg. image.RESID-3-2-4-1.fits, where the numbers are
    ///  3=reconDim, 2=filterCode, 4=snrRecon, 1=scaleMin

    if(this->fileOutputResid==""){
      std::stringstream ss;
      ss << this->inputWithoutExtension();
      if(this->flagSubsection) ss<<".sub";
      ss << ".RESID-" << this->reconDim 
         << "-"       << this->filterCode
         << "-"       << this->snrRecon
         << "-"       << this->scaleMin
         << "-"       << this->scaleMax
         << "-"       << this->reconConvergence
         << ".fits";
      return ss.str();
    }
    else return this->fileOutputResid;
  }

}