VOTableBridge (Episteme API Documentation)

java.lang.Object

org.episteme.natural.physics.loaders.VOTableBridge

public class VOTableBridge extends Object

Bridge for parsing VOTable (Virtual Observatory Tabular) XML format.

VOTable is the standard XML format for tabular data in Astronomy, used extensively by VizieR, SIMBAD, and Aladin.

Since:: 1.0
Author:: Silvere Martin-Michiellot, Gemini AI (Google DeepMind)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor

Description

VOTableBridge()
Method Summary

Modifier and Type

Method

Description

static List<Map<String,String>>

parse(String xml)

Parses a raw VOTable XML string into a list of records.

Methods inherited from class Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details
- VOTableBridge
  
  public VOTableBridge()
Method Details
- parse
  
  public static List<Map<String,String>> parse(String xml)
  
  Parses a raw VOTable XML string into a list of records.
  
  Parameters:
  
  xml - raw VOTable XML
  
  Returns:
  
  list of rows, each row mapping column names to values