Class HDU

java.lang.Object

org.episteme.natural.physics.loaders.fits.HDU

Direct Known Subclasses:

ImageHDU

public abstract class HDU
extends Object

Represents a Header Data Unit (HDU) in a FITS file.

An HDU consists of a Header and an associated Data Block.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Silvere Martin-Michiellot, Gemini AI (Google DeepMind)

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected final Header	header

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	HDU(Header header)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract long	getDataSize()	Returns the size of the data block in bytes, excluding padding.
Header	getHeader()

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Field Details

header

protected final Header header

Constructor Details

HDU

protected HDU(Header header)

Method Details

getHeader

public Header getHeader()

getDataSize

public abstract long getDataSize()

Returns the size of the data block in bytes, excluding padding.

Returns:

data size in bytes.