nom.tam.fits
Class HeaderOrder

java.lang.Object
  nom.tam.fits.HeaderOrder

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.util.Comparator

public class HeaderOrder
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.util.Comparator

This class implements a comparator which ensures that FITS keywords are written out in a proper order.

Constructor Summary

HeaderOrder()

Method Summary

int	compare(java.lang.Object a, java.lang.Object b) Which order should the cards indexed by these keys be written out? This method assumes that the arguments are either the FITS Header keywords as strings, and some other type (or null) for comment style keywords.
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object a, java.lang.Object b) Can two cards be exchanged when being written out?

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

equals

Constructor Detail

HeaderOrder

public HeaderOrder()

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object a,
                      java.lang.Object b)

Can two cards be exchanged when being written out?

compare

public int compare(java.lang.Object a,
                   java.lang.Object b)

Which order should the cards indexed by these keys be written out? This method assumes that the arguments are either the FITS Header keywords as strings, and some other type (or null) for comment style keywords.

Specified by:

compare in interface java.util.Comparator

Returns:

-1 if the first argument should be written first
1 if the second argument should be written first
0 if either is legal.