DEPARTMENT OF SPACE RESEARCH PROG /015
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Asterix Data Analysis

ASTERIX Programming Note 015

The Abstract Data Interface (ADI)

• Contents
• Introduction
• The ADI Design Goals
• Users View of ADI
  • The Class
  • Class Methods
  • Classes and Files
  • File Representation
  • Primitive Data, Classes & Aggregates
  • Data Access
• An Example Class
  • Connecting to Files
• Implementation Notes
  • C and Fortran interfaces
  • Representation Subclassing
  • ADI Configuration
• The ADI Classes
  • The Scalar Class
    • HDS mapping to Scalar
    • FITS mapping to Scalar
  • The Array Class
    • HDS mapping to Array
    • FITS mapping to Array
    • The VectorisedArray Subclass
  • The BinDS Class
    • HDS mapping to BinDS
    • FITS mapping to BinDS
    • Ascii mapping to BinDS
    • The VectorisedBinDS Actor
    • Subclasses of BinDS
  • The EventDS Class
  • Header & Ancillary Information
    • HDS and OGIP FITS header info
    • Astrometry
  • Asterix NDF
• Conclusion
• References
• Classified Routine List
  • Extending the Class System
    • ADI_DEFCLS
  • Creating and Destroying Objects
    • ADI_NEW
    • ADI_NEW1
    • ADI_NEWN
    • ADI_ERASE
  • Data Access
    • ADI_GET
    • ADI_GET1
    • ADI_GETN
    • ADI_PUT
    • ADI_PUT1
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