void Fits::AddStandardColumn	(	const Description &	desc,
		const string &	dataFormat,
		void *	dataPointer,
		long unsigned int	numDataBytes
	)

Adds a column that exists in all FITS files.

This gives a standard variable to the file writter. This variable should not be related to the DIM service being logged.

Parameters

desc	the description of the variable to add
dataFormat	the FITS data format corresponding to the variable to add.
dataPointer	the memory location where the variable is stored
numDataBytes	the number of bytes taken by the variable

Definition at line 40 of file Fits.cc.

References Description::name.

{
    //check if entry already exist
    for (vector<Description>::const_iterator it=fStandardColDesc.begin(); it != fStandardColDesc.end(); it++)
        if (it->name == desc.name)
            return;

    fStandardColDesc.push_back(desc);
    fStandardFormats.push_back(dataFormat);
    fStandardPointers.push_back(dataPointer);
    fStandardNumBytes.push_back(numDataBytes);
}