casa package (libcasa_casa)

The casa package contains the core modules. More...

Modules
	Arrays_module
	A module implementing multidimensional arrays and operations.
	BasicMath_module
	Classes and global functions for basic math use.
	BasicSL_module
	Classes and global functions for standard library use.
	Containers_module
	Non-mathematical Containers.
	Exceptions_module
	Exception handling.
	HDF5_module
	Classes binding casacore to the HDF5 C API.
	Inputs_module
	A module for simple command line user interface classes.
	IO_module
	Basic classes and global functions for IO and object persistency.
	Json_module
	Classes to read or write a JSON file.
	Logging_module
	Send, record, and filter informational messages.
	OS_module
	Classes for operating system services, and assorted other things.
	Quanta_module
	a module for units and quantities
	System_module
	Classes and global functions for system use.
	Utilities_module
	Classes and global functions for general use.

Detailed Description

The casa package contains the core modules.

• Multi-dimensional arrays
• Quantities (values with physical units)
• OS and IO interface classes
• Containers (such as Record)
• Various utility classes and functions
• Classes to store and retrieve Casacore data types in/from the HDF5 file format
• Classes to store and retrieve Casacore data types in/from the Json file format
• Miscellaneous modules for exceptions, tasking interface, command line input, logging, STL wrappers, and basic math classes and functors

It is important to note that most of the code has been developed before STL came into existence. Several classes (such as Map) in module Containers are superseded by their STL counterparts and are not used anymore in the Casacore code. However, for backward compatibility the classes still exist, but are not built unless a special Cmake option is given.

A few pre-STL classes still exist though. Regex and String are derived from their STL counterparts because they add functionality.