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       1             : //# GJonesDesc.h: Define the format of GJones cal tables
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      27             : //# $Id$
      28             : 
      29             : #ifndef CALIBRATION_GJONESDESC_H
      30             : #define CALIBRATION_GJONESDESC_H
      31             : 
      32             : #include <synthesis/CalTables/SolvableVJDesc.h>
      33             : 
      34             : namespace casa { //# NAMESPACE CASA - BEGIN
      35             : 
      36             : // <summary> 
      37             : // GJonesPolyDesc: Define the format of GJonesPoly cal tables
      38             : // </summary>
      39             : 
      40             : // <use visibility=export>
      41             : 
      42             : // <reviewed reviewer="" date="" tests="" demos="">
      43             : 
      44             : // <prerequisite>
      45             : //<li><linkto class="CalTableDesc">CalTableDesc</linkto> module
      46             : //<li><linkto class="VisJonesDesc">VisJonesDesc</linkto> module
      47             : //<li><linkto class="TimeVarVisJonesDesc">TimeVarVisJonesDesc</linkto> module
      48             : //<li><linkto class="SolvableVisJonesDesc">SolvableVisJonesDesc</linkto> module
      49             : //<li><linkto class="GJonesDesc">GJonesDesc</linkto> module
      50             : //
      51             : // </prerequisite>
      52             : //
      53             : // <etymology>
      54             : // From "GJones", "polynomial" and "descriptor".
      55             : // </etymology>
      56             : //
      57             : // <synopsis>
      58             : // GJonesPolyDesc defines the format of GJonesPoly calibration tables 
      59             : // in terms of table descriptors <linkto class="casacore::TableDesc">casacore::TableDesc</linkto>, 
      60             : // as used in the casacore::Table system. GJonesPoly matrices represent electronic
      61             : // gain corrections in the Measurement Equation formalism expressed as
      62             : // polynomials over time.
      63             : // </synopsis>
      64             : //
      65             : // <example>
      66             : // <srcblock>
      67             : // </srcblock>
      68             : // </example>
      69             : //
      70             : // <motivation>
      71             : // See CalTableDesc.
      72             : // </motivation>
      73             : //
      74             : // <todo asof="02/01/01">
      75             : // i) Move GJonesDesc to this file
      76             : // </todo>
      77             : 
      78             : class GJonesPolyDesc : public GJonesDesc
      79             : {
      80             :  public:
      81             :    // Default null constructor, and destructor
      82             :    GJonesPolyDesc();
      83           2 :    virtual ~GJonesPolyDesc() {};
      84             : 
      85             :    // Return the table descriptor for the main calibration table
      86             :    virtual casacore::TableDesc calMainDesc();
      87             : };
      88             : 
      89             : // <summary> 
      90             : // GJonesSplineDesc: Define the format of GJonesSpline cal tables
      91             : // </summary>
      92             : 
      93             : // <use visibility=export>
      94             : 
      95             : // <reviewed reviewer="" date="" tests="" demos="">
      96             : 
      97             : // <prerequisite>
      98             : //<li><linkto class="CalTableDesc">CalTableDesc</linkto> module
      99             : //<li><linkto class="VisJonesDesc">VisJonesDesc</linkto> module
     100             : //<li><linkto class="TimeVarVisJonesDesc">TimeVarVisJonesDesc</linkto> module
     101             : //<li><linkto class="SolvableVisJonesDesc">SolvableVisJonesDesc</linkto> module
     102             : //<li><linkto class="GJonesDesc">GJonesDesc</linkto> module
     103             : //<li><linkto class="GJonesPolyDesc">GJonesPolyDesc</linkto> module
     104             : //
     105             : // </prerequisite>
     106             : //
     107             : // <etymology>
     108             : // From "GJones", "polynomial" and "descriptor".
     109             : // </etymology>
     110             : //
     111             : // <synopsis>
     112             : // GJonesSplineDesc defines the format of GJonesSpline calibration tables 
     113             : // in terms of table descriptors <linkto class="casacore::TableDesc">casacore::TableDesc</linkto>, 
     114             : // as used in the casacore::Table system. GJonesSpline matrices represent electronic
     115             : // gain corrections in the Measurement Equation formalism expressed as
     116             : // spline polynomials over time.
     117             : // </synopsis>
     118             : //
     119             : // <example>
     120             : // <srcblock>
     121             : // </srcblock>
     122             : // </example>
     123             : //
     124             : // <motivation>
     125             : // See CalTableDesc.
     126             : // </motivation>
     127             : //
     128             : // <todo asof="02/01/01">
     129             : // i) Move GJonesDesc to this file
     130             : // </todo>
     131             : 
     132             : class GJonesSplineDesc : public GJonesPolyDesc
     133             : {
     134             :  public:
     135             :    // Default null constructor, and destructor
     136             :    GJonesSplineDesc();
     137           1 :    virtual ~GJonesSplineDesc() {};
     138             : 
     139             :    // Return the table descriptor for the main calibration table
     140             :    virtual casacore::TableDesc calMainDesc();
     141             : };
     142             : 
     143             : 
     144             : } //# NAMESPACE CASA - END
     145             : 
     146             : #endif
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