//# DataMan.h: The DataMan module - Casacore table data managers //# Copyright (C) 1994-2010 //# Associated Universities, Inc. Washington DC, USA. //# //# This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it //# under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by //# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your //# option) any later version. //# //# This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT //# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or //# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Library General Public //# License for more details. //# //# You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License //# along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, //# Inc., 675 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. //# //# Correspondence concerning AIPS++ should be addressed as follows: //# Internet email: aips2-request@nrao.edu. //# Postal address: AIPS++ Project Office //# National Radio Astronomy Observatory //# 520 Edgemont Road //# Charlottesville, VA 22903-2475 USA //# //# $Id: Tables.h 21434 2014-05-07 13:07:20Z gervandiepen $ #ifndef TABLES_DATAMAN_H #define TABLES_DATAMAN_H //# Includes //# storage managers #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include //# virtual column engines #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include namespace casacore { //# NAMESPACE CASACORE - BEGIN // // // DataManagers are the physical representation of table data. // // // // // //
  • Tables module // // // DataMan is the abbreviation of data managers. // // // Tables are the fundamental storage mechanism for Casacore. // Tables themselves are a logical organization of the data. // Table data are physically stored (or calculated on the fly) // using data managers. //
    Casacore ships with several data managers, but it is possible // to write a specific data manager that can be loaded dynamically // from a shared library. //
    See the Tables module // for more information. //
    // } //# NAMESPACE CASACORE - END #endif