scopesim.effects.electronic.exposure.ExposureOutput

scopesim.effects.electronic.exposure.ExposureOutput#

class scopesim.effects.electronic.exposure.ExposureOutput(mode='average', **kwargs)#

Bases: Effect

Return average or sum of ndit subexposures.

Added in version 0.9.3.

__init__(mode='average', **kwargs)#

Methods

__init__([mode])

apply_to(obj, **kwargs)

Apply the effect to the corresponding object.

get_from_meta(item)

info()

Print basic information on the effect, notably the description.

report([filename, output, rst_title_chars])

For Effect objects, generates a report based on the data and meta-data.

set_mode(new_mode)

Set new mode for ExposureOutput (average or sum).

Attributes

data

display_name

include

meta_string

required_keys

table

z_order

apply_to(obj, **kwargs)#

Apply the effect to the corresponding object.

info() → None#

Print basic information on the effect, notably the description.

report(filename=None, output='rst', rst_title_chars='*+', **kwargs)#

For Effect objects, generates a report based on the data and meta-data.

This is to aid in the automation of the documentation process of the instrument packages in the IRDB.

Note

If the Effect can generate a plot, this will be saved to disc

Parameters:

  • filename (str, optional) – Where to save the RST file

  • output (str, optional) – [“rst”, “latex”] Output file format

  • rst_title_chars (2-str, optional) – Two unique characters used to denote rst subsection headings. Options: = - ` : ‘ “ ~ ^ _ * + # < >

  • parameters (Additional)

  • ---------------------

  • **kwargs (Either from the self.meta["report"] dictionary or via)

  • "report_table_include" (False)

  • "report_table_caption"

  • "report_plot_caption"

  • "report_plot_include" (False)

  • "report_plot_file_formats" (["png"]) – Multiple formats can be saved. The last entry is used for the RST.

  • "report_plot_filename" (None) – If None, uses self.meta[“name”] as the filename

  • "file_description" (str) – Taken from the header of a file, if available

  • "class_description" (str) – Taken from the docstring of the subclass

  • "changes_str" (list of str) – Take from the header of a file, if available

Returns:

rst_str – The full reStructureText string

Return type:

str

Notes

The format of the RST output is as follows:

<ClassType>: <effect name>
**************************
File Description: <description for file meta data>
Class Description: <description from class docstring>
Changes: <list of changes from file meta data>

Data
++++
.. figure:: <Figure_name>.png
    If the <Effect> object contains a ``.plot()`` function, add
    plot and write it to disc
Figure caption

Table caption
Table
    If the <Effect> object contains a ``.table()`` function, add
    a pprint version of the table

Meta-data
+++++++++
::
    A code block print out of the ``.meta`` dictionary
set_mode(new_mode)#

Set new mode for ExposureOutput (average or sum).

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