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1   package nom.tam.fits.compression.provider.param.api;
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33  
34  import nom.tam.fits.Header;
35  import nom.tam.fits.HeaderCard;
36  import nom.tam.fits.HeaderCardException;
37  
38  /**
39   * (<i>for internal use</i>) Access to FITS header values with runtime exceptions only. Regular header access throws
40   * {@link HeaderCardException}s, which are hard exceptions. They really should have been softer runtime exceptions from
41   * the start, but unfortunately that was choice this library made a very long time ago, and we therefore stick to it, at
42   * least until the next major code revision (major version 2 at the earliest). So this class provides an alternative
43   * access to headers converting any <code>HeaderCardException</code>s to {@link IllegalArgumentException}.
44   * 
45   * @see        Header
46   * 
47   * @deprecated This class serves no purpose since 1.19. Will remove in some future. Prior to 1.19 {@link Header} threw
48   *                 hard {@link HeaderCardException}, and this class was added so we can convert these into soft
49   *                 {@link IllegalArgumentException} instead. However, now that we demoted
50   *                 <code>HeaderCardException</code> to be soft exceptions itself, there is no reason to convert. It just
51   *                 adds confusion.
52   */
53  public class HeaderAccess implements IHeaderAccess {
54  
55      private final Header header;
56  
57      /**
58       * <p>
59       * Creates a new access to modifying a {@link HeaderCard} without the hard exceptions that <code>HeaderCard</code>
60       * may throw.
61       * </p>
62       * 
63       * @param header the FITS header we wish to access and modify
64       */
65      public HeaderAccess(Header header) {
66          this.header = header;
67      }
68  
69      /**
70       * Returns the header that this class is providing access to.
71       * 
72       * @return the Header that we access through this class
73       * 
74       * @since  1.19
75       */
76      @Override
77      public final Header getHeader() {
78          return header;
79      }
80  
81  }