FitsTableSerializerConfig (Starjava FITS API)

```
public interface FitsTableSerializerConfig
```
Aggregates configuration options for FITS table serialization.

Since:

13 May 2021

Author:

Mark Taylor

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`allowSignedByte()`	Indicates how byte values will be written.
`boolean`	`allowZeroLengthString()`	Indicates whether columns with TFORMn=0A may be output.
`byte`	`getPadCharacter()`	Returns the byte value with which under-length string (character array) values should be padded.
`WideFits`	`getWide()`	Returns the convention for representing over-wide tables.

- Method Detail
  - allowSignedByte
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boolean allowSignedByte()
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    Indicates how byte values will be written. If true, byte values are written as FITS unsigned bytes with an offset as discussed in the FITS standard (TFORM=B, TZERO=-128); if false, they are written as signed shorts (TFORM=I).
    
    Returns:
    
    true to write as bytes, false to write as shorts
  - allowZeroLengthString
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boolean allowZeroLengthString()
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    Indicates whether columns with TFORMn=0A may be output. Such columns are explicitly permitted by the FITS standard, but they cause failures in some versions of CFITSIO.
    
    Returns:
    
    false to block TFORMn=0A column output, true to allow it
  - getWide
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WideFits getWide()
```
    Returns the convention for representing over-wide tables.
    
    Returns:
    
    wide table convention, or null to avoid writing wide tables
  - getPadCharacter
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byte getPadCharacter()
```
    Returns the byte value with which under-length string (character array) values should be padded. This should normally be one of 0x00 (ASCII NUL) or 0x20 (space).
    
    Returns:
    
    padding value for character array data