SAMP MTypes

This page lists MTypes currently in use by applications which implement SAMP (beyond that small number of administrative MTypes defined in the SAMP document). It may at some point be formalised into an IVOA Note.

The items listed here are a work in progress, and may be revised, replaced or removed in the future. Discussion of the content on this page is best done on the apps-samp mailing list.

table.load.votable

Loads a table in VOTable format.

• Arguments:
  • url (string): URL of the VOTable document to load
  • table-id (string) optional: identifier which may be used to refer to the loaded table in subsequent messages
• Return Values: none

table.load.fits

Loads a table in FITS format.

• Arguments:
  • url (string): URL of the FITS file to load
  • table-id (string) optional: identifier which may be used to refer to the loaded table in subsequent messages
• Return Values: none

table.highlight.row

Highlights a single row of an identified table by row index. The table to operate on is identified by one or both of the table-id or url arguments. At least one of these must be supplied; if both are given they should refer to the same thing. Exactly what highlighting means is left to the receiving application.

• Arguments:
  • table-id (string): identifier associated with a table by a previous message (e.g. table.load.*)
  • url (string): URL of a table
  • row (SAMP int): Row index (zero-based) of the row to highlight.
• Return Values: none

table.select.rowList

Selects a list of rows of an identified table by row index. The table to operate on is identified by one or both of the table-id or url arguments. At least one of these must be supplied; if both are given they should refer to the same thing. Exactly what selection means is left to the receiving application.

• Arguments:
  • table-id (string):
  • url (string):
  • row-list (list of SAMP int):
• Return Values: none

image.load.fits

Loads a 2-dimensional FITS image.

• Arguments:
  • url (string): URL of the FITS image to load
  • image-id (string) optional: Identifier which may be used to refer to the loaded image in subsequent messages
• Return Values: none