Astro::SIMBAD::Result - Results from an SIMBAD Query
$result = new Astro::SIMBAD::Result( Objects => \@objects );
Stores the results returned from an SIMBAD search as a hash of Astro::SIMBAD::Result::Object objects with the objects being indexed by Object Name.
$Id: Result.pm,v 1.3 2001/11/28 17:43:34 aa Exp $
Create a new instance from a hash of options
$result = new Astro::SIMBAD::Result( Objects => \@objects );
returns a reference to an SIMBAD Result object.
Return the number of objects in the Astro::SIMBAD::Result object.
$num = $result->sizeof();
Push a new Astro::SIMBAD::Result::Object object onto the end of the Astro::SIMBAD::Result object
$result->addobject( $object );
returns the number of objects now in the Result object.
Return an array of all the Astro::SIMBAD::Result::Object objects stored in the results object.
@objects = $result->objects;
Returns an list of Astro::SIMBAD::Result::Object objects by name
@objects = $result->objectbyname("IP Peg");
the name given does not have to be a full object name, only a sub-string. However, if multiple matches are found an array of possible matches will be returned.
Returns a list of all the stellar objects held in the Result object
@object_name = $result->listofobjects();
$number = $result->listofobjects();
if called in a scalar context it will return the number of objects in the Result object.
Configures the object, takes an options hash as argument
$result->configure( %options );
Takes a hash as argument with the following keywords:
Copyright (C) 2001 University of Exeter. All Rights Reserved.
This program was written as part of the eSTAR project and is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Public License.
Alasdair Allan <aa@astro.ex.ac.uk>,
