/// <summary>Move an element from the buffer into a data array.</summary>
/// <param name="offset"> The offset within buffer at which the element starts.</param>
/// <param name="length"> The number of bytes in the buffer for the element.</param>
/// <param name="array"> An array of objects, each of which is a simple array.</param>
/// <param name="col"> Which element of array is to be modified?</param>
/// <param name="row"> Which index into that element is to be modified?</param>
/// <param name="nullFld">What string signifies a null element?</param>
private bool ExtractElement(int offset, int length, Array array, int col, int row, String nullFld)
{
bp.Offset = offset;
if (nullFld != null)
{
String s = bp.GetString(length);
if (s.Trim().Equals(nullFld))
{
return(false);
}
bp.Skip(-length);
}
try
{
Object el = array.GetValue(col);
if (el is String[])
{
((String[])el)[row] = bp.GetString(length);
}
else if (el is int[])
{
((int[])el)[row] = bp.GetInt(length);
}
else if (el is float[])
{
((float[])el)[row] = bp.GetFloat(length);
}
else if (el is double[])
{
((double[])el)[row] = bp.GetDouble(length);
}
else if (el is long[])
{
((long[])el)[row] = bp.GetLong(length);
}
else
{
throw new FitsException("Invalid type for ASCII table conversion:" + el);
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
throw new FitsException("Error parsing data at row,col:" + row + "," + col + " " + e);
}
return(true);
}