SimbadSearcher Class Reference

Provides lookup features into the online Simbad service from CDS. More...

#include <SimbadSearcher.hpp>

Public Member Functions
	SimbadSearcher (QObject *parent)
SimbadLookupReply *	lookup (const QString &serverUrl, const QString &objectName, int maxNbResult=1, int delayMs=500)
	Lookup in Simbad for object which have a name starting with objectName. More...

Detailed Description

Provides lookup features into the online Simbad service from CDS.

See http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr for more info.

Definition at line 94 of file SimbadSearcher.hpp.

Member Function Documentation

SimbadLookupReply* SimbadSearcher::lookup	(	const QString &	serverUrl,
		const QString &	objectName,
		int	maxNbResult = 1,
		int	delayMs = 500
	)

Lookup in Simbad for object which have a name starting with objectName.

Parameters

serverUrl	URL of the SIMBAD mirror server.
objectName	the possibly truncated object name.
maxNbResult	the maximum number of returned result.
delayMs	a delay in ms to wait for before actually triggering the lookup. This used to group requests, e.g. send only one request when a used types a word insead of one per letter.

Returns

a new SimbadLookupReply which is owned by the caller.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• core/SimbadSearcher.hpp