Bump gov.nasa.gsfc.heasarc:nom-tam-fits from 1.15.2 to 1.18.1

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Bumps gov.nasa.gsfc.heasarc:nom-tam-fits from 1.15.2 to 1.18.1.

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1.18.1

Bugs Fixed

• #466 -- Fixes regression of reading ASCII tables by default (without explicitly setting FitsFactory.setUseAsciiTables(true)).

New features

• #473 -- The checksum verification procedure was fundamentally flawed in prior releases. To correct it, added new Fits.verifyIntegrity(), BasicHDU.verifyIntegrity() and BasicHDU.verifyDataIntegrity() methods to properly verify checksums for FITS files and streams. Several existing but misconceived (useless) checksum-related methods have been deprecated and should be avoided going forward. Updated README for checksum verification procedures.
• #476 -- FitsInputStream to calculate checksums for all bytes that are read/skipped, allowing checksum verification for stream-based inputs also.
• #475 -- Added Header.getCard(...) methods similar to exsiting Header.findCard(...) but without affecting the position at which new cards are added to the header. These new methods are now widely used internally when interpreting headers to avoid unexpectedly changing the position at which new user entries are added. New method Header.prevCard() to complement existing Header.nextCard(), and new Header.seekHead() / .seekTail() methods to set the position for new additions at the head or tail of the header space. The new methods add more control and flexibility to header editing and reduce unwanted surprises.

Other changes

• #472 -- New github icons and profile images.
• The latest maven build and runtime dependencies.

1.18.0

Summary

This is a big feature release, fixing tile compression and many issues with binary tables, packing several cool new features, and numerous improvements. Many thanks to Dustin Jenkins and Kevin Eastridge for their contributions to making this the best nom-tam-fits yet.

Bugs Fixed

• #349 -- Tiled GZIP (de)compression of quantized images now works!
• #377 -- Use of ZDITHER0 keyword to store or restore the random generator seed when dithering is used in compression or decompression.
• #436 -- Fixed incorrect handling of CONTINUE keywords with no quoted string value (a regression since 1.16).
• #438 -- Conversion of variable length float[] or double[] arrays to complex was broken since inception. Now it works for the first time as expected.
• #455 -- Fixed incorrect variable-length complex array descriptors in binary tables.
• #445 -- Consistent String return for both fixed and variable-length string columns in binary tables.
• #456 -- Fixed compressed table tiling with tile sizes that do not divide the table rows.

New features

• #387 -- Can generate sparsely sampled tiles from large images via new striding feature.
• #356 and #400 -- Streaming of selected cutouts from large images, including from compressed images.
• #352 -- Alternative random access implementations via RandomAccessIO, providing file-like access e.g. to cloud resources (such as Amazon S3)
• #335 -- New NullData and NullDataHDU classes for more intuitive creation of HDUs with headers only, such as dummy primary HDUs before extensions.
• #183 -- Added support for ComplexValue-based column in binary tables.
• #450 -- Added support for bit-based columns (FITS type X) in binary tables.
• #451 -- Added support for null (undefined) logical values for FITS logical columns in binary tables.
• #448 -- More user-friendly data access in BinaryTable, using Java boxing for scalar primitive elements, and automatic type conversion (both narrowing and widening) for singleton values when possible. Many new BinaryTable methods to make it easier to build and use binary tables.
• #437 -- Binary table access and editing directly in file, when getting or setting table elements in deferred-read mode.
• #453 -- Allow defragmenting binary table heaps to expunge stale data, and to optimize heap area for best sequential read performance.
• #452 -- Simplified access to select tiles / regions of compressed data in both tile compressed tables and images.

Improvements

• #414 -- Significantly improved IO performance, especially for images. Image HDUs now read/write 2.5x -- 4x faster than in earlier versions, and read a whopping 25x -- 50x faster from streams than in 1.15.2.
• #407 -- Improved dithering speed, by calculating random sequence only once when needed, and doing it more efficiently.
• #441 -- Significantly faster table data access and row additions.

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Commits

• 99ae2b4 1.18.1
• bd455da Merge pull request #482 from nom-tam-fits/dependabot/github_actions/actions/c...
• c650719 build(deps): bump actions/checkout from 3 to 4
• 663b094 One more small README tweak
• 249ef2b README reinstate new checsum verification example
• dbc6a90 README tweak HIERARCH section for format
• 44e1947 A few more README tweaks
• 250811e Some README tweaks
• 3174042 1.18.1-rc3
• a326e29 Simplify Fits.verifyException() exception handling
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