msiObjByName ( msParam_t *  inObjByNameParam,
msParam_t *  outRaParam,
msParam_t *  outDecParam,
msParam_t *  outTypParam,
ruleExecInfo_t *  rei 
)
Description:
This microservice executes a web service to retrieve astronomy image by name.
Module:
webservices
Since:
pre-2.1
Author:
Arcot Rajasekar
Date:
2008-05
Note:
It returns position and type of an astronomical object given a name from the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED) using web service at http://voservices.net/NED/ws_v2_0/NED.asmx
Example Usage:
See clients/icommands/test/rules3.0/
Parameters:
[in] inObjByNameParam - a msParam of type STR_MS_T which is an astronomical object name.
[out] outRaParam - a msParam of type STR_MS_T which is a Right Ascension as float as string.
[out] outDecParam - a msParam of type STR_MS_T which is a Declination as float as string.
[out] outTypParam - a msParam of type STR_MS_T which is a type of object (eg star, galaxy,...).
[in,out] rei - The RuleExecInfo structure that is automatically handled by the rule engine. The user does not include rei as a parameter in the rule invocation.
Session Variables Used:
none
Session Variables Modified:
none
iCAT Attributes Used:
none
iCAT Attributes Modified:
none
Side Effect:
none
Returns:
integer
Return values:
0 on success
Precondition:
none
Postcondition:
none
See also:
none

Definition at line 60 of file nedMS.c.

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