SerializedColumn

class astropy.table.SerializedColumn

Bases: dict

Subclass of dict used to serialize mixin columns.

It is used in the representation to contain the name and possible other info for a mixin column or attribute (either primary data or an array-like attribute) that is serialized as a column in the table.

Attributes Summary

info	Minimal info to allow SerializedColumn to be recognized as a mixin Column.
shape	Minimal shape implementation to allow use as a mixin column.

Attributes Documentation

info

Minimal info to allow SerializedColumn to be recognized as a mixin Column.

Used to help create a dict of columns in ColumnInfo for structured data.

shape

Minimal shape implementation to allow use as a mixin column.

Returns the shape of the first item that has a shape at all, or () if none of the values has a shape attribute.