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#
#  This file is part of Healpy.
#
#  Healpy is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
#  (at your option) any later version.
#
#  Healpy is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
#  GNU General Public License for more details.
#
#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
#  along with Healpy; if not, write to the Free Software
#  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
#
#  For more information about Healpy, see http://code.google.com/p/healpy
#
"""Provides input and output functions for Healpix maps, alm, and cl.
"""
from __future__ import with_statement
from __future__ import division

import six
import gzip
import tempfile
import shutil
import os
import warnings
import astropy.io.fits as pf
import numpy as np

from . import pixelfunc
from .sphtfunc import Alm
from .pixelfunc import UNSEEN
from . import cookbook as cb

standard_column_names = {
    1 : "I_STOKES",
    3 : ["%s_STOKES" % comp for comp in "IQU"],
    6 : ["II", "IQ", "IU", "QQ", "QU", "UU"]
}

class HealpixFitsWarning(Warning):
    pass

def writeto(tbhdu, filename):
    # FIXME: Pyfits versions earlier than 3.1.2 had no support or flaky support
    # for writing to .gz files or GzipFile objects. Drop this code when
    # we decide to drop support for older versions of Pyfits or if we decide
    # to support only Astropy.
    if isinstance(filename, six.string_types) and filename.endswith('.gz'):
        basefilename, ext = os.path.splitext(filename)
        with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix='.fits') as tmpfile:
            tbhdu.writeto(tmpfile.name, clobber=True)
            gzfile = gzip.open(filename, 'wb')
            try:
                try:
                    shutil.copyfileobj(tmpfile, gzfile)
                finally:
                    gzfile.close()
            except:
                os.unlink(gzfile.name)
                raise
    else:
        tbhdu.writeto(filename, clobber=True)

def read_cl(filename, dtype=np.float64, h=False):
    """Reads Cl from an healpix file, as IDL fits2cl.

    Parameters
    ----------
    filename : str or HDUList or HDU
      the fits file name
    dtype : data type, optional
      the data type of the returned array

    Returns
    -------
    cl : array
      the cl array
    """
    fits_hdu = _get_hdu(filename, hdu=1)
    cl = [fits_hdu.data.field(n) for n in range(len(fits_hdu.columns))]
    if len(cl) == 1:
        return cl[0]
    else:
        return cl

def write_cl(filename, cl, dtype=np.float64):
    """Writes Cl into an healpix file, as IDL cl2fits.

    Parameters
    ----------
    filename : str
      the fits file name
    cl : array
      the cl array to write to file, currently TT only
    """
    # check the dtype and convert it
    fitsformat = getformat(dtype)
    column_names = ['TEMPERATURE','GRADIENT','CURL','G-T','C-T','C-G']
    if isinstance(cl, list):
        cols = [pf.Column(name=column_name,
                               format='%s'%fitsformat,
                               array=column_cl) for column_name, column_cl in zip(column_names[:len(cl)], cl)]
    else: # we write only one TT
        cols = [pf.Column(name='TEMPERATURE',
                               format='%s'%fitsformat,
                               array=cl)]

    tbhdu = pf.BinTableHDU.from_columns(cols)
    # add needed keywords
    tbhdu.header['CREATOR'] = 'healpy'
    writeto(tbhdu, filename)

def write_map(filename,m,nest=False,dtype=np.float32,fits_IDL=True,coord=None,partial=False,column_names=None,column_units=None,extra_header=()):
    """Writes an healpix map into an healpix file.

    Parameters
    ----------
    filename : str
      the fits file name
    m : array or sequence of 3 arrays
      the map to write. Possibly a sequence of 3 maps of same size.
      They will be considered as I, Q, U maps.
      Supports masked maps, see the `ma` function.
    nest : bool, optional
      If True, ordering scheme is assumed to be NESTED, otherwise, RING. Default: RING.
      The map ordering is not modified by this function, the input map array
      should already be in the desired ordering (run `ud_grade` beforehand).
    fits_IDL : bool, optional
      If True, reshapes columns in rows of 1024, otherwise all the data will
      go in one column. Default: True
    coord : str
      The coordinate system, typically 'E' for Ecliptic, 'G' for Galactic or 'C' for
      Celestial (equatorial)
    partial : bool, optional
      If True, fits file is written as a partial-sky file with explicit indexing.
      Otherwise, implicit indexing is used.  Default: False.
    column_names : str or list
      Column name or list of column names, if None we use:
      I_STOKES for 1 component,
      I/Q/U_STOKES for 3 components,
      II, IQ, IU, QQ, QU, UU for 6 components,
      COLUMN_0, COLUMN_1... otherwise
    column_units : str or list
      Units for each column, or same units for all columns.
    extra_header : list
      Extra records to add to FITS header.
    dtype: np.dtype or list of np.dtypes, optional
      The datatype in which the columns will be stored. Will be converted
      internally from the numpy datatype to the fits convention. If a list,
      the length must correspond to the number of map arrays. 
      Default: np.float32.
    """
    if not hasattr(m, '__len__'):
        raise TypeError('The map must be a sequence')

    m = pixelfunc.ma_to_array(m)
    if pixelfunc.maptype(m) == 0: # a single map is converted to a list
        m = [m]

    # check the dtype and convert it
    try:
        fitsformat = []
        for curr_dtype in dtype:
            fitsformat.append(getformat(curr_dtype))
    except TypeError:
        #dtype is not iterable
        fitsformat = [getformat(dtype)] * len(m)

    if column_names is None:
        column_names = standard_column_names.get(len(m), ["COLUMN_%d" % n for n in range(len(m))])
    else:
        assert len(column_names) == len(m), "Length column_names != number of maps"

    if column_units is None or isinstance(column_units, six.string_types):
        column_units = [column_units] * len(m)

    # maps must have same length
    assert len(set(map(len, m))) == 1, "Maps must have same length"
    nside = pixelfunc.npix2nside(len(m[0]))

    if nside < 0:
        raise ValueError('Invalid healpix map : wrong number of pixel')

    cols=[]
    if partial:
        fits_IDL = False
        mask = pixelfunc.mask_good(m[0])
        pix = np.where(mask)[0]
        if len(pix) == 0:
            raise ValueError('Invalid healpix map : empty partial map')
        m = [mm[mask] for mm in m]
        ff = getformat(np.min_scalar_type(-pix.max()))
        if ff is None:
            ff = 'I'
        cols.append(pf.Column(name='PIXEL',
                              format=ff,
                              array=pix,
                              unit=None))

    for cn, cu, mm, curr_fitsformat in zip(column_names, column_units, m, 
                                           fitsformat):
        if len(mm) > 1024 and fits_IDL:
            # I need an ndarray, for reshape:
            mm2 = np.asarray(mm)
            cols.append(pf.Column(name=cn,
                                   format='1024%s' % curr_fitsformat,
                                   array=mm2.reshape(mm2.size//1024,1024),
                                   unit=cu))
        else:
            cols.append(pf.Column(name=cn,
                                   format='%s' % curr_fitsformat,
                                   array=mm,
                                   unit=cu))

    tbhdu = pf.BinTableHDU.from_columns(cols)
    # add needed keywords
    tbhdu.header['PIXTYPE'] = ('HEALPIX', 'HEALPIX pixelisation')
    if nest: ordering = 'NESTED'
    else:    ordering = 'RING'
    tbhdu.header['ORDERING'] = (ordering,
                                'Pixel ordering scheme, either RING or NESTED')
    if coord:
        tbhdu.header['COORDSYS'] = (coord,
                                    'Ecliptic, Galactic or Celestial (equatorial)')
    tbhdu.header['EXTNAME'] = ('xtension',
                               'name of this binary table extension')
    tbhdu.header['NSIDE'] = (nside,'Resolution parameter of HEALPIX')
    if not partial:
        tbhdu.header['FIRSTPIX'] = (0, 'First pixel # (0 based)')
        tbhdu.header['LASTPIX'] = (pixelfunc.nside2npix(nside)-1,
                                   'Last pixel # (0 based)')
    tbhdu.header['INDXSCHM'] = ('EXPLICIT' if partial else 'IMPLICIT',
                                'Indexing: IMPLICIT or EXPLICIT')
    tbhdu.header['OBJECT'] = ('PARTIAL' if partial else 'FULLSKY',
                              'Sky coverage, either FULLSKY or PARTIAL')

    # FIXME: In modern versions of Pyfits, header.update() understands a
    # header as an argument, and headers can be concatenated with the `+'
    # operator.
    for args in extra_header:
        tbhdu.header[args[0]] = args[1:]

    writeto(tbhdu, filename)


def read_map(filename,field=0,dtype=np.float64,nest=False,partial=False,hdu=1,h=False,
             verbose=True,memmap=False):
    """Read an healpix map from a fits file.  Partial-sky files,
    if properly identified, are expanded to full size and filled with UNSEEN.

    Parameters
    ----------
    filename : str or HDU or HDUList
      the fits file name
    field : int or tuple of int, or None, optional
      The column to read. Default: 0.
      By convention 0 is temperature, 1 is Q, 2 is U.
      Field can be a tuple to read multiple columns (0,1,2)
      If the fits file is a partial-sky file, field=0 corresponds to the
      first column after the pixel index column.
      If None, all columns are read in.
    dtype : data type or list of data types, optional
      Force the conversion to some type. Passing a list allows different 
      types for each field. In that case, the length of the list must
      correspond to the length of the field parameter. Default: np.float64
    nest : bool, optional
      If True return the map in NEST ordering, otherwise in RING ordering;
      use fits keyword ORDERING to decide whether conversion is needed or not
      If None, no conversion is performed.
    partial : bool, optional
      If True, fits file is assumed to be a partial-sky file with explicit indexing,
      if the indexing scheme cannot be determined from the header.
      If False, implicit indexing is assumed.  Default: False.
      A partial sky file is one in which OBJECT=PARTIAL and INDXSCHM=EXPLICIT,
      and the first column is then assumed to contain pixel indices.
      A full sky file is one in which OBJECT=FULLSKY and INDXSCHM=IMPLICIT.
      At least one of these keywords must be set for the indexing
      scheme to be properly identified.
    hdu : int, optional
      the header number to look at (start at 0)
    h : bool, optional
      If True, return also the header. Default: False.
    verbose : bool, optional
      If True, print a number of diagnostic messages
    memmap : bool, optional
      Argument passed to astropy.io.fits.open, if True, the map is not read into memory,
      but only the required pixels are read when needed. Default: False.

    Returns
    -------
    m | (m0, m1, ...) [, header] : array or a tuple of arrays, optionally with header appended
      The map(s) read from the file, and the header if *h* is True.
    """

    fits_hdu = _get_hdu(filename, hdu=hdu, memmap=memmap)

    nside = fits_hdu.header.get('NSIDE')
    if nside is None:
        warnings.warn("No NSIDE in the header file : will use length of array", HealpixFitsWarning)
    else:
        nside = int(nside)
    if verbose: print('NSIDE = {0:d}'.format(nside))

    if not pixelfunc.isnsideok(nside):
        raise ValueError('Wrong nside parameter.')
    ordering = fits_hdu.header.get('ORDERING','UNDEF').strip()
    if ordering == 'UNDEF':
        ordering = (nest and 'NESTED' or 'RING')
        warnings.warn("No ORDERING keyword in header file : "
                      "assume %s"%ordering)
    if verbose: print('ORDERING = {0:s} in fits file'.format(ordering))

    sz=pixelfunc.nside2npix(nside)
    ret = []

    # partial sky: check OBJECT, then INDXSCHM
    obj = fits_hdu.header.get('OBJECT', 'UNDEF').strip()
    if obj != 'UNDEF':
        if obj == 'PARTIAL':
            partial = True
        elif obj == 'FULLSKY':
            partial = False

    schm = fits_hdu.header.get('INDXSCHM', 'UNDEF').strip()
    if schm != 'UNDEF':
        if schm == 'EXPLICIT':
            if obj == 'FULLSKY':
                raise ValueError('Incompatible INDXSCHM keyword')
            partial = True
        elif schm == 'IMPLICIT':
            if obj == 'PARTIAL':
                raise ValueError('Incompatible INDXSCHM keyword')
            partial = False

    if schm == 'UNDEF':
        schm = (partial and 'EXPLICIT' or 'IMPLICIT')
        warnings.warn("No INDXSCHM keyword in header file : "
                       "assume {}".format(schm))
    if verbose:
        print('INDXSCHM = {0:s}'.format(schm))

    if field is None:
        field = range(len(fits_hdu.data.columns) - 1*partial)
    if not (hasattr(field, '__len__') or isinstance(field, str)):
        field = (field,)

    if partial:
        # increment field counters
        field = tuple(f if isinstance(f, str) else f+1 for f in field)
        try:
            pix = fits_hdu.data.field(0).astype(int).ravel()
        except pf.VerifyError as e:
            print(e)
            print("Trying to fix a badly formatted header")
            fits_hdu.verify("fix")
            pix = fits_hdu.data.field(0).astype(int).ravel()

    try:
        assert len(dtype) == len(field), "The number of dtypes are not equal to the number of fields"
    except TypeError:
        dtype = [dtype] * len(field)

    for ff, curr_dtype in zip(field, dtype):
        try:
            m=fits_hdu.data.field(ff).astype(curr_dtype).ravel()
        except pf.VerifyError as e:
            print(e)
            print("Trying to fix a badly formatted header")
            m=fits_hdu.verify("fix")
            m=fits_hdu.data.field(ff).astype(curr_dtype).ravel()

        if partial:
            mnew = UNSEEN * np.ones(sz, dtype=curr_dtype)
            mnew[pix] = m
            m = mnew

        if (not pixelfunc.isnpixok(m.size) or (sz>0 and sz != m.size)) and verbose:
            print('nside={0:d}, sz={1:d}, m.size={2:d}'.format(nside,sz,m.size))
            raise ValueError('Wrong nside parameter.')
        if not nest is None: # no conversion with None
            if nest and ordering == 'RING':
                idx = pixelfunc.nest2ring(nside,np.arange(m.size,dtype=np.int32))
                m = m[idx]
                if verbose: print('Ordering converted to NEST')
            elif (not nest) and ordering == 'NESTED':
                idx = pixelfunc.ring2nest(nside,np.arange(m.size,dtype=np.int32))
                m = m[idx]
                if verbose: print('Ordering converted to RING')
        try:
            m[pixelfunc.mask_bad(m)] = UNSEEN
        except OverflowError:
            pass
        ret.append(m)

    if len(ret) == 1:
        if h:
            return ret[0],fits_hdu.header.items()
        else:
            return ret[0]
    else:
        if h:
            ret.append(fits_hdu.header.items())
            return tuple(ret)
        else:
            return tuple(ret)


def write_alm(filename,alms,out_dtype=None,lmax=-1,mmax=-1,mmax_in=-1):
    """Write alms to a fits file.

    In the fits file the alms are written
    with explicit index scheme, index = l*l + l + m +1, possibly out of order.
    By default write_alm makes a table with the same precision as the alms.
    If specified, the lmax and mmax parameters truncate the input data to
    include only alms for which l <= lmax and m <= mmax.

    Parameters
    ----------
    filename : str
      The filename of the output fits file
    alms : array, complex or list of arrays
      A complex ndarray holding the alms, index = m*(2*lmax+1-m)/2+l, see Alm.getidx
    lmax : int, optional
      The maximum l in the output file
    mmax : int, optional
      The maximum m in the output file
    out_dtype : data type, optional
      data type in the output file (must be a numpy dtype). Default: *alms*.real.dtype
    mmax_in : int, optional
      maximum m in the input array
    """

    if not cb.is_seq_of_seq(alms):
        alms = [alms]

    l2max = Alm.getlmax(len(alms[0]),mmax=mmax_in)
    if (lmax != -1 and lmax > l2max):
        raise ValueError("Too big lmax in parameter")
    elif lmax == -1:
        lmax = l2max

    if mmax_in == -1:
        mmax_in = l2max

    if mmax == -1:
        mmax = lmax
    if mmax > mmax_in:
        mmax = mmax_in

    if (out_dtype == None):
        out_dtype = alms[0].real.dtype

    l,m = Alm.getlm(lmax)
    idx = np.where((l <= lmax)*(m <= mmax))
    l = l[idx]
    m = m[idx]

    idx_in_original = Alm.getidx(l2max, l=l, m=m)

    index = l**2 + l + m + 1

    hdulist = pf.HDUList()
    for alm in alms:
        out_data = np.empty(len(index),
                   dtype=[('index','i'),
                          ('real',out_dtype),
                          ('imag',out_dtype)])
        out_data['index'] = index
        out_data['real'] = alm.real[idx_in_original]
        out_data['imag'] = alm.imag[idx_in_original]

        cindex = pf.Column(name="index", format=getformat(np.int32), unit="l*l+l+m+1", array=out_data['index'])
        creal = pf.Column(name="real", format=getformat(out_dtype), unit="unknown", array=out_data['real'])
        cimag = pf.Column(name="imag", format=getformat(out_dtype), unit="unknown", array=out_data['imag'])

        tbhdu = pf.BinTableHDU.from_columns([cindex,creal,cimag])
        hdulist.append(tbhdu)
    writeto(hdulist, filename)

def read_alm(filename,hdu=1,return_mmax=False):
    """Read alm from a fits file.

    In the fits file, the alm are written
    with explicit index scheme, index = l**2+l+m+1, while healpix cxx
    uses index = m*(2*lmax+1-m)/2+l. The conversion is done in this
    function.

    Parameters
    ----------
    filename : str or HDUList or HDU
      The name of the fits file to read
    hdu : int, optional
      The header to read. Start at 0. Default: hdu=1
    return_mmax : bool, optional
      If true, both the alms and mmax is returned in a tuple. Default: return_mmax=False

    Returns
    -------
    alms[, mmax] : complex array or tuple of a complex array and an int
      The alms read from the file and optionally mmax read from the file
    """
    idx, almr, almi = mrdfits(filename,hdu=hdu)
    l = np.floor(np.sqrt(idx-1)).astype(np.long)
    m = idx - l**2 - l - 1
    if (m<0).any():
        raise ValueError('Negative m value encountered !')
    lmax = l.max()
    mmax = m.max()
    alm = almr*(0+0j)
    i = Alm.getidx(lmax,l,m)
    alm.real[i] = almr
    alm.imag[i] = almi
    if return_mmax:
        return alm, mmax
    else:
        return alm

## Generic functions to read and write column of data in fits file

def _get_hdu(input_data, hdu=None, memmap=None):
    """
    Return an HDU from a FITS file

    Parameters
    ----------
    input_data : str or HDUList or HDU instance
        The input FITS file, either as a filename, HDU list, or HDU instance.

    Returns
    -------
    fits_hdu : HDU
        The extracted HDU
    """

    if isinstance(input_data, six.string_types):
        hdulist = pf.open(input_data, memmap=memmap)
        return _get_hdu(hdulist, hdu=hdu)

    if isinstance(input_data, pf.HDUList):
        if isinstance(hdu, int) and hdu >= len(input_data):
            raise ValueError('Available hdu in [0-%d]' % len(input_data))
        else:
            fits_hdu = input_data[hdu]
    elif isinstance(input_data, (pf.PrimaryHDU, pf.ImageHDU, pf.BinTableHDU, pf.TableHDU, pf.GroupsHDU)):
        fits_hdu = input_data
    else:
        raise TypeError("First argument should be a input_data, HDUList instance, or HDU instance")

    return fits_hdu


def mrdfits(filename, hdu=1):
    """
    Read a table in a fits file.

    Parameters
    ----------
    filename : str or HDUList or HDU
      The name of the fits file to read, or an HDUList or HDU instance.
    hdu : int, optional
      The header to read. Start at 0. Default: hdu=1

    Returns
    -------
    cols : a list of arrays
      A list of column data in the given header
    """
    fits_hdu = _get_hdu(filename, hdu=hdu)
    val=[]
    for i in range(len(fits_hdu.columns)):
        val.append(fits_hdu.data.field(i))
    return val


def mwrfits(filename,data,hdu=1,colnames=None,keys=None):
    """Write columns to a fits file in a table extension.

    Parameters
    ----------
    filename : str
      The fits file name
    data : list of 1D arrays
      A list of 1D arrays to write in the table
    hdu : int, optional
      The header where to write the data. Default: 1
    colnames : list of str
      The column names
    keys : dict-like
      A dictionary with keywords to write in the header
    """
    # Check the inputs
    if colnames is not None:
        if len(colnames) != len(data):
            raise ValueError("colnames and data must the same length")
    else:
        colnames = ['']*len(data)
    cols=[]
    for line in six.moves.xrange(len(data)):
        cols.append(pf.Column(name=colnames[line],
                               format=getformat(data[line]),
                               array=data[line]))
    tbhdu = pf.BinTableHDU.from_columns(cols)
    if type(keys) is dict:
        for k,v in keys.items():
            tbhdu.header[k] = v
    # write the file
    writeto(tbhdu, filename)

def getformat(t):
    """Get the FITS convention format string of data type t.

    Parameters
    ----------
    t : data type
      The data type for which the FITS type is requested

    Returns
    -------
    fits_type : str or None
      The FITS string code describing the data type, or None if unknown type.
    """
    conv = {
        np.dtype(np.bool): 'L',
        np.dtype(np.uint8): 'B',
        np.dtype(np.int16): 'I',
        np.dtype(np.int32): 'J',
        np.dtype(np.int64): 'K',
        np.dtype(np.float32): 'E',
        np.dtype(np.float64): 'D',
        np.dtype(np.complex64): 'C',
        np.dtype(np.complex128): 'M'
        }
    try:
        if t in conv:
            return conv[t]
    except:
        pass
    try:
        if np.dtype(t) in conv:
            return conv[np.dtype(t)]
    except:
        pass
    try:
        if np.dtype(type(t)) in conv:
            return conv[np.dtype(type(t))]
    except:
        pass
    try:
        if np.dtype(type(t[0])) in conv:
            return conv[np.dtype(type(t[0]))]
    except:
        pass
    try:
        if t is str:
            return 'A'
    except:
        pass
    try:
        if type(t) is str:
            return 'A%d'%(len(t))
    except:
        pass
    try:
        if type(t[0]) is str:
            l=max(len(s) for s in t)
            return 'A%d'%(l)
    except:
        pass