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-
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
-import java.util.logging.Level;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-
-import java.time.Instant;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.OutputStream;
-import java.io.InputStreamReader;
-import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
-import java.io.PrintWriter;
-import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
-import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
-import java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption;
-import java.nio.file.Files;
-import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.nio.file.Paths;
-
-import java.time.*;// Timestamp in cut-filename
-import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream; // for SODA direct streaming doSubimgStream
-
-class CutoutImpl implements Cutout
-{
-   static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(DatasetsImpl.class.getName());
-
-   private Settings    settings   = null;
-//   private Subsurvey[] subsurveys = null;
-
-
-   public CutoutImpl()
-   {
-      LOGGER.info("trace DatasetsImpl()");
-      this.settings = Settings.getInstance();
-   }
-
-
-   public CutoutImpl(Settings settings)
-   {
-      LOGGER.info("trace DatasetsImpl(settings)");
-      this.settings = settings;
-   }
-
-/*
-   public DatasetsImpl(Settings settings, Subsurvey[] subsurveys)
-   {
-      LOGGER.info("trace DatasetsImpl(settings, subsurveys)");
-      this.settings = settings;
-      this.subsurveys = subsurveys;
-   }
-*/
-
-   private String genRegionForVlkbOverlapCmd(Pos pos, Band band)
-   {
-      String region = "";
-
-      if(pos != null)
-      {
-         String skySystem = pos.system.name();
-
-         if(pos.shape.equals("CIRCLE"))
-         {
-            double l = pos.circle.lon;
-            double b = pos.circle.lat;
-            double r = pos.circle.radius;
-            region = region + "skysystem=" + skySystem + "&l=" + String.valueOf(l) + "&b=" + String.valueOf(b)
-               + "&r=" + String.valueOf(r);
-         }
-         else if(pos.shape.equals("RANGE"))
-         {
-            double l =  (pos.range.lon1 + pos.range.lon2)/2.0;
-            double b =  (pos.range.lat1 + pos.range.lat2)/2.0;
-            double dl = (pos.range.lon2 - pos.range.lon1);
-            double db = (pos.range.lat2 - pos.range.lat1);
-            region = region + "skysystem=" + skySystem + "&l=" + String.valueOf(l) + "&b=" + String.valueOf(b)
-               + "&dl=" + String.valueOf(dl) + "&db=" + String.valueOf(db);
-         }
-         else 
-         {
-            LOGGER.info("FIXME here Exception: POLYGON not supported or pos.shape invalid: " + pos.shape);
-         }
-
-      }
-
-      if(band != null)
-      {
-         String specSystem = band.system.name();
-         double vl = band.wavelength[0];
-         double vu = band.wavelength[1];
-
-         region =region + "specsystem=" + specSystem + "&vl=" + String.valueOf(vl) + "&vu=" + String.valueOf(vu);
-      }
-
-      return region;
-   }
-
-   public void doStream(String relPathname, int hdunum, Pos pos, Band band, Time time, Pol pol,
-         OutputStream outputStream)  throws IOException, InterruptedException
-      {
-         Instant start = Instant.now();
-
-         ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-         if(bos == null)
-            throw new AssertionError("byte output stream for bounds was not created, is null");
-
-         //String coordString = genRegionForVlkbOverlapCmd(pos, band);
-         JsonEncoder jReq = new JsonEncoder();
-         jReq.add(pos);
-         jReq.add(band);
-         jReq.add(time);
-         jReq.add(pol);
-         String coordString = jReq.toString();
-         LOGGER.info("coordString: " + coordString);
-
-         String absPathname = settings.fitsPaths.surveys() + "/" + relPathname;
-
-         /* calc bounds */
-
-         String[] cmdBounds = new String[4];
-         cmdBounds[0] = "/usr/local/bin/vlkb";
-         cmdBounds[1] = "overlap";
-         cmdBounds[2] = absPathname;
-         cmdBounds[3] = coordString;
-
-         ExecCmd execBounds = new ExecCmd();
-         execBounds.doRun(bos, cmdBounds);
-         LOGGER.info("execBounds exitValue: " + execBounds.exitValue);
-
-         bos.close();
-
-         boolean has_result = (execBounds.exitValue == 0);
-
-         Instant boundsDone = Instant.now();
-         LOGGER.info("EXECTIME boundsDone: " + Duration.between(start, boundsDone));
-
-         if(has_result)
-         {
-            String boundsString = new String(bos.toByteArray());
-            // remove end-of-line (was added by vlkb_ast.cpp: cout << ... << endl)
-            String lineSeparator = System.lineSeparator();
-            boundsString = boundsString.replace(lineSeparator, "");
-            LOGGER.info("BOUNDS: " + boundsString);
-
-            if((boundsString != null) && boundsString.trim().isEmpty())
-            {
-               throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-                     "region in file does not overlap with region defined by SODA parameters");
-            }
-            else
-            {
-               /* cutout -> outputStream */
-
-               final long long PIX_LIMIT = 50*1024*1024; // char1byte 50MB ... 400MB double8bytes
-    1,           boolean use_file = ( pixelCount(boundsString) > PIX_LIMIT );
-
-               if(use_file)
-               {
-    2,             outFitsname = genTempFitsfilename();// cfitsio uses file (does not allocate mem)
-                  XXoutputStream = null;
-               }
-               else
-               {
-                  outFitsname = "stdout://"; // cfitsio allocates mem for totpix to stream to stdout
-                  XXoutputStream = outputStream;
-               }
-
-
-               final String outFitsname = "(stdout://)";
-               final String extNum = "[" + String.valueOf(hdunum-1) + "]";
-
-               String[] cmdCut = new String[3];
-               cmdCut[0] = "/usr/local/bin/vlkb";
-               cmdCut[1] = "imcopy";
-               cmdCut[2] = absPathname + outFitsname  + extNum + boundsString;
-
-               if(outputStream == null)
-                  LOGGER.info("supplied outputStream for cut-file is null");
-
-               ExecCmd execCut = new ExecCmd();
-               execCut.doRun(XXoutputStream, cmdCut);
-
-               if(use_file)
-               {
-    3,              outFistname.transferTo(outputStream);
-               }
-
-               Instant cutDone = Instant.now();
-               LOGGER.info("EXECTIME    cutDone: " + Duration.between(start, cutDone));
-            }
-         }
-         else
-         {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-                  "overlap computation could not be completed with the given arguments");
-         }
-      }
-
-
-   public CutResult doFile(String relPathname, int hdunum,
-         Pos pos, Band band, Time time, Pol pol,
-         boolean countNullValues, FitsCard[] extraCards)
-   {
-      LOGGER.info("trace: " + pos.toString() );
-
-      String absSubimgPathname = settings.fitsPaths.cutouts() + "/" + generateSubimgPathname(relPathname, hdunum);
-
-      JsonEncoder jReq = new JsonEncoder();
-      jReq.add(relPathname, hdunum);
-      jReq.add(pos);
-      jReq.add(band);
-      jReq.add(time);
-      jReq.add(pol);
-      jReq.add(countNullValues);
-      jReq.add(extraCards);
-
-      String outJson = doRpc( jReq.toString() );
-
-      return JsonDecoder.responseFromCutoutJson( outJson );
-   }
-
-
-
-   private String doRpc(String InStr)
-   {
-      final String userName = "guest";
-      final String password = "guest";
-      // FIXME move these to Settings
-
-      RpcOverAmqp rpc = new RpcOverAmqp(
-            userName, password,
-            settings.amqpConn.hostName(),
-            settings.amqpConn.portNumber(),
-            settings.amqpConn.routingKey());
-
-      rpc.initConnectionAndReplyQueue();
-
-      String OutStr = null;
-
-      try
-      {
-         LOGGER.info("Sent request : " + InStr);
-         OutStr = rpc.callAndWaitReply(InStr);
-         LOGGER.info("Got response : " + OutStr);
-      }
-      catch  (Exception e)
-      {
-         e.printStackTrace();
-      }
-      finally
-      {
-         try
-         {
-            rpc.close();
-         }
-         catch (Exception ignore)
-         {
-            LOGGER.info("ignoring exception on rpc.close():" + ignore.getMessage());
-         }
-      }
-
-      return OutStr;
-   }
-
-
-   private  String generateSubimgPathname(String relPathname, int hdunum)
-   {
-      String cutfitsname = "vlkb-cutout";
-
-      Instant instant = Instant.now() ;
-      String timestamp = instant.toString().replace(":","-").replace(".","_");
-
-      String tempPathname1 = relPathname.replaceAll("/","-");
-      String tempPathname2 = tempPathname1.replaceAll(" ","_");
-
-      if(hdunum == 1)
-      {
-         return cutfitsname + "_" + timestamp + "_" + tempPathname2;
-      }
-      else
-      {
-         String extnum = "EXT" + String.valueOf(hdunum-1);
-         return cutfitsname + "_" + timestamp + "_" + extnum + "_" + tempPathname2;
-      }
-   }
-
-}
-