get_converter¶

astropy.io.votable.converters.get_converter(field, config={}, pos=None) [edit on github][source]¶

Get an appropriate converter instance for a given field.

Parameters :

field : astropy.io.votable.tree.Field

config : dict, optional

Parser configuration dictionary

pos : tuple

Position in the input XML file. Used for error messages.

Returns :

converter : astropy.io.votable.converters.Converter