photom 0.4.0

Rust library for loading, structuring and querying astronomical observation datasets — with trajectory grouping, multi-observer support, and efficient lookups.
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use thiserror::Error;

// ── error type ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

/// Errors that can arise while loading observations from a Polars `DataFrame`.
///
/// Every variant carries enough context to identify the offending row or
/// column so that callers can produce actionable diagnostics.
#[derive(Debug, Error, Clone)]
pub enum PolarsError {
    /// The `DataFrame` did not satisfy the required schema.
    ///
    /// The inner `String` contains a human-readable description of which
    /// schema constraint was violated (e.g. a missing column or a type
    /// mismatch).
    #[error("Schema validation error: {0}")]
    SchemaValidationError(String),

    /// A column existed but held values of an unexpected Polars type.
    ///
    /// The inner `String` names the column and describes the type conflict.
    #[error("Column type error: {0}")]
    ColumnTypeError(String),

    /// A column that was required by the schema was absent from the frame.
    ///
    /// The inner `String` is the column name.
    #[error("Missing column error: {0}")]
    MissingColumnError(String),

    /// A value could not be converted to its target Rust type.
    ///
    /// The inner `String` describes the conversion that failed.
    #[error("Data conversion error: {0}")]
    DataConversionError(String),

    /// Exactly one or two of the three geodetic observer columns
    /// (`obs_lon`, `obs_lat`, `obs_alt`) were `null` at the given row.
    ///
    /// The geodetic triplet must be either entirely present or entirely
    /// absent; a partial specification is always rejected.  The boolean
    /// fields indicate which columns were *non-null* (i.e. `true` means
    /// the value was present).
    #[error(
        "Observer fields are partially null at row {row}: obs_lon={obs_lon}, obs_lat={obs_lat}, obs_alt={obs_alt} — the triplet must be all non-null or all null"
    )]
    PartialTripletNull {
        /// Zero-based index of the offending row.
        row: usize,
        /// Whether `obs_lon` was non-null at this row.
        obs_lon: bool,
        /// Whether `obs_lat` was non-null at this row.
        obs_lat: bool,
        /// Whether `obs_alt` was non-null at this row.
        obs_alt: bool,
    },

    /// The geodetic triplet was fully non-null but `obs_ra_acc` or
    /// `obs_dec_acc` (or both) were `null` at the given row.
    ///
    /// Astrometric accuracy values are mandatory whenever a custom geodetic
    /// observer is specified.  The inner value is the zero-based row index.
    #[error(
        "obs_ra_acc / obs_dec_acc are required when the geodetic triplet is fully specified (row {0})"
    )]
    MissingAccuracyForGeodesic(usize),

    /// The `mpc_code_obs` cell at the given row did not parse as a valid
    /// three-byte ASCII MPC observatory code.
    ///
    /// The first field is the offending raw string; the second is the
    /// zero-based row index.
    #[error("Invalid MPC code '{0}' at row {1}: must be exactly 3 ASCII bytes")]
    InvalidMpcCode(String, usize),

    /// The `filter` column is present in the `DataFrame` but its Polars
    /// type is neither `String` nor `UInt32`.
    ///
    /// Only these two column types are accepted: `String` cells are mapped to
    /// [`crate::photometry::Filter::String`] and `UInt32` cells are mapped to
    /// [`crate::photometry::Filter::Int`].  Any other type must be cast by the
    /// caller before ingestion.
    ///
    /// The inner `String` is a human-readable description of the actual type
    /// that was found.
    #[error("filter column has unsupported type: {0} (expected String or UInt32)")]
    FilterColumnTypeError(String),

    /// The `night_id` column is present in the `DataFrame` but its Polars
    /// type is not `UInt32`.
    ///
    /// The `night_id` column must be of type `UInt32`; cells are mapped to
    /// [`crate::NightId`].  Any other type must be cast by the caller before
    /// ingestion.
    ///
    /// The inner `String` is a human-readable description of the actual type
    /// that was found.
    #[error("night_id column has unsupported type: {0} (expected UInt32)")]
    NightIdColumnTypeError(String),

    /// The `traj_id` column is present in the `DataFrame` but its Polars
    /// type is neither `UInt32` nor `String`.
    ///
    /// Only these two column types are accepted: `UInt32` cells are mapped to
    /// [`crate::TrajId::Int`] and `String` cells are mapped to [`crate::TrajId::Str`].  Any other type (e.g. `Int32`,
    /// `Float64`) must be cast by the caller before ingestion.
    ///
    /// The inner `String` is a human-readable description of the actual type
    /// that was found.
    #[error("traj_id column has unsupported type: {0} (expected UInt32 or String)")]
    TrajIdColumnTypeError(String),

    /// A Polars-internal error propagated transparently from the underlying
    /// [`polars`] crate.
    #[error(transparent)]
    Polars(#[from] polars::error::PolarsError),

    /// The `base_fields()` function expected exactly 7 `Float64` columns but
    /// got a different number.
    #[error("Expected exactly 7 Float64 columns in base_fields(), but got a different number")]
    Float64ColumnCountError,
}