get_converter

astropy.io.votable.converters.get_converter(field, config=None, pos=None)

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