ucar.nc2.iosp.bufr
Class BufrDataDescriptionSection

java.lang.Object
  ucar.nc2.iosp.bufr.BufrDataDescriptionSection

public class BufrDataDescriptionSection
extends java.lang.Object

A class that represents the Data Description Section (4) of a BUFR record.

Constructor Summary

BufrDataDescriptionSection(RandomAccessFile raf)
Constructs a BufrDataDescriptionSection object by reading section 3 from a BUFR file.

Method Summary

java.util.List<java.lang.Short>	getDataDescriptors() get list of data descriptors as Shorts
int	getDataType() Data type (compressed or non-compressed).
java.util.List<java.lang.String>	getDescriptors() get list of data descriptors as Strings
int	getNumberDatasets() Number of data sets in this record.
long	getOffset() Offset to the beginning of BufrDataDescriptionSection.
boolean	isCompressed() Is data compressed?
boolean	isObserved() Observation data

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BufrDataDescriptionSection

public BufrDataDescriptionSection(RandomAccessFile raf)
                           throws java.io.IOException

Constructs a BufrDataDescriptionSection object by reading section 3 from a BUFR file.

Parameters:

raf - RandomAccessFile, position must be on a BUFR section 3

Throws:

java.io.IOException - on read error

Method Detail

getOffset

public final long getOffset()

Offset to the beginning of BufrDataDescriptionSection.

Returns:

offset in bytes of BUFR record

getNumberDatasets

public final int getNumberDatasets()

Number of data sets in this record.

Returns:

datasets

getDataType

public final int getDataType()

Data type (compressed or non-compressed).

Returns:

datatype

isObserved

public boolean isObserved()

Observation data

Returns:

true if observation data

isCompressed

public boolean isCompressed()

Is data compressed?

Returns:

true if data is compressed

getDataDescriptors

public final java.util.List<java.lang.Short> getDataDescriptors()

get list of data descriptors as Shorts

Returns:

descriptors as List

getDescriptors

public final java.util.List<java.lang.String> getDescriptors()

get list of data descriptors as Strings

Returns:

descriptors as List