ucar.nc2.ft
Interface FeatureDataset

All Superinterfaces:

FileCacheable

All Known Subinterfaces:

FeatureDatasetPoint, RadialDatasetSweep, StationRadialDataset, StationRadialDataset

All Known Implementing Classes:

Dorade2Dataset, FeatureDatasetImpl, GridDataset, LevelII2Dataset, Netcdf2Dataset, Nids2Dataset, PointDatasetImpl, PointDatasetRemote, RadialDatasetSweepAdapter, UF2Dataset

public interface FeatureDataset
extends FileCacheable

Superclass for "scientific feature type" datasets. These are collections of features of the same feature type.

This interface defines general "discovery metadata". Its subtypes define type-specific information. Implementations may or may not have a NetcdfFile underneath.

Author:

caron

Method Summary

void	calcBounds() Caclulate date range and bounding box, even if the data has to be scanned.
void	close() Close all resources associated with this dataset.
Attribute	findGlobalAttributeIgnoreCase(String name) Return the global attribute with the given name, ignoring case.
LatLonRect	getBoundingBox() The boundingBox for the entire dataset.
VariableSimpleIF	getDataVariable(String shortName) Get the named data Variable.
List<VariableSimpleIF>	getDataVariables() The data Variables available in this dataset.
DateRange	getDateRange() Date range for the entire dataset.
String	getDescription() Text information about this dataset.
void	getDetailInfo(Formatter sf) Show debug / underlying implementation details
Date	getEndDate() Ending date for the entire dataset.
FeatureType	getFeatureType() Contains collections of this FeatureType.
List<Attribute>	getGlobalAttributes() List of global attributes.
String	getImplementationName() Show who is implementing
String	getLocation() The URI location of the dataset
NetcdfFile	getNetcdfFile() Return underlying NetcdfFile, or null if none.
Date	getStartDate() Starting date for the entire dataset.
String	getTitle() Title of the dataset.

Methods inherited from interface ucar.nc2.util.cache.FileCacheable

setFileCache, sync

Method Detail

getFeatureType

FeatureType getFeatureType()

Contains collections of this FeatureType.

Returns:

FeatureType of data

getTitle

String getTitle()

Title of the dataset.

Returns:

the title of the dataset, or null

getDescription

String getDescription()

Text information about this dataset.

Returns:

any text information about this dataset, or null.

getLocation

String getLocation()

The URI location of the dataset

Specified by:

getLocation in interface FileCacheable

Returns:

the URI location of the dataset, or null

getDateRange

DateRange getDateRange()

Date range for the entire dataset.

Returns:

the date range for the entire dataset, or null if unknown

getStartDate

Date getStartDate()

Starting date for the entire dataset.

Returns:

the starting date for the entire dataset, or null if unknown

getEndDate

Date getEndDate()

Ending date for the entire dataset.

Returns:

the ending date for the entire dataset, or null if unknown

getBoundingBox

LatLonRect getBoundingBox()

The boundingBox for the entire dataset.

Returns:

the lat/lon boundingBox for the entire dataset, or null if unknown.

calcBounds

void calcBounds()
                throws IOException

Caclulate date range and bounding box, even if the data has to be scanned. This ensures that getDateRange() and getBoundingBox() return non-null. If the collection already knows its date range and bounding box, then this has no effect.

Throws:

IOException - or read error.

getGlobalAttributes

List<Attribute> getGlobalAttributes()

List of global attributes.

Returns:

List of type ucar.nc2.Attribute, may be empty but not null

findGlobalAttributeIgnoreCase

Attribute findGlobalAttributeIgnoreCase(String name)

Return the global attribute with the given name, ignoring case.

Parameters:

name - attribute name

Returns:

the global attribute, or null

getDataVariables

List<VariableSimpleIF> getDataVariables()

The data Variables available in this dataset. Should just be data variables others might be searching for, not metadata or coordinate system variables, etc. The shapes of the VariableSimpleIF do not necessarily match the StructureData member.

Returns:

List of subclass of VariableSimpleIF, may be empty but not null

getDataVariable

VariableSimpleIF getDataVariable(String shortName)

Get the named data Variable.

Parameters:

shortName - of data Variable.

Returns:

VariableSimpleIF or null if not found

getNetcdfFile

NetcdfFile getNetcdfFile()

Return underlying NetcdfFile, or null if none.

Returns:

the underlying NetcdfFile, or null if none.

close

void close()
           throws IOException

Close all resources associated with this dataset.

Specified by:

close in interface FileCacheable

Throws:

IOException - on i/o error

getDetailInfo

void getDetailInfo(Formatter sf)

Show debug / underlying implementation details

Parameters:

sf - append info here

getImplementationName

String getImplementationName()

Show who is implementing

Returns:

name of implementor