ucar.nc2.ft
Interface NestedPointFeatureCollection

All Superinterfaces:

FeatureCollection

All Known Subinterfaces:

ProfileFeatureCollection, SectionFeature, SectionFeatureCollection, StationProfileFeature, StationProfileFeatureCollection, StationTimeSeriesFeatureCollection, TrajectoryFeatureCollection

All Known Implementing Classes:

CompositeStationCollection, MultipleNestedPointCollectionImpl, OneNestedPointCollectionImpl, RemoteStationCollection, SectionCollectionImpl, SectionFeatureImpl, StandardProfileCollectionImpl, StandardSectionCollectionImpl, StandardStationCollectionImpl, StandardStationProfileCollectionImpl, StandardTrajectoryCollectionImpl, StationProfileCollectionImpl, StationProfileFeatureImpl, StationTimeSeriesCollectionImpl

public interface NestedPointFeatureCollection
extends FeatureCollection

A collection of PointFeatures nested inside one or more PointFeatureCollection.

Since:

Mar 20, 2008

Author:

caron

Method Summary

PointFeatureCollection	flatten(LatLonRect boundingBox, DateRange dateRange) Flatten into a PointFeatureCollection, discarding connectedness information.
NestedPointFeatureCollectionIterator	getNestedPointFeatureCollectionIterator(int bufferSize) Iterate through the collection, composed of NestedPointFeatureCollection.
PointFeatureCollectionIterator	getPointFeatureCollectionIterator(int bufferSize) Iterate through the collection, composed of PointFeatureCollection.
boolean	isMultipleNested() If true, use getNestedPointFeatureCollectionIterator, otherwise use getPointFeatureCollectionIterator.
int	size() The number of elements in the collection.
NestedPointFeatureCollection	subset(LatLonRect boundingBox) Get a subsetted NestedPointFeatureCollection based on a LatLonRect

Methods inherited from interface ucar.nc2.ft.FeatureCollection

getCollectionFeatureType, getName

Method Detail

size

int size()

The number of elements in the collection. May not be known until after iterating through the collection.

Returns:

number of elements in the collection, or -1 if not known.

isMultipleNested

boolean isMultipleNested()

If true, use getNestedPointFeatureCollectionIterator, otherwise use getPointFeatureCollectionIterator.

Returns:

if multiple nested

getPointFeatureCollectionIterator

PointFeatureCollectionIterator getPointFeatureCollectionIterator(int bufferSize)
                                                                 throws IOException

Iterate through the collection, composed of PointFeatureCollection. Use this only if isMultipleNested() = false.

Parameters:

bufferSize - how many bytes can be used to buffer data, use -1 to use default.

Returns:

an iterator through PointFeatureCollection objects.

Throws:

IOException - on read error

getNestedPointFeatureCollectionIterator

NestedPointFeatureCollectionIterator getNestedPointFeatureCollectionIterator(int bufferSize)
                                                                             throws IOException

Iterate through the collection, composed of NestedPointFeatureCollection. Use this only if isMultipleNested() = true.

Parameters:

bufferSize - how many bytes can be used to buffer data, use -1 to use default.

Returns:

an iterator through NestedPointFeatureCollection objects.

Throws:

IOException - on read error

subset

NestedPointFeatureCollection subset(LatLonRect boundingBox)
                                    throws IOException

Get a subsetted NestedPointFeatureCollection based on a LatLonRect

Parameters:

boundingBox - spatial subset

Returns:

subsetted collection

Throws:

IOException - on i/o error

flatten

PointFeatureCollection flatten(LatLonRect boundingBox,
                               DateRange dateRange)
                               throws IOException

Flatten into a PointFeatureCollection, discarding connectedness information. Optionally subset.

Parameters:

boundingBox - only points in this lat/lon bounding box. may be null.

dateRange - only points in this date range. may be null.

Returns:

a PointFeatureCollection, may be null if its empty.

Throws:

IOException - on read error