ucar.nc2.iosp.hdf4
Class H4iosp

java.lang.Object
  ucar.nc2.iosp.AbstractIOServiceProvider
      ucar.nc2.iosp.hdf4.H4iosp

All Implemented Interfaces:

IOServiceProvider

public class H4iosp
extends AbstractIOServiceProvider

Since:

Dec 17, 2007

Author:

caron

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class ucar.nc2.iosp.AbstractIOServiceProvider

raf

Constructor Summary

H4iosp()

Method Summary

String	getFileTypeDescription() Get a human-readable description for this file type.
String	getFileTypeId() Get a unique id for this file type.
boolean	isValidFile(RandomAccessFile raf) Check if this is a valid file for this IOServiceProvider.
void	open(RandomAccessFile raf, NetcdfFile ncfile, CancelTask cancelTask) Open existing file, and populate ncfile with it.
Array	readData(Variable v, Section section) Read data from a top level Variable and return a memory resident Array.
Object	sendIospMessage(Object message) A way to communicate arbitrary information to an iosp.
String	toStringDebug(Object o) Debug info for this object.

Methods inherited from class ucar.nc2.iosp.AbstractIOServiceProvider

close, createValidNetcdfObjectName, getDetailInfo, getFileTypeVersion, getStructureIterator, readSection, readToByteChannel, sync, syncExtend

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

H4iosp

public H4iosp()

Method Detail

isValidFile

public boolean isValidFile(RandomAccessFile raf)
                    throws IOException

Description copied from interface: IOServiceProvider

Check if this is a valid file for this IOServiceProvider. You must make this method thread safe, ie dont keep any state.

Parameters:

raf - RandomAccessFile

Returns:

true if valid.

Throws:

IOException - if read error

getFileTypeId

public String getFileTypeId()

Description copied from interface: IOServiceProvider

Get a unique id for this file type.

Returns:

registered id of the file type

See Also:

"http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf-java/formats/FileTypes.html"

getFileTypeDescription

public String getFileTypeDescription()

Description copied from interface: IOServiceProvider

Get a human-readable description for this file type.

Returns:

description of the file type

See Also:

"http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf-java/formats/FileTypes.html"

open

public void open(RandomAccessFile raf,
                 NetcdfFile ncfile,
                 CancelTask cancelTask)
          throws IOException

Description copied from interface: IOServiceProvider

Open existing file, and populate ncfile with it. This method is only called by the NetcdfFile constructor on itself. The provided NetcdfFile object will be empty except for the location String and the IOServiceProvider associated with this NetcdfFile object.

Specified by:

open in interface IOServiceProvider

Overrides:

open in class AbstractIOServiceProvider

Parameters:

raf - the file to work on, it has already passed the isValidFile() test.

ncfile - add objects to this empty NetcdfFile

cancelTask - used to monitor user cancellation; may be null.

Throws:

IOException - if read error

readData

public Array readData(Variable v,
                      Section section)
               throws IOException,
                      InvalidRangeException

Description copied from interface: IOServiceProvider

Read data from a top level Variable and return a memory resident Array. This Array has the same element type as the Variable, and the requested shape.

Parameters:

v - a top-level Variable

section - the section of data to read. There must be a Range for each Dimension in the variable, in order. Note: no nulls allowed. IOSP may not modify.

Returns:

the requested data in a memory-resident Array

Throws:

IOException - if read error

InvalidRangeException - if invalid section

See Also:

Range

toStringDebug

public String toStringDebug(Object o)

Description copied from interface: IOServiceProvider

Debug info for this object.

Specified by:

toStringDebug in interface IOServiceProvider

Overrides:

toStringDebug in class AbstractIOServiceProvider

Parameters:

o - which object

Returns:

debug info for this object

sendIospMessage

public Object sendIospMessage(Object message)

Description copied from interface: IOServiceProvider

A way to communicate arbitrary information to an iosp.

Specified by:

sendIospMessage in interface IOServiceProvider

Overrides:

sendIospMessage in class AbstractIOServiceProvider

Parameters:

message - opaque message.

Returns:

opaque return, may be null.