RandomAccessFile in 2.2.18

[John Caron]

Hi Steve:

The older ucar.netcdf.RandomAccessFile is used by the visad package, which is why it appears in the ToolsUI jar. It is no longer supported, and is not part of the Netcdf-Java library. So you should definitely switch to ucar.unidata.io.RandomAccessFile 

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Steve Loch wrote:
> 
> If you use toolsUI-2.2.18.jar you discover that there are two RandomAccessFile classes but only one in the Javadoc. It would seem (I haven't looked at the source code) that 
> 
> ucar.netcdf.RandomAccessFile might be very similar to ucar.unidata.io.RandomAccessFile which is in the Javadoc. 
> 
> The former has been around a long time and I was wondering whether I should convert to using the one in the later package - pretty much mandatory given that there wouldn't be documentary support for the earlier version. I note it doesn't support a java.io.File argument constructor. Neither has a setLength which is in java.io.RandomAccessFile which I would find handy. Also I note that netcdf-2.2.18.jar, unlike toolsUI, doesn't include the earlier version.
> 
> Can someone advise?
> 
> Steve Loch
> BODC
> Web: www.bodc.ac.uk
> 
> PS Where's the best location to send comments on the (javadoc) documentation?
> 
> 

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