ucar.grib.grib2
Class ParameterTable

java.lang.Object
  ucar.grib.grib2.ParameterTable

public final class ParameterTable
extends java.lang.Object

Performs operations related to loading parameter tables stored in files. Through a lookup table (see readParameterTableLookup) all of the supported Parameter Tables are known. A parameter consists of a discipline( ie Meteorological_products), a Category( ie Temperature ) and a number that refers to a name( ie Temperature)

see Parameters.txt

Author:

Robb Kambic /10/10/03

Constructor Summary

ParameterTable()

Method Summary

static void	addParametersUser(java.io.InputStream is) _more_
static void	addParametersUser(java.lang.String UserGribTable) Reads in the list of parameters and stores them.
static java.lang.String	getCategoryName(int d, int c) Get a description for the Category with ids id.
static java.lang.String	getDisciplineName(int aDis) Get a name for the Discipline with id.
static GridParameter	getParameter(int d, int c, int p) Get a Parameter obj for the Parameter with ids id.
static java.lang.String	getParameterDescription(int d, int c, int p) Get a description for the Parameter with ids id.
static java.lang.String	getParameterName(int d, int c, int p) Get a Name for the Parameter with ids id.
static java.lang.String	getParameterUnit(int d, int c, int p) Get a unit for the Parameter with ids id.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ParameterTable

public ParameterTable()

Method Detail

getDisciplineName

public static java.lang.String getDisciplineName(int aDis)

Get a name for the Discipline with id.

Parameters:

aDis - Discipline as a int

Returns:

Name of the Discipline

getCategoryName

public static java.lang.String getCategoryName(int d,
                                               int c)

Get a description for the Category with ids id.

Parameters:

d - Discipline

c - Category

Returns:

Name for the Category

getParameterName

public static java.lang.String getParameterName(int d,
                                                int c,
                                                int p)

Get a Name for the Parameter with ids id.

Parameters:

d - Discipline

c - Category

p - Parameter

Returns:

Name for the Parameter

getParameterUnit

public static java.lang.String getParameterUnit(int d,
                                                int c,
                                                int p)

Get a unit for the Parameter with ids id.

Parameters:

d - Discipline

c - Category

p - Parameter

Returns:

unit for the Parameter

getParameterDescription

public static java.lang.String getParameterDescription(int d,
                                                       int c,
                                                       int p)

Get a description for the Parameter with ids id.

Parameters:

d - Discipline

c - Category

p - Parameter

Returns:

Name for the Parameter

getParameter

public static GridParameter getParameter(int d,
                                         int c,
                                         int p)

Get a Parameter obj for the Parameter with ids id.

Parameters:

d - Discipline

c - Category

p - Parameter

Returns:

Parameter

addParametersUser

public static void addParametersUser(java.lang.String UserGribTable)
                              throws java.io.IOException

Reads in the list of parameters and stores them. Parameters are listed by row, fields are separated by tabs: Discipline, Catagory, Parmeter Number, Name, Units, & Description. For more information, look at IndexFormat.txt in the root of the distribution.

Parameters:

UserGribTable - Name

Throws:

java.io.IOException - on reading list user parameters

addParametersUser

public static void addParametersUser(java.io.InputStream is)
                              throws java.io.IOException

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Parameters:

is - _more_

Throws:

java.io.IOException - _more_