ucar.unidata.data.radar
Interface RadarAdapter

All Superinterfaces:

RadarConstants

All Known Implementing Classes:

CDMRadarAdapter, DoradeAdapter, Level2Adapter, NetcdfSweepfileAdapter

public interface RadarAdapter
extends RadarConstants

A data adapter for radar data.

Version:

$Revision: 1.10 $

Author:

IDV Development Team @ ATD

Field Summary

static RealType	AZIMUTH_TYPE RealType for Azimuth
static RealType	ELEVATION_ANGLE_TYPE RealType for Elevation angle
static RealType	RANGE_TYPE RealType for Range

Fields inherited from interface ucar.unidata.data.radar.RadarConstants

AZIMUTH, ELEVATION_ANGLE, PROP_2DOR3D, PROP_ANGLE, PROP_ANGLES, PROP_AZIMUTH, PROP_CAPPI_LEVEL, PROP_CAPPI_LEVELS, PROP_TIMEHEIGHT, PROP_VCS, PROP_VOLUMEORSWEEP, PROP_VWP, RADAR_MOST_RECENT, RADIAL_VELOCITY_NAME, RANGE, REFLECTIVITY, REFLECTIVITY_NAME, SPECTRUM_WIDTH, SPECTRUM_WIDTH_NAME, STATION_LOCATION, VALUE_2D, VALUE_3D, VALUE_SWEEP, VALUE_VOLUME, VELOCITY

Method Summary

void	clearCachedData() This is the hook to clear any cached data this adapter may be holding.
DateTime	getBaseTime() Get the base time for this sweep
DataImpl	getData(DataChoice dataChoice, DataSelection subset, Hashtable requestProperties) Get the data for the given DataChoice and selection criteria.
String	getName() Return the name of this adapter

Field Detail

AZIMUTH_TYPE

static final RealType AZIMUTH_TYPE

RealType for Azimuth

RANGE_TYPE

static final RealType RANGE_TYPE

RealType for Range

ELEVATION_ANGLE_TYPE

static final RealType ELEVATION_ANGLE_TYPE

RealType for Elevation angle

Method Detail

getData

DataImpl getData(DataChoice dataChoice,
                 DataSelection subset,
                 Hashtable requestProperties)
                 throws VisADException,
                        RemoteException

Get the data for the given DataChoice and selection criteria.

Parameters:

dataChoice - DataChoice for selection

subset - subsetting criteria

requestProperties - extra request properties

Returns:

the Data object for the request

Throws:

RemoteException - couldn't create a remote data object

VisADException - couldn't create the data

getBaseTime

DateTime getBaseTime()

Get the base time for this sweep

Returns:

time of sweep

getName

String getName()

Return the name of this adapter

Returns:

name

clearCachedData

void clearCachedData()

This is the hook to clear any cached data this adapter may be holding. It gets called by the RadarDataSource