ucar.nc2.dataset
Class AxisType

java.lang.Object
  ucar.nc2.dataset.AxisType

public class AxisType
extends java.lang.Object

Type-safe enumeration of netCDF Coordinate Axis types. These are used for tagging georeferencing axes.

Version:

$Revision: 1.3 $ $Date: 2006/02/13 19:51:26 $

Author:

john caron

Field Summary

static AxisType	GeoX represents a x coordinate
static AxisType	GeoY represents a y coordinate
static AxisType	GeoZ represents a z coordinate
static AxisType	Height represents a vertical height coordinate
static AxisType	Lat represents a latitude coordinate
static AxisType	Lon represents a longitude coordinate
static AxisType	Pressure represents a vertical pressure coordinate
static AxisType	RadialAzimuth represents a radial azimuth coordinate
static AxisType	RadialDistance represents a radial distance coordinate
static AxisType	RadialElevation represents a radial elevation coordinate
static AxisType	Time represents the time coordinate

Method Summary

int	compareTo(AxisType o) canonical ordering: (time, z, x, y) or (time, elevation, azimuth, distance)
static AxisType	getType(java.lang.String name) Find the AxisType that matches this name.
java.lang.String	toString() Axis name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

Time

public static final AxisType Time

represents the time coordinate

GeoX

public static final AxisType GeoX

represents a x coordinate

GeoY

public static final AxisType GeoY

represents a y coordinate

GeoZ

public static final AxisType GeoZ

represents a z coordinate

Lat

public static final AxisType Lat

represents a latitude coordinate

Lon

public static final AxisType Lon

represents a longitude coordinate

Height

public static final AxisType Height

represents a vertical height coordinate

Pressure

public static final AxisType Pressure

represents a vertical pressure coordinate

RadialAzimuth

public static final AxisType RadialAzimuth

represents a radial azimuth coordinate

RadialDistance

public static final AxisType RadialDistance

represents a radial distance coordinate

RadialElevation

public static final AxisType RadialElevation

represents a radial elevation coordinate

Method Detail

getType

public static AxisType getType(java.lang.String name)

Find the AxisType that matches this name.

Parameters:

name - match this name

Returns:

AxisType or null if no match.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Axis name.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

the string name.

compareTo

public int compareTo(AxisType o)

canonical ordering: (time, z, x, y) or (time, elevation, azimuth, distance)