ucar.nc2
Interface VariableSimpleIF

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.Comparable

All Known Subinterfaces:

RadialDatasetSweep.RadialVariable, VariableEnhanced

All Known Implementing Classes:

AddeVariable, CoordinateAxis, CoordinateAxis1D, CoordinateAxis1DTime, CoordinateAxis2D, StructureDS, VariableDS, VariableSimpleAdapter

public interface VariableSimpleIF
extends java.lang.Comparable

A "Simple" Variable, that allows non-netcdf implementations of typed datasets.

Version:

$Revision:51 $ $Date:2006-07-12 17:13:13Z $

Author:

caron

See Also:

TypedDataset

Method Summary

double	convertScaleOffsetMissing(byte value)
double	convertScaleOffsetMissing(double value)
double	convertScaleOffsetMissing(int value)
double	convertScaleOffsetMissing(long value)
double	convertScaleOffsetMissing(short value)
Attribute	findAttributeIgnoreCase(java.lang.String name) Return the attribute for the variable with the given name, ignoring case.
java.util.List	getAttributes() Attributes for the variable.
DataType	getDataType() Variable data type
java.lang.String	getDescription() Text description of the Variable
java.util.List	getDimensions() Variable dimensions
java.lang.String	getName() The full name of the data Variable
int	getRank() Variable rank
int[]	getShape() Variable shape
java.lang.String	getShortName() The short name of the data Variable
java.lang.String	getUnitsString()

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

getName

java.lang.String getName()

The full name of the data Variable

getShortName

java.lang.String getShortName()

The short name of the data Variable

getDescription

java.lang.String getDescription()

Text description of the Variable

getUnitsString

java.lang.String getUnitsString()

getRank

int getRank()

Variable rank

getShape

int[] getShape()

Variable shape

getDimensions

java.util.List getDimensions()

Variable dimensions

getDataType

DataType getDataType()

Variable data type

getAttributes

java.util.List getAttributes()

Attributes for the variable.

Returns:

List of type ucar.nc2.Attribute

findAttributeIgnoreCase

Attribute findAttributeIgnoreCase(java.lang.String name)

Return the attribute for the variable with the given name, ignoring case.

convertScaleOffsetMissing

double convertScaleOffsetMissing(byte value)

convertScaleOffsetMissing

double convertScaleOffsetMissing(short value)

convertScaleOffsetMissing

double convertScaleOffsetMissing(int value)

convertScaleOffsetMissing

double convertScaleOffsetMissing(long value)

convertScaleOffsetMissing

double convertScaleOffsetMissing(double value)