ucar.nc2.dt.point
Class UnidataObsDatasetHelper

java.lang.Object
  ucar.nc2.dt.point.UnidataObsDatasetHelper

public class UnidataObsDatasetHelper
extends java.lang.Object

Version:

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

Author:

caron

Constructor Summary

UnidataObsDatasetHelper()

Method Summary

static Dimension	findDimension(NetcdfFile ds, java.lang.String name)
static Variable	findVariable(NetcdfDataset ds, java.lang.String name)
static LatLonRect	getBoundingBox(NetcdfDataset ds)
static Variable	getCoordinate(NetcdfDataset ds, AxisType a) Tries to find the coordinate variable of the specified type.
static java.util.Date	getEndDate(NetcdfDataset ds)
static java.util.Date	getStartDate(NetcdfDataset ds)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

UnidataObsDatasetHelper

public UnidataObsDatasetHelper()

Method Detail

getStartDate

public static java.util.Date getStartDate(NetcdfDataset ds)

getEndDate

public static java.util.Date getEndDate(NetcdfDataset ds)

getBoundingBox

public static LatLonRect getBoundingBox(NetcdfDataset ds)

getCoordinate

public static Variable getCoordinate(NetcdfDataset ds,
                                     AxisType a)

Tries to find the coordinate variable of the specified type.

Parameters:

ds - look in this dataset

a - AxisType.LAT, LON, HEIGHT, or TIME

Returns:

coordinate variable, or null if not found.

findVariable

public static Variable findVariable(NetcdfDataset ds,
                                    java.lang.String name)

findDimension

public static Dimension findDimension(NetcdfFile ds,
                                      java.lang.String name)