ucar.nc2
Interface VariableSimpleIF

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.Comparable

All Known Subinterfaces:

RadialDatasetSweep.RadialVariable, VariableEnhanced

All Known Implementing Classes:

AddeVariable, CoordinateAxis, CoordinateAxis1D, CoordinateAxis1DTime, CoordinateAxis2D, RadialDatasetSweepAdapter.MyRadialVariableAdapter, StructureDS, VariableDS, VariableSimpleAdapter

public interface VariableSimpleIF
extends java.lang.Comparable

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

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)
java.util.List<Attribute>	getAttributes() Attributes for the variable.
DataType	getDataType()
java.lang.String	getDescription()
java.util.List<Dimension>	getDimensions()
java.lang.String	getName()
int	getRank()
int[]	getShape()
java.lang.String	getShortName()
java.lang.String	getUnitsString()

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Returns:

full name of the data Variable

getShortName

java.lang.String getShortName()

Returns:

short name of the data Variable

getDescription

java.lang.String getDescription()

Returns:

Text description of the Variable

getUnitsString

java.lang.String getUnitsString()

getRank

int getRank()

Returns:

Variable rank

getShape

int[] getShape()

Returns:

Variable shape

getDimensions

java.util.List<Dimension> getDimensions()

Returns:

List of ucar.nc2.Dimension

getDataType

DataType getDataType()

Returns:

Variable's data type

getAttributes

java.util.List<Attribute> getAttributes()

Attributes for the variable.

Returns:

List of type ucar.nc2.Attribute

findAttributeIgnoreCase

Attribute findAttributeIgnoreCase(java.lang.String name)

Parameters:

name - attribute name

Returns:

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)