ucar.nc2.thredds
Class MetadataExtractor

java.lang.Object
  ucar.nc2.thredds.MetadataExtractor

public class MetadataExtractor
extends java.lang.Object

Extract THREDDS metadata from the underlying CDM dataset.

Version:

$Revision:63 $ $Date:2006-07-12 21:50:51Z $

Author:

caron

Constructor Summary

MetadataExtractor()

Method Summary

static DateRange	extractDateRange(GridDataset gridDataset)
static ThreddsMetadata.GeospatialCoverage	extractGeospatial(GridDataset gridDataset)
static ThreddsMetadata.GeospatialCoverage	extractGeospatial(InvDatasetImpl threddsDataset) Extract the lat/lon/alt bounding boxes from the dataset.
static ThreddsMetadata.Variables	extractVariables(InvDatasetImpl threddsDataset) Extract a list of data variables (and their canonical names if possible) from the dataset.
static ThreddsMetadata.Variables	extractVariables(InvDatasetImpl threddsDataset, GridDataset gridDataset)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MetadataExtractor

public MetadataExtractor()

Method Detail

extractGeospatial

public static ThreddsMetadata.GeospatialCoverage extractGeospatial(InvDatasetImpl threddsDataset)
                                                            throws java.io.IOException

Extract the lat/lon/alt bounding boxes from the dataset.

Parameters:

threddsDataset - open this dataset

Returns:

ThreddsMetadata.GeospatialCoverage, or null if unable.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

extractGeospatial

public static ThreddsMetadata.GeospatialCoverage extractGeospatial(GridDataset gridDataset)

extractVariables

public static ThreddsMetadata.Variables extractVariables(InvDatasetImpl threddsDataset)
                                                  throws java.io.IOException

Extract a list of data variables (and their canonical names if possible) from the dataset.

Parameters:

threddsDataset - open this dataset

Returns:

ThreddsMetadata.Variables, or null if unable.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

extractVariables

public static ThreddsMetadata.Variables extractVariables(InvDatasetImpl threddsDataset,
                                                         GridDataset gridDataset)

extractDateRange

public static DateRange extractDateRange(GridDataset gridDataset)