[netcdf-java] Array.factory and Strings

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• Subject: [netcdf-java] Array.factory and Strings
• From: Bob Simons - NOAA Federal <bob.simons@xxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 11:51:49 -0700

Using netcdfAll-4.6.6.jar :

I expected that I could use Array.factory(java.lang.Object javaArray) like
this
  String tsar[] = new String[]{author};
  Array oneAuthorArray = Array.factory(tsar);
to create an ArrayString.D1
but that fails with
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
        at ucar.ma2.Array.reflectArrayCopyIn(Array.java:259)
        at ucar.ma2.Array.reflectArrayCopyIn(Array.java:263)
        at ucar.ma2.Array.factory(Array.java:252)
        at [my code on the second line above]
Shouldn't that work?
(The JavaDoc for that Array.factory method does say "LOOK: not sure this
works for reference types.")
Is that a bug?
Can you please make Array.factory work with a String[]?

I can use
  ArrayString.D1 oneAuthorArray = new ArrayString.D1(1);
  oneAuthorArray.set(0, author);
So I have a solution for now.

Thank you for looking into this.
Best wishes.

-- 
Sincerely,

Bob Simons
IT Specialist
Environmental Research Division
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
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