Re: [netcdf-java] Write files with 64-bit long data types

  • To: Aaron Braeckel <braeckel@xxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: [netcdf-java] Write files with 64-bit long data types
  • From: Hanns Holger Rutz <rutz@xxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2017 19:41:58 +0200
hello aaron,

thanks for this project link, I will check it out. I guess the API is
not identical, though? Can I use `ma2.Array` and things like that?

best, .h.h.


On 30/06/17 19:36, Aaron Braeckel wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> a pure-Java library exists for writing netCDF 4 and HDF
> 5: https://github.com/NCAR/nujan.  We've not put much time into this
> recently and the JNI/native alternative will have a lot more options and
> features, but Nujan may be another option for you to consider.  
> 
> Aaron
> 
> On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 11:29 AM, Hanns Holger Rutz <rutz@xxxxxx
> <mailto:rutz@xxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     I see -- and it's not possible to draw them in as standard Maven
>     dependencies for the correct platforms? I think this works with other
>     Java-C-bridging libraries such as OpenCV, for example:
> 
>     http://search.maven.org/#search%7Cga%7C1%7Copencv
>     <http://search.maven.org/#search%7Cga%7C1%7Copencv>
> 
>     you have there linux-armhf.jar, linux-x86.jar,  linux-x86_64.jar,
>     macosx-x86_64.jar, windows-x86.jar etc.
> 
>     would it be possible to do that with NetCDF as well?
> 
>     best, .h.h.
> 
> 
>     On 30/06/17 19:10, Sean Arms wrote:
>     > Greetings!
>     >
>     > Currently, the only way to write netCDF-4 files is through the C
>     interface:
>     >
>     >
>     
> https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/thredds/current/netcdf-java/reference/netcdf4Clibrary.html
>     
> <https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/thredds/current/netcdf-java/reference/netcdf4Clibrary.html>
>     >
>     > As it stands, there isn't a pure implementation of HDF5 outside of the
>     > C library, so pretty much everyone who writes netCDF needs to go
>     > through the C library.
>     >
>     > Sean
>     >
>     >
>     > On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 9:55 AM, Hanns Holger Rutz <rutz@xxxxxx
>     <mailto:rutz@xxxxxx>> wrote:
>     >> p.s. I use
>     >>
>     >>     "edu.ucar" % "netcdf4" % "4.6.10"
>     >>
>     >> as library. perhaps I need to change this or use a different one?
>     >>
>     >>
>     >> On 30/06/17 17:51, Hanns Holger Rutz wrote:
>     >>> hi,
>     >>>
>     >>> so far I have used this
>     >>>
>     >>>     nc2.NetcdfFileWriter.createNew(Version.netcdf3, location, null)
>     >>>
>     >>> this creates files with this type of header:
>     >>>
>     >>> 00000000  43 44 46 01 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 04
>     >>> |CDF.............|
>     >>> 00000010  00 00 00 04 54 69 6d 65  00 00 00 b4 00 00 00 09
>     >>> |....Time........|
>     >>> 00000020  4c 6f 6e 67 69 74 75 64  65 00 00 00 00 00 00 0c
>     >>> |Longitude.......|
>     >>> 00000030  00 00 00 08 4c 61 74 69  74 75 64 65 00 00 00 24
>     >>> |....Latitude...$|
>     >>> 00000040
>     >>>
>     >>> now I have a problem where I have to include 64-bit long values, and
>     >>> this seems to be unsupported: "long not support in netcdf-3"
>     >>>
>     >>> So I tried chaing  this to
>     >>>
>     >>>     nc2.NetcdfFileWriter.createNew(Version.netcdf4, location, null)
>     >>>
>     >>> now this gives me error that it wants to use C (???) libraries:
>     >>>
>     >>>     Nc4Iosp: NetCDF-4 C library not present
>     (jna_path='/usr/local/lib/',
>     >>> libname='netcdf').
>     >>>
>     >>> What should I do? I need a solution that is cross-platform with
>     >>> libraries pulled from a maven repository, no matter whether user
>     runs
>     >>> Linux, Windows, Mac.
>     >>>
>     >>> Can I get a pure Java solution that supports 64-bit long? How?
>     >>>
>     >>> thanks, .h.h.
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >>>
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