ucar.unidata.data.radar

Interface RadarAdapter

All Superinterfaces:

RadarConstants

All Known Implementing Classes:

CDMRadarAdapter, DoradeAdapter, Level2Adapter, NetcdfSweepfileAdapter

public interface RadarAdapter
extends RadarConstants

A data adapter for radar data.

Version:

$Revision: 1.10 $

Author:

IDV Development Team @ ATD

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static visad.RealType	AZIMUTH_ANGLE_TYPE RealType for Azimuth angle
static visad.RealType	AZIMUTH_TYPE RealType for Azimuth
static visad.RealType	ELEVATION_ANGLE_TYPE RealType for Elevation angle
static visad.RealType	RANGE_TYPE RealType for Range

Fields inherited from interface ucar.unidata.data.radar.RadarConstants

AZIMUTH, AZIMUTH_ANGLE, ELEVATION_ANGLE, PROP_2DOR3D, PROP_ANGLE, PROP_ANGLES, PROP_AZIMUTH, PROP_AZIMUTHS, PROP_CAPPI_LEVEL, PROP_CAPPI_LEVELS, PROP_TIMEHEIGHT, PROP_VCS, PROP_VCS_END, PROP_VCS_START, PROP_VOLUMEORSWEEP, PROP_VWP, RADAR_MOST_RECENT, RADIAL_VELOCITY_NAME, RANGE, REFLECTIVITY, REFLECTIVITY_NAME, SPECTRUM_WIDTH, SPECTRUM_WIDTH_NAME, STATION_LOCATION, VALUE_2D, VALUE_3D, VALUE_SWEEP, VALUE_VOLUME, VELOCITY

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	clearCachedData() This is the hook to clear any cached data this adapter may be holding.
void	doRemove() Clean up whatever we need to when we are removed.
visad.DateTime	getBaseTime() Get the base time for this sweep
visad.DataImpl	getData(DataChoice dataChoice, DataSelection subset, java.util.Hashtable requestProperties) Get the data for the given DataChoice and selection criteria.
java.lang.String	getName() Return the name of this adapter

Field Detail

AZIMUTH_TYPE

static final visad.RealType AZIMUTH_TYPE

RealType for Azimuth

RANGE_TYPE

static final visad.RealType RANGE_TYPE

RealType for Range

ELEVATION_ANGLE_TYPE

static final visad.RealType ELEVATION_ANGLE_TYPE

RealType for Elevation angle

AZIMUTH_ANGLE_TYPE

static final visad.RealType AZIMUTH_ANGLE_TYPE

RealType for Azimuth angle

Method Detail

getData

visad.DataImpl getData(DataChoice dataChoice,
                       DataSelection subset,
                       java.util.Hashtable requestProperties)
                throws visad.VisADException,
                       java.rmi.RemoteException

Get the data for the given DataChoice and selection criteria.

Parameters:

dataChoice - DataChoice for selection

subset - subsetting criteria

requestProperties - extra request properties

Returns:

the Data object for the request

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException - couldn't create a remote data object

visad.VisADException - couldn't create the data

getBaseTime

visad.DateTime getBaseTime()

Get the base time for this sweep

Returns:

time of sweep

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Return the name of this adapter

Returns:

name

clearCachedData

void clearCachedData()

This is the hook to clear any cached data this adapter may be holding. It gets called by the RadarDataSource

doRemove

void doRemove()

Clean up whatever we need to when we are removed.