ucar.nc2.iosp.bufr

Class BufrIndicatorSection

java.lang.Object

ucar.nc2.iosp.bufr.BufrIndicatorSection

@Immutable
public class BufrIndicatorSection
extends java.lang.Object

A class representing the IndicatorSection (section 0) of a BUFR record. Handles editions 2,3,4.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BufrIndicatorSection(RandomAccessFile raf) Constructs a BufrIndicatorSection object from a raf.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	getBufrEdition() Get the edition of the BUFR specification used.
int	getBufrLength() Get the byte length of this BUFR record.
long	getStartPos() Get starting position in the file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BufrIndicatorSection

public BufrIndicatorSection(RandomAccessFile raf)
                     throws java.io.IOException

Constructs a BufrIndicatorSection object from a raf.

Parameters:

raf - RandomAccessFile with IndicatorSection content

Throws:

java.io.IOException - on read error

Method Detail

getBufrLength

public final int getBufrLength()

Get the byte length of this BUFR record.

Returns:

length in bytes of BUFR record

getBufrEdition

public final int getBufrEdition()

Get the edition of the BUFR specification used.

Returns:

edition number of BUFR specification

getStartPos

public final long getStartPos()

Get starting position in the file. This should point to the "BUFR" chars .

Returns:

byte offset in file of start of BUFR meessage.