ucar.nc2

Interface VariableSimpleIF

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<VariableSimpleIF>

All Known Implementing Classes:

CoordinateAxis, CoordinateAxis1D, CoordinateAxis1DTime, CoordinateAxis2D, Sequence, Structure, StructureDS, StructurePseudo2Dim, StructurePseudoDS, Variable, VariableDS

public interface VariableSimpleIF
extends Comparable<VariableSimpleIF>

A lightweight abstraction of a Variable.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
AttributeContainer	attributes() Attributes for the variable.
DataType	getDataType() Variable's data type
String	getDescription() description of the Variable
List<Dimension>	getDimensions() Dimension List.
String	getFullName() full, backslash escaped name of the data Variable
int	getRank() Variable rank
int[]	getShape() Variable shape
String	getShortName() short name of the data Variable
String	getUnitsString() Units of the Variable.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

attributes

AttributeContainer attributes()

Attributes for the variable.

getDataType

DataType getDataType()

Variable's data type

Returns:

Variable's data type

getDescription

String getDescription()

description of the Variable

Returns:

description of the Variable, or null if none.

getDimensions

List<Dimension> getDimensions()

Dimension List. empty for a scalar variable.

Returns:

List of ucar.nc2.Dimension, ImmutableList in ver6

getFullName

String getFullName()

full, backslash escaped name of the data Variable

Returns:

full, backslash escaped name of the data Variable

getRank

int getRank()

Variable rank

Returns:

Variable rank

getShape

int[] getShape()

Variable shape

Returns:

Variable shape

getShortName

String getShortName()

short name of the data Variable

Returns:

short name of the data Variable

getUnitsString

String getUnitsString()

Units of the Variable. These should be udunits compatible if possible

Returns:

Units of the Variable, or null if none.