Package ucar.nc2.ft

Interface ProfileFeature

All Superinterfaces:

DsgFeatureCollection, Iterable<PointFeature>, PointFeatureCollection

All Known Implementing Classes:

ProfileFeatureImpl

public interface ProfileFeature
extends PointFeatureCollection, Iterable<PointFeature>

A set of observations along the vertical (z) axis. A profile has a nominal lat/lon and time. Actual time may be constant, or vary with z. The z coordinates are monotonic, and may be increasing or decreasing.

Since:

Feb 8, 2008

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
StructureData	getFeatureData()	The data associated with the profile feature.
LatLonPoint	getLatLon()	Nominal location of this profile
CalendarDate	getTime()	Nominal time of the profile
int	size()	The number of points along the z axis.

Methods inherited from interface ucar.nc2.ft.DsgFeatureCollection

getAltName, getAltUnits, getBoundingBox, getCalendarDateRange, getCollectionFeatureType, getCoordinateVariables, getExtraVariables, getName, getTimeName, getTimeUnit

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Iterable

forEach, iterator, spliterator

Methods inherited from interface ucar.nc2.ft.PointFeatureCollection

finish, getPointFeatureIterator, hasNext, next, resetIteration, subset

Method Detail

getLatLon

@Nonnull
LatLonPoint getLatLon()

Nominal location of this profile

getTime

@Nonnull
CalendarDate getTime()

Nominal time of the profile

size

int size()

The number of points along the z axis. May not be known until after iterating through the collection.

Specified by:

size in interface DsgFeatureCollection

Returns:

number of points along the z axis, or -1 if not known.

getFeatureData

@Nonnull
StructureData getFeatureData()
                      throws IOException

The data associated with the profile feature.

Returns:

the actual data of this profile. may be empty, not null.

Throws:

IOException