Package ucar.nc2.iosp.mcidas

Class AreaReader

java.lang.Object

ucar.nc2.iosp.mcidas.AreaReader

public class AreaReader
extends Object

Class to read an AREA file and create a netCDF data structure from it.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AreaReader()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	init(String location, NetcdfFile ncfile)	initialize; note that the file is reopened here
static boolean	isValidFile(RandomAccessFile raf)	Check to see if this is a valid AREA file.
Array	readVariable(Variable v2, Section section)	Read the values for a variable
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AreaReader

public AreaReader()

Method Detail

init

public boolean init(String location,
                    NetcdfFile ncfile)
             throws ucar.mcidas.AreaFileException

initialize; note that the file is reopened here

Parameters:

location - the AREA file to open

ncfile - the netCDF file to fill out

Returns:

true if successful

Throws:

ucar.mcidas.AreaFileException - problem opening the area file

isValidFile

public static boolean isValidFile(RandomAccessFile raf)

Check to see if this is a valid AREA file.

Parameters:

raf - the file in question

Returns:

true if it is an AREA file.

readVariable

public Array readVariable(Variable v2,
                          Section section)
                   throws IOException,
                          InvalidRangeException

Read the values for a variable

Parameters:

v2 - the variable

section - the section info (time,x,y range);

Returns:

the data

Throws:

IOException - problem reading file

InvalidRangeException - range doesn't match data

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object