Package ucar.nc2.dataset

Class CoordinateAxis

java.lang.Object

ucar.nc2.CDMNode

ucar.nc2.Variable

ucar.nc2.dataset.VariableDS

ucar.nc2.dataset.CoordinateAxis

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable<VariableSimpleIF>, Iterable<Attribute>, IsMissingEvaluator, AttributeContainer, Enhancements, EnhanceScaleMissingUnsigned, VariableEnhanced, ProxyReader, VariableSimpleIF

Direct Known Subclasses:

CoordinateAxis1D, CoordinateAxis2D

public class CoordinateAxis
extends VariableDS

A Coordinate Axis is a Variable that specifies one of the coordinates of a CoordinateSystem. Mathematically it is a scalar function F from index space to S:

  F:D -> S
  where D is a product set of dimensions (aka index space), and S is the set of reals (R) or Strings.
 

If its element type is char, it is considered a string-valued Coordinate Axis and rank is reduced by one, since the outermost dimension is considered the string length: v(i, j, .., strlen). If its element type is String, it is a string-valued Coordinate Axis. Otherwise it is numeric-valued, and isNumeric() is true.

The one-dimensional case F(i) -> R is the common case which affords important optimizations. In that case, use the subtype CoordinateAxis1D. The factory methods will return either a CoordinateAxis1D if the variable is one-dimensional, a CoordinateAxis2D if its 2D, or a CoordinateAxis for the general case.

A CoordinateAxis is optionally marked as georeferencing with an AxisType. It should have a units string and optionally a description string.

A Structure cannot be a CoordinateAxis, although members of Structures can.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static class	CoordinateAxis.AxisComparator	Standard sort on Coordinate Axes
static class	CoordinateAxis.Builder<T extends CoordinateAxis.Builder<T>>

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class ucar.nc2.Variable

defaultCoordsSizeToCache, defaultSizeToCache, permitCaching

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
CoordinateAxis(NetcdfDataset ds, Group group, String shortName, DataType dataType, String dims, String units, String desc)	Deprecated. Use CoordinateAxis.builder()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static CoordinateAxis.Builder<?>	builder()	Get Builder for this class that allows subclassing.
CoordinateAxis	copyNoCache()	Make a copy, with an independent cache.
boolean	equals(Object oo)	Instances which have same content are equal.
static CoordinateAxis	factory(NetcdfDataset ncd, VariableDS vds)	Deprecated. Use CoordinateAxis.fromVariableDS()
static CoordinateAxis.Builder	fromVariableDS(VariableDS.Builder<?> vdsBuilder)	Create a coordinate axis from an existing Variable.Builder.
AxisType	getAxisType()	Get type of axis
String	getBoundaryRef()	The name of this coordinate axis' boundary variable
Calendar	getCalendarFromAttribute()
void	getInfo(Formatter buf)	Get a string representation
double	getMaxValue()	The largest coordinate value.
double	getMinValue()	The smallest coordinate value.
String	getPositive()	Get the direction of increasing values, used only for vertical Axes.
String	getUnitsString()	Get the Unit String for the Variable.
int	hashCode()	Override Object.hashCode() to implement equals.
boolean	isContiguous()	If the edges are contiguous or disjoint Caution: many datasets do not explicitly specify this info, this is often a guess; default is true.
boolean	isIndependentCoordinate()
boolean	isInterval()	An interval coordinate consists of two numbers, bound1 and bound2.
boolean	isNumeric()	Does the axis have numeric values.
void	setAxisType(AxisType axisType)	Deprecated. Use CoordinateAxis.builder()
void	setBoundaryRef(String boundaryRef)	Deprecated. Use CoordinateAxis.builder()
void	setPositive(String positive)	Deprecated. Use CoordinateAxis.builder()
CoordinateAxis.Builder<?>	toBuilder()	Turn into a mutable Builder.

Methods inherited from class ucar.nc2.dataset.VariableDS

addCoordinateSystem, addEnhancement, applyScaleOffset, applyScaleOffset, clearCoordinateSystems, convert, convertMissing, convertMissing, convertUnsigned, convertUnsigned, convertUnsigned, enhance, fillValueIsMissing, getCoordinateSystems, getDatasetLocation, getDescription, getEnhanceMode, getFillValue, getMissingDataArray, getMissingValues, getNetcdfFile, getOffset, getOriginalDataType, getOriginalName, getOriginalVariable, getScaledOffsetType, getScaleFactor, getSignedness, getUnsignedConversionType, getValidMax, getValidMin, hasCachedDataRecurse, hasFillValue, hasMissing, hasMissingValue, hasScaleOffset, hasValidData, invalidDataIsMissing, isFillValue, isInvalidData, isMissing, isMissingValue, lookupEnumString, missingDataIsMissing, readToStream, reallyRead, reallyRead, removeCoordinateSystem, removeEnhancement, setCaching, setFillValueIsMissing, setInvalidDataIsMissing, setMissingDataIsMissing, setName, setOriginalVariable, setUnitsString, showScaleMissingProxy, toStringDebug

Methods inherited from class ucar.nc2.Variable

addAll, addAttribute, attributes, compareTo, createNewCache, findAttribute, findAttributeDouble, findAttributeIgnoreCase, findAttributeInteger, findAttributeString, findDimensionIndex, getAttributes, getDAPName, getDAPName, getDataType, getDimension, getDimensions, getDimensionsAll, getDimensionsString, getElementSize, getEnumTypedef, getFileTypeId, getFullName, getNameAndDimensions, getNameAndDimensions, getNameAndDimensions, getNameAndDimensions, getNameAndDimensions, getNameAndDimensions, getParentGroup, getParentGroupOrRoot, getParentStructure, getProxyReader, getRanges, getRank, getShape, getShape, getShapeAll, getShapeAsSection, getSize, getSizeToCache, getSPobject, hasCachedData, invalidateCache, isCaching, isCoordinateVariable, isEmpty, isImmutable, isMemberOfStructure, isMetadata, isScalar, isUnknownLength, isUnlimited, isVariableLength, read, read, read, read, read, readScalarByte, readScalarDouble, readScalarFloat, readScalarInt, readScalarLong, readScalarShort, readScalarString, readToByteChannel, reduce, remove, removeAttribute, removeAttributeIgnoreCase, resetDimensions, resetShape, section, section, setCachedData, setCachedData, setDataType, setDimension, setDimensions, setDimensions, setDimensionsAnonymous, setElementSize, setEnumTypedef, setImmutable, setIsScalar, setParentGroup, setProxyReader, setSizeToCache, setSPobject, setValues, setValues, slice, toString, writeCDL

Methods inherited from class ucar.nc2.CDMNode

annotate, annotation, getDODSName, getFullNameEscaped, getGroup, getImmutable, getName, getShortName, getSort, localhash, setDODSName, setParentStructure, setShortName, setSort, unwrap

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface ucar.nc2.AttributeContainer

findAttValueIgnoreCase, getName, hasAttribute, hasAttributeIgnoreCase, iterator

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Iterable

forEach, spliterator

Methods inherited from interface ucar.nc2.dataset.VariableEnhanced

getFullName, getShortName

Methods inherited from interface ucar.nc2.VariableSimpleIF

getName, getShortName

Constructor Details

CoordinateAxis

@Deprecated
public CoordinateAxis(NetcdfDataset ds,
 Group group,
 String shortName,
 DataType dataType,
 String dims,
 String units,
 String desc)

Deprecated.

Use CoordinateAxis.builder()

Constructor when theres no underlying variable. You better set the values too!

Parameters:

ds - the containing dataset.

group - the containing group; if null, use rootGroup

shortName - axis name.

dataType - data type

dims - list of dimension names

units - units of coordinates, preferably udunit compatible.

desc - long name.

Method Details

factory

@Deprecated
public static CoordinateAxis factory(NetcdfDataset ncd,
 VariableDS vds)

Deprecated.

Use CoordinateAxis.fromVariableDS()

Create a coordinate axis from an existing Variable.

Parameters:

ncd - the containing dataset

vds - an existing Variable in dataset.

Returns:

CoordinateAxis or one of its subclasses (CoordinateAxis1D, CoordinateAxis2D, or CoordinateAxis1DTime).

fromVariableDS

public static CoordinateAxis.Builder fromVariableDS(VariableDS.Builder<?> vdsBuilder)

Create a coordinate axis from an existing Variable.Builder.

Parameters:

vdsBuilder - an existing Variable in dataset.

Returns:

CoordinateAxis or one of its subclasses (CoordinateAxis1D, CoordinateAxis2D, or CoordinateAxis1DTime).

copyNoCache

public CoordinateAxis copyNoCache()

Make a copy, with an independent cache.

Returns:

copy of this CoordinateAxis

getAxisType

public AxisType getAxisType()

Get type of axis

Returns:

type of axis, or null if none.

setAxisType

@Deprecated
public void setAxisType(AxisType axisType)

Deprecated.

Use CoordinateAxis.builder()

Set type of axis, or null if none. Default is none.

Parameters:

axisType - set to this value

getUnitsString

public String getUnitsString()

Description copied from class: Variable

Get the Unit String for the Variable. Looks for the CDM.UNITS attribute value

Specified by:

getUnitsString in interface Enhancements

Specified by:

getUnitsString in interface VariableSimpleIF

Overrides:

getUnitsString in class VariableDS

Returns:

unit string, or null if not found.

isNumeric

public boolean isNumeric()

Does the axis have numeric values.

Returns:

true if the CoordAxis is numeric, false if its string valued ("nominal").

isContiguous

public boolean isContiguous()

If the edges are contiguous or disjoint Caution: many datasets do not explicitly specify this info, this is often a guess; default is true.

Returns:

true if the edges are contiguous or false if disjoint. Assumed true unless set otherwise.

isInterval

public boolean isInterval()

An interval coordinate consists of two numbers, bound1 and bound2. The coordinate value must lie between them, but otherwise is somewhat arbitrary. If not interval, then it has one number, the coordinate value.

Returns:

true if its an interval coordinate.

isIndependentCoordinate

public boolean isIndependentCoordinate()

getPositive

public String getPositive()

Get the direction of increasing values, used only for vertical Axes.

Returns:

POSITIVE_UP, POSITIVE_DOWN, or null if unknown.

setPositive

@Deprecated
public void setPositive(String positive)

Deprecated.

Use CoordinateAxis.builder()

Set the direction of increasing values, used only for vertical Axes.

Parameters:

positive - POSITIVE_UP, POSITIVE_DOWN, or null if you dont know..

getBoundaryRef

public String getBoundaryRef()

The name of this coordinate axis' boundary variable

Returns:

the name of this coordinate axis' boundary variable, or null if none.

setBoundaryRef

@Deprecated
public void setBoundaryRef(String boundaryRef)

Deprecated.

Use CoordinateAxis.builder()

Set a reference to a boundary variable.

Parameters:

boundaryRef - the name of a boundary coordinate variable in the same dataset.

getMinValue

public double getMinValue()

The smallest coordinate value. Only call if isNumeric.

Returns:

the minimum coordinate value

getMaxValue

public double getMaxValue()

The largest coordinate value. Only call if isNumeric.

Returns:

the maximum coordinate value

getInfo

public void getInfo(Formatter buf)

Get a string representation

Parameters:

buf - place info here

equals

public boolean equals(Object oo)

Instances which have same content are equal.

Overrides:

equals in class Variable

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Override Object.hashCode() to implement equals.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Variable

getCalendarFromAttribute

public Calendar getCalendarFromAttribute()

toBuilder

public CoordinateAxis.Builder<?> toBuilder()

Description copied from class: Variable

Turn into a mutable Builder. Can use toBuilder().build() to copy.

Overrides:

toBuilder in class VariableDS

builder

public static CoordinateAxis.Builder<?> builder()

Get Builder for this class that allows subclassing.

See Also:

• "https://community.oracle.com/blogs/emcmanus/2010/10/24/using-builder-pattern-subclasses"