visad.data.dods
Class StringVariableAdapter

java.lang.Object
  visad.data.dods.Adapter
      visad.data.dods.VariableAdapter
          visad.data.dods.StringVariableAdapter

public class StringVariableAdapter

extends VariableAdapter

Provides support for adapting DODS DString variables to the VisAD data-import context.

Instances are immutable.

Method Summary

DataImpl	data(DString var, boolean copy) Returns the VisAD DataImpl corresponding to a DODS DString.
MathType	getMathType() Returns the VisAD MathType of this instance.
static StringVariableAdapter	stringVariableAdapter(DString var, DAS das) Returns an instance of this class corresponding to a DODS DString.

Methods inherited from class visad.data.dods.VariableAdapter

data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, getRepresentationalSets, mathType

Methods inherited from class visad.data.dods.Adapter

attributeTable, attributeTable, getCacheStrategy, isFlat, mathType, realType, realType, realType, realType, scalarName

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

stringVariableAdapter

public static StringVariableAdapter stringVariableAdapter(DString var,
                                                          DAS das)
                                                   throws VisADException

Returns an instance of this class corresponding to a DODS DString.

Parameters:

var - The DODS variable. Only the DODS metadata is used: the variable needn't have any actual data.

das - The DODS DAS in which the attribute table for the DODS variable is embedded.

Returns:

An instance of this class corresponding to the input arguments.

Throws:

VisADException - VisAD failure.

getMathType

public MathType getMathType()

Returns the VisAD MathType of this instance.

Specified by:

getMathType in class VariableAdapter

Returns:

The MathType of this instance.

data

public DataImpl data(DString var,
                     boolean copy)
              throws VisADException

Returns the VisAD DataImpl corresponding to a DODS DString.

Overrides:

data in class VariableAdapter

Parameters:

var - The DODS variable to have the corresponding VisAD data object returned. The variable must be compatible with the variable used to construct this instance.

copy - If true, then data values are copied.

Returns:

The VisAD data object of this instance. The class of the object will be Text. The VisAD MathType of the data object will be based on the DODS variable used during construction of this instance.

Throws:

VisADException - VisAD failure. Possibly the variable wasn't compatible with the variable used to construct this instance.