uk.ac.bristol.star.cdf

Class CdfContent

java.lang.Object

uk.ac.bristol.star.cdf.CdfContent

public class CdfContent
extends java.lang.Object

Provides all the data and metadata in a CDF file in a high-level read-only easy to use form.

Since:

20 Jun 2013

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CdfContent(CdfReader crdr) Constructs a CdfContent from a CdfReader.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
CdfInfo	getCdfInfo() Returns some global information about the CDF file.
GlobalAttribute[]	getGlobalAttributes() Returns the global attributes.
VariableAttribute[]	getVariableAttributes() Returns the variable attributes.
Variable[]	getVariables() Returns the variables.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CdfContent

public CdfContent(CdfReader crdr)
           throws java.io.IOException

Constructs a CdfContent from a CdfReader. This reads the attribute metadata and entries and variable metadata. Record data for variables is not read at construction time.

Parameters:

crdr - object which knows how to read CDF records

Throws:

java.io.IOException

Method Detail

getGlobalAttributes

public GlobalAttribute[] getGlobalAttributes()

Returns the global attributes.

Returns:

global attribute array, in order

getVariableAttributes

public VariableAttribute[] getVariableAttributes()

Returns the variable attributes.

Returns:

variable attribute array, in order

getVariables

public Variable[] getVariables()

Returns the variables.

Returns:

variable array, in order

getCdfInfo

public CdfInfo getCdfInfo()

Returns some global information about the CDF file.

Returns:

CDF info