ucar.nc2

Interface VariableSimpleIF

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<VariableSimpleIF>

All Known Subinterfaces:

RadialDatasetSweep.RadialVariable

All Known Implementing Classes:

CoordinateAxis, CoordinateAxis1D, CoordinateAxis1DTime, CoordinateAxis2D, Coverage, Sequence, SequenceDS, SimpleGeometryFeature, Structure, StructureDS, StructurePseudo2Dim, StructurePseudoDS, Variable, VariableDS

public interface VariableSimpleIF
extends Comparable<VariableSimpleIF>

A lightweight abstraction of an immutable Variable.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
AttributeContainer	attributes() Attributes for the variable.
ArrayType	getArrayType() Variable's array type
DataType	getDataType() Deprecated. use getArrayType
String	getDescription() description of the Variable, or null if none.
com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList<Dimension>	getDimensions() Dimension List.
String	getFullName() full, backslash escaped name of the data Variable
int	getRank() Variable rank
int[]	getShape() Variable shape
String	getShortName() short name of the data Variable
String	getUnitsString() Units of the Variable, or null if none.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

getFullName

String getFullName()

full, backslash escaped name of the data Variable

getShortName

String getShortName()

short name of the data Variable

getDescription

@Nullable
String getDescription()

description of the Variable, or null if none.

getUnitsString

@Nullable
String getUnitsString()

Units of the Variable, or null if none.

getRank

int getRank()

Variable rank

getShape

int[] getShape()

Variable shape

getDimensions

com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList<Dimension> getDimensions()

Dimension List. empty for a scalar variable.

getDataType

@Deprecated
DataType getDataType()

Deprecated. use getArrayType

Variable's data type.

getArrayType

ArrayType getArrayType()

Variable's array type

attributes

AttributeContainer attributes()

Attributes for the variable.