ucar.nc2.iosp.grads
Class GradsTimeDimension

java.lang.Object
  ucar.nc2.iosp.grads.GradsDimension
      ucar.nc2.iosp.grads.GradsTimeDimension

public class GradsTimeDimension
extends GradsDimension

Class to hold the complexities of the GrADS time dimension

Author:

Don Murray - CU/CIRES

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class ucar.nc2.iosp.grads.GradsDimension

LEVELS, LINEAR

Constructor Summary

GradsTimeDimension(String name, int size, String mapping)
Create new GradsTimeDimension

Method Summary

static boolean	hasTimeTemplate(String template) Does this file definition have a time template in it?
protected double[]	makeLevelValues() Make the level values from the specifications
GradsTimeStruct	makeTimeStruct(int timeIndex) Make a time struct from the index.
String	replaceFileTemplate(String filespec, int timeIndex) Replace the time template parameters in a filename

Methods inherited from class ucar.nc2.iosp.grads.GradsDimension

addLevel, getLevels, getName, getSize, getType, getUnit, getValues, setUnit, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

GradsTimeDimension

public GradsTimeDimension(String name,
                          int size,
                          String mapping)

Create new GradsTimeDimension

Parameters:

name - the dimension name

size - the dimension size

mapping - the dimension mapping type

Method Detail

makeLevelValues

protected double[] makeLevelValues()

Make the level values from the specifications

Overrides:

makeLevelValues in class GradsDimension

Returns:

the level values

makeTimeStruct

public GradsTimeStruct makeTimeStruct(int timeIndex)

Make a time struct from the index.

Parameters:

timeIndex - the time value index

Returns:

the corresponding TimeStruct

replaceFileTemplate

public String replaceFileTemplate(String filespec,
                                  int timeIndex)

Replace the time template parameters in a filename

Parameters:

filespec - the file template

timeIndex - the time index

Returns:

the filled in template

See Also:

"http://www.iges.org/grads/gadoc/templates.html"

hasTimeTemplate

public static boolean hasTimeTemplate(String template)

Does this file definition have a time template in it?

Parameters:

template - the file template

Returns:

true if it does