visad.data.dods

Class ContainerAttributeAdapter

java.lang.Object

visad.data.dods.Adapter

visad.data.dods.AttributeAdapter

visad.data.dods.ContainerAttributeAdapter

public class ContainerAttributeAdapter
extends AttributeAdapter

Provides support for adapting a DODS Attribute.CONTAINER attribute to the VisAD data-import context. A container attribute is, basically, an inner-level attribute table.

Instances are immutable.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ContainerAttributeAdapter(java.lang.String name, dods.dap.Attribute attr, AttributeAdapterFactory factory) Constructs from a name, an appropriate attribute, and a factory for creating adapters for DODS variables.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
DataImpl	data(boolean copy) Returns the VisAD data object corresponding to this instance.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ContainerAttributeAdapter

public ContainerAttributeAdapter(java.lang.String name,
                                 dods.dap.Attribute attr,
                                 AttributeAdapterFactory factory)
                          throws VisADException,
                                 java.rmi.RemoteException

Constructs from a name, an appropriate attribute, and a factory for creating adapters for DODS variables.

Parameters:

name - The name of the attribute.

attr - The attribute. Must have the appropriate type.

factory - A factor for creating adapters for DODS variables.

Throws:

VisADException - VisAD failure. Probably the attribute has an inappropriate type.

java.rmi.RemoteException - Java RMI failure.

Method Detail

data

public DataImpl data(boolean copy)

Returns the VisAD data object corresponding to this instance.

Specified by:

data in class AttributeAdapter

Parameters:

copy - If true, then a copy of the data object is returned.

Returns:

The VisAD data object corresponding to this instance.