visad.data.dods

Class UnknownAttributeAdapter

java.lang.Object

visad.data.dods.Adapter

visad.data.dods.AttributeAdapter

visad.data.dods.UnknownAttributeAdapter

public class UnknownAttributeAdapter
extends AttributeAdapter

Provides support for adapting a DODS Attribute.UNKNOWN attribute to the VisAD data-import context.

Instances are immutable.

Author:

Steven R. Emmerson

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
DataImpl	data(boolean copy) Returns null.
static UnknownAttributeAdapter	unknownAttributeAdapter(String name, dods.dap.Attribute attr) Returns an instance of this class corresponding to a name and appropriate attribute.

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

unknownAttributeAdapter

public static UnknownAttributeAdapter unknownAttributeAdapter(String name,
                                                              dods.dap.Attribute attr)

Returns an instance of this class corresponding to a name and appropriate attribute.

Parameters:

name - The name of the attribute.

attr - The attribute. Must have the appropriate type.

data

public DataImpl data(boolean copy)

Returns null.

Specified by:

data in class AttributeAdapter

Parameters:

copy - If true, then the data values are copied.

Returns:

null.