001    /*
002     * $Id: MultiDimensionReader.java,v 1.9 2012/02/19 17:35:41 davep Exp $
003     *
004     * This file is part of McIDAS-V
005     *
006     * Copyright 2007-2012
007     * Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC)
008     * University of Wisconsin - Madison
009     * 1225 W. Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53706, USA
010     * https://www.ssec.wisc.edu/mcidas
011     * 
012     * All Rights Reserved
013     * 
014     * McIDAS-V is built on Unidata's IDV and SSEC's VisAD libraries, and
015     * some McIDAS-V source code is based on IDV and VisAD source code.  
016     * 
017     * McIDAS-V is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
018     * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by
019     * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
020     * (at your option) any later version.
021     * 
022     * McIDAS-V is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
023     * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
024     * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
025     * GNU Lesser Public License for more details.
026     * 
027     * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser Public License
028     * along with this program.  If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses.
029     */
030    
031    package edu.wisc.ssec.mcidasv.data.hydra;
032    
033    import java.lang.Class;
034    
035    public interface MultiDimensionReader {
036    
037      public float[] getFloatArray(String name, int[] start, int[] count, int[] stride) throws Exception;
038      public double[] getDoubleArray(String name, int[] start, int[] count, int[] stride) throws Exception;
039      public int[] getIntArray(String name, int[] start, int[] count, int[] stride) throws Exception;
040      public short[] getShortArray(String name, int[] start, int[] count, int[] stride) throws Exception;
041      public byte[] getByteArray(String name, int[] start, int[] count, int[] stride) throws Exception;
042    
043      public Object getArray(String name, int[] start, int[] count, int[] stride) throws Exception;
044    
045      public Class getArrayType(String name);
046    
047      public String[] getDimensionNames(String arrayName);
048    
049      public int[] getDimensionLengths(String arrayName);
050    
051      public HDFArray getGlobalAttribute(String attrName) throws Exception;
052    
053      public HDFArray getArrayAttribute(String arrayName, String attrName) throws Exception;
054    
055      public void close() throws Exception;
056    }