20030430:Compiling IDV "make javadocs"

> > To: address@hidden
> > From: John McCormick <mccormik@localhost.localdomain>
> > Organization: SAIC
> > Keywords: 200304301733.h3UHXM7U026539 IDV source build

John-

> I'm in the process of "getting acquainted" with the "internal activity" o=
> f IDV=20
> so that I may be able to better come up with a "potential converter" for=20
> establishing (in addition) to the IDV system for reading the "mio3" and=20
> "ioapi" files that EPA has (which IDV does not "accommodate" (or read) in=
>  a=20
> way that may be graphed ....  =20

Okay.

> And in the "long run" my aim is to know what IDV "likes to have"=20
> (information-wise) handed to it and what format or variablenames... That =
> way,=20
> I'll be able to look at an "m3io" file (say), and say ...."Oh,... this nu=
> mber=20
> goes here and this array can go there".... Knowing this information will=20
> enable me to write a java program to get the tech. information from these=
> =20
> other files to where they're supposed to go.... I really don't have (or k=
> now)=20
> of any "internal" documentation available that describes this "input" lay=
> out=20
> (so to speak) that is handed to IDV from various types of files (includin=
> g=20
> RADAR, GRIDDED and POINT DATA files)... I guess you'd say that I have a=20
> theory that all of these different types of files are re-arranged into a=20
> "common" format that IDV "likes" ..... Is that a valid assumption??? um..=
> =2E.=20
> (thinking)..................

Yes.  In the end, you need to create a VisAD Data object of some
form that the IDV likes.  There is preliminary developer documentation
in the metapps/ucar/unidata/apps/example/docs/index.html file of
the source distribution.  This still needs a lot of work, but might
give you enough of the basics.

> Anyhow, about the compile log.........................
>
> I have attempted to manually compile your IDV system from the makefile=20
> (filename=3D "Makefile")...=20

Don't use "make", use Ant instead as per my earlier message.  Also,
the latest (with the paragraph about needing Java and Java 3D included)
can now be found at:

http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/IDV/docs/UserGuide/IDV_sourcebuild.html

It also says "don't use make". ;-)

With Ant, you can run "ant javadoc" which will put the javadocs in
the metapps/doc directory.

> I noticed that I've been getting quite a bit of error messages because of=
>  the=20
> compile (Makefile) not finding the following directory:=20
>                    "dods.dap"
>
> I'm not sure what I should do in that case but I noticed that many of the=
> =20
> programs (.java) that it's looking for are in "dods" (rather than=20
> "dods.dap")..
>
> I thought I'd run that by you for your comments .....=20

Use Ant.  We no longer support make.

Don
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