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[IDV #FKX-127756]: Error opening IO/API MCIP file

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  • Subject: [IDV #FKX-127756]: Error opening IO/API MCIP file
  • Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:04:15 -0600
Hi Neil-

Sorry for the delay in responding.  

The MCIO convention parser was written by a 3rd party and apparently
doesn't support all the versions of these files.  If you can send
me a sample file, I can take a look.

Don Murray

> Full Name: Neil Davis
> Email Address: address@hidden
> Organization: Institute for the Environment - UNC Chapel Hill
> Package Version: 2.5 build date:2008-05-08 07:05 UTC
> Operating System: Linux
> Hardware: Java: home: /home/drunkndog5/IDV_2.5/jre version: 1.5.0_11 j3d:1.3.1
> Description of problem: I am trying to open a METCRO2D MCIP file which is an 
> IO/API netCDF file, and I get the following error.
> 
> I am running IDV on Ubuntu Linux 8.04 with Sun Java 5 installed.
> 
> The Error is included below.
> 
> There was an error loading the data:
> java.lang.NullPointerException
> 
> java.lang.NullPointerException
> at 
> ucar.nc2.dataset.conv.M3IOConvention.findAttributeDouble(M3IOConvention.java:287)
> at 
> ucar.nc2.dataset.conv.M3IOConvention.makeTMProjection(M3IOConvention.java:214)
> at 
> ucar.nc2.dataset.conv.M3IOConvention.constructCoordAxes(M3IOConvention.java:92)
> at ucar.nc2.dataset.conv.M3IOConvention.augmentDataset(M3IOConvention.java:67)
> at 
> ucar.nc2.dataset.CoordSysBuilder.addCoordinateSystems(CoordSysBuilder.java:316)
> at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.<init>(NetcdfDataset.java:650)
> at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openDataset(NetcdfDataset.java:181)
> at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDatasetCache.acquire(NetcdfDatasetCache.java:203)
> at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDatasetCache.acquire(NetcdfDatasetCache.java:183)
> at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDatasetCache.acquire(NetcdfDatasetCache.java:171)
> at ucar.nc2.dt.grid.GridDataset.open(GridDataset.java:72)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.doMakeDataSet(GeoGridDataSource.java:961)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.getDataset(GeoGridDataSource.java:982)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.initAfterCreation(GeoGridDataSource.java:437)
> at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1339)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.createDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1847)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1766)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1700)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1681)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.IdvChooser.makeDataSource(IdvChooser.java:839)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.selectFilesInner(FileChooser.java:632)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.selectFiles(FileChooser.java:501)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.doLoadInThread(FileChooser.java:523)
> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
> at 
> sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
> at 
> sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
> at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
> at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:990)
> at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1018)
> 
> Thanks for your time and let me know if I can add any more details.
> 
> ******************
> Stack trace:
> java.lang.NullPointerException
> at 
> ucar.nc2.dataset.conv.M3IOConvention.findAttributeDouble(M3IOConvention.java:287)
> at 
> ucar.nc2.dataset.conv.M3IOConvention.makeTMProjection(M3IOConvention.java:214)
> at 
> ucar.nc2.dataset.conv.M3IOConvention.constructCoordAxes(M3IOConvention.java:92)
> at ucar.nc2.dataset.conv.M3IOConvention.augmentDataset(M3IOConvention.java:67)
> at 
> ucar.nc2.dataset.CoordSysBuilder.addCoordinateSystems(CoordSysBuilder.java:316)
> at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.<init>(NetcdfDataset.java:650)
> at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openDataset(NetcdfDataset.java:181)
> at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDatasetCache.acquire(NetcdfDatasetCache.java:203)
> at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDatasetCache.acquire(NetcdfDatasetCache.java:183)
> at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDatasetCache.acquire(NetcdfDatasetCache.java:171)
> at ucar.nc2.dt.grid.GridDataset.open(GridDataset.java:72)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.doMakeDataSet(GeoGridDataSource.java:961)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.getDataset(GeoGridDataSource.java:982)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.initAfterCreation(GeoGridDataSource.java:437)
> at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1339)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.createDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1847)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1766)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1700)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1681)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.IdvChooser.makeDataSource(IdvChooser.java:839)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.selectFilesInner(FileChooser.java:632)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.selectFiles(FileChooser.java:501)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.doLoadInThread(FileChooser.java:523)
> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
> at 
> sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
> at 
> sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
> at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
> at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:990)
> at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1018)
> 
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: FKX-127756
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open