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[IDV #ETX-669397]: problem saving cached data in zipped bundle

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  • Subject: [IDV #ETX-669397]: problem saving cached data in zipped bundle
  • Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 05:21:12 -0600
Hi Tom (and Don),
 
> There are only certain data sources that we know how to write out
> and read back in.  Since we don't have a generic VisAD Data writer,
> the cached dataset doesn't show up in the list of data sources that
> we know how to save.
> 

The CachedDataSource can writes its data to disk but we never hooked it into 
the zidv facility.
We could do that but the .iser (IDV Serialized) format it writes to just uses 
Java serialization
of the VisAD data structures which as we know does not necessarily last 
indefinitely.

-Jeff


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: ETX-669397
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed