[netCDFJava #VSP-832015]: ncdf4: filling empty object with data?

put it into a ByteArrayInputStream and use NcMLReader.readNcML(InputStream ins, 
CancelTask cancelTask);


> > build an ncml on the fly, and open that as the aggregation
> 
> Can I do so without writing the ncml to disk first?  Seems inefficient
> to create XML in memory, write it to disk, then read it from disk with
> GriddataSet.open( ncmlURL ).
> 
> Tom
> > no, you have to do the work to detect homogenous groups, by opening the 
> > files independently and examining them.
> >
> >
> >> My goal is to quickly and easily detect if a set of files can be made
> >> into a homogeneous aggregation.  So are you saying that, if I execute
> >> the procedure you describe below:
> >>
> >> - it will fail if the files are not homogeneous - thus providing me with
> >> my sanity check?
> >> or
> >> - it will force non-homogenous files into a homogeneous aggregation?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Tom
> >>
> >>> open each file seperately as a grid dataset, and make homogenous groups. 
> >>> build an ncml on the fly, and open that as the aggregation.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> I want to be able to detect whether a submitted aggregation indeed
> >>>> points to data sets with homogenous sets of variables.  We are building
> >>>> an automated app, not an app wherein a human knows a priori what is in a
> >>>> proposed aggregation.
> >>>>
> >>>> I want to point to any semi-arbitrary set of NetCDF files as an
> >>>> aggregation, receive an aggregated GridDataset object, and somehow query
> >>>> that object to see if the aggregation is indeed valid.  In other words -
> >>>> I want to be able to do a "sanity check" on an aggregated GridDataset.
> >>>> Originally I was going to loop through the grids in the aggregated
> >>>> GridDataset and look to see if they are homogenous, but apparently that
> >>>> won't work.
> >>>>
> >>>> How would you suggest I perform a sanity check on an aggregated
> >>>> GridDataset?  The API doesn't seem to support "is this valid?" checks
> >>>> for such data sets.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> Tom
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>> John,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I can't replicate this problem with the <scan> element, but it is 
> >>>>>> easily
> >>>>>> replicated with the <aggregation> element, using "joinExisting".  Point
> >>>>>> to a few NetCDF data sets with differing numbers/types of variables and
> >>>>>> you should see the problem.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> Im not sure i know what you mean by "data sets with differing 
> >>>>> numbers/types of variables". A joinExisting has to have homogenous sets 
> >>>>> of variables. it picks one to be a prototype for the aggregation. If 
> >>>>> the files differ, you will get different result.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> is that the problem? what were you expecting to happen? perhaps you are 
> >>>>> thinking of a "union" aggregation?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>> Tom
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I just fixed a bug like that in FmrcSingle, but i havent seen it for 
> >>>>>>> joinExisting. Are you sure its happening for joinExisting?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Hello again!
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Thanks for your help with the IOSP issue - the more I dig into 
> >>>>>>>> Unidata's
> >>>>>>>> NetCDF Java API, the more I like it.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> I am using an NCML file to aggregate NetCDF files into a single
> >>>>>>>> GridDataset, and I see the following odd behavior:  a call to
> >>>>>>>> aggregatedGridDataset.getGrids() sometimes returns all the grids in 
> >>>>>>>> the
> >>>>>>>> aggregate, and sometimes returns only some of these grids - 
> >>>>>>>> apprarently,
> >>>>>>>> the grids in only one of the aggregate members.  This occurs when I 
> >>>>>>>> use
> >>>>>>>> the <netcdf> element and when I use the <scan> element:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> <aggregation dimName="time" type="joinExisting">
> >>>>>>>> <netcdf location="/path/to/member_1.nc"/>
> >>>>>>>> <netcdf location="/path/to/member_2.nc"/>
> >>>>>>>> <netcdf location="/path/to/member_3.nc"/>
> >>>>>>>> <netcdf location="/path/to/member_4.nc"/>
> >>>>>>>> </aggregation>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> <aggregation dimName="time" type="joinExisting">
> >>>>>>>> <scan location="/path/to/members/directory" suffix=".nc"/>
> >>>>>>>> </aggregation>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Any ideas why I am getting inconsistent results?
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>>>> Tom
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Ticket Details
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> >>>>>>> Ticket ID: VSP-832015
> >>>>>>> Department: Support netCDF Java
> >>>>>>> Priority: Critical
> >>>>>>> Status: Open
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> >>>>> Department: Support netCDF Java
> >>>>> Priority: Critical
> >>>>> Status: Open
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> >>> Department: Support netCDF Java
> >>> Priority: Critical
> >>> Status: Open
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: VSP-832015
Department: Support netCDF Java
Priority: Critical
Status: Open