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> I can live with the convention that MyDataset.bin has an accompanying > MyDataset.ncml in my server. However, I might give that iospParam a try > so I'm not tied down. > > I've got a few more IOSP related questions: > - Can I have multiple RandomAccessFile-s reading from the same (read > only) file? sure, you can do whatever you want, just be sure to clean everything up on close() > - Is it possible to make an IOSP for a relational database? How would > RandomAccessFile work in that case? > - How does the "O" mechanism work? Given a NetcdfDataset, how would I > invoke the writing of my format? Can I stream it? see http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf-java/reference/faq.html#IOSP Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: OZO-122681 Department: Support netCDF Java Priority: Normal Status: Closed