[netCDFJava #GFQ-763475]: java bufr example?

Hi Shujia :

You dont have to do anything special to open a BUFR file:

NetcdfFile ncfile = NetcdfFile.open("file.bufr");

There can be problems if we dont have the BUFR table for that particular BUFR 
file. Send me the file if you see that happening.

John

> Hi, John:
> 
> 
> I did use both netcdfAll-4.2.jar and bufr-3.0.jar in the path:
> 
> javac -cp 
> ./:/Users/szhou/tasc_april25_06/java_jar/netcdfAll-4.2.jar:/Users/szhou/tasc_april25_06/test_java/test_bufr/bufr-3.0.jar
>   index2NC.java
> 
> 
> I think that the code actually accessed them. However, as you said,
> the code is too old to be compatible with those latest jars.  An updated 
> example code on opening a bufr file would be very much appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> Shujia
> ________________________________________
> From: Unidata netCDF Java Support [address@hidden]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 4:04 PM
> To: Zhou, Shujia (GSFC-610.3)[NORTHROP GRUMMAN]
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: [netCDFJava #GFQ-763475]: java bufr example?
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am interested in using java to read and write bufr files. I went to
> > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf-java/tutorial/bufr/bufrIosp.html
> > and got some code. However, it cannot compile. For example,
> >
> >
> > javac -cp 
> > ./:/Users/szhou/tasc_april25_06/java_jar/netcdfAll-4.2.jar:/Users/szhou/tasc_april25_06/test_java/test_bufr/bufr-3.0.jar
> >   index2NC.java
> >
> >
> > index2NC.java:48: cannot find symbol
> > symbol  : class Index
> > location: class index2NC
> > void open( Index index, ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile ncf, CancelTask cancelTask ) {
> > ^
> > index2NC.java:383: package ucar.bufr.Index does not exist
> > void addVariable( Structure struct, ArrayList dims, 
> > ucar.bufr.Index.parameter parm )
> > ^
> > index2NC.java:98: package ucar.bufr.Index does not exist
> > ucar.bufr.Index.parameter p =
> > ^
> > index2NC.java:99: package ucar.bufr.Index does not exist
> > (ucar.bufr.Index.parameter) parameters.get( i );
> > ^
> > index2NC.java:132: package thredds.catalog.DataType does not exist
> > ncfile.addAttribute( null, new Attribute( "cdm_data_type", 
> > thredds.catalog.DataType.POINT.toString() ) );
> > ^
> > index2NC.java:134: package thredds.catalog.DataType does not exist
> > ncfile.addAttribute( null, new Attribute( "cdm_data_type", 
> > thredds.catalog.DataType.STATION.toString() ) );
> > ^
> > index2NC.java:136: package thredds.catalog.DataType does not exist
> > ncfile.addAttribute( null, new Attribute( "cdm_data_type", 
> > thredds.catalog.DataType.TRAJECTORY.toString() ) );
> >
> >
> >
> > Do you have an updated example which can compiled with netcdf 4.2 and 
> > bufr3.0?
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> > Shujia
> >
> >
> 
> Hi Shujia:
> 
> The reason thats failing is that you need both netcdf and bufr jars on your 
> classpath. Better, just use netcdfAll.jar as documented here:
> 
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf-java/reference/JarDependencies.html
> 
> Netcdf-Java will only read BUFR, it wont write it.
> 
> Also that web page is way out of date. Where did you find a reference to it?
> 
> John
> 
> 
> Ticket Details
> ===================
> Ticket ID: GFQ-763475
> Department: Support netCDF Java
> Priority: Normal
> Status: Closed
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: GFQ-763475
Department: Support netCDF Java
Priority: Normal
Status: Open