[netCDFJava #ITA-837813]: HDF5 ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException

Hi Jason:

The latest build tolerates dimension scales with ndim=0 by ignoring them. The 
fix will be in the 4.5.0 release in a few days.

John

> Hi John,
> 
> I had to track down the person who reported the error. They are samples from 
> here:
> 
> OK, here they http://www.svi.nl/HDF5
> http://www.svi.nl/wikifiles/SVI_HDF5_samples.zip
> 
> Now — these were used as samples — and we (collectively) have no relationship 
> to the people at SVI, or do not know whether they generated these files 
> themselves.
> 
> If the samples are incorrect, then a derivative question is how (or whether) 
> that error is gracefully handled — perhaps another assertion (if the files 
> violate the specification) indicating the non-compliance or otherwise.
> 
> We have ignored extracting metadata from these files with this error to work 
> around. However, the ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException is obtuse and leads to 
> support calls :-)
> 
> Jason
> 
> 
> On 21 Mar 2014, at 2:59 am, Unidata netCDF Java Support <address@hidden> 
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Jason:
> >
> > We are seeing the exception; the problem are "Dimension Scales" messages 
> > that have ndims=0. Do you know what they are supposed to mean?  Who wrote 
> > this data, we probably need to get them into the conversation.
> >
> > John
> >
> >> Further to my lodged error, please find attached a sample HDF5 data set 
> >> that triggers the error.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 19 Mar 2014, at 7:29 am, Unidata netCDF Java Support <address@hidden> 
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Jason Lohrey,
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> JASON LOHREY
> Chief Technical Officer
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> 
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: ITA-837813
Department: Support netCDF Java
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed