[netCDFJava #LOO-265831]: Datatype conflict

Ok,so the following worked. The question is:
how does it differ from what you did?

The test program:

        NetcdfDataset infile = NetcdfDataset
                .openDataset("d:/test.ncml", false, null);
        File tmpFile = new File("d:/testBlankFile.nc");
        FileWriter2 writer = new FileWriter2(infile, tmpFile.getAbsolutePath(),
                NetcdfFileWriter.Version.netcdf4, null);
        writer.write();

where test.ncml contained this:
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
  <netcdf xmlns="http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/namespaces/netcdf/ncml-2.2";>
    <attribute name="period" value="10 " type="int"/>
  </netcdf>

This worked and the resulting file contained this:
  netcdf testBlankFile {
  // global attributes:
                :period = 10 ;
  }

=Dennis Heimbigner
  Unidata


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: LOO-265831
Department: Support netCDF Java
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed
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