Re: New documentation for the ucar.netcdf Java package

Hi Jason,

> I prefer the current netCDF API for Java, than the previous. I am
> particularly intrigued by the MultiArray class. I too have been
> developing something similar called a DataContainer. It is not quite
> as generic as the MultiArray (handles only doubles), but it does have
> a provision for geometry, and gives the programmer direct access to an
> NxMxP... array as well as an iterator interface. This makes it a bit
> more memory hungry.

We'd be interested in seeing the documentation for your DataContainer.

> I noticed that the API for the IndexIterator and the Iterators in the
> netCDF package have different interfaces. Perhaps it would be a good
> idea to make these as consistent as possible, maybe adopting the
> Java 1.2 Iterator interface. It might not be the best API, but
> it will be around for quite a while, and people will become familiar with
> it.  Just a thought.

I've passed your comments on to Glenn.  He's also interested in making
our package consistent with the 1.2 Collections Framework.

> I am really keen to get my hands on the code.

Soon ...

--Russ

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Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
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