[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Also that web page is way out of date.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
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Ticket ID: GFQ-763475
Department: Support netCDF Java
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed