[THREDDS #GHR-456072]: nullPointerException in when accessing 4.3.15 GRIB featureCollection's

I would expect this one to work:

 spec="/global/nomads/nexus/gfsanl/**/gfsanl_3_........_..00_000\.grb$"

try

 spec="/global/nomads/nexus/gfsanl/**/gfsanl_3_.*00_000\.grb$"

or similar.

> Hopefully an easy one...
> 
> I'm trying to expand the gfsanl to all months.  path pattern:
> /global/nomads/nexus/gfsanl/yyyymm/yyyymmdd/~files~
> 
> Having some trouble figuring the correct collection spec... the path part of 
> it.
> I've attempted:
> spec="/global/nomads/nexus/gfsanl/**/**/gfsanl_3_........_..00_000\.grb$"
> spec="/global/nomads/nexus/gfsanl/**/gfsanl_3_........_..00_000\.grb$"
> Both fail to scan anything on TDS startup.
> Could you tell how to correctly set this?
> 
> I've looked here.. but it doesn't seem to clarify how it deals with
> nested subdirectories.
> https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/projects/THREDDS/tech/tds4.2/reference/collections/CollectionSpecification.html
> 
> 
> -Dan
> 
> 
> On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Dan Swank - NOAA Affiliate
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Morning,
> >
> > I've been removing the entire grib index directory for each test.
> > I know ultimately this won't be necessary, but for the monthly tests
> > its only taking about 3-5 mins to regenerate from scratch.
> >
> > #1)
> > <dataFormat>GRIB-2</dataFormat>
> > * That was the NAM problem, thanks.  Overlooked that too.
> >
> > The "1 day" time partition was only a test for the monthly sample.
> > Planned to increase once we get rolling on larger tests.
> >
> > For now, I've been using 000.grb for simplicity -- eventually I want
> > to "stripe across" 003.grb & 006.grb as well.
> > Unsure if this can be done in the same feature collection.. could it?
> >
> >
> > #2)  We have:
> > /san5102/netcdf4/libnetcdf.a
> > Which is intended to be used as static.
> > TDS seems to be looking for a shared object lib which isn't there.
> > (its a kludge installation intended for making a static wgrib2)
> > Can this somehow be rigged to go for the .a?
> >
> >
> > #3)  Done.
> >
> > misc)
> >
> > In catalogInit there is:
> >
> > readCatalog(): full
> > path=/home/tomcat/tomcat-main.4.3.15/content/thredds/catalog.xml;
> > path=catalog.xml
> >    valid catalog -- ----Catalog Validation
> > *** XML parser error (469:37)= s4s-elt-invalid-content.1: The content
> > of 'gribConfigType' is invalid.  Element 'element' is invalid,
> > misplaced, or occurs too often.
> >
> > Not sure what this is, but its not stopping things.
> >
> > Looks like no need for another log dump at this time.
> > I'll be working on expanding these featureCollections today and see
> > how they scale up.
> >
> >          Thanks! -Dan
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 6:35 PM, Unidata THREDDS Support
> > <address@hidden> wrote:
> >> Another thing:
> >>
> >> You probably want to use
> >>
> >>         timePartition="1 month"
> >>
> >> instead of
> >>
> >>         timePartition="1 day"
> >>
> >> not sure how much youve thought about this?
> >>
> >> lets talk about it when you are ready to deal.
> >>
> >> if you want to change, delete the .ncx files and let them regenerate 
> >> (pretty quick). gbx9 are ok (they take a long time)
> >>
> >> Ticket Details
> >> ===================
> >> Ticket ID: GHR-456072
> >> Department: Support THREDDS
> >> Priority: Critical
> >> Status: Open
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > =======================================
> > Dan Swank
> > NCDC-NOMADS Project
> > Team ERT/STG
> > (NCDC Government Contractor)
> > Data Access & Applications Branch
> > Veach-Baley Federal Building
> > 151 Patton Avenue
> > Asheville, NC 28801-5001
> > Email: address@hidden
> > Phone: 828-271-4007
> > ============================================
> > Any opinions expressed in this message are mine personally and
> > do not represent any position from STG, ERT, NCDC, or NOAA
> > ============================================
> 
> 
> 
> --
> =======================================
> Dan Swank
> NCDC-NOMADS Project
> Team ERT/STG
> (NCDC Government Contractor)
> Data Access & Applications Branch
> Veach-Baley Federal Building
> 151 Patton Avenue
> Asheville, NC 28801-5001
> Email: address@hidden
> Phone: 828-271-4007
> ============================================
> Any opinions expressed in this message are mine personally and
> do not represent any position from STG, ERT, NCDC, or NOAA
> ============================================
> 
> 

Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: GHR-456072
Department: Support THREDDS
Priority: Critical
Status: Open