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

yeah, something on your file system, that i havent seen here.
do you have any details on that file system?

i will give you something to run to try and track it down.

John



> John, Something is odd b/c
> 
> spec="/global/nomads/nexus/gfsanl/201001/**/gfsanl_3_........_..00_000\.grb$"
> works great, but as soon as I change it to
> spec="/global/nomads/nexus/gfsanl/**/gfsanl_3_........_..00_000\.grb$"
> The featureCollectionScan fails with NPE's in the logs.
> 
> New Logs package:
> http://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/data/gfsanl/201001-test/tds-logs-0314.tar.bz2
> 
> I am assuming there is something extraneous in the top level
> directory that may be causing this.
> http://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/data/gfsanl/
> But want your take on it.   And if so,
> is there a way to specify a pattern such as :
> 
> /global/nomads/nexus/gfsanl/??????/**/gfsanl_3_........_..00_000\.grb$
> 
> -Dan
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 7:32 PM, Unidata THREDDS Support
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> > 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
> >
> 
> 
> 
> --
> =======================================
> 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
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Ticket ID: GHR-456072
Department: Support THREDDS
Priority: Critical
Status: Open