/// <summary>
/// Read out the entire variable from the file
/// </summary>
/// <param name="ncVariable"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public Array Read(NetCdfVariable ncVariable)
{
var type = GetDataType(ncVariable);
var size = GetSize(ncVariable);
var shape = GetShape(ncVariable);
switch (type)
{
case NetCdfDataType.NC_BYTE:
var byteArray = new byte[size];
CheckResult(NetCdfWrapper.nc_get_var(id, ncVariable, byteArray));
return(NetCdfFileHelper.CreateArrayFromShape(byteArray, shape));
case NetCdfDataType.NC_CHAR:
var charArray = new byte[size];
CheckResult(NetCdfWrapper.nc_get_var_text(id, ncVariable, charArray));
return(NetCdfFileHelper.CreateCharArrayFromShape(charArray, shape));
case NetCdfDataType.NC_INT:
var intArray = new int[size];
CheckResult(NetCdfWrapper.nc_get_var_int(id, ncVariable, intArray));
return(NetCdfFileHelper.CreateArrayFromShape(intArray, shape));
case NetCdfDataType.NC_FLOAT:
var floatArray = new float[size];
CheckResult(NetCdfWrapper.nc_get_var_float(id, ncVariable, floatArray));
return(NetCdfFileHelper.CreateArrayFromShape(floatArray, shape));
case NetCdfDataType.NC_DOUBLE:
var doubleArray = new double[size];
CheckResult(NetCdfWrapper.nc_get_var_double(id, ncVariable, doubleArray));
return(NetCdfFileHelper.CreateArrayFromShape(doubleArray, shape));
default:
throw new Exception(
String.Format("Unknown type for reading NetCDF variable from file: type {0} from file {1}",
type, path));
}
}