/*
VisAD system for interactive analysis and visualization of numerical
data. Copyright (C) 1996 - 2017 Bill Hibbard, Curtis Rueden, Tom
Rink, Dave Glowacki, Steve Emmerson, Tom Whittaker, Don Murray, and
Tommy Jasmin.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
Library General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
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Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
MA 02111-1307, USA
*/
package visad.data.dods;
import visad.*;
/**
* Provides support for adapting a DODS attribute to the VisAD data-import
* context.
*
* <P>Instances are immutable.</P>
*
* @author Steven R. Emmerson
*/
public abstract class AttributeAdapter
extends Adapter
{
/**
* Returns the VisAD data object corresponding to this instance.
*
* @param copy If true, then a copy of the data object is
* returned.
* @return The VisAD data object corresponding to this
* instance.
*/
public abstract DataImpl data(boolean copy);
}