// $Id: MultiArray.java,v 1.3 2003-02-03 20:09:04 donm Exp $
/*
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*/
package ucar.multiarray;
import java.io.IOException;
/**
* Interface for multidimensional arrays.
* Includes introspection by extending MultiArrayInfo and
* data access by extending Accessor.
* <p>
* These are more general and abstract than Netcdf Variables.
* Netcdf Variables implement this, but more general objects,
* such as java arrays, can be simply wrapped to provide
* this interface.
*
* @see MultiArrayInfo
* @see Accessor
* @see ucar.netcdf.Variable
* @see MultiArrayImpl
* @see ArrayMultiArray
* @see ScalarMultiArray
* @see MultiArrayProxy
* @author $Author: donm $
* @version $Revision: 1.3 $ $Date: 2003-02-03 20:09:04 $
*/
public interface
MultiArray
extends MultiArrayInfo, Accessor
{
/* The super interfaces say it all */
/**
* @return a the original one dimensional Array containing all the elements
* in this MultiArray
*/
public Object
getStorage();
}