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package ucar.nc2.ft;
import ucar.nc2.Variable;
import ucar.nc2.time.CalendarDateRange;
import ucar.nc2.units.DateRange;
import ucar.nc2.units.DateUnit;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;
/**
* A collection of PointFeatures nested inside one or more PointFeatureCollection.
*
* @author caron
* @since Mar 20, 2008
*/
public interface NestedPointFeatureCollection extends FeatureCollection {
/**
* The udunit time unit string.
* @return time unit string, may not be null
*/
public DateUnit getTimeUnit();
/**
* The altitude unit string if it exists.
* @return altitude unit string, may be null
*/
public String getAltUnits();
/**
* Other variables needed for co,pleteness, eg joined coordinate variables
* @return list of extra variables, may be empty not null
*/
public List<Variable> getExtraVariables();
/**
* The number of elements in the collection. May not be known until after iterating through the collection.
* @return number of elements in the collection, or -1 if not known.
*/
public int size();
/**
* If true, use getNestedPointFeatureCollectionIterator, otherwise use getPointFeatureCollectionIterator.
* @return if multiple nested
*/
public boolean isMultipleNested();
/**
* Iterate through the collection, composed of PointFeatureCollection. Use this only if isMultipleNested() = false.
* @param bufferSize how many bytes can be used to buffer data, use -1 to use default.
* @return an iterator through PointFeatureCollection objects.
* @throws java.io.IOException on read error
*/
public PointFeatureCollectionIterator getPointFeatureCollectionIterator(int bufferSize) throws java.io.IOException;
/**
* Iterate through the collection, composed of NestedPointFeatureCollection. Use this only if isMultipleNested() = true.
* @param bufferSize how many bytes can be used to buffer data, use -1 to use default.
* @return an iterator through NestedPointFeatureCollection objects.
* @throws java.io.IOException on read error
*/
public NestedPointFeatureCollectionIterator getNestedPointFeatureCollectionIterator(int bufferSize) throws java.io.IOException;
/**
* Get a subsetted NestedPointFeatureCollection based on a LatLonRect
*
* @param boundingBox spatial subset
* @return subsetted collection
* @throws java.io.IOException on i/o error
*/
public NestedPointFeatureCollection subset(ucar.unidata.geoloc.LatLonRect boundingBox) throws IOException;
/**
* Flatten into a PointFeatureCollection, discarding connectedness information. Optionally subset.
* @param boundingBox only points in this lat/lon bounding box. may be null.
* @param dateRange only points in this date range. may be null.
* @return a PointFeatureCollection, may be null if its empty.
* @throws IOException on read error
*/
public PointFeatureCollection flatten(ucar.unidata.geoloc.LatLonRect boundingBox, CalendarDateRange dateRange) throws IOException;
/**
* @deprecated use CalendarDateRange
*/
public PointFeatureCollection flatten(ucar.unidata.geoloc.LatLonRect boundingBox, DateRange dateRange) throws IOException;
}