John Caron wrote:
> Hi Stuart:
>
> Underneath a Variable/NetcdfFile is (usually) a java.io.RandomAccessFile
> object, which is not thread-safe, because it keeps the state of the file
> position. So even if all you want to do is read data in multiple threads, you
> need to synchronize, typically on the NetcdFile object. Alternatively, open a
> new NetcdfFile for each thread. The Threads Data Server (TDS) uses a cache of
> open NetcdfFile files by using the NetcdfFile.acquire() method, which allows
> stateless handling of data requests minimizing file opening and closing..
Sorry that should have been NetcdfDataset.acquireFile()
