Lak:
If you had tried to create a new RealType using the constructor, you
would have received an Exception like:
visad.TypeException: ScalarType: name cannot contain space . ( or )
The getRealTYpe method of creating a RealType swallows the Exception so
you never see it...and it returns a 'null'.
tom
On Fri, 23 Aug 2002, V. Lakshmanan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm back bugging y'all again. Are there restrictions
> on what the names of RealTypes can be?
>
> If temp is "Reflectivity" in this snippet, things work fine,
> but if temp is "Reflectivity00.50", then I get a
> visad.FieldException
> FlatField: FunctionType must be Flat at
> visad.FlatField.<init>(FlatField.java:296)
>
> code snippet:
> gatevalue = RealType.getRealType( temp );
> FunctionType func2 = new FunctionType( domainTuple, gatevalue
> );
> Set xyzSet = new Gridded3DSet( domainTuple, xyz,
> num_radials, num_gates );
> FlatField gate_ff = new FlatField( func2, xyzSet );
>
> thanks
> Lak
>
>
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