The Java API

10.2 The Java API

The netCDF Java library provides advanced capabilities not available in C-based APIs.

A separate presentation covers the netCDF Java API and the Unidata Common Data Model, so this is just a brief overview.

Strengths

Platform independent: Windows, Linux, OSX, ...
Cutting edge: trying new ideas, services, and features for netCDF
Object-oriented: data abstraction, encapsulation, modularity, polymorphism, inheritance
Standards-compliant: implementing standard CF Conventions
Coordinate-systems support: methods for geospatial coordinates in addition to array indices
General-purpose: access to many formats through a common interface (CDM)
Well documented: NetCDF Java Tutorial and Java Library Reference Documentation

Weaknesses