How to use

ArrayChar$D1

in

ucar.ma2

/**
 * Create an ArrayChar from a String
 *
 * @param s String
 * @param max maximum length
 * @return equivilent ArrayChar
 */
public static ArrayChar makeFromString(String s, int max) {
 ArrayChar result = new ArrayChar.D1( max);
 for (int i=0; i<max && i<s.length(); i++)
  result.setChar( i, s.charAt(i));
 return result;
}

/**
 * Create an ArrayChar from a String
 *
 * @param s String
 * @param max maximum length
 * @return equivilent ArrayChar
 */
public static ArrayChar makeFromString(String s, int max) {
 ArrayChar result = new ArrayChar.D1( max);
 for (int i=0; i<max && i<s.length(); i++)
  result.setChar( i, s.charAt(i));
 return result;
}

@Test
public void testWriteBigString() throws IOException {
 String filename = tempFolder.newFile().getAbsolutePath();
 try (NetcdfFileWriter ncfile = NetcdfFileWriter.createNew(filename, false)) {
  int len = 120000;
  ArrayChar.D1 arrayCharD1 = new ArrayChar.D1(len);
  for (int i = 0; i < len; i++)
   arrayCharD1.set(i, '1');
  ncfile.addGlobalAttribute( new Attribute("tooLongChar", arrayCharD1));
  char[] carray = new char[len];
  for (int i = 0; i < len; i++)
   carray[i] = '2';
  String val = new String(carray);
  ncfile.addGlobalAttribute("tooLongString", val);
  ncfile.create();
 }
}

static ArrayChar factory(Index index, char[] storage) {
 switch (index.getRank()) {
  case 0:
   return new ArrayChar.D0(index, storage);
  case 1:
   return new ArrayChar.D1(index, storage);
  case 2:
   return new ArrayChar.D2(index, storage);
  case 3:
   return new ArrayChar.D3(index, storage);
  case 4:
   return new ArrayChar.D4(index, storage);
  case 5:
   return new ArrayChar.D5(index, storage);
  case 6:
   return new ArrayChar.D6(index, storage);
  case 7:
   return new ArrayChar.D7(index, storage);
  default:
   return new ArrayChar(index, storage);
 }
}

/**
 * Create an ArrayChar from a String
 *
 * @param s String
 * @param max maximum length
 * @return equivilent ArrayChar
 */
public static ArrayChar makeFromString(String s, int max) {
 ArrayChar result = new ArrayChar.D1( max);
 for (int i=0; i<max && i<s.length(); i++)
  result.setChar( i, s.charAt(i));
 return result;
}

static ArrayChar factory(Index index, char[] storage) {
 switch (index.getRank()) {
  case 0:
   return new ArrayChar.D0(index, storage);
  case 1:
   return new ArrayChar.D1(index, storage);
  case 2:
   return new ArrayChar.D2(index, storage);
  case 3:
   return new ArrayChar.D3(index, storage);
  case 4:
   return new ArrayChar.D4(index, storage);
  case 5:
   return new ArrayChar.D5(index, storage);
  case 6:
   return new ArrayChar.D6(index, storage);
  case 7:
   return new ArrayChar.D7(index, storage);
  default:
   return new ArrayChar(index, storage);
 }
}

public void makeNetCDF() throws IOException, InvalidRangeException {
 String helloGreek = makeString(helloGreekCode, true);
 helloGreek = ""; //Normalizer.normalize(helloGreek, Normalizer.Form.NFC);
 System.out.println("normalized= "+showString(helloGreek));
 String filename = "C:/data/unicode/helloNorm.nc";
 NetcdfFileWriter ncfile = NetcdfFileWriter.createNew(filename, true);
 ucar.nc2.Dimension dim = ncfile.addDimension(helloGreek, 20);
 ncfile.addVariable(helloGreek, DataType.CHAR, helloGreek);
 ncfile.addVariableAttribute(helloGreek, "units", helloGreek);
 ncfile.create();
 ArrayChar.D1 data = new ArrayChar.D1(dim.getLength());
 data.setString(helloGreek);
 ncfile.write(helloGreek, data);
 ncfile.close();
 NetcdfFile nc = NetcdfFile.open(filename);
 Variable v = ncfile.findVariable(helloGreek);
 assert v != null;
 assert v.getShortName().equals(helloGreek);
 Attribute att = v.findAttribute("units");
 assert att != null;
 assert att.isString();
 assert(helloGreek.equals(att.getStringValue()));
 nc.close();    
}

shape = v.getShape();
int[] origin1 = new int[1];
ArrayChar ac = new ArrayChar.D1(shape[0]);
ima = ac.getIndex();
String val = "Testing 1-2-3";
len = shape[0];
try {
 ArrayChar ac2 = new ArrayChar.D1(len);
 ac2.setString("Two pairs of ladies stockings!");
 writer.write(v, ac2);

ArrayChar ac = new ArrayChar.D1(svar_len.getLength());
ima = ac.getIndex();
String val = "Testing 1-2-3";
 ArrayChar ac2 = new ArrayChar.D1(svar_len.getLength());
 ac2.setString("Two pairs of ladies stockings!");
 ncfile.write(sVar2, origin1, ac2);

ArrayChar ac = new ArrayChar.D1(svar_len.getLength());
ima = ac.getIndex();
String val = "Testing 1-2-3";
 ArrayChar ac2 = new ArrayChar.D1(svar_len.getLength());
 ac2.setString("Two pairs of ladies stockings!");
 v = writer.findVariable("svar2");

static ArrayChar factory(Index index, char[] storage) {
 if (index instanceof Index0D) {
  return new ArrayChar.D0(index, storage);
 } else if (index instanceof Index1D) {
  return new ArrayChar.D1(index, storage);
 } else if (index instanceof Index2D) {
  return new ArrayChar.D2(index, storage);
 } else if (index instanceof Index3D) {
  return new ArrayChar.D3(index, storage);
 } else if (index instanceof Index4D) {
  return new ArrayChar.D4(index, storage);
 } else if (index instanceof Index5D) {
  return new ArrayChar.D5(index, storage);
 } else if (index instanceof Index6D) {
  return new ArrayChar.D6(index, storage);
 } else if (index instanceof Index7D) {
  return new ArrayChar.D7(index, storage);
 } else {
  return new ArrayChar(index, storage);
 }
}