Re: [netcdf-java] Array.factory and Strings

• To: Bob Simons - NOAA Federal <bob.simons@xxxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: [netcdf-java] Array.factory and Strings
• From: Christian Ward-Garrison <cwardgar@xxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 12:48:54 -0600

Hi Bob,

Thanks for the bug report. I've added it as a GitHub issue [1].

Cheers,
Christian

[1] https://github.com/Unidata/thredds/issues/600

On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 12:51 PM, Bob Simons - NOAA Federal <
bob.simons@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Using netcdfAll-4.6.6.jar :
>
> I expected that I could use Array.factory(java.lang.Object javaArray) like
> this
>   String tsar[] = new String[]{author};
>   Array oneAuthorArray = Array.factory(tsar);
> to create an ArrayString.D1
> but that fails with
> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
>         at ucar.ma2.Array.reflectArrayCopyIn(Array.java:259)
>         at ucar.ma2.Array.reflectArrayCopyIn(Array.java:263)
>         at ucar.ma2.Array.factory(Array.java:252)
>         at [my code on the second line above]
> Shouldn't that work?
> (The JavaDoc for that Array.factory method does say "LOOK: not sure this
> works for reference types.")
> Is that a bug?
> Can you please make Array.factory work with a String[]?
>
> I can use
>   ArrayString.D1 oneAuthorArray = new ArrayString.D1(1);
>   oneAuthorArray.set(0, author);
> So I have a solution for now.
>
> Thank you for looking into this.
> Best wishes.
>
> --
> Sincerely,
>
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