[thredds] inconsistent catalog hierarchy with catalogRef

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Subject: [thredds] inconsistent catalog hierarchy with catalogRef
From: Doug Lindholm <doug.lindholm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 09:31:57 -0600

I am trying work with a catalog as a DAG of datasets. When I get thechildren of a catalogRef node, I get different behavior depending on howmany datasets are in the referenced catalog. If there is only onedataset, then it is returned as the sole member of the List. If thecatalog has more than one dataset, I get the catalog itself alone as adataset in the List. Using getProxyDataset() has the same problem.

Is this a "feature"? Between this, and my inability to use "name" or"alias" (earlier email), the API is making it hard to do what I wantwith the catalogs.


Thanks,
Doug

P.S. I'm using a recent 4.2 release of NetCDF-Java.

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