//
// C++ Interface: %{MODULE}
//
// Description:
//
//
// Author: %{AUTHOR} <%{EMAIL}>, (C) %{YEAR}
//
// Copyright: See COPYING file that comes with this distribution
//
//
#ifndef NETCDFFILEDATA_H
#define NETCDFFILEDATA_H

#include <string.h>
#include <vector>


#include "Hdf_file.hpp"
#include "filedataexception.h"
#include "statistic.h"
#include "filedatareader.h"



//using namespace std;

/**
@author James MANLEY
*/
class NETCDFFileData : public FileDataReader{
public:
    NETCDFFileData(const string &filename, const string &mode);

    //NETCDFFileData::NETCDFFileData( const NETCDFFileData & hfd );

    virtual ~NETCDFFileData();

    virtual void* read_data(void* data,
                            const char* sds_name,
                            int * start=NULL,
                            int * stride=NULL,
                            int *edges=NULL,
                            int rank=-1);

    virtual vector<int> get_dataset_dimension(const string &sds_name);

    virtual bool dataset_exists(const char *sds_name);

    void get_dataset_fill_value(const string &sds_name, void* fill_value);

    int get_n_dataset();

    string get_dataset_name(int i);

    int get_dataset_data_type(string sds_name);

    string get_values_attr_dataset(string sds_name,string attr_name);

    bool has_attr_dataset(string sds_name,string attr_name);

    /**
    * @brief closes the file
    */
    void close_data_file(){SDend(ncfile);ncfile=-1;};

    /**
    * @brief open the file
    */
    void open_data_file();

protected:
    int32 ncfile;
    string filename;
    const bool check_read_write_limits(const char* sds_name, int *start, int *stride, int *edges, const int rank);
    void init_read_write_null_input_param(const char* sds_name, int *&start, int *&stride, int *&edges, int &rank, bool * initialized_values);
    void free_read_write_allocations( const bool *are_limits_initialized, int *start, int *stride, int *edges );
    Hdf_sds get_dataset(string sds_name);
};

#endif