Package noaa.coastwatch.io.tile

Interface TileSource

All Known Implementing Classes:

NCTileSource

public interface TileSource

The TileSource interface is for reading individual rectangles of data from a data source. Tiles can be read synchronously using the readTile(noaa.coastwatch.io.tile.TilingScheme.TilePosition) method or asynchronously using a TileDeliveryOperation object.

Since:

3.3.1

Author:

Peter Hollemans

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
TilingScheme	getScheme()	Gets the tiling scheme used to deliver tiles by this source.
TilingScheme.Tile	readTile(TilingScheme.TilePosition pos)	Reads the specified tile from the source.

Method Details

readTile

TilingScheme.Tile readTile(TilingScheme.TilePosition pos)
                    throws IOException

Reads the specified tile from the source.

Parameters:

pos - the tile position to read.

Returns:

the tile at the specified position.

Throws:

IOException - if an error occurred reading the tile data.

IllegalArgumentException - if the position tiling scheme does not match this source.

See Also:

• getScheme()

getScheme

TilingScheme getScheme()

Gets the tiling scheme used to deliver tiles by this source.

Returns:

the tiling scheme.