source: XIOS/trunk/src/output/netCdfInterface.cpp @ 583

/*!
   \file netCdfInterface.cpp
   \author Ha NGUYEN
   \date 08 Oct 2014
   \since 03 Oct 2014

   \brief Wrapper of netcdf functions.
 */

#include "netCdfInterface.hpp"
#include "netCdfException.hpp"

namespace xios
{
/*!
This function creates a new netcdf file and return its id
\param [in] fileName Name of the file
\param [in] cMode create mode
\param [in/out] ncId id of the created file
\return Status code
*/
int CNetCdfInterface::create(const StdString& fileName, int cMode, int& ncId)
{
  int status = nc_create((fileName.c_str()), cMode, &ncId);
  if (NC_NOERR != status)
  {
    StdString errormsg(nc_strerror(status));
    StdStringStream sstr;
    sstr << "Error in calling function : nc_create((fileName.c_str()), cMode, &ncId) " << std::endl
         << errormsg << std::endl
         << "Unable to create file, given its name : " << fileName
         << "and its creation mode " << creationMode2String(cMode) << std::endl;
    StdString e = sstr.str();
    throw CNetCdfException(e);
  }

  return status;
}

/*!
This function creates a new netcdf file on parallel file system
\param [in] fileName Name of the file
\param [in] cMode create mode
\param [in] comm MPI communicator
\param [in] info MPI information
\param [in/out] ncId id of the created file
\return Status code
*/
int CNetCdfInterface::createPar(const StdString& fileName, int cMode, MPI_Comm comm, MPI_Info info, int& ncId)
{
  int status = xios::nc_create_par((fileName.c_str()), cMode, comm, info, &ncId);
  if (NC_NOERR != status)
  {
    StdString errormsg(nc_strerror(status));
    StdStringStream sstr;
    sstr << "Error in calling function : nc_create_par((fileName.c_str()), cMode, comm, info, &ncId) " << std::endl
         << errormsg << std::endl
         << "Unable to create file on parallel filesys, given its name : " << std::endl
         << "and its creation mode " << creationMode2String(cMode) << std::endl;
    StdString e = sstr.str();
    throw CNetCdfException(e);
  }

  return status;
}

/*!
This function opens a netcdf file, given its name and open mode, return its id
\param [in] fileName Name of the file
\param [in] oMode open mode
\param [in/out] ncId id of the opening file
\return Status code
*/
int CNetCdfInterface::open(const StdString& fileName, int oMode, int& ncId)
{
  int status = nc_open((fileName.c_str()), oMode, &ncId);
  if (NC_NOERR != status)
  {
    StdString errormsg(nc_strerror(status));
    StdStringStream sstr;
    sstr << "Error in calling function : nc_open((fileName.c_str()), oMode, &ncId) "<< std::endl
         << errormsg << std::endl
         << "Unable to open file, given its name : " << fileName
         << "and its open mode " << openMode2String(oMode) << std::endl;
    StdString e = sstr.str();
    throw CNetCdfException(e);
  }

  return status;
}


/*!
This function opens a new netcdf file on parallel file system
\param [in] fileName Name of the file
\param [in] oMode open mode
\param [in] comm MPI communicator
\param [in] info MPI information
\param [in/out] ncId id of the opened file
\return Status code
*/
int CNetCdfInterface::openPar(const StdString& fileName, int oMode, MPI_Comm comm, MPI_Info info, int& ncId)
{
  int status = xios::nc_open_par((fileName.c_str()), oMode, comm, info, &ncId);
  if (NC_NOERR != status)
  {
    StdString errormsg(nc_strerror(status));
    StdStringStream sstr;
    sstr << "Error in calling function " << "nc_open_par((fileName.c_str()), oMode, comm, info, &ncId) " << std::endl
         << errormsg << std::endl
         << "Unable to open file on parallel filesys, given its name : " << fileName
         << "and its open mode " << openMode2String(oMode) << std::endl;
    StdString e = sstr.str();
    throw CNetCdfException(e);
  }

  return status;
}

/*!
This function closes a netcdf file, given its id
\param [in] ncId id of the opening netcdf file
\return Status code
*/
int CNetCdfInterface::close(int ncId)
{
  int status = nc_close(ncId);
  if (NC_NOERR != status)
  {
    StdString errormsg(nc_strerror(status));
    StdStringStream sstr;
    sstr << "Error in calling function " << "nc_close(ncId)" << std::endl
         << errormsg << std::endl
         << "Unable to close file, given its id : " << ncId << std::endl;
    StdString e = sstr.str();
    throw CNetCdfException(e);
  }

  return status;
}

/*!
This function put a netcdf file into define mode, given its id
\param [in] ncId id of the opening netcdf file to be put into define mode
\return Status code
*/
int CNetCdfInterface::reDef(int ncId)
{
  int status = nc_redef(ncId);
  if (NC_NOERR != status)
  {
    StdString errormsg(nc_strerror(status));
    StdStringStream sstr;
    sstr << "Error in calling function " << "nc_redef(ncId)" << std::endl
      << errormsg << std::endl
      << "Unable to put this file into define mode given its id : " << ncId << std::endl;
    StdString e = sstr.str();
    throw CNetCdfException(e);
  }

  return status;
}

/*!
This function ends a netcdf file define mode, given its id
\param [in] ncId id of the opening netcdf file to be put into define mode
\return Status code
*/
int CNetCdfInterface::endDef(int ncId)
{
  int status = nc_enddef(ncId);
  if (NC_NOERR != status)
  {
    StdString errormsg(nc_strerror(status));
    StdStringStream sstr;

    sstr << "Error in calling function " << "nc_enddef(ncId)" << std::endl
         << errormsg << std::endl
         << "Unable to end define mode of this file, given its id : " << ncId << std::endl;
    StdString e = sstr.str();
    throw CNetCdfException(e);
  }

  return status;
}

/*!
This function makes a request to netcdf with ncid and group name then return ncid of the named group
\param [in] ncid Groupd id (or File Id)
\param [in] grpName Name of the desired group (or file)
\param [in/out] grpId Group id if the group is found
\return Status code
*/
int CNetCdfInterface::inqNcId(int ncid, const StdString& grpName, int& grpId)
{
  int status = nc_inq_ncid(ncid, (grpName.c_str()), &grpId);
  if (NC_NOERR != status)
  {
    StdString errormsg(nc_strerror(status));
    StdStringStream sstr;

    sstr << "Error in calling function " << "nc_inq_ncid(ncid, (grpName.c_str()), &grpId)" << std::endl
         << errormsg << std::endl
         << "Unable to get id of a group (File), given its name : " << grpName << std::endl;
    StdString e = sstr.str();
    throw CNetCdfException(e);
  }

  return status;
}


/*!
This function makes a request to netcdf with ncid and variable name then return ncid of the named variable
\param [in] ncid Groupd id (or File Id)
\param [in] varName Name of the desired variable
\param [in/out] varId Variable id if this variable is found
\return Status code
*/
int CNetCdfInterface::inqVarId(int ncid,const StdString& varName, int& varId)
{
  int status = nc_inq_varid(ncid, (varName.c_str()), &varId);
  if (NC_NOERR != status)
  {
    StdString errormsg(nc_strerror(status));
    StdStringStream sstr;

    sstr << "Error in calling function : nc_inq_varid(ncid, (varName.c_str()), &varId)" << std::endl
         << (errormsg) << std::endl
         << "Unable to get id of variable with name : " << varName << std::endl;
    StdString e = sstr.str();
    throw CNetCdfException(e);
  }

  return status;
}

/*!
This function makes a request to netcdf with a netCdf dimension name then return ncid of the named dimension
\param [in] ncid Groupd id (or File Id)
\param [in] dimName Name of the desired dimension
\param [in/out] dimId Dimension id if this dimension is found
\return Status code
*/
int CNetCdfInterface::inqDimId(int ncid,const StdString& dimName, int& dimId)
{
  int status = nc_inq_dimid(ncid, (dimName.c_str()), &dimId);
  if (NC_NOERR != status)
  {
    StdString errormsg(nc_strerror(status));
    StdStringStream sstr;

    sstr << "Error in calling function " << "nc_inq_dimid(ncid, (dimName.c_str()), &dimId)" << std::endl
         << errormsg << std::endl
         << "Unable to get id of dimension, given its name : " << dimName << std::endl;
    StdString e = sstr.str();
    throw CNetCdfException(e);
  }

  return status;
}

/*!
This function makes a request to netcdf with a netCdf dimension name then return ncid of the named dimension
\param [in] ncid Groupd id (or File Id)
\param [in/out] dimId Dimension id if this dimension is found
\return Status code
*/
int CNetCdfInterface::inqUnLimDim(int ncid, int& dimId)
{
  int status = nc_inq_unlimdim(ncid, &dimId);
  if (NC_NOERR != status)
  {
    StdString errormsg(nc_strerror(status));
    StdStringStream sstr;

    sstr << "Error in calling function " << "nc_inq_dimid" << std::endl
      << errormsg << std::endl
      << "Unable to get id of unlimited dimension " << std::endl;
    StdString e = sstr.str();
    throw CNetCdfException(e);
 }

  return status;
}

/*!
This function makes a request to netcdf, returns name of a dimension, given its id
\param [in] ncid Groupd id (or File Id)
\param [in] dimId Id of desired dimension
\param [in/out] dimName Name of desired dimension
\return Status code
*/
int CNetCdfInterface::inqDimName(int ncid, int dimId, StdString& dimName)
{
  char fullNameIn[NC_MAX_NAME +1];
  int status = nc_inq_dimname(ncid, dimId, fullNameIn);
  if (NC_NOERR != status)
  {
    StdString errormsg(nc_strerror(status));
    StdStringStream sstr;

    sstr << "Error in calling function " << "nc_inq_dimname(ncid, dimId, fullNameIn)" << std::endl
         << errormsg << std::endl
         << "Unable to get dimension name from its id : " << dimId << std::endl;
    StdString e = sstr.str();
    throw CNetCdfException(e);
  }
  dimName = StdString(fullNameIn);
  return status;
}

/*!
This function makes a request to netcdf, returns length of a dimension, given its id
\param [in] ncid Groupd id (or File Id)
\param [in] dimId Id of desired dimension
\param [in/out] dimLen Length of desired dimension
\return Status code
*/
int CNetCdfInterface::inqDimLen(int ncid, int dimId, StdSize& dimLen)
{
  int status = nc_inq_dimlen(ncid, dimId, &dimLen);
  if (NC_NOERR != status)
  {
    StdString errormsg(nc_strerror(status));
    StdStringStream sstr;

    sstr << "Error in calling function " << "nc_inq_dimlen(ncid, dimId, &dimLen)" << std::endl
         << errormsg << std::endl
         << "Unable to get dimension length from its id: " << dimId << std::endl;
    StdString e = sstr.str();
    throw CNetCdfException(e);
  }

  return status;
}

/*!
This function makes a request to netcdf, returns number of dimensions of a variable, given its id
\param [in] ncid Groupd id (or File Id)
\param [in] varId Id of variable
\param [in/out] ndims number of dimension of the variable
\return Status code
*/
int CNetCdfInterface::inqVarNDims(int ncid, int varId, int& nDims)
{
  int status = nc_inq_varndims(ncid, varId, &nDims);
  if (NC_NOERR != status)
  {
    StdString errormsg(nc_strerror(status));
    StdStringStream sstr;

    sstr << "Error in calling function " << "nc_inq_varndims(ncid, varId, &nDims)" << std::endl
         << errormsg << std::endl
         << "Unable to get the number of dimension of variable with Id : " << varId << std::endl;
    StdString e = sstr.str();
    throw CNetCdfException(e);
  }

  return status;
}

/*!
This function makes a request to netcdf, returns a list of dimension ID describing the shape of the variable, given its id
\param [in] ncid Groupd id (or File Id)
\param [in] varId Id of variable
\param [in/out] dimIds list of dimension of the variable
\return Status code
*/
int CNetCdfInterface::inqVarDimId(int ncid, int varId, int* dimIds)
{
  int status = nc_inq_vardimid(ncid, varId, dimIds);
  if (NC_NOERR != status)
  {
    StdString errormsg(nc_strerror(status));
    StdStringStream sstr;

    sstr << "Error in calling function " << "nc_inq_vardimid(ncid, varId, dimIds)" << std::endl
         << errormsg << std::endl
         << "Unable to get list of dimension id of the variable with id " << varId << std::endl;
    StdString e = sstr.str();
    throw CNetCdfException(e);
  }

  return status;
}

/*!
This function makes a request to netcdf, to find all dimension in a group
\param [in] ncid Groupd id (or File Id)
\param [in/out] nDims number of list of dimension
\param [in/out] dimIds list of dimension in a group or any of its parent
\param [in] includeParents number of parents
\return Status code
*/
int CNetCdfInterface::inqDimIds(int ncid, int& nDims, int* dimIds, int includeParents)
{
  int status = nc_inq_dimids(ncid, &nDims, dimIds, includeParents);
  if (NC_NOERR != status)
  {
    StdString errormsg(nc_strerror(status));
    StdStringStream sstr;

    sstr << "Error in calling function " << "nc_inq_dimids(ncid, &nDims, dimIds, includeParents)" << std::endl;
    sstr << errormsg << std::endl;
    sstr << "Unable to retrieve number of dimension in the group with id : " << ncid << std::endl;
    sstr << "With number of Parents " << includeParents << std::endl;
    StdString e = sstr.str();
    throw CNetCdfException(e);
  }

  return status;
}

/*!
This function makes a request to netcdf with a id of a prent groupd and then return id of the created group, given its name
\param [in] parentNcid Id of parent groupd(or File Id)
\param [in] grpName Name of the desired group
\param [in/out] grpId Group id if this group is created sucessfully
\return Status code
*/
int CNetCdfInterface::defGrp(int parentNcid, const StdString& grpName, int& grpId)
{
  int status = nc_def_grp(parentNcid, (grpName.c_str()), &grpId);
  if (NC_NOERR != status)
  {
    StdString errormsg(nc_strerror(status));
    StdStringStream sstr;

    sstr << "Error in calling function " << "nc_def_grp(parentNcid, (grpName.c_str()), &grpId)" << std::endl;
    sstr << errormsg << std::endl;
    sstr << "Unable to create group Id, given its name : " << grpName << std::endl;
    StdString e = sstr.str();
    throw CNetCdfException(e);
  }

  return status;
}

/*!
This function makes a request to netcdf, add a new dimension to an open netcdf in define mode
\param [in] ncid Id of groupd(or File Id)
\param [in] dimName Name of the desired dimension
\param [in/out] grpId Group id if this group is created sucessfully
\return Status code
*/
int CNetCdfInterface::defDim(int ncid, const StdString& dimName, StdSize dimLen, int& dimId)
{
  int status = nc_def_dim(ncid, (dimName.c_str()), dimLen, &dimId);
  if (NC_NOERR != status)
  {
    StdString errormsg(nc_strerror(status));
    StdStringStream sstr;

    sstr << "Error in calling function " << "nc_def_dim(ncid, (dimName.c_str()), dimLen, &dimId)" << std::endl;
    sstr << errormsg << std::endl;
    sstr << "Unable to create dimension with name : " << dimName
         << " and with length " << dimLen << std::endl;
    StdString e = sstr.str();
    throw CNetCdfException(e);
  }

  return status;
}

/*!
This function makes a request to netcdf with its id, to add a new variable to an open netCdf in define mode,
return a variable id, given its name, type, the number of dimensions and list of dimension id
\param [in] ncid Id of groupd(or File Id)
\param [in] varName Name of the desired dimension
\param [in] xtypes One of the set of predefined netCDF data types
\param [in] nDims Number of dimension for the variable
\param [in] dimIds List of ndims dimension ids corresponding to the variable dimensions
\param [in/out] varId Variable id if it is added sucessfully
\return Status code
*/
int CNetCdfInterface::defVar(int ncid,const StdString& varName, nc_type xtype,
                            int nDims, const int dimIds[], int& varId)
{
  int status = nc_def_var(ncid, (varName.c_str()), xtype, nDims, dimIds, &varId);
  if (NC_NOERR != status)
  {
    StdString errormsg(nc_strerror(status));
    StdStringStream sstr;

    sstr << "Error in calling function " << " nc_def_var(ncid, (varName.c_str()), xtype, nDims, dimIds, &varId)" << std::endl;
    sstr << errormsg << std::endl;
    sstr << "Unable to add a new variable with name : " << varName
         << " with type " << xtype
         << " and number of dimension " << nDims << std::endl;
    StdString e = sstr.str();
    throw CNetCdfException(e);
  }

  return status;
}

/*!
This function makes a request to netcdf with a ncid, to set the chunking size of a variable,
given variable id and type of storage
\param [in] ncid Id groupd(or File Id)
\param [in] varId Id of the variable
\param [in] storage Type of storage (It can be : NC_CONTIGUOUS, NC_CHUNKED)
\param [in/out] chunkSize array list of chunk sizes
\return Status code
*/
int CNetCdfInterface::defVarChunking(int ncid, int varId, int storage, StdSize chunkSize[])
{
  int status = nc_def_var_chunking(ncid, varId, storage, chunkSize);
  if (NC_NOERR != status)
  {
    StdString errormsg(nc_strerror(status));
    StdStringStream sstr;

    sstr << "Error in calling function " << "nc_def_var_chunking(ncid, varId, storage, chunkSize)" << std::endl;
    sstr << errormsg << std::endl;
    sstr << "Unable to set chunk size of the variable with id : " << varId
      << " and storage type " << storage << std::endl;
    StdString e = sstr.str();
    throw CNetCdfException(e);
  }

  return status;
}

/*!
Set or unset the fill mode for a NetCDF file specified by its file id.
\param [in] ncid File id
\param [in] fill Define whether the fill mode should be enabled or not
\return Status code
*/
int CNetCdfInterface::setFill(int ncid, bool fill)
{
  int old_fill_mode;
  int status = nc_set_fill(ncid, fill ? NC_FILL : NC_NOFILL, &old_fill_mode);
  if (NC_NOERR != status)
  {
    StdString errormsg(nc_strerror(status));
    StdStringStream sstr;

    sstr << "Error when calling function nc_set_fill(ncid, fill ? NC_FILL : NC_NOFILL, &old_fill_mode)" << std::endl;
    sstr << errormsg << std::endl;
    sstr << "Unable to set the fill mode to : " << (fill ? "NC_FILL" : "NC_NOFILL") << std::endl;
    StdString e = sstr.str();
    throw CNetCdfException(e);
  }

  return status;
}

/*!
This function makes a request to netcdf with a ncid, to set the fill parameters for a variable,
given variable id and type of fill
\param [in] ncid Id groupd(or File Id)
\param [in] varId Id of the variable
\param [in] noFill turn on/off nofill mode on a variable
\param [in/out] fillValue
\return Status code
*/
int CNetCdfInterface::defVarFill(int ncid, int varId, int noFill, void* fillValue)
{
  int status = nc_def_var_fill(ncid, varId, noFill, fillValue);
  if (NC_NOERR != status)
  {
    StdString errormsg(nc_strerror(status));
    StdStringStream sstr;

    sstr << "Error in calling function " << "nc_def_var_fill(ncid, varId, noFill, fillValue)" << std::endl;
    sstr << errormsg << std::endl;
    sstr << "Unable to set fill parameters of the variable with id : " << varId
      << " and fill option " << noFill << std::endl;
    StdString e = sstr.str();
    throw CNetCdfException(e);
  }

  return status;
}

/*!
This function makes a request to netcdf with a ncid, to change the way read/write operations are performed
collectively or independently on the variable.
\param [in] ncid Id groupd(or File Id)
\param [in] varId Id of the variable
\param [in] noFill turn on/off nofill mode on a variable
\param [in/out] fillValue
\return Status code
*/
int CNetCdfInterface::varParAccess(int ncid, int varId, int access)
{
  int status = nc_var_par_access(ncid, varId, access);
  if (NC_NOERR != status)
  {
    StdString errormsg(nc_strerror(status));
    StdStringStream sstr;

    sstr << "Error in calling function " << "nc_var_par_access(ncid, varId, access)" << std::endl;
    sstr << errormsg << std::endl;
    sstr << "Unable to change read/write option of the variable with id : " << varId << std::endl;
    StdString e = sstr.str();
    throw CNetCdfException(e);
  }

  return status;
}

/*!
This function makes a synchronisation of the disk copy of a netCDF dataset.
\param [in] ncid Id groupd(or File Id)
\return Status code
*/
int CNetCdfInterface::sync(int ncid)
{
  int status = nc_sync(ncid);
  if (NC_NOERR != status)
  {
    StdString errormsg(nc_strerror(status));
    StdStringStream sstr;

    sstr << "Error in calling function " << "nc_sync(ncid)" << std::endl;
    sstr << errormsg << std::endl;
    sstr << "Unable to make a synchronization of a netCDF file with id : " << ncid << std::endl;
    StdString e = sstr.str();
    throw CNetCdfException(e);
  }

  return status;
}

/*!
This function makes a request to netcdf with its id, to add or change a variable attribute or gloabl attribute,
given its name, type, number of values provided for attribute
\param [in] ncid Id of groupd(or File Id)
\param [in] varId Id of the variable
\param [in] attrName Name of the attribute
\param [in] xtypes One of the set of predefined netCDF data types
\param [in] numVal Number of values
\param [in] op Array of values provided for attribute
\return Status code
*/
int CNetCdfInterface::putAtt(int ncid, int varId, const StdString& attrName, nc_type xtype,
                            StdSize numVal, const void* op)
{
  int status = nc_put_att(ncid, varId, (attrName.c_str()), xtype, numVal, op);
  if (NC_NOERR != status)
  {
    StdString errormsg(nc_strerror(status));
    StdStringStream sstr;

    sstr << "Error in calling function " << "nc_put_att(ncid, varId, (attrName.c_str()), xtype, numVal, op)" << std::endl;
    sstr << errormsg << std::endl;
    sstr << "Unable to set attribute " << attrName << " for a variable with id : " << varId
         << " with number of attribute  " << numVal
         << " with type " << xtype << std::endl;
    StdString e = sstr.str();
    throw CNetCdfException(e);
  }

  return status;
}

 // Some specilization of putAttributeType
template<>
int CNetCdfInterface::ncPutAttType(int ncid, int varid, const char* attrName,
                                 StdSize numVal, const double* op)
{
  return (nc_put_att_double(ncid, varid, attrName, NC_DOUBLE, numVal, op));
}

template<>
int CNetCdfInterface::ncPutAttType(int ncid, int varid, const char* attrName,
                                   StdSize numVal, const float* op)
{
  return (nc_put_att_float(ncid, varid, attrName, NC_FLOAT, numVal, op));
}

template<>
int CNetCdfInterface::ncPutAttType(int ncid, int varid, const char* attrName,
                                   StdSize numVal, const int* op)
{
  return (nc_put_att_int(ncid, varid, attrName, NC_INT, numVal, op));
}

template<>
int CNetCdfInterface::ncPutAttType(int ncid, int varid, const char* attrName,
                                   StdSize numVal, const long* op)
{
  return (nc_put_att_long(ncid, varid, attrName, NC_LONG, numVal, op));
}

template<>
int CNetCdfInterface::ncPutAttType(int ncid, int varid, const char* attrName,
                                   StdSize numVal, const short* op)
{
  return (nc_put_att_short(ncid, varid, attrName, NC_SHORT, numVal, op));
}


// Some specilization of putVariableType
template<>
int CNetCdfInterface::ncPutVaraType(int ncid, int varid, const StdSize* start, const StdSize* count, const double* op)
{
  return (nc_put_vara_double(ncid, varid, start, count, op));
}

template<>
int CNetCdfInterface::ncPutVaraType(int ncid, int varid, const StdSize* start, const StdSize* count, const float* op)
{
  return (nc_put_vara_float(ncid, varid, start, count, op));
}

template<>
int CNetCdfInterface::ncPutVaraType(int ncid, int varid, const StdSize* start, const StdSize* count, const int* op)
{
  return (nc_put_vara_int(ncid, varid, start, count, op));
}

 /*!
 This function verifies an existence of a variable by using its name.
 Be careful, althoug false means variable doens't exist, it could show that netCDF file doesn't either
 \param [in] ncid Id of groupd(or File Id)
 \param [in] attrName Name of the variable
 \return Existence of variable
 */
bool CNetCdfInterface::isVarExisted(int ncId, const StdString& varName)
{
   int varId = 0;
   return (NC_NOERR == (nc_inq_varid(ncId, varName.c_str(), &varId)));
}

StdString CNetCdfInterface::openMode2String(int oMode)
{
  StdString modeMes;
  switch (oMode)
  {
  case NC_NOWRITE:
    modeMes = StdString("NC_NOWRITE : Opening netCDF file with read-only access with buffering and caching access");
    break;
  case NC_SHARE:
    modeMes = StdString("NC_SHARE : Several processes can read the file concurrently");
    break;
  case NC_WRITE:
    modeMes = StdString("NC_WRITE : NetCDF file is readable and writable");
    break;
  default:
    modeMes = StdString("In the composed opening mode");
    break;
  }
  return modeMes;
}

StdString CNetCdfInterface::creationMode2String(int cMode)
{
  StdString modeMes;
  switch (cMode)
  {
  case NC_NOCLOBBER:
    modeMes = StdString("NC_NOCLOBBER : Not overwrite an exisiting netCDF file ");
    break;
  case NC_SHARE:
    modeMes = StdString("NC_SHARE : Several processes can read from and write into the file concurrently");
    break;
  case NC_64BIT_OFFSET:
    modeMes = StdString("NC_64BIT_OFFSET : NetCDF file is 64-bit offset");
    break;
  case NC_NETCDF4:
    modeMes = StdString("NC_NETCDF4 : NetCDF file is HDF5/NetCDF-4");
    break;
  case NC_CLASSIC_MODEL:
    modeMes = StdString("NC_CLASSIC_MODEL : NetCDF file is classical model");
    break;
  default:
    modeMes = StdString("In the composed creation mode");
    break;
  }
  return modeMes;
}

}