private static String getStructMetadata(Group eosGroup) throws IOException {
StringBuilder sbuff = null;
String structMetadata = null;
int n = 0;
while (true) {
Variable structMetadataVar = eosGroup.findVariable("StructMetadata." + n);
if (structMetadataVar == null) break;
if ((structMetadata != null) && (sbuff == null)) { // more than 1 StructMetadata
sbuff = new StringBuilder(64000);
sbuff.append(structMetadata);
}
// read and parse the ODL
Array A = structMetadataVar.read();
if (A instanceof ArrayChar.D1) {
ArrayChar ca = (ArrayChar) A;
structMetadata = ca.getString(); // common case only StructMetadata.0, avoid extra copy
} else if (A instanceof ArrayObject.D0) {
ArrayObject ao = (ArrayObject) A;
structMetadata = (String) ao.getObject(0);
} else {
log.error("Unsupported array type {} for StructMetadata", A.getElementType());
}
if (sbuff != null) sbuff.append(structMetadata);
n++;
}
return (sbuff != null) ? sbuff.toString() : structMetadata;
}
