private void copySome(NetcdfFileWriteable ncfile, Variable oldVar, int nelems)
throws IOException {
String newName = N3iosp.makeValidNetcdfObjectName(oldVar.getShortName());
int[] shape = oldVar.getShape();
int[] origin = new int[oldVar.getRank()];
int size = shape[0];
for (int i = 0; i < size; i += nelems) {
origin[0] = i;
int left = size - i;
shape[0] = Math.min(nelems, left);
Array data;
try {
data = oldVar.read(origin, shape);
if (oldVar.getDataType() == DataType.STRING) {
data = convertToChar(ncfile.findVariable(newName), data);
}
if (data.getSize() > 0) { // zero when record dimension = 0
ncfile.write(newName, origin, data);
if (debug) System.out.println("write " + data.getSize() + " bytes");
}
} catch (InvalidRangeException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
throw new IOException(e.getMessage());
}
}
}
