Exemple #1
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int
dapshiftprojection(DCEprojection* projection)
{
    int ncstat = NC_NOERR;
    int i,j;
    NClist* segments;

#ifdef DEBUG1
fprintf(stderr,"dapshiftprojection.before: %s\n",dumpprojection(projection));
#endif

    ASSERT(projection->discrim == CES_VAR);
    segments = projection->var->segments;
    for(i=0;i<nclistlength(segments);i++) {
	DCEsegment* seg = (DCEsegment*)nclistget(segments,i);
        for(j=0;j<seg->rank;j++) {
	    DCEslice* slice = seg->slices+j;
	    dapshiftslice(slice);
	}
    }

#ifdef DEBUG1
fprintf(stderr,"dapshiftprojection.after: %s\n",dumpprojection(projection));
#endif

    return ncstat;
}
Exemple #2
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/* Given the arguments to vara
   construct a corresponding projection
   with any pseudo dimensions removed
*/
NCerror
buildvaraprojection3(Getvara* getvar,
		     const size_t* startp, const size_t* countp, const ptrdiff_t* stridep,
		     DCEprojection** projectionp)
{
    int i,j;
    NCerror ncstat = NC_NOERR;
    CDFnode* var = getvar->target;
    DCEprojection* projection = NULL;
    NClist* path = nclistnew();
    NClist* segments = NULL;
    int dimindex;

    ncstat = dapvar2projection(var,&projection);
#ifdef DEBUG
fprintf(stderr,"buildvaraprojection: %s\n",dumpprojection(projection));
#endif

    /* We need to assign the start/count/stride info to each segment;
       declsize will have been set
    */
    segments = projection->var->segments;
    dimindex = 0;
    for(i=0;i<nclistlength(segments);i++) {
	DCEsegment* segment = (DCEsegment*)nclistget(segments,i);
        for(j=0;j<segment->rank;j++) {
	    DCEslice* slice = &segment->slices[j];
	    /* make each slice represent the corresponding
               start/count/stride */
	    slice->first = startp[dimindex+j];
	    slice->stride = stridep[dimindex+j];
	    slice->count = countp[dimindex+j];
	    slice->length = slice->count * slice->stride;
	    if(slice->length > slice->declsize)
		slice->length = slice->declsize;
	    slice->stop = (slice->first + slice->length);
	    if(slice->stop > slice->declsize)
		slice->stop = slice->declsize;
	}
	dimindex += segment->rank;
    }
#ifdef DEBUG
fprintf(stderr,"buildvaraprojection.final: %s\n",dumpprojection(projection));
#endif
#ifdef IGNORE
    removepseudodims3(projection);
#endif

#ifdef DEBUG
fprintf(stderr,"buildvaraprojection3: projection=%s\n",
        dumpprojection(projection));
#endif

    if(projectionp) *projectionp = projection;

    nclistfree(path);
    if(ncstat) dcefree((DCEnode*)projection);
    return ncstat;
}
Exemple #3
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/*
Given a set of projections and a projection
representing a variable (from, say vara or prefetch)
construct a single projection for fetching that variable
with the proper constraints.
*/
int
daprestrictprojection(NClist* projections, DCEprojection* var, DCEprojection** resultp)
{
    int ncstat = NC_NOERR;
    int i;
    DCEprojection* result = NULL;
#ifdef DEBUG1
fprintf(stderr,"restrictprojection.before: constraints=|%s| vara=|%s|\n",
		dumpprojections(projections),
		dumpprojection(var));
#endif

    ASSERT(var != NULL);

    /* the projection list will contain at most 1 match for the var by construction */
    for(result=null,i=0;i<nclistlength(projections);i++) {
	DCEprojection* p1 = (DCEprojection*)nclistget(projections,i);
	if(p1 == NULL || p1->discrim != CES_VAR) continue;
	if(p1->var->annotation == var->var->annotation) {
	    result = p1;
	    break;
	}
    }
    if(result == NULL) {
	result = (DCEprojection*)dceclone((DCEnode*)var); /* use only the var projection */
 	goto done;	
    }
    result = (DCEprojection*)dceclone((DCEnode*)result); /* so we can modify */

#ifdef DEBUG1
fprintf(stderr,"restrictprojection.choice: base=|%s| add=|%s|\n",
	dumpprojection(result),dumpprojection(var));
#endif
    /* We need to merge the projection from the projection list
       with the var projection
    */
    ncstat = dcemergeprojections(result,var); /* result will be modified */    

done:
    if(resultp) *resultp = result;
#ifdef DEBUG
fprintf(stderr,"restrictprojection.after=|%s|\n",
		dumpprojection(result));
#endif
    return ncstat;
}
Exemple #4
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/* Convert a CDFnode var to a projection; include
   pseudodimensions; always whole variable.
*/
int
dapvar2projection(CDFnode* var, DCEprojection** projectionp)
{
    int i,j;
    int ncstat = NC_NOERR;
    NClist* path = nclistnew();
    NClist* segments;
    DCEprojection* projection = NULL;
    int dimindex;

    /* Collect the nodes needed to construct the projection segment */    
    collectnodepath3(var,path,!WITHDATASET);

    segments = nclistnew();
    dimindex = 0; /* point to next subset of slices */
    nclistsetalloc(segments,nclistlength(path));
    for(i=0;i<nclistlength(path);i++) {
	DCEsegment* segment = (DCEsegment*)dcecreate(CES_SEGMENT);
	CDFnode* n = (CDFnode*)nclistget(path,i);
	int localrank;
        NClist* dimset;

	segment->annotation = (void*)n;
        segment->name = nulldup(n->ocname);
        /* We need to assign whole slices to each segment */
	localrank = nclistlength(n->array.dimsetplus);
        segment->rank = localrank;
	dimset = n->array.dimsetplus;
        for(j=0;j<localrank;j++) {
	    DCEslice* slice;
	    CDFnode* dim;
	    slice = &segment->slices[j];
	    dim = (CDFnode*)nclistget(dimset,j);
	    ASSERT(dim->dim.declsize0 > 0);
	    dcemakewholeslice(slice,dim->dim.declsize0);
	}
	segment->slicesdefined = 1;
	segment->slicesdeclized = 1;
	dimindex += localrank;
	nclistpush(segments,(ncelem)segment);
    }
    
    projection = (DCEprojection*)dcecreate(CES_PROJECT);
    projection->discrim = CES_VAR;
    projection->var = (DCEvar*)dcecreate(CES_VAR);
    projection->var->annotation = (void*)var;
    projection->var->segments = segments;

#ifdef DEBUG1
fprintf(stderr,"dapvar2projection: projection=%s\n",
        dumpprojection(projection));
#endif

    nclistfree(path);
    if(ncstat) dcefree((DCEnode*)projection);
    else if(projectionp) *projectionp = projection;
    return ncstat;
}    
Exemple #5
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/* Remove any pseudodimensions (sequence and string)*/
static NCerror
removepseudodims(DCEprojection* proj)
{
    int i;
#ifdef DEBUG1
fprintf(stderr,"removesequencedims.before: %s\n",dumpprojection(proj));
#endif
    for(i=0;i<nclistlength(proj->var->segments);i++) {
	DCEsegment* seg = (DCEsegment*)nclistget(proj->var->segments,i);
	CDFnode* cdfnode = (CDFnode*)seg->annotation;
	if(cdfnode->array.seqdim != NULL)
	    seg->rank = 0;
	else if(cdfnode->array.stringdim != NULL)
	    seg->rank--;
    }
#ifdef DEBUG1
fprintf(stderr,"removepseudodims.after: %s\n",dumpprojection(proj));
#endif
    return NC_NOERR;
}
Exemple #6
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/* Make sure that the slice declsizes are all defined for this projection */
static NCerror
qualifyprojectionsizes3(DCEprojection* proj)
{
    int i,j;
    ASSERT(proj->discrim == CES_VAR);
#ifdef DEBUG
fprintf(stderr,"qualifyprojectionsizes.before: %s\n",
		dumpprojection(proj));
#endif
    for(i=0;i<nclistlength(proj->var->segments);i++) {
        DCEsegment* seg = (DCEsegment*)nclistget(proj->var->segments,i);
	NClist* dimset = NULL;
	CDFnode* cdfnode = (CDFnode*)seg->annotation;
	ASSERT(cdfnode != NULL);
        dimset = cdfnode->array.dimsetplus;
        seg->rank = nclistlength(dimset);
	/* For this, we do not want any string dimensions */
	if(cdfnode->array.stringdim != NULL) seg->rank--;
        for(j=0;j<seg->rank;j++) {
	    CDFnode* dim = (CDFnode*)nclistget(dimset,j);
	    if(dim->dim.basedim != NULL) dim = dim->dim.basedim;
            ASSERT(dim != null);
	    if(seg->slicesdefined)
	        seg->slices[j].declsize = dim->dim.declsize;
	    else
	        dcemakewholeslice(seg->slices+j,dim->dim.declsize);
	}
        seg->slicesdefined = 1;
        seg->slicesdeclized = 1;
    }
#ifdef DEBUG
fprintf(stderr,"qualifyprojectionsizes.after: %s\n",
		dumpprojection(proj));
#endif
    return NC_NOERR;
}
Exemple #7
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/* convert all names in projections in paths to be fully qualified
   by adding prefix segment objects.
*/
static NCerror
qualifyprojectionnames3(DCEprojection* proj)
{
    NCerror ncstat = NC_NOERR;
    NClist* fullpath = nclistnew();

    ASSERT((proj->discrim == CES_VAR
            && proj->var->annotation != NULL
            && ((CDFnode*)proj->var->annotation)->ocnode != OCNULL));
    collectnodepath3((CDFnode*)proj->var->annotation,fullpath,!WITHDATASET);
#ifdef DEBUG
fprintf(stderr,"qualify: %s -> ",
	dumpprojection(proj));
#endif
    /* Now add path nodes to create full path */
    completesegments3(fullpath,proj->var->segments);

#ifdef DEBUG
fprintf(stderr,"%s\n",
	dumpprojection(proj));
#endif
    nclistfree(fullpath);
    return ncstat;
}
/* Convert an NCprojection instance into a string
   that can be used with the url
*/
char*
dumpprojections(NClist* projections)
{
    int i;
    NCbytes* buf = ncbytesnew();
    char* pstring;
    for(i=0;i<nclistlength(projections);i++) {
	NCprojection* p = (NCprojection*)nclistget(projections,i);
        if(i > 0) ncbytescat(buf,",");
	ncbytescat(buf,dumpprojection(p));
    }
    pstring = ncbytesdup(buf);
    ncbytesfree(buf);
    return pstring;
}
Exemple #9
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NCerror
nc3d_getvarx(int ncid, int varid,
	    const size_t *startp,
	    const size_t *countp,
	    const ptrdiff_t* stridep,
	    void *data,
	    nc_type dsttype0)
{
    NCerror ncstat = NC_NOERR;
    OCerror ocstat = OC_NOERR;
    int i;
    NC* drno;
    NC* substrate;
    NCDAPCOMMON* dapcomm;
    CDFnode* cdfvar = NULL; /* cdf node mapping to var*/
    NClist* varnodes;
    nc_type dsttype;
    Getvara* varainfo = NULL;
    CDFnode* xtarget = NULL; /* target in DATADDS */
    CDFnode* target = NULL; /* target in constrained DDS */
    DCEprojection* varaprojection = NULL;
    NCcachenode* cachenode = NULL;
    size_t localcount[NC_MAX_VAR_DIMS];
    NClist* ncdimsall;
    size_t ncrank;
    NClist* vars = NULL;
    DCEconstraint* fetchconstraint = NULL;
    DCEprojection* fetchprojection = NULL;
    DCEprojection* walkprojection = NULL;
    int state;
#define FETCHWHOLE 1 /* fetch whole data set */
#define FETCHVAR   2 /* fetch whole variable */
#define FETCHPART  4 /* fetch constrained variable */
#define CACHED     8 /* whole variable is already in the cache */

    ncstat = NC_check_id(ncid, (NC**)&drno);
    if(ncstat != NC_NOERR) goto fail;
    dapcomm = (NCDAPCOMMON*)drno->dispatchdata;
    
    ncstat = NC_check_id(drno->substrate, (NC**)&substrate);
    if(ncstat != NC_NOERR) goto fail;

    /* Locate var node via varid */
    varnodes = dapcomm->cdf.ddsroot->tree->varnodes;
    for(i=0;i<nclistlength(varnodes);i++) {
	CDFnode* node = (CDFnode*)nclistget(varnodes,i);
	if(node->array.basevar == NULL
           && node->nctype == NC_Atomic
           && node->ncid == varid) {
	    cdfvar = node;
	    break;
	}
    }

    ASSERT((cdfvar != NULL));

    /* If the variable is prefetchable, then now
       is the time to do a lazy prefetch */
   if(FLAGSET(dapcomm->controls,NCF_PREFETCH)
      && !FLAGSET(dapcomm->controls,NCF_PREFETCH_EAGER)) {
        if(dapcomm->cdf.cache != NULL && dapcomm->cdf.cache->prefetch == NULL) {
            ncstat = prefetchdata3(dapcomm);
            if(ncstat != NC_NOERR) {THROWCHK(ncstat); goto fail;}
	}
    }
    
    /* Get the dimension info */
    ncdimsall = cdfvar->array.dimsetall;
    ncrank = nclistlength(ncdimsall);

#ifdef DEBUG
 {
int i;
fprintf(stderr,"getvarx: %s",cdfvar->ncfullname);
for(i=0;i<ncrank;i++)
  fprintf(stderr,"(%ld:%ld:%ld)",
	(long)startp[i],
	(long)countp[i],
	(long)stridep[i]
	);
fprintf(stderr,"\n");
 }
#endif

    /* Fill in missing arguments */
    if(startp == NULL)
	startp = nc_sizevector0;

    if(countp == NULL) {
        /* Accumulate the dimension sizes */
        for(i=0;i<ncrank;i++) {
	    CDFnode* dim = (CDFnode*)nclistget(ncdimsall,i);
	    localcount[i] = dim->dim.declsize;
	}
	countp = localcount;
    }

    if(stridep == NULL)
	stridep = nc_ptrdiffvector1;

    /* Validate the dimension sizes */
    for(i=0;i<ncrank;i++) {
        CDFnode* dim = (CDFnode*)nclistget(ncdimsall,i);
	if(startp[i] > dim->dim.declsize
	   || startp[i]+countp[i] > dim->dim.declsize) {
	    ncstat = NC_EINVALCOORDS;
	    goto fail;	    
	}
    }	     

#ifdef DEBUG
 {
NClist* dims = cdfvar->array.dimsetall;
fprintf(stderr,"getvarx: %s",cdfvar->ncfullname);
if(nclistlength(dims) > 0) {int i;
for(i=0;i<nclistlength(dims);i++) 
fprintf(stderr,"(%lu:%lu:%lu)",(unsigned long)startp[i],(unsigned long)countp[i],(unsigned long)stridep[i]);
fprintf(stderr," -> ");
for(i=0;i<nclistlength(dims);i++) 
if(stridep[i]==1)
fprintf(stderr,"[%lu:%lu]",(unsigned long)startp[i],(unsigned long)((startp[i]+countp[i])-1));
else {
unsigned long iend = (stridep[i] * countp[i]);
iend = (iend + startp[i]);
iend = (iend - 1);
fprintf(stderr,"[%lu:%lu:%lu]",
(unsigned long)startp[i],(unsigned long)stridep[i],iend);
 }
 }
fprintf(stderr,"\n");
 }
#endif

    dsttype = (dsttype0);

    /* Default to using the inquiry type for this var*/
    if(dsttype == NC_NAT) dsttype = cdfvar->externaltype;

    /* Validate any implied type conversion*/
    if(cdfvar->etype != dsttype && dsttype == NC_CHAR) {
        /* The only disallowed conversion is to/from char and non-byte
           numeric types*/
	switch (cdfvar->etype) {
	case NC_STRING: case NC_URL:
	case NC_CHAR: case NC_BYTE: case NC_UBYTE:
	    break;
	default:
	    return THROW(NC_ECHAR);
	}
    }

    ncstat = makegetvar34(dapcomm,cdfvar,data,dsttype,&varainfo);
    if(ncstat != NC_NOERR) {THROWCHK(ncstat); goto fail;}

    /* Compile the start/stop/stride info into a projection */
    ncstat = buildvaraprojection3(varainfo->target,
		                  startp,countp,stridep,
                                  &varaprojection);
    if(ncstat != NC_NOERR) {THROWCHK(ncstat); goto fail;}

    fetchprojection = NULL;
    walkprojection = NULL;

    /* Create walkprojection as the merge of the url projections
       and the vara projection; may change in FETCHPART case below*/
    ncstat = daprestrictprojection(dapcomm->oc.dapconstraint->projections,
				   varaprojection,&walkprojection);
    if(ncstat != NC_NOERR) {THROWCHK(ncstat); goto fail;}

#ifdef DEBUG
fprintf(stderr,"getvarx: walkprojection: |%s|\n",dumpprojection(walkprojection));
#endif

    /* define the var list of interest */
    vars = nclistnew();
    nclistpush(vars,(void*)varainfo->target);

    state = 0;
    if(iscached(dapcomm,cdfvar,&cachenode)) { /* ignores non-whole variable cache entries */
	state = CACHED;
	ASSERT((cachenode != NULL));
#ifdef DEBUG
fprintf(stderr,"var is in cache\n");
#endif
        /* If it is cached, then it is a whole variable but may still
           need to apply constraints during the walk */
	ASSERT(cachenode->wholevariable); /* by construction */
    } else if(FLAGSET(dapcomm->controls,NCF_UNCONSTRAINABLE)) {
	state = FETCHWHOLE;
    } else {/* load using constraints */
        if(FLAGSET(dapcomm->controls,NCF_WHOLEVAR))
	    state = FETCHVAR;
	else
	    state = FETCHPART;
    }
    ASSERT(state != 0);    

    switch (state) {

    case FETCHWHOLE: {
        /* buildcachenode3 will create a new cachenode and
           will also fetch the whole corresponding datadds.
	*/
        /* Build the complete constraint to use in the fetch */
        fetchconstraint = (DCEconstraint*)dcecreate(CES_CONSTRAINT);
        /* Use no projections or selections */
        fetchconstraint->projections = nclistnew();
        fetchconstraint->selections = nclistnew();
#ifdef DEBUG
fprintf(stderr,"getvarx: FETCHWHOLE: fetchconstraint: %s\n",dumpconstraint(fetchconstraint));
#endif
        ncstat = buildcachenode34(dapcomm,fetchconstraint,vars,&cachenode,0);
	fetchconstraint = NULL; /*buildcachenode34 takes control of fetchconstraint.*/
	if(ncstat != NC_NOERR) {THROWCHK(ncstat); goto fail;}
    } break;

    case CACHED: {
    } break;

    case FETCHVAR: { /* Fetch a complete single variable */
        /* Create fetch projection as the merge of the url projections
           and the vara projection */
        ncstat = daprestrictprojection(dapcomm->oc.dapconstraint->projections,
				       varaprojection,&fetchprojection);
	/* elide any sequence and string dimensions (dap servers do not allow such). */
	ncstat = removepseudodims(fetchprojection);
        if(ncstat != NC_NOERR) {THROWCHK(ncstat); goto fail;}

	/* Convert to a whole variable projection */
	dcemakewholeprojection(fetchprojection);

#ifdef DEBUG
fprintf(stderr,"getvarx: FETCHVAR: fetchprojection: |%s|\n",dumpprojection(fetchprojection));
#endif

        /* Build the complete constraint to use in the fetch */
        fetchconstraint = (DCEconstraint*)dcecreate(CES_CONSTRAINT);
        /* merged constraint just uses the url constraint selection */
        fetchconstraint->selections = dceclonelist(dapcomm->oc.dapconstraint->selections);
	/* and the created fetch projection */
        fetchconstraint->projections = nclistnew();
	nclistpush(fetchconstraint->projections,(void*)fetchprojection);
#ifdef DEBUG
fprintf(stderr,"getvarx: FETCHVAR: fetchconstraint: %s\n",dumpconstraint(fetchconstraint));
#endif
        /* buildcachenode3 will create a new cachenode and
           will also fetch the corresponding datadds.
        */
        ncstat = buildcachenode34(dapcomm,fetchconstraint,vars,&cachenode,0);
	fetchconstraint = NULL; /*buildcachenode34 takes control of fetchconstraint.*/
	if(ncstat != NC_NOERR) {THROWCHK(ncstat); goto fail;}
    } break;

    case FETCHPART: {
        /* Create fetch projection as the merge of the url projections
           and the vara projection */
        ncstat = daprestrictprojection(dapcomm->oc.dapconstraint->projections,
				       varaprojection,&fetchprojection);
	/* elide any sequence and string dimensions (dap servers do not allow such). */
	ncstat = removepseudodims(fetchprojection);
        if(ncstat != NC_NOERR) {THROWCHK(ncstat); goto fail;}

	/* Shift the varaprojection for simple walk */
	dcefree((DCEnode*)walkprojection) ; /* reclaim any existing walkprojection */        
	walkprojection = (DCEprojection*)dceclone((DCEnode*)varaprojection);
        dapshiftprojection(walkprojection);

#ifdef DEBUG
fprintf(stderr,"getvarx: FETCHPART: fetchprojection: |%s|\n",dumpprojection(fetchprojection));
#endif

        /* Build the complete constraint to use in the fetch */
        fetchconstraint = (DCEconstraint*)dcecreate(CES_CONSTRAINT);
        /* merged constraint just uses the url constraint selection */
        fetchconstraint->selections = dceclonelist(dapcomm->oc.dapconstraint->selections);
	/* and the created fetch projection */
        fetchconstraint->projections = nclistnew();
	nclistpush(fetchconstraint->projections,(void*)fetchprojection);
#ifdef DEBUG
fprintf(stderr,"getvarx: FETCHPART: fetchconstraint: %s\n",dumpconstraint(fetchconstraint));
#endif
        /* buildcachenode3 will create a new cachenode and
           will also fetch the corresponding datadds.
        */
        ncstat = buildcachenode34(dapcomm,fetchconstraint,vars,&cachenode,0);
	fetchconstraint = NULL; /*buildcachenode34 takes control of fetchconstraint.*/
	if(ncstat != NC_NOERR) {THROWCHK(ncstat); goto fail;}
    } break;

    default: PANIC1("unknown fetch state: %d\n",state);
    }

    ASSERT(cachenode != NULL);

#ifdef DEBUG
fprintf(stderr,"cache.datadds=%s\n",dumptree(cachenode->datadds));
#endif

    /* attach DATADDS to (constrained) DDS */
    unattach34(dapcomm->cdf.ddsroot);
    ncstat = attachsubset34(cachenode->datadds,dapcomm->cdf.ddsroot);
    if(ncstat) goto fail;	

    /* Fix up varainfo to use the cache */
    varainfo->cache = cachenode;
    cachenode = NULL;
    varainfo->varaprojection = walkprojection;
    walkprojection = NULL;

    /* Get the var correlate from the datadds */
    target = varainfo->target;
    xtarget = target->attachment;
    if(xtarget == NULL) 
	{THROWCHK(ncstat=NC_ENODATA); goto fail;}

    /* Switch to datadds tree space*/
    varainfo->target = xtarget;
save = (DCEnode*)varaprojection;
    ncstat = moveto(dapcomm,varainfo,varainfo->cache->datadds,data);
    if(ncstat != NC_NOERR) {THROWCHK(ncstat); goto fail;}

    nclistfree(vars);
    dcefree((DCEnode*)varaprojection);
    dcefree((DCEnode*)fetchconstraint);
    freegetvara(varainfo);
fail:
    if(ocstat != OC_NOERR) ncstat = ocerrtoncerr(ocstat);
    return THROW(ncstat);
}
Exemple #10
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/* Given the arguments to vara
   construct a corresponding projection
   with any pseudo dimensions removed
*/
NCerror
buildvaraprojection(CDFnode* var,
		     const size_t* startp, const size_t* countp, const ptrdiff_t* stridep,
		     DCEprojection** projectionp)
{
    int i,j;
    NCerror ncstat = NC_NOERR;
    DCEprojection* projection = NULL;
    NClist* path = nclistnew();
    NClist* segments = NULL;
    int dimindex;

    /* Build a skeleton projection that has 1 segment for
       every cdfnode from root to the variable of interest.
       Each segment has the slices from its corresponding node
       in the path, including pseudo-dims
    */
    ncstat = dapvar2projection(var,&projection);


#ifdef DEBUG
fprintf(stderr,"buildvaraprojection: skeleton: %s\n",dumpprojection(projection));
#endif

    /* Now, modify the projection to reflect the corresponding
       start/count/stride from the nc_get_vara arguments.
    */
    segments = projection->var->segments;
    dimindex = 0;
    for(i=0;i<nclistlength(segments);i++) {
	DCEsegment* segment = (DCEsegment*)nclistget(segments,i);
        for(j=0;j<segment->rank;j++) {
	    size_t count = 0;
	    DCEslice* slice = &segment->slices[j];
	    /* make each slice represent the corresponding
               start/count/stride */
	    slice->first = startp[dimindex+j];
	    slice->stride = stridep[dimindex+j];
	    count = countp[dimindex+j];
	    slice->count = count;
	    slice->length = count * slice->stride;
	    slice->last = (slice->first + slice->length) - 1;
	    if(slice->last >= slice->declsize) {
		slice->last = slice->declsize - 1;
		/* reverse compute the new length */
		slice->length = (slice->last - slice->first) + 1;
	    }
	}
	dimindex += segment->rank;
    }
#ifdef DEBUG
fprintf(stderr,"buildvaraprojection.final: %s\n",dumpprojection(projection));
#endif

#ifdef DEBUG
fprintf(stderr,"buildvaraprojection3: final: projection=%s\n",
        dumpprojection(projection));
#endif

    if(projectionp) *projectionp = projection;

    nclistfree(path);
    if(ncstat) dcefree((DCEnode*)projection);
    return ncstat;
}