Autoplot Application (#{tag})

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Autoplot allows plotting of data from many data sources, including remote CDF files and HAPI servers. Datasets are identified with URIs, and by the URI's extension, data are loaded into one uniform data model. Data are then displayed by determining the rendering method and axis ranges to provide a useful display with interactive axes and mouse actions. The data can then be further processed with other operations like smooth and FFT, and Jython scripting provides a capable programming environment.

This is the Autoplot v2023a branch. This is an update to the production version containing bugfixes and minor new features. Java 8 is required.

To run on 32-bit systems, use the single-jar release and a 32-bit version of Java.

Bugfixes (2023-11-17 r27321):

• bugfix when string parameter is "https://....", where it mistook the parameter in logic to handle "opt1: opt1 explanation".
• 83: LogLin tick positions mode for log axes had a bug. Thanks, James!
• 811: copy of rows and marginRow needed to do this correctly.
• 66: OutsideSE Legend with multiple lines fixed.
• 2563: resize plot when binding scales resets range instead of scales.
• toTimeDataSet(1999,12,31,0,0,0,0) (all rank 0 scalars) works now.
• 2564: HAPI CSV redirect was failing.
• Valid ISO8601 range 20000101T1300Z/1400Z now parses.
• 2562: HAPI server events list doesn't include nominal units with Events List Tool
• 2560: appliedFilters=' ' resulted in extra line (!c) being added to title. Thanks, Ivar!
• don't make the last highlited log message stack trace be the console tooltip, since this makes the GUI hard to use. The "AP>" prompt still has the text.
• 2558: improve support for long-array-backed CDF_TT2000 timetags, properly handling times to nanosecond resolution. Thanks, Connor!
• make sure all time generators in Run Batch generate times which Run Batch can use. Thanks, Sadie!
• 2556: support rank 2 waveform with units of seconds in metadata tab. Thanks, Sadie!
• 2556: correction to Jython editor error highliting, where extra line was drawn. Thanks, Sadie!
• remove old test which unnecessarily abandoned the tick bounds calculation when more lines were requested for ticks than needed.

Older Bugfixes (2023-08-29 r27149):

• 1469: ASCII parser dropped a record when "where" was used and non-records followed the data. Thanks, Bill!
• 2555: orbit plot handles "+2hr/4" when there are multiple passes that are distant in time. Thanks, Sadie!
• TimeUtil.ceil(TimeUtil.HOUR,datum('2023-10-17T16:45')) corrected.
• setLayout(2,2) would create two columns incorrectly indicating the marginRow is their parent, instead of the marginColumn.
• https Das2Servers are offered as defaults, not the old http addresses. Thanks, Chris!
• 2553: Das2Server support for 301 redirects with list and landing page.
• Static Code Analysis inspects else clause for usages.
• histogram editor panel had a bug in regex, breaking it in most cases.
• 2550: show more digits when timetags are sub-millisecond cadence. Thanks, Connor!
• don't hide the "show all" button with the CDAWeb editor, since some PSP_FLD_L2_DFB_DBM_DVAC variables are support but are still interesting. Thanks, Sadie!
• 2319: Jython completions using Java Types, support x=X.Y.c(), gtr2= GrannyTextRenderer()
• 2546: Aggregation when CDF file is missing a variable. Thanks, Kris!
• rte_0338377624: null can get into array causing runtime exception. Thanks admin!
• %{CONTEXT} macro in annotations properly listens to updates in the plot's focus dataset.
• 2542: Javadoc improvements

Features:

• simple editor colors GUI also loads and saves configurations.
• Jython fileExists function supports remote filesystems.
• 2563: Colorbar has context menu item to switch to different colorbar.
• DasAxis format supports %04X for hexidecimal ticks.
• 82: DasRow and DasColumn now have top/bottom right/left control string property, minLayout/,maxLayout, simplifying Autoplot and contains complexity within one Das2 class.
• rfe814: support run batch output file with file_%04d.png for template, allowing more control over formatting. Thanks, Sadie!
• Support Jython completions based on "a,b=1,2" tuple assignment and matching. Thanks, Connor!
• "file:" locations for scripting documentation now works. Thanks, Kristoff!
• rfe811: new dialog for fix layout includes options to move legends and remove gaps, show preview.
• rfe811: plot.ephemerisLineCount property added, so that the layout can be done before ephemeris is loaded.

Less recent features:

• Identify dataset scheme T→Y→X, which should be phased out.
• rfe811: add map to fixLayout call which will support a dialog of options. Add methods to support fixLayout on any DOM, not necessary the "live" one.
• SeriesRenderer gets kludgey "moduloY" control which will avoid a connection from 24 to 0 hours.
• Jython __setItem__ has special branch for when all indices are numbers, improving performance by using simpler code.
• legacy storage for options like width and height are no longer imported from Autoplot versions older than five years ago.
• "Display Data" mouse action shows the number of selected records, useful for counting.
• Round the valid min, valid max, and fill value from CDF files to seven decimal places to make them more legible, since the CDF library converts floats to doubles.

Data is input from:

• ASCII files (.dat,.txt)
• CSV files (.csv)
• Binary files (.bin)
• CDF files(.cdf)
• PDS4 files (.lblx)
• Excel spread sheets (.xls)
• das2Streams (.d2s or .das2Stream)
• HAPI Servers (vap+hapi:)
• CDAWeb data server (vap+cdaweb:)
• das2servers (vap+das2server:)
• QStreams (.qds) (serialized version of internal model QDataSet)
• Plasma Wave Group das2 Server
• NetCDF files (.nc,.ncml)
• HDF5 files (.h5,.hdf5)
• DODs servers (.dds)
• Cluster Exchange Format files (.cef)
• Fits Format Files (.fits)
• Images (.jpg, .png, .gif)
• Wav audio files (.wav)

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