libdap4

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The OPeNDAP C++ implementation of DAP2 and DAP4.

• API documentation: https://opendap.github.io/libdap4/html/
• Release history: NEWS
• Build/install details: INSTALL
• CMake notes: README.cmake.md

What this library provides

• Core DAP2/DAP4 data model and protocol classes.
• Client/server support libraries and utilities.
• Command-line clients including getdap and getdap4.

Build quick start (autotools)

From a release tarball:

./configure
make
make check
make clean
make dist

From a git checkout:

autoreconf --force --install --verbose
./configure
make
make check

Consider using --prefix=$prefix --enable-developer for any build where you will be working on the code.

Requirements (summary)

• Modern C++ compiler (configure checks C++11/C++14 support).
• autotools or cmake to build the code.
• libcurl and libxml2 (and libuuid on Linux).
• flex and bison for parser generation.
• groff for the man pages to render.
• bear for the compile_commands.json database used by vscode (and CLion)
• CppUnit to run make check.

For exact versions and platform notes, see INSTALL.

Project file guide

• NEWS: version-by-version release notes.
• ChangeLog: detailed historical changes.
• INSTALL: build and install instructions.
• README.coverage.md: How to build coverage data.
• README.dodsrc: client .dodsrc behavior and options.
• README.AIS: historical AIS notes.
• README.gh-pages.md: publishing and maintenance notes for GitHub Pages docs.
• README.pre-commit.md: pre-commit hook setup and usage.
• README.vscode.md: VS Code workspace and task configuration notes.
• Zenodo GitHub integration/settings for OPENDAP/libdap4: https://zenodo.org/account/settings/github/repository/OPENDAP/libdap4