The IRIS-WS Library is a Java API that allows direct access to data
and information at the DMC from within your programs. This library
constructs the service calls based on criteria you define, and accesses
the web services behind the scenes. Information is retrieved as java
objects that are available for immediate manipulation, bypassing the
traditional "save to disk, reload into my program, and then parse
the data format" series of steps.
This Library allows a Java developer to access DMC-stored data without
dealing directly with the web service interfaces or, more importantly, the
internal formats of the DMC. Even though the web services typically return XML or SEED
data, users of this library do not need XML or SEED knowledge to process the
returned information.
The Library provides access to and Classes for fundamental data types:
- Station metadata (via the ws-station service)
- Waveform/time series data (via the ws-bulkdataselect service )
- Event information (via the ws-event service)
- Trace data, which contains time-series data along with associated station metadata.
The request criteria for these data types are closely related to the respective web service
used. The Java Classes returned for these data types are related to, but not an full representation of,
the data returned by the respective service.
Time series handling
The Library includes the necessary decoders and decompression routines to handle the miniSEED format served
by the DMC web services. The Library also includes a simple framework to build contiguous series from
the segmented data contained in miniSEED records and provide the caller with the best possible time series as
Java objects. It remains possible to access a Java stream of miniSEED records.
The current release is available in the following forms:
For a list of changes between releases, please visit revisions.
Previous releases of the Library are available in the download directory.
Platform and dependencies
The IRIS-WS Library requires Java 1.5 or later and has the following dependencies:
Integration with Maven
If you're using Maven, it's easy to integrate IRIS-WS with your project. You can do that by following these steps:
- Download the zip file above and unzip the file.
- Then, install it using the command:
- mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=edu.iris -DartifactId=IRIS-WS -Dversion=VERSION -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file
<dependency>
<groupId>edu.iris</groupId>
<artifactId>IRIS-WS</artifactId>
<version>VERSION</version>
</dependency>
IRIS-WS Library: seamless access to data with Java
