legacy/src/main/java/ucar/nc2/dt/point/RecordDatasetHelper.java
public void setStationInfo(String stnIdVName, String stnDescVName) {
    this.stnIdVName = stnIdVName;
    this.stnDescVName = stnDescVName;

    Variable stationVar = ncfile.findVariable(stnIdVName);
    stationIdType = stationVar.getDataType();
  }
public void setStationInfo(String stnIdVName, String stnDescVName) {
    this.stnIdVName = stnIdVName;
    this.stnDescVName = stnDescVName;

    Variable stationVar = ncfile.findVariable(stnIdVName);
    stationIdType = stationVar.getDataType();
  }
Set extra information used by station obs datasets.

@param stnIdVName   the obs variable that is used to find the station in the stnHash; may be type  int or a String (char).
@param stnDescVName optional station var containing station description