function data = readdap(url,varname,query)
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%
%  Reproduce the old readdap behavior when using loaddap library
%  But uses Built-in Support for OPeNDAP from Matlab >= 2012a 
%
%  Retry (100 times) in case of network failure.
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%  Copyright (c) 2015 by Serena ILLIG
%  e-mail: serena.illig@ird.fr  
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%
%
nmax=100;
data=[];
ntry=0;
%
if nargin <2
    disp(['not engough input argments']);
elseif nargin <3 || isempty(query)
    disp(['READDAP_New: Extract : ', varname])
    while isempty(data)
        if ntry>nmax
            error(['READDAP_New: repeated failures after ',num2str(nmax),' queries'])
        end
        ntry=ntry+1;
        try
            ncid = netcdf.open ( url,'NOWRITE' );
            varid = netcdf.inqVarID(ncid,varname);
            data = netcdf.getVar(ncid,varid,'double');
            netcdf.close (ncid);
        catch
            data=[];
            disp(['READDAP_New: did not work at ',num2str(ntry),' try: lets try again.'])
        end
    end
    
else
    disp(['READDAP_New: Extract : ', varname, query])
    ind1 = strfind(query,'[');
    ind2 = strfind(query,']');
    nb_dims=length(ind1);
    start2=zeros(1,nb_dims);
    count2=ones(1,nb_dims);
    for ii=1:nb_dims
        str_tmp=query(ind1(ii)+1:ind2(ii)-1);
        if isempty(strfind(str_tmp,':'))
            start2(ii)=str2num(str_tmp);
        else
            start2(ii)=str2num(str_tmp(1:strfind(str_tmp,':')-1));
            count2(ii)=str2num(str_tmp(strfind(str_tmp,':')+1:length(str_tmp)))-start2(ii)+1;
        end
    end
    start=fliplr(start2);
    count=fliplr(count2);
    %[start;count]
    
    while isempty(data)
        if ntry>nmax
            error(['READDAP_New: repeated failures after ',num2str(nmax),' queries'])
        end
        ntry=ntry+1;
        try
            ncid = netcdf.open ( url,'NOWRITE' );
            varid = netcdf.inqVarID(ncid,varname);
            data = netcdf.getVar(ncid,varid,start,count,'double');
            netcdf.close (ncid);
            if length(size(data))==2
                data=permute(data,[2 1]);
            elseif length(size(data))==3
                data=permute(data,[3 2 1]);               
            elseif length(size(data))==4
                data=permute(data,[4 3 2 1]);                 
            end
        catch
            data=[];
            disp(['READDAP_New: did not work at ',num2str(ntry),' try: lets try again.'])
        end
    end
end

%
return