visad.data.hdf5.hdf5objects
Class HDF5File

java.lang.Object
  visad.data.hdf5.hdf5objects.HDF5Object
      visad.data.hdf5.hdf5objects.HDF5File

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

HDF5FileAdapted

public class HDF5File
extends HDF5Object

An HDF5File is designed to provide file-level access to HDF5 files.

For details of the HDF5 libraries, see the HDF5 Documentation at: http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc/

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class visad.data.hdf5.hdf5objects.HDF5Object

ATTRIBUTE, DATASET, DATASPACE, DATATYPE, description, GROUP, HDF5FILE, id, LINK, name, shortName, type, UNKNOWN

Constructor Summary

HDF5File(String filename, int flags, int access_id)
Opens an existing HDF5 file.

HDF5File(String filename, int flags, int create_id, int access_id)
Creates a new HDF5 file.

Method Summary

protected void	finalize() finalize() is called by the garbage collector on the object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.
HDF5TreeNode	loadTree()

Methods inherited from class visad.data.hdf5.hdf5objects.HDF5Object

getDescription, getID, getName, getShortName, getType, init, setID, setShortName, setType, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

HDF5File

public HDF5File(String filename,
                int flags,
                int create_id,
                int access_id)
         throws HDF5Exception

Creates a new HDF5 file.

Parameters:

filename - The name of the HDF5 file.

flags - File access flags.

create_id - File creation property list identifier.

access_id - File access property list identifier.

Throws:

HDF5Exception

HDF5File

public HDF5File(String filename,
                int flags,
                int access_id)
         throws HDF5Exception

Opens an existing HDF5 file.

Parameters:

filename - The name of the HDF5 file.

flags - File access flags.

access_id - File access property list identifier.

Throws:

HDF5Exception

Method Detail

finalize

protected void finalize()
                 throws Throwable

finalize() is called by the garbage collector on the object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object. It is used to dispose of system resources or to perform other cleanup as C++ destructors

Overrides:

finalize in class Object

Throws:

Throwable

loadTree

public HDF5TreeNode loadTree()