visad.data.hdf5.hdf5objects
Class HDF5Object

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

HDF5Dataset, HDF5Dataspace, HDF5Datatype, HDF5File, HDF5Group

public class HDF5Object
extends Object
implements Serializable

HDF5Object is an HDF5Object which is the super class of all the HDF5 objects. Each HDF5 object inherits all the methods and fields of the HDF5Object and may override inherited methods.

HDF5 files are organized in a hierarchical structure, with two primary structures (or objects): groups and datasets.

    HDF5Group: a grouping structure containing instances of zero or more
         groups or datasets, together with supporting metadata.
    HDF5Dataset: a multidimensional array of data elements, together with
         supporting metadata.
  

Other HDF5 objects include

• HDF5Attribute: small datasets to be attached to primary datasets as metadata information.
• HDF5Dataspace: a dataspace describes the locations that dataset elements are located at.
• HDF5Datatype: a data type is a collection of data type properties.
• HDF5Propertylist: a property list is a collection of name/value pairs which can be passed to various other HDF5 functions.

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

static int	ATTRIBUTE
static int	DATASET Object is a dataset
static int	DATASPACE
static int	DATATYPE
protected String	description the short description of the HDF5 object
static int	GROUP Object is a group
static int	HDF5FILE
protected int	id the identifier of the HDF5 object
static int	LINK Object is a symbolic link
protected String	name the full path name of the HDF5 object
protected String	shortName the short name for display: name without path
protected int	type the type of the object
static int	UNKNOWN Unknown object type

Constructor Summary

HDF5Object()
construct an HDF5 object with defaults

HDF5Object(String objName)
cosntruct an HDF5Object object name

Method Summary

String	getDescription() Returns the description of the HDF5Object
int	getID() Returns the identifier of the HDF5Object
String	getName() Returns the full name of the HDF5Object
String	getShortName() Returns the short name of the HDF5Object
int	getType() Returns the type of the object
void	init() initialize the HDF5Object: open the HDF5 library.
void	setID(int new_id) reset the HDF5Object for a given id
void	setShortName(String sname) Sets the short name of the HDF5Object
void	setType(int t) Sets the type of the object
String	toString() Converts this object to a String representation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

UNKNOWN

public static final int UNKNOWN

Unknown object type

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Constant Field Values

LINK

public static final int LINK

Object is a symbolic link

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GROUP

public static final int GROUP

Object is a group

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DATASET

public static final int DATASET

Object is a dataset

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Constant Field Values

DATATYPE

public static final int DATATYPE

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DATASPACE

public static final int DATASPACE

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ATTRIBUTE

public static final int ATTRIBUTE

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HDF5FILE

public static final int HDF5FILE

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Constant Field Values

type

protected int type

the type of the object

name

protected String name

the full path name of the HDF5 object

shortName

protected String shortName

the short name for display: name without path

id

protected int id

the identifier of the HDF5 object

description

protected String description

the short description of the HDF5 object

Constructor Detail

HDF5Object

public HDF5Object()

construct an HDF5 object with defaults

HDF5Object

public HDF5Object(String objName)

cosntruct an HDF5Object object name

Parameters:

objName - the name of the HDF5 data object

Method Detail

init

public void init()
          throws HDF5Exception

initialize the HDF5Object: open the HDF5 library. A subclass of HDF5Object should override this method if it has initialization to perform.

Throws:

HDF5Exception

setID

public void setID(int new_id)
           throws HDF5Exception

reset the HDF5Object for a given id

Parameters:

new_id - the id of the object

Throws:

HDF5Exception

setShortName

public void setShortName(String sname)

Sets the short name of the HDF5Object

getType

public int getType()

Returns the type of the object

setType

public void setType(int t)

Sets the type of the object

getName

public String getName()

Returns the full name of the HDF5Object

getShortName

public String getShortName()

Returns the short name of the HDF5Object

getDescription

public String getDescription()

Returns the description of the HDF5Object

getID

public int getID()

Returns the identifier of the HDF5Object

toString

public String toString()

Converts this object to a String representation.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

a string representation of this object