Package hdf.object

Class ScalarDS

Object
All Implemented Interfaces:
DataFormat, Serializable
Direct Known Subclasses:
FitsAttribute, FitsDataset, H4GRImage, H4ScalarAttribute, H4SDS, H5ScalarAttr, H5ScalarDS, NC2Attribute, NC2Dataset

public abstract class ScalarDS extends Dataset
A scalar dataset is a multiple dimension array of scalar points. The Datatype of a scalar dataset must be an atomic datatype. Common datatypes of scalar datasets include char, byte, short, int, long, float, double and string. A ScalarDS can be an image or spreadsheet data. ScalarDS defines methods to deal with both images and spreadsheets. ScalarDS is an abstract class. Current implementing classes are the H4SDS, H5GRImage and H5ScalarDS.
Version:
1.1 9/4/2007
Author:
Peter X. Cao
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