hdf.view

Interface MetaDataView

All Superinterfaces:

DataView

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultMetaDataView

public interface MetaDataView
extends DataView

The metadata view interface for displaying metadata information

Version:

2.4 9/6/2007

Author:

Peter X. Cao

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface hdf.view.DataView

DATAVIEW_IMAGE, DATAVIEW_TABLE, DATAVIEW_TEXT, DATAVIEW_UNKNOWN

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Attribute	addAttribute(HObject obj) Add an attribute to a data object.
Attribute	deleteAttribute(HObject obj) Delete an attribute from a data object.

Methods inherited from interface hdf.view.DataView

dispose, getDataObject

Method Detail

addAttribute

Attribute addAttribute(HObject obj)

Add an attribute to a data object.

Parameters:

obj - the attribute to add

Returns:

the Attribute object

deleteAttribute

Attribute deleteAttribute(HObject obj)

Delete an attribute from a data object.

Parameters:

obj - the attribute to delte

Returns:

the Attribute object