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                               HDFView Products
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The HDFView Products include two distinct components:
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    1) Java HDF Object Package: a Java package that implements HDF data
       objects in an object-oriented form
    2) HDFView: a visual tool for browsing and editing HDF files


Features and changes
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For major changes, please read "About This Release" at
http://support.hdfgroup.org/products/java/


Files included in the release download folder
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1) The "hdfview/" directory contains the installation programs for easy
   download and installation for HDFView. The installation programs are
   named by platforms. For example, "HDFView-2.14.0-Linux.sh"  for
   Linux machines. After you install HDFView, you have the pre-built
   binaries for the HDF-Java products: object package and HDFView.

2) The "bin/" directory includes the pre-built binaries for all of the
    HDF-Java product.

3) The "src/" directory has all of the source code for the HDF-Java product.
    You will only need it if you are building HDF-Java from the source.


Install and use pre-built HDF-Java products
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For instructions on the installation and use of HDF Java Products, please read
"OBTAIN HDF JAVA PRODUCTS FOR HDF5-1.8" at :
   https://support.hdfgroup.org/products/java/release/download.html


Build HDFView products from the source with ANT
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For instructions for building the source with ANT, visit
   https://support.hdfgroup.org/products/java/release/download.html


For more information, read
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  http://support.hdfgroup.org/products/java


For questions, send email to
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  help@hdfgroup.org

Exception when using a Java 1.7 built program on Java 1.6:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: hdf/view/HDFView : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0