******************************************************************************* HDF-Java Products ******************************************************************************* The HDF Java Products include three distinct components: =============================================================================== 1) Java HDF Interface (JHI4 & JHI5): a Java Native Interface to the standard HDF (4&5) libraries 2) Java HDF Object Package: a Java package that implements HDF data objects in an object-oriented form 3) HDFView: a visual tool for browsing and editing HDF files Features and changes =============================================================================== For major changes, please read "About This Release" at http://www.hdfgroup.org/hdf-java-html/ Files included in the release =============================================================================== 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_install_linux32.bin" if for 32-bit linux machines. After you install HDFView, you have the pre-built binaries for all the HDF-Java products: JNI wrapper, object package, and HDFView. 2) The "bin/" directory includes the pre-built binaries for all of the HDF-Java product. You can either download the tarball, which has all the necessary binaries, or individual part of pre-built binaries. We strongly recommend you to download the tarball instead of individual files. 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 =============================================================================== For instructions on the installation and use of HDF Java Products, please read "Installing and Using HDF Java Products" at http://www.hdfgroup.org/hdf-java-html/ or http://www.hdfgroup.org/hdf-java-html/install_use_hdf_java_products.pdf Build HDF-Java products from the source =============================================================================== For instructions of building the source on 1) Unix and MacOSX, visit http://www.hdfgroup.org/hdf-java-html/build_src_unix.html 2) Windows, visit http://www.hdfgroup.org/hdf-java-html/build_src_windows.html For more Information, read ======================================= http://www.hdfgroup.org/hdf-java-html For questions, send email to ======================================= help@hdfgroup.org