Object

hdf.view.Tools

public final class Tools
extends Object

The "Tools" class contains various tools for HDF files such as jpeg to HDF converter.

Version:: 2.4 9/6/2007
Author:: Peter X. Cao

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static String`	`FILE_TYPE_BMP`	Key for BMP image file type.
`static String`	`FILE_TYPE_GIF`	Key for GIF image file type.
`static String`	`FILE_TYPE_IMAGE`	Key for all image file type.
`static String`	`FILE_TYPE_JPEG`	Key for JPEG image file type.
`static String`	`FILE_TYPE_PNG`	Key for PNG image file type.
`static String`	`FILE_TYPE_TIFF`	Key for TIFF image file type.
`(package private) static char[]`	`HEXCHARS`
`static long`	`MAX_INT16`
`static long`	`MAX_INT32`
`static long`	`MAX_INT64`
`static long`	`MAX_INT8`
`static long`	`MAX_UINT16`
`static long`	`MAX_UINT32`
`static BigInteger`	`MAX_UINT64`
`static long`	`MAX_UINT8`

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor Description

Tools()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static boolean`	`applyBitmask(Object theData, BitSet theMask, ViewProperties.BITMASK_OP op)`	Apply bitmask to a data array.
`static Object`	`autoContrastApply(Object dataIN, Object dataOUT, double[] params, double[] minmax, boolean isUnsigned)`	Apply autocontrast parameters to the original data in place (destructive)
`static int`	`autoContrastCompute(Object data, double[] params, boolean isUnsigned)`	Computes autocontrast parameters (gain equates to contrast and bias equates to brightness) for integers.
`static int`	`autoContrastComputeMinMax(Object data, double[] minmax)`	Computes autocontrast parameters by
`static int`	`autoContrastConvertImageBuffer(Object src, byte[] dst, boolean isUnsigned)`	Converts image raw data to bytes.
`static File`	`checkNewFile(String path, String ext)`	Check and find a non-exist file.
`static boolean`	`checkValidJavaArrayIndex(long value)`	Since Java does not allow array indices to be larger than int type, check the given value to see if it is within the valid range of a Java int.
`static int`	`computeStatistics(Object data, double[] avgstd, Object fillValue)`	Computes mean and standard deviation of a data array
`static void`	`convertImageToHDF(String imgFileName, String hFileName, String fromType, String toType)`	Converts an image file into HDF4/5 file.
`static BigInteger`	`convertUINT64toBigInt(Long l)`	Converts unsigned 64-bit integer data to a BigInteger since Java does not have unsigned types.
`static byte[][]`	`createGrayPalette()`	Creates the gray palette of the indexed 256-color table.
`static byte[][]`	`createGrayWavePalette()`	Creates the gray wave palette of the indexed 256-color table.
`static Image`	`createIndexedImage(BufferedImage bufferedImage, byte[] imageData, byte[][] palette, long w, long h)`	Creates a RGB indexed image of 256 colors.
`static byte[][]`	`createNaturePalette()`	Creates the nature palette of the indexed 256-color table.
`static FileFormat`	`createNewFile(String filename, String dir, String type, List<FileFormat> openFiles)`	Create a new HDF file with default file creation properties
`static byte[][]`	`createRainbowPalette()`	Creates the rainbow palette of the indexed 256-color table.
`static byte[][]`	`createReverseGrayPalette()`	Creates the reverse gray palette of the indexed 256-color table.
`static Image`	`createTrueColorImage(byte[] imageData, boolean planeInterlace, long w, long h)`	Creates a true color image.
`static byte[][]`	`createWavePalette()`	Creates the wave palette of the indexed 256-color table.
`static int`	`findDataDist(Object data, int[] dataDist, double[] minmax)`	Finds the distribution of data values
`static int`	`findMinMax(Object data, double[] minmax, Object fillValue)`	Finds the min and max values of the data array
`static boolean`	`getBinaryDataFromFile(Object dataOut, String fileName, ByteOrder order)`	Reads data from a binary file into a buffer.
`static byte[]`	`getBytes(Object rawData, double[] minmax, long w, long h, boolean isTransposed, byte[] byteData)`	Convert an array of raw data into array of a byte data.
`static byte[]`	`getBytes(Object rawData, double[] minmax, long w, long h, boolean isTransposed, List<Number> invalidValues, boolean convertByteData, byte[] byteData)`
`static byte[]`	`getBytes(Object rawData, double[] minmax, long w, long h, boolean isTransposed, List<Number> invalidValues, boolean convertByteData, byte[] byteData, List<Integer> list)`	Convert an array of raw data into array of a byte data.
`static byte[]`	`getBytes(Object rawData, double[] minmax, long w, long h, boolean isTransposed, List<Number> invalidValues, byte[] byteData)`
`static byte[]`	`getHDF5UserBlock(String filename)`	Read HDF5 user block data into byte array.
`static boolean`	`hasAlpha(Image image)`	This method returns true if the specified image has transparent pixels.
`static boolean`	`isHDF4(String filename)`	look at the first 4 bytes of the file to see if it is an HDF4 file.
`static boolean`	`isHDF5(String filename)`	look at the first 8 bytes of the file to see if it is an HDF5 file.
`static boolean`	`isNaNINF(double val)`	Check if a given number if NaN or INF.
`static boolean`	`isNetcdf(String filename)`	look at the first 4 bytes of the file to see if it is a netCDF file byte[0]=67, byte[1]=68, byte[2]=70, byte[3]=1 or
`static void`	`launchBrowser(String url)`	Launch default browser for a given URL.
`static Object`	`newInstance(Class<?> cls, Object[] initargs)`	Create and initialize a new instance of the given class.
`static byte[][]`	`readPalette(String filename)`	read an image palette from a file.
`static void`	`saveAsBinary(DataOutputStream out, Object data, ByteOrder order)`
`static void`	`saveImageAs(BufferedImage image, File file, String type)`	Save a BufferedImage into an image file.
`static boolean`	`setHDF5UserBlock(String fin, String fout, byte[] buf)`	Write HDF5 user block data into byte array.
`static boolean`	`showConfirm(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell parent, String title, String confMsg)`	Show an SWT Confirm dialog with the given message.
`static void`	`showError(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell parent, String title, String errorMsg)`	Show an SWT error dialog with the given error message.
`static void`	`showInformation(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell parent, String title, String infoMsg)`	Show an SWT Information dialog with the given message.
`static void`	`showWarning(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell parent, String title, String warnMsg)`	Show an SWT Warning dialog with the given message.
`static String`	`toBinaryString(long v, int nbytes)`	Returns a string representation of the long argument as an unsigned integer in base 2.
`static String`	`toBinaryString(BigInteger v, int nbytes)`
`static BufferedImage`	`toBufferedImage(Image image)`	This method returns a buffered image with the contents of an image.
`static String`	`toHexString(long v, int nbytes)`	Returns a string representation of the long argument as an unsigned integer in base 16.
`static String`	`toHexString(BigInteger v, int nbytes)`	Returns a string representation of the BigInteger argument as an unsigned integer in base 16.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details
- MAX_INT8
  
  public static final long MAX_INT8
  
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- MAX_UINT8
  
  public static final long MAX_UINT8
  
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- MAX_INT16
  
  public static final long MAX_INT16
  
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- MAX_UINT16
  
  public static final long MAX_UINT16
  
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- MAX_INT32
  
  public static final long MAX_INT32
  
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- MAX_UINT32
  
  public static final long MAX_UINT32
  
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- MAX_INT64
  
  public static final long MAX_INT64
  
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- MAX_UINT64
  
  public static final BigInteger MAX_UINT64
- FILE_TYPE_JPEG
  
  public static final String FILE_TYPE_JPEG
  
  Key for JPEG image file type.
  
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- FILE_TYPE_TIFF
  
  public static final String FILE_TYPE_TIFF
  
  Key for TIFF image file type.
  
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- FILE_TYPE_PNG
  
  public static final String FILE_TYPE_PNG
  
  Key for PNG image file type.
  
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- FILE_TYPE_GIF
  
  public static final String FILE_TYPE_GIF
  
  Key for GIF image file type.
  
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- FILE_TYPE_BMP
  
  public static final String FILE_TYPE_BMP
  
  Key for BMP image file type.
  
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- FILE_TYPE_IMAGE
  
  public static final String FILE_TYPE_IMAGE
  
  Key for all image file type.
  
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- HEXCHARS
  
  static final char[] HEXCHARS
Constructor Details
- Tools
  
  public Tools()
Method Details
- convertUINT64toBigInt
  
  public static BigInteger convertUINT64toBigInt(Long l)
  
  Converts unsigned 64-bit integer data to a BigInteger since Java does not have unsigned types.
  
  Parameters:
  
  l - The long value to convert to a BigInteger
  
  Returns:
  
  A BigInteger representing the unsigned value of the given long.
- convertImageToHDF
  
  public static void convertImageToHDF(String imgFileName, String hFileName, String fromType, String toType) throws Exception
  
  Converts an image file into HDF4/5 file.
  
  Parameters:
  
  imgFileName - the input image file.
  
  hFileName - the name of the HDF4/5 file.
  
  fromType - the type of image.
  
  toType - the type of file converted to.
  
  Throws:
  
  Exception - if a failure occurred
- saveImageAs
  
  public static void saveImageAs(BufferedImage image, File file, String type) throws IOException
  
  Save a BufferedImage into an image file.
  
  Parameters:
  
  image - the BufferedImage to save.
  
  file - the image file.
  
  type - the image type.
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if a failure occurred
- createGrayPalette
  
  public static final byte[][] createGrayPalette()
  
  Creates the gray palette of the indexed 256-color table.
  The palette values are stored in a two-dimensional byte array and arrange by color components of red, green and blue. palette[][] = byte[3][256], where, palette[0][], palette[1][] and palette[2][] are the red, green and blue components respectively.
  
  Returns:
  
  the gray palette in the form of byte[3][256]
- createReverseGrayPalette
  
  public static final byte[][] createReverseGrayPalette()
  
  Creates the reverse gray palette of the indexed 256-color table.
  The palette values are stored in a two-dimensional byte array and arrange by color components of red, green and blue. palette[][] = byte[3][256], where, palette[0][], palette[1][] and palette[2][] are the red, green and blue components respectively.
  
  Returns:
  
  the gray palette in the form of byte[3][256]
- createGrayWavePalette
  
  public static final byte[][] createGrayWavePalette()
  
  Creates the gray wave palette of the indexed 256-color table.
  The palette values are stored in a two-dimensional byte array and arrange by color components of red, green and blue. palette[][] = byte[3][256], where, palette[0][], palette[1][] and palette[2][] are the red, green and blue components respectively.
  
  Returns:
  
  the gray palette in the form of byte[3][256]
- createRainbowPalette
  
  public static final byte[][] createRainbowPalette()
  
  Creates the rainbow palette of the indexed 256-color table.
  The palette values are stored in a two-dimensional byte array and arrange by color components of red, green and blue. palette[][] = byte[3][256], where, palette[0][], palette[1][] and palette[2][] are the red, green and blue components respectively.
  
  Returns:
  
  the rainbow palette in the form of byte[3][256]
- createNaturePalette
  
  public static final byte[][] createNaturePalette()
  
  Creates the nature palette of the indexed 256-color table.
  The palette values are stored in a two-dimensional byte array and arrange by color components of red, green and blue. palette[][] = byte[3][256], where, palette[0][], palette[1][] and palette[2][] are the red, green and blue components respectively.
  
  Returns:
  
  the nature palette in the form of byte[3][256]
- createWavePalette
  
  public static final byte[][] createWavePalette()
  
  Creates the wave palette of the indexed 256-color table.
  The palette values are stored in a two-dimensional byte array and arrange by color components of red, green and blue. palette[][] = byte[3][256], where, palette[0][], palette[1][] and palette[2][] are the red, green and blue components respectively.
  
  Returns:
  
  the wave palette in the form of byte[3][256]
- readPalette
  
  public static final byte[][] readPalette(String filename)
  
  read an image palette from a file. A palette file has format of (value, red, green, blue). The color value in palette file can be either unsigned char [0..255] or float [0..1]. Float value will be converted to [0..255]. The color table in file can have any number of entries between 2 to 256. It will be converted to a color table of 256 entries. Any missing index will calculated by linear interpolation between the neighboring index values. For example, index 11 is missing in the following table 10 200 60 20 12 100 100 60 Index 11 will be calculated based on index 10 and index 12, i.e. 11 150 80 40
  
  Parameters:
  
  filename - the name of the palette file.
  
  Returns:
  
  the wave palette in the form of byte[3][256]
- hasAlpha
  
  public static boolean hasAlpha(Image image)
  
  This method returns true if the specified image has transparent pixels.
  
  Parameters:
  
  image - the image to be check if has alpha.
  
  Returns:
  
  true if the image has alpha setting.
- createIndexedImage
  
  public static Image createIndexedImage(BufferedImage bufferedImage, byte[] imageData, byte[][] palette, long w, long h)
  
  Creates a RGB indexed image of 256 colors.
  
  Parameters:
  
  bufferedImage - the target image.
  
  imageData - the byte array of the image data.
  
  palette - the color lookup table.
  
  w - the width of the image.
  
  h - the height of the image.
  
  Returns:
  
  the image.
- createTrueColorImage
  
  public static Image createTrueColorImage(byte[] imageData, boolean planeInterlace, long w, long h)
  Creates a true color image.
  DirectColorModel is used to construct the image from raw data. The DirectColorModel model is similar to an X11 TrueColor visual, which has the following parameters:
  
  Number of bits: 32 Red mask: 0x00ff0000 Green mask: 0x0000ff00 Blue mask: 0x000000ff Alpha mask: 0xff000000 Color space: sRGB isAlphaPremultiplied: False Transparency: Transparency.TRANSLUCENT transferType: DataBuffer.TYPE_INT
  
  The data may be arranged in one of two ways: by pixel or by plane. In both cases, the dataset will have a dataspace with three dimensions, height, width, and components.
  For HDF4, the interlace modes specify orders for the dimensions as:
  INTERLACE_PIXEL = [width][height][pixel components] INTERLACE_PLANE = [pixel components][width][height]
  
  For HDF5, the interlace modes specify orders for the dimensions as:
  INTERLACE_PIXEL = [height][width][pixel components] INTERLACE_PLANE = [pixel components][height][width]
  Parameters:
  
  imageData - the byte array of the image data.
  
  planeInterlace - flag if the image is plane interlace.
  
  w - the width of the image.
  
  h - the height of the image.
  
  Returns:
  
  the image.
- toBufferedImage
  
  public static BufferedImage toBufferedImage(Image image)
  
  This method returns a buffered image with the contents of an image.
  
  Parameters:
  
  image - the plain image object.
  
  Returns:
  
  buffered image for the given image.
- getBytes
  
  public static byte[] getBytes(Object rawData, double[] minmax, long w, long h, boolean isTransposed, byte[] byteData)
  
  Convert an array of raw data into array of a byte data.
  
  Parameters:
  
  rawData - The input raw data.
  
  minmax - the range of the raw data.
  
  w - the width of the raw data.
  
  h - the height of the raw data.
  
  isTransposed - if the data is transposed.
  
  byteData - the data in.
  
  Returns:
  
  the byte array of pixel data.
- getBytes
  
  public static byte[] getBytes(Object rawData, double[] minmax, long w, long h, boolean isTransposed, List<Number> invalidValues, byte[] byteData)
- getBytes
  
  public static byte[] getBytes(Object rawData, double[] minmax, long w, long h, boolean isTransposed, List<Number> invalidValues, boolean convertByteData, byte[] byteData)
- getBytes
  
  public static byte[] getBytes(Object rawData, double[] minmax, long w, long h, boolean isTransposed, List<Number> invalidValues, boolean convertByteData, byte[] byteData, List<Integer> list)
  
  Convert an array of raw data into array of a byte data.
  
  Parameters:
  
  rawData - The input raw data.
  
  minmax - the range of the raw data.
  
  w - the width of the raw data.
  
  h - the height of the raw data.
  
  isTransposed - if the data is transposed.
  
  invalidValues - the list of invalid values.
  
  convertByteData - the converted data out.
  
  byteData - the data in.
  
  list - the list of integers.
  
  Returns:
  
  the byte array of pixel data.
- newInstance
  
  public static Object newInstance(Class<?> cls, Object[] initargs) throws Exception
  
  Create and initialize a new instance of the given class.
  
  Parameters:
  
  cls - the class of the instance
  
  initargs - array of objects to be passed as arguments.
  
  Returns:
  
  a new instance of the given class.
  
  Throws:
  
  Exception - if a failure occurred
- autoContrastCompute
  
  public static int autoContrastCompute(Object data, double[] params, boolean isUnsigned)
  Computes autocontrast parameters (gain equates to contrast and bias equates to brightness) for integers.
  The computation is based on the following scaling
  int_8 [0, 127] uint_8 [0, 255] int_16 [0, 32767] uint_16 [0, 65535] int_32 [0, 2147483647] uint_32 [0, 4294967295] int_64 [0, 9223372036854775807] uint_64 [0, 18446744073709551615] // Not supported.
  Parameters:
  
  data - the raw data array of signed/unsigned integers
  
  params - the auto gain parameter. params[0]=gain, params[1]=bias,
  
  isUnsigned - the flag to indicate if the data array is unsigned integer.
  
  Returns:
  
  non-negative if successful; otherwise, returns negative
- autoContrastApply
  
  public static Object autoContrastApply(Object dataIN, Object dataOUT, double[] params, double[] minmax, boolean isUnsigned)
  
  Apply autocontrast parameters to the original data in place (destructive)
  
  Parameters:
  
  dataIN - the original data array of signed/unsigned integers
  
  dataOUT - the converted data array of signed/unsigned integers
  
  params - the auto gain parameter. params[0]=gain, params[1]=bias
  
  minmax - the data range. minmax[0]=min, minmax[1]=max
  
  isUnsigned - the flag to indicate if the data array is unsigned integer
  
  Returns:
  
  the data array with the auto contrast conversion; otherwise, returns null
- autoContrastConvertImageBuffer
  
  public static int autoContrastConvertImageBuffer(Object src, byte[] dst, boolean isUnsigned)
  Converts image raw data to bytes. The integer data is converted to byte data based on the following rule
  uint_8 x int_8 (x & 0x7F) << 1 uint_16 (x >> 8) & 0xFF int_16 (x >> 7) & 0xFF uint_32 (x >> 24) & 0xFF int_32 (x >> 23) & 0xFF uint_64 (x >> 56) & 0xFF int_64 (x >> 55) & 0xFF
  Parameters:
  
  src - the source data array of signed integers or unsigned shorts
  
  dst - the destination data array of bytes
  
  isUnsigned - the flag to indicate if the data array is unsigned integer.
  
  Returns:
  
  non-negative if successful; otherwise, returns negative
- autoContrastComputeMinMax
  
  public static int autoContrastComputeMinMax(Object data, double[] minmax)
  Computes autocontrast parameters by
  min = mean - 3 * std.dev max = mean + 3 * std.dev
  Parameters:
  
  data - the raw data array
  
  minmax - the min and max values.
  
  Returns:
  
  non-negative if successful; otherwise, returns negative
- findMinMax
  
  public static int findMinMax(Object data, double[] minmax, Object fillValue)
  
  Finds the min and max values of the data array
  
  Parameters:
  
  data - the raw data array
  
  minmax - the mmin and max values of the array.
  
  fillValue - the missing value or fill value. Exclude this value when check for min/max
  
  Returns:
  
  non-negative if successful; otherwise, returns negative
- findDataDist
  
  public static int findDataDist(Object data, int[] dataDist, double[] minmax)
  
  Finds the distribution of data values
  
  Parameters:
  
  data - the raw data array
  
  dataDist - the data distirbution.
  
  minmax - the data range
  
  Returns:
  
  non-negative if successful; otherwise, returns negative
- computeStatistics
  
  public static int computeStatistics(Object data, double[] avgstd, Object fillValue)
  
  Computes mean and standard deviation of a data array
  
  Parameters:
  
  data - the raw data array
  
  avgstd - the statistics: avgstd[0]=mean and avgstd[1]=stdev.
  
  fillValue - the missing value or fill value. Exclude this value when compute statistics
  
  Returns:
  
  non-negative if successful; otherwise, returns negative
- saveAsBinary
  
  public static void saveAsBinary(DataOutputStream out, Object data, ByteOrder order) throws Exception
  
  Throws:
  
  Exception
- getBinaryDataFromFile
  
  public static boolean getBinaryDataFromFile(Object dataOut, String fileName, ByteOrder order)
  
  Reads data from a binary file into a buffer.
  
  Parameters:
  
  dataOut - the output stream
  
  fileName - the file to read binary data from
  
  order - the new byte order, either BIG_ENDIAN or LITTLE_ENDIAN
  
  Returns:
  
  true if successful; otherwise, false.
- toBinaryString
  
  public static final String toBinaryString(long v, int nbytes)
  
  Returns a string representation of the long argument as an unsigned integer in base 2. This is different from Long.toBinaryString(long i). This function add padding (0's) to the string based on the nbytes. For example, if v=15, nbytes=1, the string will be "00001111".
  
  Parameters:
  
  v - the long value
  
  nbytes - number of bytes in the integer
  
  Returns:
  
  the string representation of the unsigned long value represented by the argument in binary (base 2).
- toBinaryString
  
  public static final String toBinaryString(BigInteger v, int nbytes)
- toHexString
  
  public static final String toHexString(long v, int nbytes)
  
  Returns a string representation of the long argument as an unsigned integer in base 16. This is different from Long.toHexString(long i). This function add padding (0's) to the string based on the nbytes. For example, if v=42543, nbytes=4, the string will be "0000A62F".
  
  Parameters:
  
  v - the long value
  
  nbytes - number of bytes in the integer
  
  Returns:
  
  the string representation of the unsigned long value represented by the argument in hexadecimal (base 16).
- toHexString
  
  public static final String toHexString(BigInteger v, int nbytes)
  
  Returns a string representation of the BigInteger argument as an unsigned integer in base 16. This is different from BigInteger.toString(16). This function adds padding (0's) to the string based on the nbytes. For example, if v=42543, nbytes=4, the string will be "0000A62F".
  
  Parameters:
  
  v - the BigInteger value
  
  nbytes - number of bytes in the integer
  
  Returns:
  
  the string representation of the unsigned long value represented by the argument in hexadecimal (base 16).
- applyBitmask
  
  public static final boolean applyBitmask(Object theData, BitSet theMask, ViewProperties.BITMASK_OP op)
  
  Apply bitmask to a data array.
  
  Parameters:
  
  theData - the data array which the bitmask is applied to.
  
  theMask - the bitmask to be applied to the data array.
  
  op - the bitmask op to be applied
  
  Returns:
  
  true if bitmask is applied successfully; otherwise, false.
- getHDF5UserBlock
  
  public static byte[] getHDF5UserBlock(String filename)
  
  Read HDF5 user block data into byte array.
  
  Parameters:
  
  filename - the HDF5 file from which to get the user block
  
  Returns:
  
  a byte array of user block, or null if there is user data.
- setHDF5UserBlock
  
  public static boolean setHDF5UserBlock(String fin, String fout, byte[] buf)
  
  Write HDF5 user block data into byte array.
  
  Parameters:
  
  fin - the input filename
  
  fout - the output filename
  
  buf - the data to write into the user block
  
  Returns:
  
  a byte array of user block, or null if there is user data.
- isHDF4
  
  public static boolean isHDF4(String filename)
  
  look at the first 4 bytes of the file to see if it is an HDF4 file. byte[0]=14, byte[1]=3, byte[2]=19, byte[3]=1 or if it is a netCDF file byte[0]=67, byte[1]=68, byte[2]=70, byte[3]=1
  
  Parameters:
  
  filename - the file to test if HDF4
  
  Returns:
  
  true if the file is of type HDF4
- isHDF5
  
  public static boolean isHDF5(String filename)
  
  look at the first 8 bytes of the file to see if it is an HDF5 file. byte[0]=-199 which is 137 in unsigned byte, byte[1]=72, byte[2]=68, byte[3]=70, byte[4]=13, byte[5]=10, byte[6]=26, byte[7]=10
  
  Parameters:
  
  filename - the file to test if HDF5
  
  Returns:
  
  true if the file is of type HDF5
- isNetcdf
  
  public static boolean isNetcdf(String filename)
  
  look at the first 4 bytes of the file to see if it is a netCDF file byte[0]=67, byte[1]=68, byte[2]=70, byte[3]=1 or
  
  Parameters:
  
  filename - the file to test if netcdf
  
  Returns:
  
  true if the file is of type netcdf
- launchBrowser
  
  public static final void launchBrowser(String url) throws Exception
  
  Launch default browser for a given URL.
  
  Parameters:
  
  url - the URL to open.
  
  Throws:
  
  Exception - if a failure occurred
- createNewFile
  
  public static FileFormat createNewFile(String filename, String dir, String type, List<FileFormat> openFiles) throws Exception
  
  Create a new HDF file with default file creation properties
  
  Parameters:
  
  filename - the file to create
  
  dir - the directory for file
  
  type - the type of the file
  
  openFiles - the list of already opened files
  
  Returns:
  
  the FileFormat instance of the newly created file
  
  Throws:
  
  Exception - if a failure occurred
- checkNewFile
  
  public static final File checkNewFile(String path, String ext)
  
  Check and find a non-exist file.
  
  Parameters:
  
  path - -- the path that the new file will be checked.
  
  ext - -- the extention of the new file.
  
  Returns:
  
  -- the new file.
- isNaNINF
  
  public static final boolean isNaNINF(double val)
  
  Check if a given number if NaN or INF.
  
  Parameters:
  
  val - the number to be checked
  
  Returns:
  
  true if the number is Nan or INF; otherwise, false.
- checkValidJavaArrayIndex
  
  public static boolean checkValidJavaArrayIndex(long value)
  
  Since Java does not allow array indices to be larger than int type, check the given value to see if it is within the valid range of a Java int.
  
  Parameters:
  
  value - The value to check
  
  Returns:
  
  false if the value is outside the range of a Java int, true otherwise.
- showError
  
  public static void showError(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell parent, String title, String errorMsg)
  
  Show an SWT error dialog with the given error message.
  
  Parameters:
  
  parent - The parent Shell of the MessageDialog
  
  title - The title to set for the MessageDialog
  
  errorMsg - The error message to display in the MessageDialog
- showInformation
  
  public static void showInformation(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell parent, String title, String infoMsg)
  
  Show an SWT Information dialog with the given message.
  
  Parameters:
  
  parent - The parent Shell of the MessageDialog
  
  title - The title to set for the MessageDialog
  
  infoMsg - The message to display in the MessageDialog
- showConfirm
  
  public static boolean showConfirm(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell parent, String title, String confMsg)
  
  Show an SWT Confirm dialog with the given message.
  
  Parameters:
  
  parent - The parent Shell of the MessageDialog
  
  title - The title to set for the MessageDialog
  
  confMsg - The message to display in the MessageDialog
  
  Returns:
  
  The status of the dialog after closing
- showWarning
  
  public static void showWarning(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell parent, String title, String warnMsg)
  
  Show an SWT Warning dialog with the given message.
  
  Parameters:
  
  parent - The parent Shell of the MessageDialog
  
  title - The title to set for the MessageDialog
  
  warnMsg - The message to display in the MessageDialog

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