Module org.hdfgroup.object

Package hdf.object.h5

Interface H5Attribute

All Superinterfaces:

Attribute

All Known Implementing Classes:

H5CompoundAttr, H5ScalarAttr

public interface H5Attribute
extends Attribute

An interface that provides general attribute operations for hdf5 object data. For example, reference to a parent object.

See Also:

• HObject

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Object	AttributeCommonIO(long attr_id, H5File.IO_TYPE ioType, Object objBuf)	The general read and write attribute operations for hdf5 object data.
Object	AttributeSelection()	Read a subset of an attribute for hdf5 object data.

Methods inherited from interface hdf.object.Attribute

getAttributeData, getAttributeDatatype, getAttributeDims, getAttributeName, getAttributePlane, getAttributeRank, getAttributeSpaceType, getParentObject, getProperty, getPropertyKeys, isAttributeScalar, setAttributeData, setParentObject, setProperty, toAttributeString, toAttributeString, writeAttribute, writeAttribute

Method Details

AttributeCommonIO

Object AttributeCommonIO(long attr_id,
 H5File.IO_TYPE ioType,
 Object objBuf)
                  throws Exception

The general read and write attribute operations for hdf5 object data.

Parameters:

attr_id - the attribute to access

ioType - the type of IO operation

objBuf - the data buffer to use for write operation

Returns:

the attribute data

Throws:

Exception - if the data can not be retrieved

AttributeSelection

Object AttributeSelection()
                   throws Exception

Read a subset of an attribute for hdf5 object data.

Returns:

the selected attribute data

Throws:

Exception - if the data can not be retrieved