Detailed Description

This is a class for handling multidimensional arrays for HDF.

The purpose is to allow the storage and retrieval of arbitrary array types containing scientific data.

The methods support the conversion of an array to and from Java to a one-dimensional array of bytes suitable for I/O by the C library.

This class heavily uses the HDFNativeData class to convert between Java and C representations.

Public Member Functions
	HDFArray (Object anArray) throws HDFJavaException

byte[]	emptyBytes () throws HDFJavaException

byte[]	byteify () throws HDFJavaException

Object	arrayify (byte[] bytes) throws HDFJavaException

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

HDFArray ( Object anArray ) throws HDFJavaException

The input must be a Java Array (possibly multidimensional) of primitive numbers or sub-classes of Number.

The input is analysed to determine the number of dimensions and size of each dimension, as well as the type of the elements.

The description is saved in private variables, and used to convert data.

Parameters

anArray The array object.

Exceptions

hdf.hdflib.HDFJavaException object is not an array.

Object arrayify ( byte[] bytes ) throws HDFJavaException

Given a one-dimensional array of bytes representing numbers, convert it to a java array of the shape and size passed to the constructor.

Parameters

bytes The bytes to construct the Array.

Returns: An Array (possibly multidimensional) of primitive or number objects.

Exceptions

hdf.hdflib.HDFJavaException the object not an array or other internal error.

byte[] byteify ( ) throws HDFJavaException

Given a Java array of numbers, convert it to a one-dimensional array of bytes in correct native order.

Returns: A one-D array of bytes, constructed from the Array passed to the constructor.

Exceptions

hdf.hdflib.HDFJavaException the object not an array or other internal error.

byte[] emptyBytes ( ) throws HDFJavaException

Allocate a one-dimensional array of bytes sufficient to store the array.

Returns: A one-D array of bytes, filled with zeroes. The bytes are sufficient to hold the data of the Array passed to the constructor.

Exceptions

hdf.hdflib.HDFJavaException Allocation failed.

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