# Package hdf.object

- Interface Summary
  Interface | Description
  --- | ---
  CompoundDataFormat | An interface that provides general operations for data with a Compound datatype.
  DataFormat | An interface that provides general I/O operations for object data.
  MetaDataContainer | An interface that provides general I/O operations for object metadata attached to an object.

- Class Summary
  Class | Description
  --- | ---
  Attribute | An attribute is a (name, value) pair of metadata attached to a primary data object such as a dataset, group or named datatype.
  CompoundDS | A CompoundDS is a dataset with compound datatype.
  Dataset | The abstract class provides general APIs to create and manipulate dataset objects, and retrieve dataset properties, datatype and dimension sizes.
  Datatype | Datatype is an abstract class that defines datatype characteristics and APIs for a data type.
  FileFormat | FileFormat defines general interfaces for working with files whose data is organized according to a supported format.
  Group | Group is an abstract class.
  HObject | The HObject class is the root class of all the HDF data objects.
  ScalarDS | A scalar dataset is a multiple dimension array of scalar points.

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