## Package ncsa.hdf.object

Interface Summary
DataFormat: An interface that provides general I/O operations for read/write object data.
Metadata: Metadata is a general interface for metadata attached to data objects.

Class Summary
Attribute: An attribute is a (name, value) pair of metadata attached to a primary data object such as 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.