# Package ncsa.hdf.object

Interface Summary
Interface | Description
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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
Class | Description
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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.