HDF Java Products

The HDF Java Products include HDFView, Java HDF Object Package, and Java HDF4 and HDF5 Interfaces. For basic instructions on the installation and use of HDF Java Products, please read the guide, Installing and Using HDF Java Products.

Product	Description
HDFView	A visual tool for browsing and editing HDF4 and HDF5 files.
Java HDF Object Package	A Java package that implements HDF4 and HDF5 data objects in an object-oriented form.
Java HDF Interface (JHI)	The Java Native Interface to the standard HDF4 library.
Java HDF5 Interface (JHI5)	The Java Native Interface to the standard HDF5 library.

Current Release

HDF-Java 2.8 release (December 15, 2011)

This release was built with HDF 4.2.6 and HDF5 1.8.8 using jdk 1.6.x.

Major changes includes the following:

More methods were added to HDF5 JNI wrapper
Unit tests were added to all major HDF5 JNI functions
This release includes over 35 enhancements and bug fixes

For more information on the current release, please read About This Release.

Download HDF Java Products

HDFView

HDFView is packaged with an installer for easy download and installation on a variety of platforms.

Old releases are also available at http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/prev-releases/HDF-JAVA/

Source Distribution

The source distribution is available from http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/hdf-java/src.

The source distribution includes the Java code to build HDFView, the Java HDF Object Package, and related HDF4 and HDF5 Object Packages. The source distribution also includes Java classes that declare the native methods for Java HDF Interface (JHI) and Java HDF5 Interface (JHI5) and C code that implements the native methods.

JHI requires the HDF4 library (binary), and JHI5 requires the HDF5 library (binary). These are not included in the HDF Java Products source distribution. The HDF libraries can be obtained from the HDF Downloads page.

Building the HDF Java Products from the source distribution is not an easy endeavor. Refer to the following the instructions for more details:

Pre-Built Binaries

Pre-built binaries are available from http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/hdf-java/bin.

The pre-built binaries include all of the HDF Java Products listed in the table above and the HDF4 and HDF5 libraries required by JHI and JHI5. Binaries are provided for Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, and Windows in the corresponding platform subdirectories of the ftp site.

- - Last modified:December 14th 2011