Deprecated API

Contents

• Methods
• Constructors

Methods

Method	Description
hdf.object.CompoundDS.copy(Group, String, long[], Object)	Not implemented for compound dataset.
hdf.object.Dataset.convertFromUnsignedC(Object)	Not for public use in the future. Using Dataset.convertFromUnsignedC(Object, Object)
hdf.object.Dataset.convertToUnsignedC(Object)	Not for public use in the future. Using Dataset.convertToUnsignedC(Object, Object)
hdf.object.FileFormat.copy(HObject, Group)	As of 2.4, replaced by FileFormat.copy(HObject, Group, String) To mimic the behavior originally provided by this method, call the replacement method with null as the 3rd parameter.
hdf.object.FileFormat.create(String)	As of 2.4, replaced by FileFormat.createFile(String, int) The replacement method has an additional parameter that controls the behavior if the file already exists. Use FileFormat.FILE_CREATE_DELETE as the second argument in the replacement method to mimic the behavior originally provided by this method.
hdf.object.FileFormat.createCompoundDS(String, Group, long[], String[], Datatype[], int[], Object)	As of 2.4, replaced by FileFormat.createCompoundDS(String, Group, long[], long[], long[], int, String[], Datatype[], int[], Object) The replacement method has additional parameters: maxdims, chunks, and gzip. To mimic the behavior originally provided by this method, call the replacement method with the following parameter list: ( name, pgroup, dims, null, null, -1, memberNames, memberDatatypes, memberSizes, data );
hdf.object.FileFormat.getHObject(String)	As of 2.4, replaced by FileFormat.get(String) This static method, which as been deprecated, causes two problems: It can be very expensive if it is called many times or in a loop because each call to the method creates an instance of a file. Since the method does not return the instance of the file, the file cannot be closed directly and may be left open (memory leak). The only way to close the file is through the object returned by this method.
hdf.object.FileFormat.open(String, int)	As of 2.4, replaced by FileFormat.createInstance(String, int) The replacement method has identical functionality and a more descriptive name. Since open is used elsewhere to perform a different function this method has been deprecated.

Constructors

Constructor	Description
hdf.object.CompoundDS(FileFormat, String, String, long[])	Not for public use in the future. Using CompoundDS(FileFormat, String, String)
hdf.object.Dataset(FileFormat, String, String, long[])	Not for public use in the future. Using Dataset(FileFormat, String, String)
hdf.object.Datatype(FileFormat, String, String, long[])	Not for public use in the future. Using Datatype(FileFormat, String, String)
hdf.object.Group(FileFormat, String, String, Group, long[])	Not for public use in the future. Using Group(FileFormat, String, String, Group)
hdf.object.HObject(FileFormat, String, String, long[])
hdf.object.ScalarDS(FileFormat, String, String, long[])	Not for public use in the future. Using ScalarDS(FileFormat, String, String)