Hi Tito,
Hi,
I've recently been playing with both c and java versions of HDF5 and have a number of questions. Before I bore this list with questions which have been answered before, I wonder: is there an archive of this mailing list available somewhere which I could access?
Unfortunately, we don't have archives of the mailing list on the web yet, but they are available through an e-mail interface. Send mail to 'hdf-forum-help@hdfgroup.org' for instructions on how to retrieve messages from the archive.
I also notice that the latest Java version is ~10 months old and doesn't track the latest version. Is the java version still being developed or has it been discontinued? Are there significant projects using the java interfaces or should it best be avoided?
Since the HDF library is written in C, that is the best interface if you want full features and functionality. There are significant projects that use the wrapper interfaces we provide (Fortran, Java, C++), but the release of those versions often trails the C release, and the wrappers offer varying degrees of access to the full features of the library.
When a significant HDF5 library version comes out the release schedule of the wrappers varies depending on the amount of work required and our obligations to paying customers who rely on the wrappers. For those language wrappers not currently fully funded, staff time may be diverted to other projects periodically, stretching the time to update them.
For Java specifically, the 1.8 changes are significant, and we do not receive sufficient funding for the Java wrappers to devote staff to their maintenance on a full-time basis. An update of the Java wrappers is in the works, but there is no estimated release date at this time.
Quincey
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On Aug 25, 2008, at 9:07 AM, Tito Ingargiola wrote:
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