On Tue, 25 Nov 2014, Tim Jenness wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 3:24 AM, Mark Taylor <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > Following a bit of reading round HDF5 I'll add something to my
> > earlier comments: I see there is a non-official Java library for
> > HDF5 access called JHDF5. This still uses JNI code to talk
> > to the official HDF access library, but it comes with a
> > "batteries-included" jar file that apparently handles
> > building/packaging/loading of the relevant system-dependent
> > (i.e. non-pure-java) binary libraries without client applications
> > having to know anything about it. If that's as easy to use as
> > it sounds, then I might (no promises) consider breaking my
> > no-native-code rule in topcat.
> >
> >
> Sounds promising. Would be another motivator for migrating Starlink to
> HDF5. Especially so if you supported the CHI table layout that FITS2NDF
> uses (column-oriented structures -- see appendix of the NDF paper). That's
> next year's ADASS paper sorted out for you then :-)
hmm, if it turns out to be enough work to justify an ADASS paper I'm
not sure I'm keen. I'll see how I go.
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Mark Taylor Astronomical Programmer Physics, Bristol University, UK
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