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                               HDF-Java Products
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The HDF Java Products include three distinct components:
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    1) Java HDF Interface (JHI4 & JHI5): a Java Native Interface to the 
       standard HDF (4&5) libraries
    2) Java HDF Object Package: a Java package that implements HDF data 
       objects in an object-oriented form
    3) HDFView: a visual tool for browsing and editing HDF files


Features and changes
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For major changes, please read "About This Release" at 
http://www.hdfgroup.org/hdf-java-html/


Files included in the release
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1) The "hdfview/" directory contains the installation programs for easy
   download and installation for HDFView. The installation programs are
   named by platforms. For example, "hdfview_install_linux32.bin" if for 
   32-bit linux machines. After you install HDFView, you have the pre-built 
   binaries for all the HDF-Java products: JNI wrapper, object package, 
   and HDFView.

2) The "bin/" directory includes the pre-built binaries for all of the
    HDF-Java product. You can either download the tarball, which has all 
    the necessary binaries, or individual part of pre-built binaries. 
    We strongly recommend you to download the tarball instead of individual
    files.

3) The "src/" directory has all of the source code for the HDF-Java product.
    You will only need it if you are building HDF-Java from the source.


Install and use pre-built HDF-Java products
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For instructions on the installation and use of HDF Java Products, please read
"Installing and Using HDF Java Products" at http://www.hdfgroup.org/hdf-java-html/
or
http://www.hdfgroup.org/hdf-java-html/install_use_hdf_java_products.pdf


Build HDF-Java products from the source
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For instructions of building the source on 
1) Unix and MacOSX, visit
   http://www.hdfgroup.org/hdf-java-html/build_src_unix.html
2) Windows, visit 
   http://www.hdfgroup.org/hdf-java-html/build_src_windows.html


For more Information, read
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  http://www.hdfgroup.org/hdf-java-html


For questions, send email to
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  [email protected]