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Reference service implementation of the HDF5 REST API
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Any plan for a Java client? #117

Open rsignell-usgs opened 7 years ago

rsignell-usgs commented 7 years ago

Just wondering if there are plans for a Java high-level interface for h5serv, along the lines of the python high-level interface h5pyd?

This would allow netcdf-java depedent clients like NASA's Panoply to more easily take advantage of object store on S3 by simply swapping a library, correct?

Or does the netcdf-java library architecture make this simple library swap approach more challenging?

jreadey commented 7 years ago

No plans, but there is no technical reason why it couldn't be done. Just as the h5pyd is a "Pure Python" package, using the HDF Rest API makes it much easier to create a pure Java library that reads and writes HDF5.

Panoply uses the NetCDF Java library, correct? The easiest path might be to modify that library to utilize the REST API.

rsignell-usgs commented 7 years ago

Yes, Panoply, THREDDS Data Server and ERDDAP all use the NetCDF Java Library. They may not like the fact that it would only work with NetCDF4, but they perhaps could develop a similar RESTful service for netcdf3 files.