Prepare release v0.8.0

CHANGES.md

@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # jHDF Change Log
 
+## v0.8.0 - July 2024
+- Major writing support improvements
+  - Attributes can now be written https://github.com/jamesmudd/jhdf/issues/552
+  - Full support for `byte`, `short`, `int`, `long`, `float`, `double` and wrapper classes as datasets and attributes https://github.com/jamesmudd/jhdf/discussions/587
+  - Support for scalar datasets and attributes
+  - Much more complete API on writable objects, allowing introspection of data type and data layout and data space etc.
+- Many test improvements for writing support
+- Build and dependency updates
+- Note: This may be the last release supporting Java 8
+
 ## v0.7.0 - May 2024
 - Release adding HDF5 writing support! https://github.com/jamesmudd/jhdf/issues/354. Special thanks to [@thadguidry](https://github.com/thadguidry) for sponsoring this work. See [WriteHdf5.java](jhdf/src/main/java/io/jhdf/examples/WriteHdf5.java) for example usage. Supports
   - Groups

jhdf/build.gradle

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ plugins {
 
 // Variables
 group = 'io.jhdf'
-version = '0.7.0'
+version = '0.8.0'
 
 compileJava {
     sourceCompatibility = "1.8"
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ publishing {
             pom {
                 name = 'jhdf'
                 description = 'A pure Java HDF5 library'
-                url = 'http://jhdf.io/'
+                url = 'https://jhdf.io/'
                 licenses {
                     license {
                         name = 'MIT License'

jhdf/src/main/java/io/jhdf/api/WritableNode.java

@@ -14,8 +14,31 @@
 
 public interface WritableNode extends Node {
 
+	/**
+	 * Writes this node to the file. Not for general use
+	 *
+	 * @param hdfFileChannel The file channel to write this node to
+	 * @param position The position in the file to write this node
+	 * @return bytes written
+	 */
 	long write(HdfFileChannel hdfFileChannel, long position);
 
+	/**
+	 * Adds an attribute to this node
+	 *
+	 * @since v0.8.0
+	 * @param name The attributes name
+	 * @param data The attributes data
+	 * @return The attribute
+	 */
 	Attribute putAttribute(String name, Object data);
+
+	/**
+	 * Removes an attribute from this node
+	 *
+	 * @since v0.8.0
+	 * @param name The attribute to remove
+	 * @return The removed attribute
+	 */
 	Attribute removeAttribute(String name);
 }

jhdf/src/main/java/io/jhdf/examples/WriteAttributes.java

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of jHDF. A pure Java library for accessing HDF5 files.
+ *
+ * http://jhdf.io
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 James Mudd
+ *
+ * MIT License see 'LICENSE' file
+ */
+package io.jhdf.examples;
+
+import io.jhdf.HdfFile;
+import io.jhdf.WritableHdfFile;
+import io.jhdf.api.WritiableDataset;
+
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+/**
+ * Example application for writing attributes
+ *
+ * @author James Mudd
+ */
+public class WriteAttributes {
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		try (WritableHdfFile hdfFile = HdfFile.write(Paths.get("attributes.hdf5"))) {
+			// write scalar attribute on the root group
+			hdfFile.putAttribute("example_group_attribute", 55.543);
+
+			// Write a dataset
+			WritiableDataset dataset = hdfFile.putDataset("ints", new int[]{1, 2, 3, 4});
+			dataset.putAttribute("example_ints_attribute", new int[] {1, 2, 3, 4});
+		}
+	}
+}

jhdf/src/test/java/io/jhdf/examples/WriteAttributesTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of jHDF. A pure Java library for accessing HDF5 files.
+ *
+ * http://jhdf.io
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 James Mudd
+ *
+ * MIT License see 'LICENSE' file
+ */
+package io.jhdf.examples;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertDoesNotThrow;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+class WriteAttributesTest {
+	@Test
+	void testWriteAttributes() {
+		assertDoesNotThrow(() ->
+			WriteAttributes.main(new String[]{}));
+
+		assertTrue(Files.exists(Paths.get("attributes.hdf5")));
+	}
+}

jhdf/src/test/java/io/jhdf/examples/WriteHdf5Test.java

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of jHDF. A pure Java library for accessing HDF5 files.
+ *
+ * http://jhdf.io
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 James Mudd
+ *
+ * MIT License see 'LICENSE' file
+ */
+package io.jhdf.examples;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertDoesNotThrow;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+class WriteHdf5Test {
+
+	@Test
+	void testWriteHdf5() {
+		assertDoesNotThrow(() ->
+			WriteHdf5.main(new String[]{}));
+
+		assertTrue(Files.exists(Paths.get("jhdf.hdf5")));
+	}
+}