001/***************************************************************************** 002 * Copyright by The HDF Group. * 003 * Copyright by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. * 004 * All rights reserved. * 005 * * 006 * This file is part of the HDF Java Products distribution. * 007 * The full copyright notice, including terms governing use, modification, * 008 * and redistribution, is contained in the files COPYING and Copyright.html. * 009 * COPYING can be found at the root of the source code distribution tree. * 010 * Or, see http://hdfgroup.org/products/hdf-java/doc/Copyright.html. * 011 * If you do not have access to either file, you may request a copy from * 012 * help@hdfgroup.org. * 013 ****************************************************************************/ 014 015package hdf.view; 016 017import hdf.object.Attribute; 018import hdf.object.HObject; 019 020/** 021 * 022 *The metadata view interface for displaying metadata information 023 * 024 * @author Peter X. Cao 025 * @version 2.4 9/6/2007 026 */ 027public abstract interface MetaDataView extends DataView { 028 /** Add an attribute to a data object. 029 * 030 * @param obj the attribute to add 031 * 032 * @return the Attribute object 033 */ 034 public abstract Attribute addAttribute(HObject obj); 035 036 /** Delete an attribute from a data object. 037 * 038 * @param obj the attribute to delte 039 * 040 * @return the Attribute object 041 */ 042 public abstract Attribute deleteAttribute(HObject obj); 043 044}