Interface for HDF5 attributes

h5attributes(x)

h5attr_names(x)

h5attr(x, which)

h5attr(x, which) <- value

Arguments

x: The object to which to attach the attribute to or retrieve it from. Can be one of H5Group, H5D, H5T or H5File
which: The name of the attribute to assign it to
value: The value to assign to the attribute.

Value

For h5attributes, a named list with the content of the attributes read out. For h5attr_names, a vector of names of the attributes attached to the object x. For h5attr, the content of the attribute and for h5attr<-, the assignment, the original object to which the attributes are attached (so that chaining is possible).

Details

Implements high-level functions that allows interactions with HDF5-attributes in a way very similar to regular R-object attributes in R are handled.

Author

Holger Hoefling