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Class MatFileHeader

java.lang.Object

com.jmatio.io.MatFileHeader

public class MatFileHeader
extends Object

MAT-file header Level 5 MAT-files begin with a 128-byte header made up of a 124 byte text field and two, 16-bit flag fields

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static int	DEFAULT_VERSION

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MatFileHeader(String description, int version, byte[] endianIndicator) New MAT-file header

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static MatFileHeader	createHeader() A factory.
String	getDescription() Gets descriptive text
int	getVersion() When creating a MAT-file, set version to 0x0100
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

DEFAULT_VERSION

public static final int DEFAULT_VERSION

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

MatFileHeader

public MatFileHeader(String description,
                     int version,
                     byte[] endianIndicator)

New MAT-file header

Parameters:

description - - descriptive text (no longer than 116 characters)

version - - by default is set to 0x0100

endianIndicator - - byte array size of 2 indicating byte-swapping requirement

Method Detail

getDescription

public String getDescription()

Gets descriptive text

Returns:

getVersion

public int getVersion()

When creating a MAT-file, set version to 0x0100

Returns:

createHeader

public static MatFileHeader createHeader()

A factory. Creates new MatFileHeader instance with default header values:

• MAT-file is 5.0 version
• version is set to 0x0100
• no byte-swapping ("IM")

Returns:

- new MatFileHeader instance

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object