* Fix H5DreadVL failing for pre-allocate cmpd-of-seq dsets
* Fix bad vlen of cmpd with null slot read
* Fix bad cmpd of cmpd read in java
`translate_rbuf`'s H5T_VLEN case had a similar bug where when `found_jList` was set to false due to an entyr in `ret_buf` being null, `ret_buf.add()` would be invoked on an array of objects without the list .add() method. This would occur whenever a read was invoked of a vlen sequence with a null (non-preallocated) entry. The pre-existing tests only tested the pre-allocated cases.
I removed the use of the `found_jList` flag, since it conflated the passing of an unallocated slot with `ret_buf` not being an array. Instead use `ret_buflen == 0` as the check to match the pattern in H5T_INTEGER and other branches.
The test for this fix is testH5Dread_vlen_of_compound_nullslot.
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`translate_atomic_rebuf` had two issues related to handling of nested compounds. First, it discarded recursive returns, resulting in the construction of empty lists. Secondly, its member offset (`char_buf + i * typeSize + memb_offset`) was incorrect. In this case, `i` was the member index and `memberSize` was the entire cmpd size, so the offset would be erroneously large. It seems like this came from copying of the offset computation from `translate_rbuf`, which had to advance over entire elements of compound data. This error was duplicated on the write side in `translate_atomic_wbuf`'s H5T_COMPOUND case (h5util.c:4611).
I changed `translate_atomic_rbuf` to capture the resultant object, and dropped the `i * typeSize` term in both routines.
The new test verifying the fix works is `testH5Dread_vlen_of_nested_compound`.
* Add exception checks
* Update NULL checks in translate_wbuf
* Correct potentially bad array length check
* Clang format
* Fix readVL/writeVL crash on malformed buffer
* Committing clang-format changes
* Add bufSize checks to wbuf/rbuf translation
* Remove vlen pre-allocation support
* Harden JNI buffer interface
* Handle opaque types as byte[] and document JNI buffer data model
Opaque elements were grouped with H5T_INTEGER in the nested-type
translation path, which boxed them as Integer/Long and rejected
arbitrary-sized opaque blobs. Treat H5T_OPAQUE like H5T_REFERENCE
(a byte[] per element) in translate_atomic_rbuf, translate_atomic_wbuf,
and h5validate_atomic_wbuf so nested opaque round-trips correctly.
Also add "Buffer data model" header comments on translate_rbuf() and
translate_wbuf() and note the reference/opaque byte[] leaves in the
H5.java javadocv.
* Initialize typeSize to fix -Werror=maybe-uninitialized
typeSize was assigned only inside the vl_data_class branch but read in
a second, separate vl_data_class branch, which gcc -O2 flags as
maybe-uninitialized under -Werror. Initialize it to 0 at declaration in
H5Aread/H5Awrite/H5Dread/H5Dwrite, matching the existing vl_array_len
pattern.
* Port nested cmpd/vlen tests to java/test and sync reference
The legacy java/test tree's JUnit-TestH5D.txt reference listed the new
nested compound/vlen tests, but the corresponding @Test methods existed
only in java/src-jni/test/TestH5D.java. Port the 10 tests and the
writeCompoundOfVlenDataset helper into java/test/TestH5D.java, remove
debug prints, and
regenerate the reference to match the actual JUnit output.
* Support nested vlen/compound datatypes in Java FFM compat layer
The FFM compatibility layer (java/hdf) lacked the vlen/compound read and
write support that the JNI interface gained, so the nested cmpd/vlen tests
ported into java/test (TestH5D) failed and leaked an id.
VLDataConverter now has recursive encodeValue/decodeValue helpers that pack
and unpack any member class (integer, float, fixed/vl string, nested
compound, and VLEN) in the native HDF5 in-memory layout. These are wired
into convertCompoundDatatype, readCompoundDatatype and convertRawDataToArrayList,
and a type-aware convertToHVLAuto handles top-level VLEN-of-compound writes.
Compound reads now reclaim VL memory, and type/count mismatches raise
IllegalArgumentException instead of silently corrupting data.
H5DwriteVL rejects an undersized buffer up front and routes VLEN writes
through convertToHVLAuto. The JUnit-TestH5D reference regains its trailing
blank line to match the actual JUnit output.
* Committing clang-format changes
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FFM build requires Java 25, Jextract 25.
Generates FFM bindings during configure.
JNI is default when the requirements are not met or can be forced.
Presets added for maven and FFM - JNI is default selection.
Enhanced Maven options will work with either JNI or FFM
New Workflows for testing and maven uploads.
Extensive documentation changes for java.
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Allen Byrne