private void writeMetadataElement(int locationID, MetadataElement element) throws IOException {
int groupID = createH5G(locationID, element.getName());
try {
for (int i = 0; i < element.getNumAttributes(); i++) {
MetadataAttribute attribute = element.getAttributeAt(i);
writeMetadataAttribute(groupID, attribute);
}
for (int i = 0; i < element.getNumElements(); i++) {
MetadataElement subElement = element.getElementAt(i);
writeMetadataElement(groupID, subElement);
}
} catch (IOException e) {
throw e;
} finally {
closeH5G(groupID);
}
}
