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#ifndef H5DataType_H
#define H5DataType_H
namespace H5 {
/*! \class DataType
\brief Class DataType provides generic operations on HDF5 datatypes.
DataType inherits from H5Object because a named datatype is an HDF5
object and is a base class of ArrayType, AtomType, CompType, EnumType,
and VarLenType.
*/
// Inheritance: DataType -> H5Object -> H5Location -> IdComponent
class H5_DLLCPP DataType : public H5Object {
public:
// Creates a datatype given its class and size
DataType(const H5T_class_t type_class, size_t size);
// Copy constructor - same as the original DataType.
DataType(const DataType &original);
// Creates a copy of a predefined type
DataType(const PredType &pred_type);
// Constructors to open a generic named datatype at a given location.
DataType(const H5Location &loc, const char *name);
DataType(const H5Location &loc, const H5std_string &name);
// Creates a datatype by way of dereference.
DataType(const H5Location &loc, const void *ref, H5R_type_t ref_type = H5R_OBJECT,
const PropList &plist = PropList::DEFAULT);
// DataType(const Attribute& attr, const void* ref, H5R_type_t ref_type = H5R_OBJECT, const
// PropList& plist = PropList::DEFAULT);
// Closes this datatype.
virtual void close() override;
// Copies an existing datatype to this datatype object.
void copy(const DataType &like_type);
// Copies the datatype of dset to this datatype object.
void copy(const DataSet &dset);
// Returns a DataType instance by decoding the binary object
// description of this datatype.
virtual DataType *decode() const;
// Creates a binary object description of this datatype.
void encode();
// Returns the datatype class identifier.
H5T_class_t getClass() const;
// Commits a transient datatype to a file; this datatype becomes
// a named datatype which can be accessed from the location.
void commit(const H5Location &loc, const char *name);
void commit(const H5Location &loc, const H5std_string &name);
// These two overloaded functions are kept for backward compatibility
// only; they missed the const - removed from 1.8.18 and 1.10.1
// void commit(H5Location& loc, const char* name);
// void commit(H5Location& loc, const H5std_string& name);
// Determines whether this datatype is a named datatype or
// a transient datatype.
bool committed() const;
// Finds a conversion function that can handle the conversion
// this datatype to the given datatype, dest.
H5T_conv_t find(const DataType &dest, H5T_cdata_t **pcdata) const;
// Converts data from between specified datatypes.
void convert(const DataType &dest, size_t nelmts, void *buf, void *background,
const PropList &plist = PropList::DEFAULT) const;
// Assignment operator
DataType &operator=(const DataType &rhs);
// Determines whether two datatypes are the same.
bool operator==(const DataType &compared_type) const;
// Determines whether two datatypes are not the same.
bool operator!=(const DataType &compared_type) const;
// Locks a datatype.
void lock() const;
// Returns the size of a datatype.
size_t getSize() const;
// Returns the base datatype from which a datatype is derived.
// Note: not quite right for specific types yet???
DataType getSuper() const;
// Registers a conversion function.
void registerFunc(H5T_pers_t pers, const char *name, const DataType &dest, H5T_conv_t func) const;
void registerFunc(H5T_pers_t pers, const H5std_string &name, const DataType &dest, H5T_conv_t func) const;
// Removes a conversion function from all conversion paths.
void unregister(H5T_pers_t pers, const char *name, const DataType &dest, H5T_conv_t func) const;
void unregister(H5T_pers_t pers, const H5std_string &name, const DataType &dest, H5T_conv_t func) const;
// Tags an opaque datatype.
void setTag(const char *tag) const;
void setTag(const H5std_string &tag) const;
// Gets the tag associated with an opaque datatype.
H5std_string getTag() const;
// Checks whether this datatype contains (or is) a certain type class.
bool detectClass(H5T_class_t cls) const;
static bool detectClass(const PredType &pred_type, H5T_class_t cls);
// Checks whether this datatype is a variable-length string.
bool isVariableStr() const;
// Returns a copy of the creation property list of a datatype.
PropList getCreatePlist() const;
///\brief Returns this class name.
virtual H5std_string
fromClass() const override
{
return ("DataType");
}
// Creates a copy of an existing DataType using its id
DataType(const hid_t type_id);
// Default constructor
DataType();
// Determines whether this datatype has a binary object description.
bool hasBinaryDesc() const;
// Gets the datatype id.
virtual hid_t getId() const override;
// Destructor: properly terminates access to this datatype.
virtual ~DataType() override;
protected:
#ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
hid_t id; // HDF5 datatype id
// Returns an id of a type by decoding the binary object
// description of this datatype.
hid_t p_decode() const;
// Sets the datatype id.
virtual void p_setId(const hid_t new_id) override;
// Opens a datatype and returns the id.
hid_t p_opentype(const H5Location &loc, const char *dtype_name) const;
#endif // DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
private:
// Buffer for binary object description of this datatype, allocated
// in DataType::encode and used in DataType::decode
unsigned char *encoded_buf;
size_t buf_size;
// Friend function to set DataType id. For library use only.
friend void f_DataType_setId(DataType *dtype, hid_t new_id);
void p_commit(hid_t loc_id, const char *name);
}; // end of DataType
} // namespace H5
#endif // H5DataType_H