hdf5/c++/src/H5Object.h

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#ifndef _H5Object_H
#define _H5Object_H

#include "H5Classes.h"		// constains forward class declarations

// H5Object is a baseclass.  It has these subclasses:
// Group, DataSet, and DataType.
// DataType, in turn, has several specific datatypes as subclasses.

#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
namespace H5 {
#endif

#ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
class H5_DLLCPP H5Object;  // forward declaration for UserData4Aiterate

// Define the operator function pointer for H5Aiterate().
typedef void (*attr_operator_t)( H5Object& loc/*in*/,
				 const H5std_string attr_name/*in*/,
				 void *operator_data/*in,out*/);

class UserData4Aiterate { // user data for attribute iteration
   public:
	attr_operator_t op;
	void* opData;
	H5Object* object;
};
#endif // DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS

// The above part is being moved into Iterator, but not completed

class H5_DLLCPP H5Object : public IdComponent {
   public:
	// Creates an attribute for a group, dataset, or named datatype.
	// PropList is currently not used, so always be default.
	Attribute createAttribute( const char* name, const DataType& type, const DataSpace& space, const PropList& create_plist = PropList::DEFAULT ) const;
	Attribute createAttribute( const H5std_string& name, const DataType& type, const DataSpace& space, const PropList& create_plist = PropList::DEFAULT ) const;

	// Opens an attribute given its name.
	Attribute openAttribute( const char* name ) const;
	Attribute openAttribute( const H5std_string& name ) const;

	// Opens an attribute given its index.
	Attribute openAttribute( const unsigned int idx ) const;

	// Flushes all buffers associated with this object to disk
	void flush( H5F_scope_t scope ) const;

	// Gets the name of the file, in which this HDF5 object belongs.
	H5std_string getFileName() const;

	// Determines the number of attributes attached to this object.
	int getNumAttrs() const;

	// Iterate user's function over the attributes of this object
	int iterateAttrs( attr_operator_t user_op, unsigned* idx = NULL, void* op_data = NULL );

	// Removes the named attribute from this object.
	void removeAttr( const char* name ) const;
	void removeAttr( const H5std_string& name ) const;

	// Renames the attribute to a new name.
	void renameAttr(const char* oldname, const char* newname) const;
	void renameAttr(const H5std_string& oldname, const H5std_string& newname) const;

	// Creates a reference to a named Hdf5 object or to a dataset region
	// in this object.
	void reference(void* ref, const char* name, const DataSpace& dataspace,
			H5R_type_t ref_type = H5R_DATASET_REGION) const;
	void reference(void* ref, const char* name) const;
	void reference(void* ref, const H5std_string& name) const;

	// Open a referenced HDF5 object whose location is specified by either
	// a file, an HDF5 object, or an attribute.
	void dereference(H5File& h5file, const void* ref, H5R_type_t ref_type = H5R_OBJECT);
	void dereference(H5Object& obj, const void* ref, H5R_type_t ref_type = H5R_OBJECT);
	void dereference(Attribute& attr, const void* ref, H5R_type_t ref_type = H5R_OBJECT);

	// Copy constructor: makes copy of an H5Object object.
	H5Object(const H5Object& original);

	// Noop destructor.
	virtual ~H5Object();

   protected:
#ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
	// Default constructor
	H5Object();

	// Creates a copy of an existing object giving the object id
	H5Object( const hid_t object_id );

	// Gets the id of the H5 file in which the given object is located.
	hid_t p_get_file_id();

	// Creates a reference to an HDF5 object or a dataset region.
	void p_reference(void* ref, const char* name, hid_t space_id, H5R_type_t ref_type) const;

	// Dereferences a ref into an hdf5 id.
	hid_t p_dereference(hid_t loc_id, const void* ref, H5R_type_t ref_type);

#ifndef H5_NO_DEPRECATED_SYMBOLS
	// Retrieves the type of object that an object reference points to.
	H5G_obj_t p_get_obj_type(void *ref, H5R_type_t ref_type) const;
#endif /* H5_NO_DEPRECATED_SYMBOLS */

	// Retrieves a dataspace with the region pointed to selected.
	hid_t p_get_region(void *ref, H5R_type_t ref_type) const;

#endif // DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS

}; /* end class H5Object */

#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
}
#endif
#endif