H5DataType.h

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#ifndef H5DataType_H
#define H5DataType_H
 
namespace H5 {
 
//  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();
 
    // 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;
 
    virtual H5std_string
    fromClass() const
    {
        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;
 
    // Destructor: properly terminates access to this datatype.
    virtual ~DataType();
 
  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);
 
    // 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