H5StrType.h

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#ifndef H5StrType_H
#define H5StrType_H
 
namespace H5 {
 
//  Inheritance: AtomType -> DataType -> H5Object -> H5Location -> IdComponent
class H5_DLLCPP StrType : public AtomType {
  public:
    // Creates a string type using a predefined type
    StrType(const PredType &pred_type);
 
    // Creates a string type with specified length - may be obsolete
    StrType(const PredType &pred_type, const size_t &size);
 
    // Creates a string type with specified length
    StrType(const int dummy, const size_t &size);
 
    // Gets the string datatype of the specified dataset
    StrType(const DataSet &dataset);
 
    // Constructors that open an HDF5 string datatype, given a location.
    StrType(const H5Location &loc, const char *name);
    StrType(const H5Location &loc, const H5std_string &name);
 
    // Returns an StrType object via DataType* by decoding the
    // binary object description of this type.
    virtual DataType *decode() const;
 
    // Retrieves the character set type of this string datatype.
    H5T_cset_t getCset() const;
 
    // Sets character set to be used.
    void setCset(H5T_cset_t cset) const;
 
    // Retrieves the string padding method for this string datatype.
    H5T_str_t getStrpad() const;
 
    // Defines the storage mechanism for character strings.
    void setStrpad(H5T_str_t strpad) const;
 
    virtual H5std_string
    fromClass() const
    {
        return ("StrType");
    }
 
    // default constructor
    StrType();
 
    // Creates a string datatype using an existing id
    StrType(const hid_t existing_id);
 
    // Copy constructor: same as the original StrType.
    StrType(const StrType &original);
 
    // Noop destructor.
    virtual ~StrType();
 
}; // end of StrType
} // namespace H5
 
#endif // H5StrType_H