[svn-r18682] Description:

Purpose: Fix bugzilla 1857
    Added missing overloaded function getObjnameByIdx to take char* for name.
Platforms tested:
    Linux/32 2.6 (jam)
    FreeBSD/64 6.3 (liberty)
    SunOS 5.10 (linew)

3 files changed, 42 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/c++/src/H5CommonFG.cpp b/c++/src/H5CommonFG.cpp
index 8c1237d..2772903 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5CommonFG.cpp
+++ b/c++/src/H5CommonFG.cpp
@@ -1058,10 +1058,27 @@ H5std_string CommonFG::getObjnameByIdx(hsize_t idx) const
 ///		each time the group is opened.
 // Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - January, 2003
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ssize_t CommonFG::getObjnameByIdx(hsize_t idx, char* name, size_t size) const
+{
+   ssize_t name_len = H5Lget_name_by_idx(getLocId(), ".", H5_INDEX_NAME, H5_ITER_INC, idx, name, size, H5P_DEFAULT);
+   if(name_len < 0)
+   {
+      throwException("getObjnameByIdx", "H5Lget_name_by_idx failed");
+   }
+   return (name_len);
+}
+
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Function:	CommonFG::getObjnameByIdx
+///\brief	This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.
+///		It differs from the above function in that it takes an
+///		\c std::string for \a name.
+// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - January, 2003
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ssize_t CommonFG::getObjnameByIdx(hsize_t idx, H5std_string& name, size_t size) const
 {
    char* name_C = new char[size];
-   ssize_t name_len = H5Lget_name_by_idx(getLocId(), ".", H5_INDEX_NAME, H5_ITER_INC, idx, name_C, size, H5P_DEFAULT);
+   ssize_t name_len = getObjnameByIdx(idx, name_C, size);
    if(name_len < 0)
    {
       throwException("getObjnameByIdx", "H5Lget_name_by_idx failed");
diff --git a/c++/src/H5CommonFG.h b/c++/src/H5CommonFG.h
index d472d42..75c9259 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5CommonFG.h
+++ b/c++/src/H5CommonFG.h
@@ -70,8 +70,9 @@ class H5_DLLCPP CommonFG {
 
 	// Retrieves the name of an object in this group, given the
 	// object's index.
-	ssize_t getObjnameByIdx(hsize_t idx, H5std_string& name, size_t size) const;
 	H5std_string getObjnameByIdx(hsize_t idx) const;
+	ssize_t getObjnameByIdx(hsize_t idx, char* name, size_t size) const;
+	ssize_t getObjnameByIdx(hsize_t idx, H5std_string& name, size_t size) const;
 
 #ifndef H5_NO_DEPRECATED_SYMBOLS
 	// Returns the type of an object in this group, given the
diff --git a/c++/test/trefer.cpp b/c++/test/trefer.cpp
index 16f6628..41ee808 100644
--- a/c++/test/trefer.cpp
+++ b/c++/test/trefer.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ const H5std_string      FILE2("trefer2.h5");
 const H5std_string      FILE3("trefer3.h5");
 const H5std_string      DSET_DEFAULT_NAME("default");
 
+// Dataset 1
+const H5std_string      DSET1_NAME("Dataset1");
+const int DSET1_LEN = 8;
+
 const H5std_string MEMBER1( "a_name" );
 const H5std_string MEMBER2( "b_name" );
 const H5std_string MEMBER3( "c_name" );
@@ -109,7 +113,7 @@ static void test_reference_obj(void)
 	group.setComment(".", write_comment);
 
 	// Create a dataset (inside /Group1)
-	DataSet dataset = group.createDataSet("Dataset1", PredType::NATIVE_UINT, sid1);
+	DataSet dataset = group.createDataSet(DSET1_NAME, PredType::NATIVE_UINT, sid1);
 
 	unsigned *tu32;      // Temporary pointer to uint32 data
 	for (tu32=(unsigned *)wbuf, i=0; i<SPACE1_DIM1; i++)
@@ -223,13 +227,27 @@ static void test_reference_obj(void)
 	catch (Exception E) {} // We expect this to fail
 
 	// Test reading the name of an item in the group
+
+	// Test getObjnameByIdx(idx)
 	H5std_string name;
 	name = group.getObjnameByIdx(0);
-	verify_val(name, "Dataset1", "Group::getObjnameByIdx", __LINE__, __FILE__);
+	verify_val(name, DSET1_NAME, "Group::getObjnameByIdx", __LINE__, __FILE__);
+	// Test getObjnameByIdx(hsize_t idx, H5std_string& name, size_t size)
 	name.clear();
 	ssize_t name_size = group.getObjnameByIdx(0, name, 5);
-	verify_val(name, "Data", "Group::getObjnameByIdx(index,buf,buf_len)", __LINE__, __FILE__);
-	verify_val(name_size, 8, "Group::getObjnameByIdx(index,buf,buf_len)", __LINE__, __FILE__);
+	verify_val(name, "Data", "Group::getObjnameByIdx(index,(std::string)buf,buf_len)", __LINE__, __FILE__);
+	verify_val(name_size, DSET1_LEN, "Group::getObjnameByIdx(index,(std::string)buf,buf_len)", __LINE__, __FILE__);
+
+	name.clear();
+	name_size = group.getObjnameByIdx(0, name, name_size+1);
+	verify_val(name, DSET1_NAME, "Group::getObjnameByIdx(index,(std::string)buf,buf_len)", __LINE__, __FILE__);
+	verify_val(name_size, DSET1_LEN, "Group::getObjnameByIdx(index,(std::string)buf,buf_len)", __LINE__, __FILE__);
+
+	// Test getObjnameByIdx(hsize_t idx, char* name, size_t size)
+	char name_C[DSET1_LEN+1];
+	group.getObjnameByIdx(0, name, name_size+1);
+	verify_val(name, DSET1_NAME, "Group::getObjnameByIdx(index,(char*)buf,buf_len)", __LINE__, __FILE__);
+	verify_val(name_size, DSET1_LEN, "Group::getObjnameByIdx(index,(char*)buf,buf_len)", __LINE__, __FILE__);
 
 	// Close group
 	group.close();