Merge pull request #551 in HDFFV/hdf5 from ~BMRIBLER/hdf5_1_8_bmr:hdf5_1_8 to hdf5_1_8

* commit 'dbeb06192f67cc5fbc6ef6b993129cdc5f97ddf4':
  Cleanup documentation.
  Removed deprecated function Description:     Removed IdComponent(const hid_t h5_id).  This prototype was left over     from a previous deprecation. Platforms tested:     Linux/32 2.6 (jam)
  Updated RELEASE.txt Description:     Added items for new C++ wrappers (HDFFV-10004 and HDFFV-10156.)

3 files changed, 32 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/c++/src/H5Group.cpp b/c++/src/H5Group.cpp
index 587c7b7..00a69d6 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5Group.cpp
+++ b/c++/src/H5Group.cpp
@@ -97,11 +97,11 @@ Group::Group(const H5Location& loc, const void* ref, H5R_type_t ref_type) : H5Ob
 
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Function:    Group overload constructor - dereference
-///\brief       Given a reference, ref, to an hdf5 group, creates a Group object
-///\param       attr - IN: Specifying location where the referenced object is in
-///\param       ref - IN: Reference pointer
-///\param       ref_type - IN: Reference type - default to H5R_OBJECT
-///\exception   H5::ReferenceException
+// Purpose      Given a reference, ref, to an hdf5 group, creates a Group object
+// \param       attr - IN: Specifying location where the referenced object is in
+// \param       ref - IN: Reference pointer
+// \param       ref_type - IN: Reference type - default to H5R_OBJECT
+// \exception   H5::ReferenceException
 // Programmer   Binh-Minh Ribler - Oct, 2006
 // Modification
 //      May, 2017
diff --git a/c++/src/H5IdComponent.h b/c++/src/H5IdComponent.h
index 5dcdd07..9a45634 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5IdComponent.h
+++ b/c++/src/H5IdComponent.h
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class H5_DLLCPP IdComponent {
         // removal does not raise any problems in two 1.10 releases.
 
         // Creates an object to hold an HDF5 identifier.
-        IdComponent(const hid_t h5_id);
+        // IdComponent(const hid_t h5_id); - removed in 1.8.19
 
 #ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
 
diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
index 62a5b33..e1c1573 100644
--- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
@@ -93,20 +93,40 @@ New Features
     C++ API
     -------
     - The following C++ API wrappers have been added to the C++ Library:
-        // Determines if an object exists.
-        H5Location::exists - H5Lexists.
+        // Determines if a name exists.
+        H5Location::nameExists() - C API H5Lexists()
+
+        // Checks if an ID is valid.
+        IdComponent::isValid() - C API H5Iis_valid()
+
+        // Sets the number of soft or user-defined links that can be
+        // traversed before a failure occurs.
+        LinkAccPropList::setNumLinks() - C API H5Pset_nlinks()
+
+        // Gets the number of soft or user-defined link traversals allowed
+        LinkAccPropList::getNumLinks() - C API H5Pget_nlinks()
+
+        // Returns a copy of the creation property list of a datatype.
+        DataType::getCreatePlist() - C API H5Tget_create_plist()
+
+        // Opens an object within a location, regarless its type.
+        H5Location::openObjId() - C API H5Oopen()
+        H5Location::openObjId() - C API H5Oopen()
+
+        // Closes an object opened by openObjId().
+        H5Location::closeObjId() - C API H5Oclose()
+
+        // Gets general information about a file.
+        H5File::getFileInfo() - C API H5Fget_info()
 
         // Returns the header version of an HDF5 object.
-        H5Object::objVersion - H5Oget_info for version
+        H5Object::objVersion() - C API H5Oget_info()
 
       (BMR, 2017/05/13, HDFFV-10004, HDFFV-10156)
 
     - New class LinkAccPropList is added for link access proprety list
       (BMR, 2017/05/13, HDFFV-10156)
 
-    - New exception ObjHeaderIException for H5O interface
-      (BMR, 2017/05/13, HDFFV-10156)
-
 
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