[svn-r18689] Description:

    Added missing overloaded function getObjTypeByIdx to return type name
    as a char*.
Platforms tested:
    Linux/32 2.6 (jam)
    FreeBSD/64 6.3 (liberty)
    SunOS 5.10 (linew)

1 files changed, 29 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/c++/src/H5CommonFG.cpp b/c++/src/H5CommonFG.cpp
index 0b1ff21..a86d1ab 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5CommonFG.cpp
+++ b/c++/src/H5CommonFG.cpp
@@ -1112,7 +1112,35 @@ H5G_obj_t CommonFG::getObjTypeByIdx(hsize_t idx) const
 // Function:	CommonFG::getObjTypeByIdx
 ///\brief	This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.
 ///		It differs from the above function because it also provides
-///		the returned object type in text.
+///		the returned object type in text (char*)
+///\param	idx       - IN: Transient index of the object
+///\param	type_name - IN: Object type in text
+///\return	Object type
+///\exception	H5::FileIException or H5::GroupIException
+// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - May, 2010
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+H5G_obj_t CommonFG::getObjTypeByIdx(hsize_t idx, char* type_name) const
+{
+   H5G_obj_t obj_type = H5Gget_objtype_by_idx(getLocId(), idx);
+   switch (obj_type)
+   {
+	case H5G_LINK: strcpy(type_name, "symbolic link"); break;
+	case H5G_GROUP: strcpy(type_name, "group"); break;
+	case H5G_DATASET: strcpy(type_name, "dataset"); break;
+	case H5G_TYPE: strcpy(type_name, "datatype"); break;
+	case H5G_UNKNOWN:
+	default:
+   	{
+	   throwException("getObjTypeByIdx", "H5Gget_objtype_by_idx failed");
+	}
+   }
+   return (obj_type);
+}
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Function:	CommonFG::getObjTypeByIdx
+///\brief	This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.
+///		It differs from the above function because it also provides
+///		the returned object type in text (H5std_string&)
 ///\param	idx       - IN: Transient index of the object
 ///\param	type_name - IN: Object type in text
 ///\return	Object type