[svn-r30309] Purpose: Fix bug HDFFR-9920

Description:
    Rearranged the classes to model the relationship of HDF5 objects more
    accurately.  The changes included:
    - moved CommonFG's methods to Group
    - removed CommonFG from Group's base class list
    - removed CommonFG from H5File's base class list and changed
      "public H5Location" to "public Group" in the base class list
    - CommonFG became unused
    - result of the modified partial class diagram:

                                IdComponent
                                     |
                                H5Location
                                /
                        H5Object
                           |
                        /  /  \
                DadaType Group DataSet
                          |
                        H5File
Platforms tested:
    Linux/32 2.6 (jam)
    Linux/64 (platypus)
    Darwin (osx1010test)

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1231 deletions

diff --git a/c++/src/H5CommonFG.cpp b/c++/src/H5CommonFG.cpp
index 22cff8b..4bde850 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5CommonFG.cpp
+++ b/c++/src/H5CommonFG.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 //   to call the right getId() - although, as the structure of the
 //   library at this time, getId() is basically the IdComponent::getId()
 // - when a failure returned by the C API, the functions will call
-//   throwException, which is a pure virtual function and is implemented
+//   throwwException, which is a pure virtual function and is implemented
 //   by H5File to throw a FileIException and by Group to throw a
 //   GroupIException.
 // December 2000
@@ -52,1206 +52,6 @@ namespace H5 {
 using namespace std;
 #endif
 
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::createGroup
-///\brief	Creates a new group at this location which can be a file
-///		or another group.
-///\param	name  - IN: Name of the group to create
-///\param	size_hint - IN: Indicates the number of bytes to reserve for
-///		the names that will appear in the group
-///\return	Group instance
-///\exception	H5::FileIException or H5::GroupIException
-///\par Description
-///		The optional \a size_hint specifies how much file space to
-///		reserve for storing the names that will appear in this new
-///		group. If a non-positive value is provided for the \a size_hint
-///		then a default size is chosen.
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-     Group CommonFG::createGroup( const char* name, size_t size_hint ) const
-{
-    // Group creation property list for size hint
-    hid_t gcpl_id = 0;
-
-    // Set the local heap size hint
-    if (size_hint > 0)
-    {
-       // If the creation of the property list failed, throw an exception
-       if ((gcpl_id = H5Pcreate(H5P_GROUP_CREATE)) < 0)
-          throwException("createGroup", "H5Pcreate failed");
-
-       if (H5Pset_local_heap_size_hint(gcpl_id, size_hint) < 0) {
-          H5Pclose(gcpl_id);
-          throwException("createGroup", "H5Pset_local_heap_size_hint failed");
-       }
-    }
-
-   // Call C routine H5Gcreate2 to create the named group, giving the
-   // location id which can be a file id or a group id
-   hid_t group_id = H5Gcreate2( getLocId(), name, H5P_DEFAULT, gcpl_id, H5P_DEFAULT );
-
-   // Close the group creation property list, if necessary
-   if(gcpl_id > 0)
-       H5Pclose(gcpl_id);
-
-   // If the creation of the group failed, throw an exception
-   if( group_id < 0 )
-      throwException("createGroup", "H5Gcreate2 failed");
-
-   // No failure, create and return the Group object
-   Group group;
-    CommonFG *ptr = &group;
-    ptr->p_setId(group_id);
-   return( group );
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::createGroup
-///\brief	This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.
-///		It differs from the above function in that it takes an
-///		\c H5std_string for \a name.
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Group CommonFG::createGroup( const H5std_string& name, size_t size_hint ) const
-{
-   return( createGroup( name.c_str(), size_hint ));
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::openGroup
-///\brief	Opens an existing group in a location which can be a file
-///		or another group.
-///\param	name  - IN: Name of the group to open
-///\return	Group instance
-///\exception	H5::FileIException or H5::GroupIException
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Group CommonFG::openGroup( const char* name ) const
-{
-   // Call C routine H5Gopen2 to open the named group, giving the
-   // location id which can be a file id or a group id
-   hid_t group_id = H5Gopen2( getLocId(), name, H5P_DEFAULT );
-
-   // If the opening of the group failed, throw an exception
-   if( group_id < 0 )
-      throwException("openGroup", "H5Gopen2 failed");
-
-   // No failure, create and return the Group object
-   Group group;
-    CommonFG *ptr = &group;
-    ptr->p_setId(group_id);
-   return( group );
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::openGroup
-///\brief	This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.
-///		It differs from the above function in that it takes an
-///		\c H5std_string for \a name.
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Group CommonFG::openGroup( const H5std_string& name ) const
-{
-   return( openGroup( name.c_str() ));
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::createDataSet
-///\brief	Creates a new dataset at this location.
-///\param	name  - IN: Name of the dataset to create
-///\param	data_type - IN: Datatype of the dataset
-///\param	data_space - IN: Dataspace for the dataset
-///\param	create_plist - IN: Creation properly list for the dataset
-///\return	DataSet instance
-///\exception	H5::FileIException or H5::GroupIException
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-DataSet CommonFG::createDataSet( const char* name, const DataType& data_type, const DataSpace& data_space, const DSetCreatPropList& create_plist ) const
-{
-   // Obtain identifiers for C API
-   hid_t type_id = data_type.getId();
-   hid_t space_id = data_space.getId();
-   hid_t create_plist_id = create_plist.getId();
-
-   // Call C routine H5Dcreate2 to create the named dataset
-   hid_t dataset_id = H5Dcreate2( getLocId(), name, type_id, space_id, H5P_DEFAULT, create_plist_id, H5P_DEFAULT );
-
-   // If the creation of the dataset failed, throw an exception
-   if( dataset_id < 0 )
-      throwException("createDataSet", "H5Dcreate2 failed");
-
-   // No failure, create and return the DataSet object
-   DataSet dataset;
-   f_DataSet_setId(&dataset, dataset_id);
-   return( dataset );
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::createDataSet
-///\brief	This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.
-///		It differs from the above function in that it takes an
-///		\c H5std_string for \a name.
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-DataSet CommonFG::createDataSet( const H5std_string& name, const DataType& data_type, const DataSpace& data_space, const DSetCreatPropList& create_plist ) const
-{
-   return( createDataSet( name.c_str(), data_type, data_space, create_plist ));
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::openDataSet
-///\brief	Opens an existing dataset at this location.
-///\param	name  - IN: Name of the dataset to open
-///\return	DataSet instance
-///\exception	H5::FileIException or H5::GroupIException
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-DataSet CommonFG::openDataSet( const char* name ) const
-{
-   // Call C function H5Dopen2 to open the specified dataset, giving
-   // the location id and the dataset's name
-   hid_t dataset_id = H5Dopen2( getLocId(), name, H5P_DEFAULT );
-
-   // If the dataset's opening failed, throw an exception
-   if(dataset_id < 0)
-      throwException("openDataSet", "H5Dopen2 failed");
-
-   // No failure, create and return the DataSet object
-   DataSet dataset;
-   f_DataSet_setId(&dataset, dataset_id);
-   return( dataset );
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::openDataSet
-///\brief	This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.
-///		It differs from the above function in that it takes an
-///		\c H5std_string for \a name.
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-DataSet CommonFG::openDataSet( const H5std_string& name ) const
-{
-   return( openDataSet( name.c_str() ));
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::link
-///\brief	Creates a link of the specified type from \a new_name to
-///		\a curr_name.
-///\param	link_type  - IN: Link type; possible values are
-///		\li \c H5G_LINK_HARD
-///		\li \c H5G_LINK_SOFT
-///\param	curr_name - IN: Name of the existing object if link is a hard
-///		link; can be anything for the soft link
-///\param	new_name - IN: New name for the object
-///\exception	H5::FileIException or H5::GroupIException
-///\par Description
-///		Note that both names are interpreted relative to the
-///		specified location.
-///		For information on creating hard link and soft link, please
-///		refer to the C layer Reference Manual at:
-/// http://hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/RM/RM_H5L.html#Link-CreateHard and
-/// http://hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/RM/RM_H5L.html#Link-CreateSoft
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
-// Modification
-//	2007: QAK modified to use H5L APIs - BMR
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void CommonFG::link( H5L_type_t link_type, const char* curr_name, const char* new_name ) const
-{
-    herr_t ret_value = -1;
-
-    switch(link_type) {
-        case H5L_TYPE_HARD:
-            ret_value = H5Lcreate_hard( getLocId(), curr_name, H5L_SAME_LOC, new_name, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT );
-            break;
-
-        case H5L_TYPE_SOFT:
-            ret_value = H5Lcreate_soft( curr_name, getLocId(), new_name, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT );
-            break;
-
-	case H5L_TYPE_ERROR:
-	case H5L_TYPE_EXTERNAL:
-	case H5L_TYPE_MAX:
-        default:
-            throwException("link", "unknown link type");
-            break;
-    } /* end switch */
-
-   if( ret_value < 0 )
-      throwException("link", "creating link failed");
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::link
-///\brief	This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.
-///		It differs from the above function in that it takes an
-///		\c H5std_string for \a curr_name and \a new_name.
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void CommonFG::link( H5L_type_t link_type, const H5std_string& curr_name, const H5std_string& new_name ) const
-{
-   link( link_type, curr_name.c_str(), new_name.c_str() );
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::unlink
-///\brief	Removes the specified name at this location.
-///\param	name  - IN: Name of the object to be removed
-///\exception	H5::FileIException or H5::GroupIException
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
-// Modification
-//	2007: QAK modified to use H5L APIs - BMR
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void CommonFG::unlink( const char* name ) const
-{
-   herr_t ret_value = H5Ldelete( getLocId(), name, H5P_DEFAULT );
-   if( ret_value < 0 )
-      throwException("unlink", "H5Ldelete failed");
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::unlink
-///\brief	This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.
-///		It differs from the above function in that it takes an
-///		\c H5std_string for \a name.
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void CommonFG::unlink( const H5std_string& name ) const
-{
-   unlink( name.c_str() );
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::move
-///\brief	Renames an object at this location.
-///\param	src - IN: Object's original name
-///\param	dst - IN: Object's new name
-///\exception	H5::FileIException or H5::GroupIException
-///\note
-///		Exercise care in moving groups as it is possible to render
-///		data in a file inaccessible with Group::move. Please refer
-///		to the Group Interface in the HDF5 User's Guide for details at:
-/// https://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/UG/HDF5_Users_Guide-Responsive%20HTML5/index.html#t=HDF5_Users_Guide%2FGroups%2FHDF5_Groups.htm
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
-// Modification
-//	2007: QAK modified to use H5L APIs - BMR
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void CommonFG::move( const char* src, const char* dst ) const
-{
-   herr_t ret_value = H5Lmove( getLocId(), src, H5L_SAME_LOC, dst, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT );
-   if( ret_value < 0 )
-      throwException("move", "H5Lmove failed");
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::move
-///\brief	This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.
-///		It differs from the above function in that it takes an
-///		\c H5std_string for \a src and \a dst.
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void CommonFG::move( const H5std_string& src, const H5std_string& dst ) const
-{
-   move( src.c_str(), dst.c_str() );
-}
-
-#ifndef H5_NO_DEPRECATED_SYMBOLS
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::getObjinfo
-///\brief	Returns information about an object.
-///\param	name  - IN: Name of the object
-///\param	follow_link - IN: Link flag
-///\param	statbuf - OUT: Buffer to return information about the object
-///\exception	H5::FileIException or H5::GroupIException
-///\par Description
-///		For more information, please refer to the C layer Reference
-///		Manual at:
-/// http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/RM/RM_H5G.html#Group-GetObjinfo
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void CommonFG::getObjinfo( const char* name, hbool_t follow_link, H5G_stat_t& statbuf ) const
-{
-   herr_t ret_value = H5Gget_objinfo( getLocId(), name, follow_link, &statbuf );
-   if( ret_value < 0 )
-      throwException("getObjinfo", "H5Gget_objinfo failed");
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::getObjinfo
-///\brief	This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.
-///		It differs from the above function in that it takes an
-///		\c H5std_string for \a name.
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void CommonFG::getObjinfo( const H5std_string& name, hbool_t follow_link, H5G_stat_t& statbuf ) const
-{
-   getObjinfo( name.c_str(), follow_link, statbuf );
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::getObjinfo
-///\brief	This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.
-///		It differs from the above functions in that it doesn't have
-///		the paramemter \a follow_link.
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - Nov, 2005
-// Note: need to modify to use H5Oget_info and H5Lget_info - BMR
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void CommonFG::getObjinfo( const char* name, H5G_stat_t& statbuf ) const
-{
-   herr_t ret_value = H5Gget_objinfo( getLocId(), name, 0, &statbuf );
-   if( ret_value < 0 )
-      throwException("getObjinfo", "H5Gget_objinfo failed");
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::getObjinfo
-///\brief	This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.
-///		It differs from the above function in that it takes an
-///		\c H5std_string for \a name.
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - Nov, 2005
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void CommonFG::getObjinfo( const H5std_string& name, H5G_stat_t& statbuf ) const
-{
-   getObjinfo( name.c_str(), statbuf );
-}
-#endif /* H5_NO_DEPRECATED_SYMBOLS */
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::getLinkval
-///\brief	Returns the name of the object that the symbolic link points to.
-///\param	name  - IN: Symbolic link to the object
-///\param	size - IN: Maximum number of characters of value to be returned
-///\return	Name of the object
-///\exception	H5::FileIException or H5::GroupIException
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-H5std_string CommonFG::getLinkval( const char* name, size_t size ) const
-{
-    H5L_info_t linkinfo;
-    char *value_C;	// value in C string
-    size_t val_size = size;
-    H5std_string value = "";
-    herr_t ret_value;
-
-    // if user doesn't provide buffer size, determine it
-    if (size == 0)
-    {
-	ret_value = H5Lget_info(getLocId(), name, &linkinfo, H5P_DEFAULT);
-	if( ret_value < 0 )
-	    throwException("getLinkval", "H5Lget_info to find buffer size failed");
-
-	val_size = linkinfo.u.val_size;
-    }
-
-    // if link has value, retrieve the value, otherwise, return null string
-    if (val_size > 0)
-    {
-	value_C = new char[val_size+1];  // temporary C-string for C API
-	HDmemset(value_C, 0, val_size+1); // clear buffer
-
-	ret_value = H5Lget_val(getLocId(), name, value_C, val_size, H5P_DEFAULT);
-	if( ret_value < 0 )
-	{
-	    delete []value_C;
-	    throwException("getLinkval", "H5Lget_val failed");
-	}
-
-	value = H5std_string(value_C);
-	delete []value_C;
-    }
-    return(value);
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::getLinkval
-///\brief	This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.
-///		It differs from the above function in that it takes an
-///		\c H5std_string for \a name.
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-H5std_string CommonFG::getLinkval( const H5std_string& name, size_t size ) const
-{
-   return( getLinkval( name.c_str(), size ));
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::mount
-///\brief	Mounts the file \a child onto this group.
-///\param	name  - IN: Name of the group
-///\param	child - IN: File to mount
-///\param	plist - IN: Property list to use
-///\exception	H5::FileIException or H5::GroupIException
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2014 (original 2000)
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void CommonFG::mount(const char* name, const H5File& child, const PropList& plist ) const
-{
-   // Obtain identifiers for C API
-   hid_t plist_id = plist.getId();
-   hid_t child_id = child.getId();
-
-   // Call C routine H5Fmount to do the mouting
-   herr_t ret_value = H5Fmount( getLocId(), name, child_id, plist_id );
-
-   // Raise exception if H5Fmount returns negative value
-   if( ret_value < 0 )
-      throwException("mount", "H5Fmount failed");
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::mount
-// Purpose	This is an overloaded member function, kept for backward
-//		compatibility.  It differs from the above function in that it
-//		misses const's.  This wrapper will be removed in future release.
-// Param	name  - IN: Name of the group
-// Param	child - IN: File to mount
-// Param	plist - IN: Property list to use
-// Exception	H5::FileIException or H5::GroupIException
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
-// Modification
-//		Modified to call its replacement. -BMR, 2014/04/16
-//		Removed from documentation. -BMR, 2016/03/07 1.8.17 and 1.10.0
-//		Removed from code. -BMR, 2016/08/11 1.8.18 and 1.10.1
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-//void CommonFG::mount(const char* name, H5File& child, PropList& plist) const
-//{
-//   mount(name, child, plist);
-//}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::mount
-///\brief	This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.
-///		It takes an \c H5std_string for \a name.
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void CommonFG::mount(const H5std_string& name, const H5File& child, const PropList& plist) const
-{
-   mount(name.c_str(), child, plist);
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::mount
-// Purpose	This is an overloaded member function, kept for backward
-//		compatibility.  It differs from the above function in that it
-//		misses const's.  This wrapper will be removed in future release.
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2014
-// Modification
-//		Modified to call its replacement. -BMR, 2014/04/16
-//		Removed from documentation. -BMR, 2016/03/07 1.8.17 and 1.10.0
-//		Removed from code. -BMR, 2016/08/11 1.8.18 and 1.10.1
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-//void CommonFG::mount(const H5std_string& name, H5File& child, PropList& plist) const
-//{
-//   mount(name.c_str(), child, plist);
-//}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::unmount
-///\brief	Unmounts the specified file.
-///\param	name  - IN: Name of the file to unmount
-///\exception	H5::FileIException or H5::GroupIException
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void CommonFG::unmount( const char* name ) const
-{
-   // Call C routine H5Fmount to do the mouting
-   herr_t ret_value = H5Funmount( getLocId(), name );
-
-   // Raise exception if H5Funmount returns negative value
-   if( ret_value < 0 )
-      throwException("unmount", "H5Funmount failed");
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::unmount
-///\brief	This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.
-///		It differs from the above function in that it takes an
-///		\c H5std_string for \a name.
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void CommonFG::unmount( const H5std_string& name ) const
-{
-   unmount( name.c_str() );
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::openDataType
-///\brief	Opens the named generic datatype at this location.
-///\param	name  - IN: Name of the datatype to open
-///\return	DataType instance
-///\exception	H5::FileIException or H5::GroupIException
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-DataType CommonFG::openDataType( const char* name ) const
-{
-   // Call C function H5Topen2 to open the named datatype in this group,
-   // given either the file or group id
-   hid_t type_id = H5Topen2(getLocId(), name, H5P_DEFAULT);
-
-   // If the datatype's opening failed, throw an exception
-   if( type_id < 0 )
-      throwException("openDataType", "H5Topen2 failed");
-
-   // No failure, create and return the DataType object
-   DataType data_type;
-   f_DataType_setId(&data_type, type_id);
-   return(data_type);
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::openDataType
-///\brief	This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.
-///		It differs from the above function in that it takes an
-///		\c H5std_string for \a name.
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-DataType CommonFG::openDataType( const H5std_string& name ) const
-{
-   return( openDataType( name.c_str()) );
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::openArrayType
-///\brief	Opens the named array datatype at this location.
-///\param	name  - IN: Name of the array datatype to open
-///\return	ArrayType instance
-///\exception	H5::FileIException or H5::GroupIException
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - Jul, 2005
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-ArrayType CommonFG::openArrayType( const char* name ) const
-{
-   // Call C function H5Topen2 to open the named datatype in this group,
-   // given either the file or group id
-   hid_t type_id = H5Topen2(getLocId(), name, H5P_DEFAULT);
-
-   // If the datatype's opening failed, throw an exception
-   if( type_id < 0 )
-      throwException("openArrayType", "H5Topen2 failed");
-
-   // No failure, create and return the ArrayType object
-   ArrayType array_type;
-   f_DataType_setId(&array_type, type_id);
-   return(array_type);
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::openArrayType
-///\brief	This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.
-///		It differs from the above function in that it takes an
-///		\c H5std_string for \a name.
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - Jul, 2005
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-ArrayType CommonFG::openArrayType( const H5std_string& name ) const
-{
-   return( openArrayType( name.c_str()) );
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::openCompType
-///\brief	Opens the named compound datatype at this location.
-///\param	name  - IN: Name of the compound datatype to open
-///\return	CompType instance
-///\exception	H5::FileIException or H5::GroupIException
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-CompType CommonFG::openCompType( const char* name ) const
-{
-   // Call C function H5Topen2 to open the named datatype in this group,
-   // given either the file or group id
-   hid_t type_id = H5Topen2(getLocId(), name, H5P_DEFAULT);
-
-   // If the datatype's opening failed, throw an exception
-   if( type_id < 0 )
-      throwException("openCompType", "H5Topen2 failed");
-
-   // No failure, create and return the CompType object
-   CompType comp_type;
-   f_DataType_setId(&comp_type, type_id);
-   return(comp_type);
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::openCompType
-///\brief	This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.
-///		It differs from the above function in that it takes an
-///		\c H5std_string for \a name.
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-CompType CommonFG::openCompType( const H5std_string& name ) const
-{
-   return( openCompType( name.c_str()) );
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::openEnumType
-///\brief	Opens the named enumeration datatype at this location.
-///\param	name  - IN: Name of the enumeration datatype to open
-///\return	EnumType instance
-///\exception	H5::FileIException or H5::GroupIException
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-EnumType CommonFG::openEnumType( const char* name ) const
-{
-   // Call C function H5Topen2 to open the named datatype in this group,
-   // given either the file or group id
-   hid_t type_id = H5Topen2(getLocId(), name, H5P_DEFAULT);
-
-   // If the datatype's opening failed, throw an exception
-   if( type_id < 0 )
-      throwException("openEnumType", "H5Topen2 failed");
-
-   // No failure, create and return the EnumType object
-   EnumType enum_type;
-   f_DataType_setId(&enum_type, type_id);
-   return(enum_type);
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::openEnumType
-///\brief	This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.
-///		It differs from the above function in that it takes an
-///		\c H5std_string for \a name.
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-EnumType CommonFG::openEnumType( const H5std_string& name ) const
-{
-   return( openEnumType( name.c_str()) );
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::openIntType
-///\brief	Opens the named integer datatype at this location.
-///\param	name  - IN: Name of the integer datatype to open
-///\return	IntType instance
-///\exception	H5::FileIException or H5::GroupIException
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-IntType CommonFG::openIntType( const char* name ) const
-{
-   // Call C function H5Topen2 to open the named datatype in this group,
-   // given either the file or group id
-   hid_t type_id = H5Topen2(getLocId(), name, H5P_DEFAULT);
-
-   // If the datatype's opening failed, throw an exception
-   if( type_id < 0 )
-      throwException("openIntType", "H5Topen2 failed");
-
-   // No failure, create and return the IntType object
-   IntType int_type;
-   f_DataType_setId(&int_type, type_id);
-   return(int_type);
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::openIntType
-///\brief	This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.
-///		It differs from the above function in that it takes an
-///		\c H5std_string for \a name.
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-IntType CommonFG::openIntType( const H5std_string& name ) const
-{
-   return( openIntType( name.c_str()) );
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::openFloatType
-///\brief	Opens the named floating-point datatype at this location.
-///\param	name  - IN: Name of the floating-point datatype to open
-///\return	FloatType instance
-///\exception	H5::FileIException or H5::GroupIException
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-FloatType CommonFG::openFloatType( const char* name ) const
-{
-   // Call C function H5Topen2 to open the named datatype in this group,
-   // given either the file or group id
-   hid_t type_id = H5Topen2(getLocId(), name, H5P_DEFAULT);
-
-   // If the datatype's opening failed, throw an exception
-   if( type_id < 0 )
-      throwException("openFloatType", "H5Topen2 failed");
-
-   // No failure, create and return the FloatType object
-   FloatType float_type;
-   f_DataType_setId(&float_type, type_id);
-   return(float_type);
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::openFloatType
-///\brief	This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.
-///		It differs from the above function in that it takes an
-///		\c H5std_string for \a name.
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-FloatType CommonFG::openFloatType( const H5std_string& name ) const
-{
-   return( openFloatType( name.c_str()) );
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::openStrType
-///\brief	Opens the named string datatype at this location.
-///\param	name  - IN: Name of the string datatype to open
-///\return	StrType instance
-///\exception	H5::FileIException or H5::GroupIException
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-StrType CommonFG::openStrType( const char* name ) const
-{
-   // Call C function H5Topen2 to open the named datatype in this group,
-   // given either the file or group id
-   hid_t type_id = H5Topen2(getLocId(), name, H5P_DEFAULT);
-
-   // If the datatype's opening failed, throw an exception
-   if( type_id < 0 )
-      throwException("openStrType", "H5Topen2 failed");
-
-   // No failure, create and return the StrType object
-   StrType str_type;
-   f_DataType_setId(&str_type, type_id);
-   return(str_type);
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::openStrType
-///\brief	This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.
-///		It differs from the above function in that it takes an
-///		\c H5std_string for \a name.
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-StrType CommonFG::openStrType( const H5std_string& name ) const
-{
-   return( openStrType( name.c_str()) );
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::openVarLenType
-///\brief	Opens the named variable length datatype at this location.
-///\param	name  - IN: Name of the variable length datatype to open
-///\return	VarLenType instance
-///\exception	H5::FileIException or H5::GroupIException
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - Jul, 2005
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-VarLenType CommonFG::openVarLenType( const char* name ) const
-{
-   // Call C function H5Topen2 to open the named datatype in this group,
-   // given either the file or group id
-   hid_t type_id = H5Topen2(getLocId(), name, H5P_DEFAULT);
-
-   // If the datatype's opening failed, throw an exception
-   if( type_id < 0 )
-      throwException("openVarLenType", "H5Topen2 failed");
-
-   // No failure, create and return the VarLenType object
-   VarLenType varlen_type;
-   f_DataType_setId(&varlen_type, type_id);
-   return(varlen_type);
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::openVarLenType
-///\brief	This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.
-///		It differs from the above function in that it takes an
-///		\c H5std_string for \a name.
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - Jul, 2005
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-VarLenType CommonFG::openVarLenType( const H5std_string& name ) const
-{
-   return( openVarLenType( name.c_str()) );
-}
-
-#ifndef H5_NO_DEPRECATED_SYMBOLS
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::iterateElems
-///\brief	Iterates a user's function over the entries of a group.
-///\param	name    - IN    : Name of group to iterate over
-///\param	idx     - IN/OUT: Starting (IN) and ending (OUT) entry indices
-///\param	op      - IN    : User's function to operate on each entry
-///\param	op_data - IN/OUT: Data associated with the operation
-///\return	The return value of the first operator that returns non-zero,
-///		or zero if all members were processed with no operator
-///		returning non-zero.
-///\exception	H5::FileIException or H5::GroupIException
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-int CommonFG::iterateElems( const char* name, int *idx, H5G_iterate_t op , void* op_data )
-{
-   int ret_value = H5Giterate( getLocId(), name, idx, op, op_data );
-   if( ret_value < 0 )
-   {
-      throwException("iterateElems", "H5Giterate failed");
-   }
-   return( ret_value );
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::iterateElems
-///\brief	This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.
-///		It differs from the above function in that it takes an
-///		\c H5std_string for \a name.
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-int CommonFG::iterateElems( const H5std_string& name, int *idx, H5G_iterate_t op , void* op_data )
-{
-   return( iterateElems( name.c_str(), idx, op, op_data ));
-}
-#endif /* H5_NO_DEPRECATED_SYMBOLS */
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::getNumObjs
-///\brief	Returns the number of objects in this group.
-///\return	Number of objects
-///\exception	H5::FileIException or H5::GroupIException
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - January, 2003
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-hsize_t CommonFG::getNumObjs() const
-{
-   H5G_info_t 		ginfo;                  /* Group information */
-
-   herr_t ret_value = H5Gget_info(getLocId(), &ginfo);
-   if(ret_value < 0)
-      throwException("getNumObjs", "H5Gget_info failed");
-   return (ginfo.nlinks);
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::getObjnameByIdx
-///\brief	Returns the name of an object in this group, given the
-///		object's index.
-///\param	idx  -     IN: Transient index of the object
-///\return	Object name
-///\exception	H5::FileIException or H5::GroupIException
-///\par Description
-///		The value of idx can be any nonnegative number less than the
-///		total number of objects in the group, which is returned by
-///		the function \c CommonFG::getNumObjs.  Note that this is a
-///		transient index; thus, an object may have a different index
-///		each time the group is opened.
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - Mar, 2005
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-H5std_string CommonFG::getObjnameByIdx(hsize_t idx) const
-{
-    // call H5Lget_name_by_idx with name as NULL to get its length
-    ssize_t name_len = H5Lget_name_by_idx(getLocId(), ".", H5_INDEX_NAME, H5_ITER_INC, idx, NULL, 0, H5P_DEFAULT);
-    if(name_len < 0)
-      throwException("getObjnameByIdx", "H5Lget_name_by_idx failed");
-
-    // now, allocate C buffer to get the name
-    char* name_C = new char[name_len+1];
-    HDmemset(name_C, 0, name_len+1); // clear buffer
-
-    name_len = H5Lget_name_by_idx(getLocId(), ".", H5_INDEX_NAME, H5_ITER_INC, idx, name_C, name_len+1, H5P_DEFAULT);
-
-    if (name_len < 0)
-    {
-	delete []name_C;
-	throwException("getObjnameByIdx", "H5Lget_name_by_idx failed");
-    }
-
-    // clean up and return the string
-    H5std_string name = H5std_string(name_C);
-    delete []name_C;
-    return (name);
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::getObjnameByIdx
-///\brief	Retrieves the name of an object in this group, given the
-///		object's index.
-///\param	idx  -     IN: Transient index of the object
-///\param	name - IN/OUT: Retrieved name of the object
-///\param	size -     IN: Length to retrieve
-///\return	Actual size of the object name or 0, if object has no name
-///\exception	H5::FileIException or H5::GroupIException
-///\par Description
-///		The value of idx can be any nonnegative number less than the
-///		total number of objects in the group, which is returned by
-///		the function \c CommonFG::getNumObjs.  Note that this is a
-///		transient index; thus, an object may have a different index
-///		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 H5std_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+1]; // temporary C-string for object name
-   HDmemset(name_C, 0, size+1); // clear buffer
-
-   // call overloaded function to get the name
-   ssize_t name_len = getObjnameByIdx(idx, name_C, size+1);
-   if(name_len < 0)
-   {
-      delete []name_C;
-      throwException("getObjnameByIdx", "H5Lget_name_by_idx failed");
-   }
-
-   // clean up and return the string
-   name = H5std_string(name_C);
-   delete []name_C;
-   return (name_len);
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::childObjType
-///\brief	Returns the type of an object in this file/group, given the
-///		object's name.
-///\param	objname - IN: Name of the object
-///\return	Object type, which can have the following values for group,
-///		dataset, and named datatype
-///		\li \c H5O_TYPE_GROUP
-///		\li \c H5O_TYPE_DATASET
-///		\li \c H5O_TYPE_NAMED_DATATYPE
-///		Refer to the C API documentation for more details:
-///		http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/RM/RM_H5O.html#Object-GetInfo
-///\exception	H5::FileIException or H5::GroupIException
-///		Exception will be thrown when:
-///		- an error returned by the C API
-///		- object type is not one of the valid values above
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - April, 2014
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-H5O_type_t CommonFG::childObjType(const char* objname) const
-{
-    H5O_info_t objinfo;
-    H5O_type_t objtype = H5O_TYPE_UNKNOWN;
-
-    // Use C API to get information of the object
-    herr_t ret_value = H5Oget_info_by_name(getLocId(), objname, &objinfo, H5P_DEFAULT);
-
-    // Throw exception if C API returns failure
-    if (ret_value < 0)
-	throwException("childObjType", "H5Oget_info_by_name failed");
-    // Return a valid type or throw an exception for unknown type
-    else
-      switch (objinfo.type)
-      {
-	case H5O_TYPE_GROUP:
-	case H5O_TYPE_DATASET:
-	case H5O_TYPE_NAMED_DATATYPE:
-	    objtype = objinfo.type;
-	    break;
-	case H5O_TYPE_UNKNOWN:
-	case H5O_TYPE_NTYPES:
-	default:
-	    throwException("childObjType", "Unknown type of object");
-      }
-    return(objtype);
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::childObjType
-///\brief	This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.
-///		It takes an \a H5std_string for the object's name.
-///\brief	Returns the type of an object in this group, given the
-///		object's name.
-///\param	objname - IN: Name of the object (H5std_string&)
-///\exception	H5::FileIException or H5::GroupIException
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - April, 2014
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-H5O_type_t CommonFG::childObjType(const H5std_string& objname) const
-{
-    // Use overloaded function
-    H5O_type_t objtype = childObjType(objname.c_str());
-    return(objtype);
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::childObjType
-///\brief	Returns the type of an object in this file/group, given the
-///		object's index and its type and order.
-///\param	index - IN: Position of the object
-///\param	index_type - IN: Type of the index, default to H5_INDEX_NAME
-///\param	order - IN: Traversing order, default to H5_ITER_INC
-///\param	objname - IN: Name of the object, default to "."
-///\return	Object type, which can have the following values for group,
-///		dataset, and named datatype
-///		\li \c H5O_TYPE_GROUP
-///		\li \c H5O_TYPE_DATASET
-///		\li \c H5O_TYPE_NAMED_DATATYPE
-///		Refer to the C API documentation for more details:
-///		http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/RM/RM_H5O.html#Object-GetInfo
-///\exception	H5::FileIException or H5::GroupIException
-///		Exception will be thrown when:
-///		- an error returned by the C API
-///		- object type is not one of the valid values above
-// Developer's Notes:
-//	- this overload uses H5Oget_info_by_idx instead of H5Oget_info_by_name
-//	  like the previous childObjType()
-//	- index is the required argument so, first
-//	- objname is last because it's more likely the location is already
-//	  fully specified
-//	- Leave property list out for now because C API is not using it, it
-//	  can be added later when needed.
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - April, 2014
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-H5O_type_t CommonFG::childObjType(hsize_t index, H5_index_t index_type, H5_iter_order_t order, const char* objname) const
-{
-    herr_t ret_value;
-    H5O_info_t objinfo;
-    H5O_type_t objtype = H5O_TYPE_UNKNOWN;
-
-    // Use C API to get information of the object
-    ret_value = H5Oget_info_by_idx(getLocId(), objname, index_type, order, index, &objinfo, H5P_DEFAULT);
-
-    // Throw exception if C API returns failure
-    if (ret_value < 0)
-	throwException("childObjType", "H5Oget_info_by_idx failed");
-    // Return a valid type or throw an exception for unknown type
-    else
-      switch (objinfo.type)
-      {
-	case H5O_TYPE_GROUP:
-	case H5O_TYPE_DATASET:
-	case H5O_TYPE_NAMED_DATATYPE:
-	    objtype = objinfo.type;
-	    break;
-	case H5O_TYPE_UNKNOWN:
-	case H5O_TYPE_NTYPES:
-	default:
-	    throwException("childObjType", "Unknown type of object");
-      }
-    return(objtype);
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::childObjVersion
-///\brief	Returns the object header version of an object in this file/group,
-///		given the object's name.
-///\param	objname - IN: Name of the object
-///\return	Object version, which can have the following values:
-///		\li \c H5O_VERSION_1
-///		\li \c H5O_VERSION_2
-///\exception	H5::FileIException or H5::GroupIException
-///		Exception will be thrown when:
-///		- an error returned by the C API
-///		- version number is not one of the valid values above
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - April, 2014
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-unsigned CommonFG::childObjVersion(const char* objname) const
-{
-    H5O_info_t objinfo;
-    unsigned version = 0;
-
-    // Use C API to get information of the object
-    herr_t ret_value = H5Oget_info_by_name(getLocId(), objname, &objinfo, H5P_DEFAULT);
-
-    // Throw exception if C API returns failure
-    if (ret_value < 0)
-	throwException("childObjVersion", "H5Oget_info_by_name failed");
-    // Return a valid version or throw an exception for invalid value
-    else
-    {
-	version = objinfo.hdr.version;
-	if (version != H5O_VERSION_1 && version != H5O_VERSION_2)
-	    throwException("childObjVersion", "Invalid version for object");
-    }
-    return(version);
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::childObjVersion
-///\brief	This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.
-///		It takes an \a H5std_string for the object's name.
-///\brief	Returns the type of an object in this group, given the
-///		object's name.
-///\param	objname - IN: Name of the object (H5std_string&)
-///\exception	H5::FileIException or H5::GroupIException
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - April, 2014
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-unsigned CommonFG::childObjVersion(const H5std_string& objname) const
-{
-    // Use overloaded function
-    unsigned version = childObjVersion(objname.c_str());
-    return(version);
-}
-
-#ifndef H5_NO_DEPRECATED_SYMBOLS
-#ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	CommonFG::getObjTypeByIdx
-///\brief	Returns the type of an object in this group, given the
-///		object's index.
-///\param	idx - IN: Transient index of the object
-///\return	Object type
-///\exception	H5::FileIException or H5::GroupIException
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - January, 2003
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-H5G_obj_t CommonFG::getObjTypeByIdx(hsize_t idx) const
-{
-   H5G_obj_t obj_type = H5Gget_objtype_by_idx(getLocId(), idx);
-   if (obj_type == H5G_UNKNOWN)
-      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 (char*)
-///\param	idx       - IN: Transient index of the object
-///\param	type_name - OUT: Object type in text
-///\return	Object type
-///\exception	H5::FileIException or H5::GroupIException
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - May, 2010
-// Modification
-//		Modified to use the other function. -BMR, 2016/03/07
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-H5G_obj_t CommonFG::getObjTypeByIdx(hsize_t idx, char* type_name) const
-{
-    H5std_string stype_name(type_name);
-    return(getObjTypeByIdx(idx, stype_name));
-}
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// 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 - OUT: Object type in text
-///\return	Object type
-///\exception	H5::FileIException or H5::GroupIException
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - January, 2003
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-H5G_obj_t CommonFG::getObjTypeByIdx(hsize_t idx, H5std_string& type_name) const
-{
-    H5G_obj_t obj_type = H5Gget_objtype_by_idx(getLocId(), idx);
-    switch (obj_type)
-    {
-        case H5G_LINK: type_name = H5std_string("symbolic link"); break;
-        case H5G_GROUP: type_name = H5std_string("group"); break;
-        case H5G_DATASET: type_name = H5std_string("dataset"); break;
-        case H5G_TYPE: type_name = H5std_string("datatype"); break;
-        case H5G_UNKNOWN:
-	case H5G_UDLINK:
-	case H5G_RESERVED_5:
-	case H5G_RESERVED_6:
-	case H5G_RESERVED_7:
-        default:
-           throwException("getObjTypeByIdx", "H5Gget_objtype_by_idx failed");
-    }
-    return (obj_type);
-}
-
-#endif // DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
-#endif /* H5_NO_DEPRECATED_SYMBOLS */
-
 #ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Function:	CommonFG default constructor
@@ -1267,36 +67,6 @@ CommonFG::CommonFG() {}
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 CommonFG::~CommonFG() {}
 
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	f_DataType_setId - friend
-// Purpose:	This function is friend to class H5::DataType so that it
-//		can set DataType::id in order to work around a problem
-//		described in the JIRA issue HDFFV-7947.
-//		Applications shouldn't need to use it.
-// param        dtype   - IN/OUT: DataType object to be changed
-// param        new_id - IN: New id to set
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2015
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void f_DataType_setId(DataType* dtype, hid_t new_id)
-{
-    dtype->p_setId(new_id);
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	f_DataSet_setId - friend
-// Purpose:	This function is friend to class H5::DataSet so that it
-//		can set DataSet::id in order to work around a problem
-//		described in the JIRA issue HDFFV-7947.
-//		Applications shouldn't need to use it.
-// param        dset   - IN/OUT: DataSet object to be changed
-// param        new_id - IN: New id to set
-// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2015
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void f_DataSet_setId(DataSet* dset, hid_t new_id)
-{
-    dset->p_setId(new_id);
-}
-
 #endif // DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
 
 #ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE