Merge pull request #334 in HDFFV/hdf5 from ~BMRIBLER/hdf5_bmr_cpp2:develop to develop

* commit '98090fe3b08a0ff85ae9bc93218a14017a6f37fe':
  Purpose: Add new C++ wrappers Description:     Added wrappers for H5Iis_valid, H5Ps/get_nlinks, H5Tget_create_plist,     H5Oopen, H5Oclose and H5Pset_virtual

1 files changed, 49 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/c++/src/H5Group.cpp b/c++/src/H5Group.cpp
index 6b143b5..6e5cdaa 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5Group.cpp
+++ b/c++/src/H5Group.cpp
@@ -64,8 +64,56 @@ Group::Group(const Group& original) : H5Object(), CommonFG(), id(original.id)
 }
 
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Function:    Group::getObjId
+///\brief       Opens an object via object header.
+///\exception   H5::FileIException or H5::GroupIException
+///\par Description
+///             This function opens an object in a group or file, using
+///             H5Oopen.  Thus, an object can be opened without knowing
+///             the object's type.
+// Programmer   Binh-Minh Ribler - March, 2017
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+hid_t Group::getObjId(const char* obj_name, const PropList& plist) const
+{
+    hid_t ret_value = H5Oopen(getId(), obj_name, plist.getId());
+    if (ret_value < 0)
+    {
+        throwException("Group::getObjId", "H5Oopen failed");
+    }
+    return(ret_value);
+}
+
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Function:    Group::getObjId
+///\brief       This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.
+///             It takes a reference to a \c H5std_string for the object's name.
+///\param       obj_name - IN: Path to the object
+///\exception   H5::FileIException or H5::GroupIException
+// Programmer   Binh-Minh Ribler - March, 2017
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+hid_t Group::getObjId(const H5std_string& obj_name, const PropList& plist) const
+{
+    return(getObjId(obj_name.c_str(), plist));
+}
+
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Function:    Group::closeObjId
+///\brief       Closes an object, which was opened with Group::getObjId
+///\exception   H5::FileIException or H5::GroupIException
+// Programmer   Binh-Minh Ribler - March, 2017
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+void Group::closeObjId(hid_t obj_id) const
+{
+    herr_t ret_value = H5Oclose(obj_id);
+    if (ret_value < 0)
+    {
+        throwException("Group::closeObjId", "H5Oclose failed");
+    }
+}
+
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Function:    Group::getLocId
-// Purpose:	Get the id of this group
+// Purpose:	    Get the id of this group
 // Programmer   Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
 // Description
 //              This function is a redefinition of CommonFG::getLocId.  It