New overloaded functions and tests

Description:
    - Added VarLenType::VarLenType(const DataType& base_type)
    - Marked VarLenType::VarLenType(const DataType* base_type) deprecated
    - Added a static wrapper for H5Tdetect_class for PredType
        static bool DataType::detectClass(const PredType& pred_type, ...)
    - Removed the deprecated function Exception::printError() from code
    - Miscellaneous improvements in comments
    - Added test functions test_detect_type_class() and test_vltype()
Platforms tested:
    Linux/32 2.6 (jam)
    Linux/64 (jelly)
    Darwin (osx1010test)

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/c++/src/H5Object.h b/c++/src/H5Object.h
index fdaead2..ba32b3e 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5Object.h
+++ b/c++/src/H5Object.h
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ namespace H5 {
 
     Inheritance: H5Location -> IdComponent
 */
-// Class forwarding
-class H5_DLLCPP H5Object;
-class H5_DLLCPP Attribute;
 
 // Define the operator function pointer for H5Aiterate().
 typedef void (*attr_operator_t)(H5Object& loc/*in*/,
@@ -96,13 +93,14 @@ class H5_DLLCPP H5Object : public H5Location {
         // Returns an identifier.
         virtual hid_t getId() const = 0;
 
-#ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
         // Gets the name of this HDF5 object, i.e., Group, DataSet, or
-        // DataType.  These should have const but are retiring anyway.
+        // DataType.
         ssize_t getObjName(char *obj_name, size_t buf_size = 0) const;
         ssize_t getObjName(H5std_string& obj_name, size_t len = 0) const;
         H5std_string getObjName() const;
 
+#ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
+
    protected:
         // Default constructor
         H5Object();