[svn-r4605]

Purpose:
    Bug fix

Description:
    Add the overloaded member function Attribute::getName to return
    the attribute name's length as in C API.  This functionality was
    missing.  Note that the current getName that returns "string"
    is not removed, for different way of using getName.

Platforms tested:
    SunOS 5.7 (arabica)
    Windows 98

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/c++/src/H5Attribute.cpp b/c++/src/H5Attribute.cpp
index 86f1377..fa37059 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5Attribute.cpp
+++ b/c++/src/H5Attribute.cpp
@@ -76,23 +76,32 @@ hid_t Attribute::p_getType() const
    }
 }
 
-// Gets the name of this attribute.
-string Attribute::getName( size_t buf_size ) const
+// Gets the name of this attribute, returning its length.
+ssize_t Attribute::getName( size_t buf_size, string& attr_name ) const
 {
    char* name_C = new char[buf_size+1];  // temporary C-string for C API
 
    // Calls C routine H5Aget_name to get the name of the attribute
-   herr_t name_size = H5Aget_name( id, buf_size, name_C );
+   ssize_t name_size = H5Aget_name( id, buf_size, name_C );
 
    // If H5Aget_name returns a negative value, raise an exception,
    if( name_size < 0 )
    {
       throw AttributeIException("Attribute::getName", "H5Aget_name failed");
    }
-   // otherwise, create the string to hold the attribute name and return it
-   string name = string( name_C );
+   // otherwise, convert the C string attribute name and return 
+   attr_name = string( name_C );
    delete name_C;
-   return( name );
+   return( name_size );
+}
+
+// Gets the name of this attribute, returning the name, not the length.
+string Attribute::getName( size_t buf_size ) const
+{
+   string attr_name;
+   ssize_t name_size = getName( buf_size, attr_name );
+   return( attr_name ); 
+   // let caller catch exception if any
 }
 
 // This private function calls the C API H5Aclose to close this attribute.
diff --git a/c++/src/H5Attribute.h b/c++/src/H5Attribute.h
index 9f1435b..7c509d5 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5Attribute.h
+++ b/c++/src/H5Attribute.h
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ class Attribute : public AbstractDs {
 	virtual DataSpace getSpace() const;
 
 	// Gets the name of this attribute.
-	string getName( size_t buf_size ) const;
+	ssize_t getName( size_t buf_size, string& attr_name ) const;
+	string getName( size_t buf_size ) const; // returns name, not its length
 
 	// do not inherit iterateAttrs from H5Object
 	int iterateAttrs() { return 0; }