[svn-r18682] Description:

Purpose: Fix bugzilla 1857
    Added missing overloaded function getObjnameByIdx to take char* for name.
Platforms tested:
    Linux/32 2.6 (jam)
    FreeBSD/64 6.3 (liberty)
    SunOS 5.10 (linew)

2 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/c++/src/H5CommonFG.cpp b/c++/src/H5CommonFG.cpp
index 8c1237d..2772903 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5CommonFG.cpp
+++ b/c++/src/H5CommonFG.cpp
@@ -1058,10 +1058,27 @@ H5std_string CommonFG::getObjnameByIdx(hsize_t idx) const
 ///		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 std::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];
-   ssize_t name_len = H5Lget_name_by_idx(getLocId(), ".", H5_INDEX_NAME, H5_ITER_INC, idx, name_C, size, H5P_DEFAULT);
+   ssize_t name_len = getObjnameByIdx(idx, name_C, size);
    if(name_len < 0)
    {
       throwException("getObjnameByIdx", "H5Lget_name_by_idx failed");
diff --git a/c++/src/H5CommonFG.h b/c++/src/H5CommonFG.h
index d472d42..75c9259 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5CommonFG.h
+++ b/c++/src/H5CommonFG.h
@@ -70,8 +70,9 @@ class H5_DLLCPP CommonFG {
 
 	// Retrieves the name of an object in this group, given the
 	// object's index.
-	ssize_t getObjnameByIdx(hsize_t idx, H5std_string& name, size_t size) const;
 	H5std_string getObjnameByIdx(hsize_t idx) const;
+	ssize_t getObjnameByIdx(hsize_t idx, char* name, size_t size) const;
+	ssize_t getObjnameByIdx(hsize_t idx, H5std_string& name, size_t size) const;
 
 #ifndef H5_NO_DEPRECATED_SYMBOLS
 	// Returns the type of an object in this group, given the