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authorAllen Byrne <byrn@hdfgroup.org>2016-08-22 17:22:38 (GMT)
committerAllen Byrne <byrn@hdfgroup.org>2016-08-22 17:22:38 (GMT)
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[svn-r30314] HDFFV-9971: Change the usage of a CMake variable for the build type to the recommended variable name. Updated documentation.
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@@ -41,9 +41,12 @@ New Features
Configuration:
-------------
+ - CMake: change CTEST_BUILD_CONFIGURATION to CTEST_CONFIGURATION_TYPE, which is
+ recommended by CMake documentation.
+ HDFFV-9971 (ADB 2016/8/22)
- Java JNI library API wrappers and supporting files added as HDF_JAVA language
option. Both configure and CMake disable this option by default.
- HDFFV-9552 (ADB 2016/02.28)
+ HDFFV-9552 (ADB 2016/02/28)
- CMake minimum is now 3.1.0. (ADB 2015/11/14)
- cmakehdf5: configure options added to enable or disable the building of
different API's and testings. See "cmakehdf5 --help" for details.
@@ -121,6 +124,14 @@ New Features
Library:
--------
+ - Java API added new H5Iget_name that returns a string.
+ The old function, now deprecated, would cause a memory leak and
+ not return a proper String value.
+ HDFFV-9972 (ADB 2016/8/22)
+ - Add support to expand the plugin path value on Windows when the path
+ includes an environment variable.
+ HDFFV-9706 (ADB 2016/8/22)
+
- H5F_ACC_DEBUG labeled "deprecated"
The symbol was originally used to emit some extra debugging
@@ -418,7 +429,7 @@ New Features
---------------
C Packet Table API
- ------------------
+ ------------------
- Replacement of a public function
The existing function H5PTcreate_fl limits applications to deflate
@@ -426,18 +437,18 @@ New Features
H5PTcreate_fl. H5PTcreate takes a property list ID to provide
flexibility on creation properties.
- hid_t H5PTcreate(hid_t loc_id, const char *dset_name,
+ hid_t H5PTcreate(hid_t loc_id, const char *dset_name,
hid_t dtype_id, hsize_t chunk_size, hid_t plist_id);
(BMR, 2016/03/04, HDFFV-8623)
- New public functions
Two accessor functions were added per HDFFV-8623/patch 003.
- /* Returns the ID of the dataset associated with the packet table */
- hid_t H5PTget_dataset(hid_t table_id);
+ /* Returns the ID of the dataset associated with the packet table */
+ hid_t H5PTget_dataset(hid_t table_id);
- /* Returns the ID of the datatype the packet table uses */
- hid_t H5PTget_type(hid_t table_id);
+ /* Returns the ID of the datatype the packet table uses */
+ hid_t H5PTget_type(hid_t table_id);
(BMR, 2016/03/04, HDFFV-8623)
- Regarding #ifdef VLPT_REMOVED
@@ -449,23 +460,23 @@ New Features
(BMR, 2016/03/04, HDFFV-442)
C++ Packet Table API
- --------------------
+ --------------------
- New constructor
An overloaded constructor is added to FL_PacketTable and takes a property
list ID to provide flexibility on creation properties.
- FL_PacketTable(hid_t fileID, hid_t plist_id, const char* name, hid_t dtypeID, hsize_t chunkSize);
+ FL_PacketTable(hid_t fileID, hid_t plist_id, const char* name, hid_t dtypeID, hsize_t chunkSize);
(BMR, 2016/03/08, HDFFV-8623)
- New public functions
Two accessor wrappers to class PacketTable, per HDFFV-8623/patch 004.
- /* Returns the ID of the dataset associated with the packet table */
- hid_t PacketTable::GetDataset()
+ /* Returns the ID of the dataset associated with the packet table */
+ hid_t PacketTable::GetDataset()
- /* Returns the ID of the datatype the packet table uses */
- hid_t PacketTable::GetDataset()
+ /* Returns the ID of the datatype the packet table uses */
+ hid_t PacketTable::GetDataset()
(BMR, 2016/03/04, HDFFV-8623)
- Member functions having "char*" as an argument
@@ -478,14 +489,14 @@ New Features
The #ifdef VLPT_REMOVED blocks are removed from the PT library source
except the following cases:
- + VL_PacketTable::IsVariableLength() is moved to PacketTable
- + VL_PacketTable::FreeReadBuff() now became PacketTable::FreeBuff()
+ + VL_PacketTable::IsVariableLength() is moved to PacketTable
+ + VL_PacketTable::FreeReadBuff() now became PacketTable::FreeBuff()
(BMR, 2016/03/04, HDFFV-442)
Internal header file
- --------------------
+ --------------------
- A new API function H5DOwrite_chunk. It writes a data chunk directly
into a file bypassing hyperslab selection, data conversion, and
filter pipeline. The user must be careful with the function and