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authorBinh-Minh Ribler <bmribler@hdfgroup.org>2016-03-09 13:56:58 (GMT)
committerBinh-Minh Ribler <bmribler@hdfgroup.org>2016-03-09 13:56:58 (GMT)
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[svn-r29369] Description:
More updates about the Packet Table improvement.
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@@ -415,25 +415,57 @@ New Features
High-Level APIs:
- ------
- - New public functions in the C Packet Table API
+ ---------------
+
+ C Packet Table API
+ ------------------
+ - Replacement of a public function
+
+ The existing function H5PTcreate_fl limits applications to deflate
+ compression only. The public function H5PTcreate is added to replace
+ 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 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)
- - New public functions in the C++ Packet Table API
+ - Regarding #ifdef VLPT_REMOVED
+
+ The #ifdef VLPT_REMOVED blocks are removed from the PT library source
+ except the following cases:
+ + H5PTis_varlen() is made available again.
+ + H5PTfree_vlen_readbuff() now became H5PTfree_vlen_buff()
+ (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);
+ (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
@@ -442,12 +474,18 @@ New Features
existing version will be deprecated.
(BMR, 2016/03/04)
- - Commented out functions are renewed
+ - Regarding #ifdef VLPT_REMOVED
+
+ 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()
- The old function VL_PacketTable::FreeReadBuff that had been ifdef'ed out
- 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