[svn-r8879]

Purpose:  New feature

Description:  New API H5Tencode and H5Tdecode.  Given object ID, H5Tencode encodes object information into a binary form.  H5Tdecode decode an object information in a binary form, reconstructs the object and return a new object ID.

Solution:  Use object header functions H5O_dtype_decode and H5O_dtype_encode to
facilitate them.  The encoded binary is exactly like object header information.
This is the first step checkin.  Will check in H5Sencode  and H5Sdecode later.

Platforms tested:  h5committed and fuss.

Misc. update: will update release.txt after 2nd step checkin.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/H5Oprivate.h b/src/H5Oprivate.h
index 8de6392..ab52171 100644
--- a/src/H5Oprivate.h
+++ b/src/H5Oprivate.h
@@ -249,6 +249,8 @@ H5_DLL herr_t H5O_remove(H5G_entry_t *ent, hid_t type_id, int sequence,
     hid_t dxpl_id);
 H5_DLL herr_t H5O_reset(hid_t type_id, void *native);
 H5_DLL void *H5O_free(hid_t type_id, void *mesg);
+H5_DLL herr_t H5O_encode(unsigned char *buf, void *obj, size_t *nalloc, hid_t type_id);
+H5_DLL void* H5O_decode(unsigned char *buf, hid_t type_id);
 H5_DLL void *H5O_copy(hid_t type_id, const void *mesg, void *dst);
 H5_DLL size_t H5O_raw_size(hid_t type_id, H5F_t *f, const void *mesg);
 H5_DLL herr_t H5O_get_share(hid_t type_id, H5F_t *f, const void *mesg, H5O_shared_t *share);