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+#ifndef _AbstractDs_H
+#define _AbstractDs_H
+
+#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
+namespace H5 {
+#endif
+class AbstractDs : public H5Object {
+   public:
+	// Copy constructor
+	AbstractDs( const AbstractDs& original );
+
+	// Gets the dataspace of this abstract dataset - pure virtual
+	virtual DataSpace getSpace() const = 0;
+
+        // Gets the class of the datatype that is used by this abstract 
+	// dataset        
+	H5T_class_t getTypeClass() const;
+
+	// Gets a copy the datatype of this abstract dataset.  Note that 
+	// this datatype is a generic one and can only be accessed via 
+	// generic member functions, i.e., member functions belong to 
+	// DataType.  To get specific datatype, i.e. EnumType, 
+	// FloatType, etc..., use the specific functions instead .
+	DataType getDataType() const;
+
+        // Gets a copy of the specific datatype of this abstract dataset -
+	// overloading for subtypes.
+        EnumType getEnumType() const;
+        CompType getCompType() const;
+        IntType getIntType() const;
+        FloatType getFloatType() const;
+        StrType getStrType() const;
+
+	virtual ~AbstractDs() {}; 
+
+   protected:
+	// Default constructor
+	AbstractDs();
+
+	// Constructor that takes an attribute id or a dataset id.
+	AbstractDs( const hid_t ds_id );
+
+   private:
+	// This member function is implemented by DataSet and Attribute
+	virtual hid_t p_getType() const = 0;
+
+	// This member function is implemented by DataSet and Attribute
+        virtual void p_close() const = 0;
+};
+#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
+}
+#endif
+#endif // _AbstractDs_H