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diff --git a/c++/src/H5ArrayType.cpp b/c++/src/H5ArrayType.cpp
index 0bdd09c..46ac021 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5ArrayType.cpp
+++ b/c++/src/H5ArrayType.cpp
@@ -73,6 +73,42 @@ ArrayType::ArrayType(const DataType& base_type, int ndims, const hsize_t* dims)
}
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Function: ArrayType overloaded constructor
+///\brief Creates an ArrayType instance by opening an HDF5 array datatype
+/// given its name, provided as a C character string.
+///\param dtype_name - IN: Array type name
+///\exception H5::DataTypeIException
+// Programmer Binh-Minh Ribler - Dec 2016
+// Description
+// In 1.10.1, this constructor was introduced and will replace the
+// existing function CommonFG::openArrayType(const char*) to
+// improve usability.
+// -BMR, Dec 2016
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ArrayType::ArrayType(const H5Location& loc, const char *dtype_name) : DataType()
+{
+ id = p_opentype(loc, dtype_name);
+}
+
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Function: ArrayType overloaded constructor
+///\brief Creates an ArrayType instance by opening an HDF5 array datatype
+/// given its name, provided as an \c H5std_string.
+///\param dtype_name - IN: Array type name
+///\exception H5::DataTypeIException
+// Programmer Binh-Minh Ribler - Dec 2016
+// Description
+// In 1.10.1, this constructor was introduced and will replace the
+// existing function CommonFG::openArrayType(const H5std_string&)
+// to improve usability.
+// -BMR, Dec 2016
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ArrayType::ArrayType(const H5Location& loc, const H5std_string& dtype_name) : DataType()
+{
+ id = p_opentype(loc, dtype_name.c_str());
+}
+
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Function: ArrayType::operator=
///\brief Assignment operator
///\param rhs - IN: Reference to the existing array datatype