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diff --git a/c++/src/H5ArrayType.cpp b/c++/src/H5ArrayType.cpp
index 6999f1b..953c355 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5ArrayType.cpp
+++ b/c++/src/H5ArrayType.cpp
@@ -70,8 +70,11 @@ ArrayType::ArrayType(const ArrayType &original) : DataType(original)
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
ArrayType::ArrayType(const DataType &base_type, int ndims, const hsize_t *dims) : DataType()
{
+ if (ndims < 0 || ndims > H5S_MAX_RANK)
+ throw DataTypeIException("ArrayType constructor", "ndims not in range [0..H5S_MAX_RANK]");
+
// Call C API to create an array data type
- hid_t new_type_id = H5Tarray_create2(base_type.getId(), ndims, dims);
+ hid_t new_type_id = H5Tarray_create2(base_type.getId(), static_cast<unsigned>(ndims), dims);
if (new_type_id < 0)
throw DataTypeIException("ArrayType constructor", "H5Tarray_create2 failed");