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diff --git a/c++/src/H5Attribute.h b/c++/src/H5Attribute.h
index 8ec04af..f57b922 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5Attribute.h
+++ b/c++/src/H5Attribute.h
@@ -39,8 +39,12 @@ class H5_DLLCPP Attribute : public AbstractDs, public IdComponent {
// Gets the name of this attribute.
ssize_t getName(char* attr_name, size_t buf_size = 0) const;
- ssize_t getName(H5std_string& attr_name, size_t len = 0) const;
+ H5std_string getName(size_t len) const;
H5std_string getName() const;
+ ssize_t getName(H5std_string& attr_name, size_t len = 0) const;
+ // The overloaded function below is replaced by the one above and it
+ // is kept for backward compatibility purpose.
+ ssize_t getName( size_t buf_size, H5std_string& attr_name ) const;
// Gets a copy of the dataspace for this attribute.
virtual DataSpace getSpace() const;