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diff --git a/c++/src/H5DataSet.cpp b/c++/src/H5DataSet.cpp
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--- a/c++/src/H5DataSet.cpp
+++ b/c++/src/H5DataSet.cpp
@@ -411,6 +411,74 @@ void DataSet::fillMemBuf(void *buf, DataType& buf_type, DataSpace& space)
}
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Function: DataSet::Reference
+///\brief Creates a reference to an HDF5 object or a dataset region.
+///\param name - IN: Name of the object to be referenced
+///\param dataspace - IN: Dataspace with selection
+///\param ref_type - IN: Type of reference; default to \c H5R_DATASET_REGION
+///\return A reference
+///\exception H5::ReferenceIException
+// Programmer Binh-Minh Ribler - May, 2004
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+void* DataSet::Reference(const char* name, DataSpace& dataspace, H5R_type_t ref_type) const
+{
+ return(p_reference(name, dataspace.getId(), ref_type));
+}
+
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Function: DataSet::Reference
+///\brief This is an overloaded function, provided for your convenience.
+/// It differs from the above function in that it only creates
+/// a reference to an HDF5 object, not to a dataset region.
+///\param name - IN: Name of the object to be referenced
+///\return A reference
+///\exception H5::ReferenceIException
+///\par Description
+// This function passes H5R_OBJECT and -1 to the protected
+// function for it to pass to the C API H5Rcreate
+// to create a reference to the named object.
+// Programmer Binh-Minh Ribler - May, 2004
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+void* DataSet::Reference(const char* name) const
+{
+ return(p_reference(name, -1, H5R_OBJECT));
+}
+
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Function: DataSet::getObjType
+///\brief Retrieves the type of object that an object reference points to.
+///\param ref_type - IN: Type of reference to query
+///\param ref - IN: Reference to query
+// Return An object type, which can be one of the following:
+// H5G_LINK Object is a symbolic link.
+// H5G_GROUP Object is a group.
+// H5G_DATASET Object is a dataset.
+// H5G_TYPE Object is a named datatype
+// Exception H5::ReferenceIException
+// Programmer Binh-Minh Ribler - May, 2004
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+H5G_obj_t DataSet::getObjType(void *ref, H5R_type_t ref_type) const
+{
+ return(p_get_obj_type(ref, ref_type));
+}
+
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Function: DataSet::getRegion
+///\brief Retrieves a dataspace with the region pointed to selected.
+///\param ref_type - IN: Type of reference to get region of - default
+/// to H5R_DATASET_REGION
+///\param ref - IN: Reference to get region of
+///\return DataSpace instance
+///\exception H5::ReferenceIException
+// Programmer Binh-Minh Ribler - May, 2004
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+DataSpace DataSet::getRegion(void *ref, H5R_type_t ref_type) const
+{
+ DataSpace dataspace(p_get_region(ref, ref_type));
+ return(dataspace);
+}
+
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Function: DataSet::p_close (private)
///\brief Closes this dataset.
///\exception H5::DataSetIException