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+#ifndef _H5EnumType_H
+#define _H5EnumType_H
+
+#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
+namespace H5 {
+#endif
+
+class EnumType : public DataType {
+
+   public:
+	// Creates an empty enumeration datatype based on a native signed 
+	// integer type, whose size is given by size.
+	EnumType( size_t size );
+
+	// Default constructor
+	EnumType();
+
+	// Creates an enumeration datatype using an existing id
+	EnumType( hid_t existing_id );
+
+	// Copy constructor: makes a copy of the original EnumType object.
+	EnumType( const EnumType& original );
+
+	// Gets the enum datatype of the specified dataset
+	EnumType( const DataSet& dataset );  // H5Dget_type
+
+	// Creates a new enum datatype based on an integer datatype
+	EnumType( const IntType& data_type );  // H5Tenum_create
+
+	// Inserts a new member to this enumeration type. 
+	void insert( const string& name, void *value ) const;
+	void insert( const char* name, void *value ) const;
+
+	// Returns the symbol name corresponding to a specified member 
+	// of this enumeration datatype. 
+	string nameOf( void *value, size_t size ) const;
+
+	// Returns the value corresponding to a specified member of this 
+	// enumeration datatype. 
+	void valueOf( const string& name, void *value ) const;
+	void valueOf( const char* name, void *value ) const;
+
+	// Returns the value of an enumeration datatype member
+	void getMemberValue( int memb_no, void *value ) const;
+
+	virtual ~EnumType();
+};
+#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
+}
+#endif
+#endif