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diff --git a/c++/src/H5File.cpp b/c++/src/H5File.cpp
index e0a0da5..7ca126f 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5File.cpp
+++ b/c++/src/H5File.cpp
@@ -158,6 +158,25 @@ void H5File::p_get_file(const char* name, unsigned int flags, const FileCreatPro
#endif // DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Function: H5File overloaded constructor
+///\brief Creates an H5File object using an existing file id.
+///\param existing_id - IN: Id of an existing file
+// Programmer Binh-Minh Ribler - 2015
+// Description
+// Mar 29, 2015
+// Added in responding to a request from user Jason Newton.
+// However, it is not recommended to use the private member "id"
+// in applications. Unlike other situations, where similar
+// constructor is needed by the library in order to return
+// an object, H5File doesn't need it. -BMR (HDFFV-8766 partially)
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+H5File::H5File(hid_t existing_id) : H5Location(), CommonFG()
+{
+ id = existing_id;
+ incRefCount(); // increment number of references to this id
+}
+
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Function: H5File copy constructor
///\brief Copy constructor: makes a copy of the original
/// H5File object.
@@ -225,6 +244,13 @@ bool H5File::isHdf5(const H5std_string& name )
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
void H5File::openFile(const char* name, unsigned int flags, const FileAccPropList& access_plist)
{
+ try {
+ close();
+ }
+ catch (Exception close_error) {
+ throw FileIException("H5File::openFile", close_error.getDetailMsg());
+ }
+
hid_t access_plist_id = access_plist.getId();
id = H5Fopen (name, flags, access_plist_id);
if (id < 0) // throw an exception when open fails