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+#ifndef _H5FloatType_H
+#define _H5FloatType_H
+
+#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
+namespace H5 {
+#endif
+
+class FloatType : public AtomType {
+   public:
+	// default constructor
+	FloatType();
+
+	// Creates a floating-point datatype using an existing id
+	FloatType( hid_t existing_id );
+
+        // Creates a floating-point type using a predefined type
+        FloatType( const PredType& pred_type );
+
+	// Copy constructor: makes a copy of the original FloatType object.
+	FloatType( const FloatType& original );
+
+	// Gets the floating-point datatype of the specified dataset        
+	FloatType( const DataSet& dataset );
+
+	// Retrieves floating point datatype bit field information. 
+	void getFields( size_t& spos, size_t& epos, size_t& esize, size_t& mpos, size_t& msize ) const;
+
+	// Sets locations and sizes of floating point bit fields. 
+	void setFields( size_t spos, size_t epos, size_t esize, size_t mpos, size_t msize ) const;
+
+	// Retrieves the exponent bias of a floating-point type. 
+	size_t getEbias() const;
+
+	// Sets the exponent bias of a floating-point type. 
+	void setEbias( size_t ebias ) const;
+
+	// Retrieves mantissa normalization of a floating-point datatype. 
+	H5T_norm_t getNorm( string& norm_string ) const;
+
+	// Sets the mantissa normalization of a floating-point datatype. 
+	void setNorm( H5T_norm_t norm ) const;
+
+	// Retrieves the internal padding type for unused bits in floating-point datatypes. 
+	H5T_pad_t getInpad( string& pad_string ) const;
+	
+	// Fills unused internal floating point bits. 
+	void setInpad( H5T_pad_t inpad ) const;
+
+	virtual ~FloatType();
+};
+#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
+}
+#endif
+#endif