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+#ifndef _Reset_h
+#define _Reset_h
+
+#include "H5IdComponent.h"
+
+#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
+namespace H5 {
+#endif
+
+// Older compilers (baldric) don't support template member functions
+// and IdComponent::reset is one; so at this time, the resetId is not
+// a member function so it can be template to work around that problem.
+
+template <class Type>
+void resetIdComponent( 
+	Type* obj )	// pointer to object to be reset
+{
+   if( obj->noReference())  // ref count of this object is decremented here
+   {
+      if( obj->getId() > 0 )
+         obj->p_close();  // which p_close depends on whom this
+                             // IdComponent object belongs to
+      obj->reset();  // delete ref_count from IdComponent
+   }
+}
+
+#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
+}
+#endif
+#endif