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diff --git a/c++/src/H5Object.cpp b/c++/src/H5Object.cpp
index 1d96f2e..94b03ab 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5Object.cpp
+++ b/c++/src/H5Object.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "H5File.h"
 #include "H5DataSet.h"
 #include "H5Attribute.h"
+#include "H5private.h"		// for HDmemset
 
 #ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
 namespace H5 {
@@ -53,6 +54,117 @@ H5Object::H5Object() : H5Location() {}
 H5Object::H5Object( const hid_t object_id ) : H5Location( object_id ) {}
 
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Function:    getObjName
+///\brief       Given an id, returns the type of the object.
+///\return      The name of the object
+// Programmer   Binh-Minh Ribler - Mar, 2014
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ssize_t H5Object::getObjName(char *obj_name, size_t buf_size) const
+{
+    // H5Iget_name will get buf_size-1 chars of the name to null terminate it
+    ssize_t name_size = H5Iget_name(getId(), obj_name, buf_size);
+
+    // If H5Iget_name returns a negative value, raise an exception
+    if (name_size < 0)
+    {
+        throw Exception(inMemFunc("getObjName"), "H5Iget_name failed");
+    }
+    else if (name_size == 0)
+    {
+        throw Exception(inMemFunc("getObjName"), "Object must have a name, but name length is 0");
+    }
+    // Return length of the name
+    return(name_size);
+}
+
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Function:    H5Object::getObjName
+///\brief       Returns the name of this object as an \a H5std_string.
+///\return      Name of the object
+///\exception   H5::Exception
+// Programmer   Binh-Minh Ribler - Mar, 2014
+// Modification
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+H5std_string H5Object::getObjName() const
+{
+    H5std_string obj_name(""); // object name to return
+
+    // Preliminary call to get the size of the object name
+    ssize_t name_size = H5Iget_name(getId(), NULL, (size_t)0);
+
+    // If H5Iget_name failed, throw exception
+    if (name_size < 0)
+    {
+        throw Exception(inMemFunc("getObjName"), "H5Iget_name failed");
+    }
+    else if (name_size == 0)
+    {
+        throw Exception(inMemFunc("getObjName"), "Object must have a name, but name length is 0");
+    }
+    // Object's name exists, retrieve it
+    else if (name_size > 0)
+    {
+        char* name_C = new char[name_size+1];  // temporary C-string
+        HDmemset(name_C, 0, name_size+1); // clear buffer
+
+        // Use overloaded function
+        name_size = getObjName(name_C, name_size+1);
+
+        // Convert the C object name to return
+        obj_name = name_C;
+
+        // Clean up resource
+        delete []name_C;
+    }
+    // Return object's name
+    return(obj_name);
+}
+
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Function:    H5Object::getObjName
+///\brief       Gets the name of this object, returning its length.
+///\param       obj_name - OUT: Buffer for the name string as \a H5std_string
+///\param       len  -  IN: Desired length of the name, default to 0
+///\return      Actual length of the object name
+///\exception   H5::Exception
+///\par Description
+///             This function retrieves the object's name as an std string.
+///             buf_size can specify a specific length or default to 0, in
+///             which case the entire name will be retrieved.
+// Programmer   Binh-Minh Ribler - Mar, 2014
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ssize_t H5Object::getObjName(H5std_string& obj_name, size_t len) const
+{
+    ssize_t name_size = 0;
+
+    // If no length is provided, get the entire object name
+    if (len == 0)
+    {
+        obj_name = getObjName();
+        name_size = obj_name.length();
+    }
+    // If length is provided, get that number of characters in name
+    else
+    {
+        char* name_C = new char[len+1];  // temporary C-string
+        HDmemset(name_C, 0, len+1); // clear buffer
+
+        // Use overloaded function
+        name_size = getObjName(name_C, len+1);
+
+        // Convert the C object name to return
+        obj_name = name_C;
+
+        // Clean up resource
+        delete []name_C;
+    }
+    // Otherwise, keep obj_name intact
+
+    // Return name size
+    return(name_size);
+}
+
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Function:	H5Object copy constructor
 ///\brief	Copy constructor: makes a copy of the original H5Object
 ///		instance.