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+#ifndef _H5Object_H
+#define _H5Object_H
+
+#include "H5Classes.h"		// constains forward class declarations
+
+// H5Object is a baseclass.  It has these subclasses: 
+// Group, AbstractDs, and DataType. 
+// AbstractDs, in turn, has subclasses DataSet and Attribute.
+// DataType, in turn, has several specific datatypes as subclasses.
+
+#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
+namespace H5 {
+#endif
+
+class H5Object;  // forward declaration for UserData4Aiterate
+
+// Define the operator function pointer for H5Aiterate().
+typedef void (*attr_operator_t)( H5Object& loc/*in*/, 
+				 const string attr_name/*in*/, 
+				 void *operator_data/*in,out*/);
+
+class UserData4Aiterate { // user data for attribute iteration
+   public:
+	unsigned int* idx;
+	attr_operator_t op;
+	void* opData;
+	H5Object* object;
+};
+
+// The above part is being moved into Iterator, but not completed
+
+class H5Object : public IdComponent {
+   public:
+	// Pure virtual function so appropriate close function can 
+	// be called by subclasses' for the corresponding HDF5 object
+	//virtual void p_close() const = 0;
+
+	// Copy constructor: makes copy of an H5Object object.
+	H5Object( const H5Object& original );
+
+	// Flushes all buffers associated with this object to disk
+	void flush( H5F_scope_t scope ) const;
+
+	// Assignment operator
+	//H5Object& operator=( const H5Object& rhs );
+
+	// Sets and gets H5Object's data member
+	//void setId( hid_t new_id );
+	//hid_t getId () const;
+
+	// Creates an attribute for a group, dataset, or named datatype.
+	// PropList is currently not used, so always be default.
+	Attribute createAttribute( const char* name, const DataType& type, const DataSpace& space, const PropList& create_plist = PropList::DEFAULT ) const;
+	Attribute createAttribute( const string& name, const DataType& type, const DataSpace& space, const PropList& create_plist = PropList::DEFAULT ) const;
+
+	// Opens an attribute given its name.
+	Attribute openAttribute( const string& name ) const;
+	Attribute openAttribute( const char* name ) const;
+
+	// Opens an attribute given its index.
+	Attribute openAttribute( const unsigned int idx ) const;
+
+	// Iterate user's function over the attributes of this object
+	int iterateAttrs( attr_operator_t user_op, unsigned* idx = NULL, void* op_data = NULL );
+
+	// Determines the number of attributes attached to this object.
+	int getNumAttrs() const;
+
+	// Removes the named attribute from this object.
+	void removeAttr( const string& name ) const;
+	void removeAttr( const char* name ) const;
+
+	virtual ~H5Object();
+
+   protected:
+
+	// Default constructor
+	H5Object();
+
+	// Creates a copy of an existing object giving the object id
+	H5Object( const hid_t object_id );
+
+}; /* end class H5Object */
+
+#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
+}
+#endif
+#endif