1 files changed, 25 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/c++/src/H5StrType.cpp b/c++/src/H5StrType.cpp
index d5fb744..a067d6c 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5StrType.cpp
+++ b/c++/src/H5StrType.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "H5OcreatProp.h"
 #include "H5DcreatProp.h"
 #include "H5DxferProp.h"
+#include "H5LcreatProp.h"
 #include "H5LaccProp.h"
 #include "H5Location.h"
 #include "H5Object.h"
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ StrType::StrType(const hid_t existing_id) : AtomType( existing_id ) {}
 
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Function:    StrType copy constructor
-///\brief       Copy constructor: makes a copy of the original StrType object.
+///\brief       Copy constructor: same HDF5 object as \a original
 // Programmer   Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 StrType::StrType(const StrType& original) : AtomType ( original ) {}
@@ -181,6 +182,27 @@ StrType::StrType(const H5Location& loc, const H5std_string& dtype_name) : AtomTy
 }
 
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Function:    StrType::decode
+///\brief       Returns an StrType object via DataType* by decoding the
+///             binary object description of this type.
+///\exception   H5::DataTypeIException
+// Programmer   Binh-Minh Ribler - Aug 2017
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+DataType* StrType::decode() const
+{
+    hid_t encoded_strtype_id = H5I_INVALID_HID;
+    try {
+        encoded_strtype_id = p_decode();
+    }
+    catch (DataTypeIException &err) {
+        throw;
+    }
+    StrType *encoded_strtype = new StrType;
+    encoded_strtype->p_setId(encoded_strtype_id);
+    return(encoded_strtype);
+}
+
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Function:    StrType::getCset
 ///\brief       Retrieves the character set type of this string datatype.
 ///\return      Character set type, which can be:
@@ -260,8 +282,8 @@ H5T_str_t StrType::getStrpad() const
 ///\param       strpad - IN: String padding type
 ///\exception   H5::DataTypeIException
 ///\par Description
-///             For detail, please refer to the C layer Reference Manual at:
-/// http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/RM/RM_H5T.html#Datatype-SetStrpad
+///             For information, please refer to the H5Tset_strpad API in
+///             the HDF5 C Reference Manual.
 // Programmer   Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void StrType::setStrpad(H5T_str_t strpad) const