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diff --git a/c++/src/H5VarLenType.cpp b/c++/src/H5VarLenType.cpp index c3d5e58..8d9e3a1 100644 --- a/c++/src/H5VarLenType.cpp +++ b/c++/src/H5VarLenType.cpp @@ -70,6 +70,65 @@ VarLenType::VarLenType(const DataType* base_type) : DataType() } //-------------------------------------------------------------------------- +// Function: VarLenType overloaded constructor +///\brief Creates an VarLenType instance by opening an HDF5 variable +/// length datatype given its name, provided as a C char*. +///\param loc - IN: Location of the type +///\param type_name - IN: Variable length type name +///\exception H5::DataTypeIException +// Programmer Binh-Minh Ribler - Sept 2017 +// Description +// In 1.8.20, this constructor was introduced and may replace the +// existing function CommonFG::openVarLenType(const char*) to +// improve usability. +// -BMR, Sept 2017 +//-------------------------------------------------------------------------- +VarLenType::VarLenType(const H5Location& loc, const char *type_name) : DataType() +{ + id = p_opentype(loc, type_name); +} + +//-------------------------------------------------------------------------- +// Function: VarLenType overloaded constructor +///\brief Creates an VarLenType instance by opening an HDF5 variable +/// length datatype given its name, provided as an \c H5std_string. +///\param loc - IN: Location of the type +///\param type_name - IN: Variable length type name +///\exception H5::DataTypeIException +// Programmer Binh-Minh Ribler - Sept 2017 +// Description +// In 1.8.20, this constructor was introduced and may replace the +// existing function CommonFG::openVarLenType(const H5std_string&) to +// improve usability. +// -BMR, Sept 2017 +//-------------------------------------------------------------------------- +VarLenType::VarLenType(const H5Location& loc, const H5std_string& type_name) : DataType() +{ + id = p_opentype(loc, type_name.c_str()); +} + +//-------------------------------------------------------------------------- +// Function: VarLenType::decode +///\brief Returns an VarLenType object via DataType* by decoding the +/// binary object description of this type. +///\exception H5::DataTypeIException +// Programmer Binh-Minh Ribler - Sept 2017 +//-------------------------------------------------------------------------- +DataType* VarLenType::decode() const +{ + hid_t encoded_vltype_id = H5I_INVALID_HID; + try { + encoded_vltype_id = p_decode(); + } + catch (DataTypeIException &err) { + throw; + } + VarLenType *encoded_vltype = new VarLenType; + encoded_vltype->p_setId(encoded_vltype_id); + return(encoded_vltype); +} + +//-------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Function: VarLenType destructor ///\brief Properly terminates access to this datatype. // Programmer Binh-Minh Ribler - May, 2004 |