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+// C++ informative line for the emacs editor: -*- C++ -*-
+/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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+
+// Class VarLenType inherits from DataType and provides wrappers for
+// the HDF5 C's Variable-length Datatypes.
+
+#ifndef _H5VarLenType_H
+#define _H5VarLenType_H
+
+#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
+namespace H5 {
+#endif
+class H5_DLLCPP VarLenType : public DataType {
+   public:
+	// Constructor that creates a variable-length datatype based
+	// on the specified base type.
+	VarLenType(const DataType* base_type);
+
+	// Copy constructor - makes copy of the original object
+	VarLenType( const VarLenType& original );
+
+	// Default destructor
+	virtual ~VarLenType();
+
+   protected:
+	// Default constructor
+	VarLenType();
+
+	// Constructor that takes an existing id
+	VarLenType( const hid_t existing_id );
+};
+#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
+}
+#endif
+#endif