1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/c++/src/H5VarLenType.h b/c++/src/H5VarLenType.h
index 4048a4e..078b534 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5VarLenType.h
+++ b/c++/src/H5VarLenType.h
@@ -19,16 +19,22 @@ namespace H5 {
 
 /*! \class VarLenType
     \brief VarLenType is a derivative of a DataType and operates on HDF5
-    C's Variable-length Datatypes.
-
-    Inheritance: DataType -> H5Object -> H5Location -> IdComponent
+    Variable-length Datatypes.
 */
+//  Inheritance: DataType -> H5Object -> H5Location -> IdComponent
 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);
+
+        // Deprecated - will be removed after 1.10.2
         VarLenType(const DataType* base_type);
 
+        // Returns an VarLenType object via DataType* by decoding the
+        // binary object description of this type.
+        virtual DataType* decode() const;
+
         ///\brief Returns this class name.
         virtual H5std_string fromClass () const { return("VarLenType"); }