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Diffstat (limited to 'c++/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | c++/src/H5PropList.cpp | 44 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/c++/src/H5PropList.cpp b/c++/src/H5PropList.cpp index 579c8ac..2530204 100644 --- a/c++/src/H5PropList.cpp +++ b/c++/src/H5PropList.cpp @@ -66,29 +66,35 @@ PropList::PropList(const PropList& original) : IdComponent(original) ///\param plist_id - IN: Id of the existing property list ///\exception H5::PropListIException // Description -// This function calls H5Pcreate to create a new property list -// if the given id, plist_id, is that of a property class. If -// the given id is equal to H5P_ROOT, then set this -// property's id to H5P_DEFAULT, otherwise, to the given id. -// Note: someone else added this code without comments and this -// description was what I came up with from reading the code. +// This function creates a new property list if a property +// class is provided or makes a copy of a property list if one +// is given. If the given id is anything else, then set this +// property's id to H5P_DEFAULT. // Programmer Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------- PropList::PropList( const hid_t plist_id ) : IdComponent() { - if (H5I_GENPROP_CLS == H5Iget_type(plist_id)) { - // call C routine to create the new property - id = H5Pcreate(plist_id); - if( id < 0 ) - { - throw PropListIException("PropList constructor", "H5Pcreate failed"); - } - } - else { - if(plist_id==H5P_ROOT) - id=H5P_DEFAULT; - else - id=plist_id; + H5I_type_t id_type = H5Iget_type(plist_id); + switch (id_type) { + case H5I_GENPROP_CLS: + // call C routine to create a new property from the given prop class + id = H5Pcreate(plist_id); + if( id < 0 ) + { + throw PropListIException("PropList constructor", "H5Pcreate failed"); + } + break; + case H5I_GENPROP_LST: + // call C routine to make a copy of the given property list + id = H5Pcopy(plist_id); + if( id < 0 ) + { + throw PropListIException("PropList constructor", "H5Pcopy failed"); + } + break; + default: + id = H5P_DEFAULT; + break; } } |