5 files changed, 51 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/c++/src/H5AbstractDs.cpp b/c++/src/H5AbstractDs.cpp
index 9cf1ee8..e6cacf9 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5AbstractDs.cpp
+++ b/c++/src/H5AbstractDs.cpp
@@ -25,11 +25,6 @@
 #include "H5CommonFG.h"
 #include "H5Alltypes.h"
 
-#include <iostream> // remove when done
-
-    using std::cerr;
-    using std::endl;
-
 #ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
 namespace H5 {
 #endif
diff --git a/c++/src/H5AbstractDs.h b/c++/src/H5AbstractDs.h
index 1d04d6c..c5ffa36 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5AbstractDs.h
+++ b/c++/src/H5AbstractDs.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class H5_DLLCPP AbstractDs {
 	// dataset - pure virtual.
 	virtual hsize_t getStorageSize() const = 0;
 
-	// Returns this class name
+	// Returns this class name - pure virtual.
 	virtual H5std_string fromClass() const = 0;
 
 	// Copy constructor
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class H5_DLLCPP AbstractDs {
 	AbstractDs( const hid_t ds_id );
 
    private:
-	// This member function is implemented by DataSet and Attribute.
+	// This member function is implemented by DataSet and Attribute - pure virtual.
 	virtual hid_t p_get_type() const = 0;
 };
 #ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/c++/src/H5Attribute.cpp b/c++/src/H5Attribute.cpp
index 226ae5c..6c14269 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5Attribute.cpp
+++ b/c++/src/H5Attribute.cpp
@@ -385,6 +385,31 @@ hsize_t Attribute::getStorageSize() const
 }
 
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Function:	Attribute::flush
+///\brief	Flushes all buffers associated with a file specified by
+///		this attribute, to disk.
+///\param	scope - IN: Specifies the scope of the flushing action,
+///		which can be either of these values:
+///		\li \c H5F_SCOPE_GLOBAL - Flushes the entire virtual file
+///		\li \c H5F_SCOPE_LOCAL - Flushes only the specified file
+///\exception	H5::AttributeIException
+///\par Description
+///		This attribute is used to identify the file to be flushed.
+// Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2013
+// Modification
+//	Mar 2013 - BMR
+//		Duplicated from H5Location
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+void Attribute::flush(H5F_scope_t scope) const
+{
+   herr_t ret_value = H5Fflush(getId(), scope);
+   if( ret_value < 0 )
+   {
+      throw AttributeIException("Attribute::flush", "H5Fflush failed");
+   }
+}
+
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Function:    Attribute::getId
 // Purpose:     Get the id of this attribute
 // Description:
diff --git a/c++/src/H5Attribute.h b/c++/src/H5Attribute.h
index f392f1a..cafc264 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5Attribute.h
+++ b/c++/src/H5Attribute.h
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ class H5_DLLCPP Attribute : public AbstractDs, public IdComponent {
 	void write(const DataType& mem_type, const void *buf ) const;
 	void write(const DataType& mem_type, const H5std_string& strg ) const;
 
+	// Flushes all buffers associated with the file specified by this
+	// attribute to disk.
+	void flush( H5F_scope_t scope ) const;
+
 	///\brief Returns this class name
 	virtual H5std_string fromClass () const { return("Attribute"); }
 
diff --git a/c++/src/H5File.cpp b/c++/src/H5File.cpp
index da0241f..6e85428 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5File.cpp
+++ b/c++/src/H5File.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ H5File::H5File() : IdComponent(), id(0) {}
 ///		modifying default file meta-data.  Default to
 ///		FileCreatPropList::DEFAULT
 ///\param	access_plist - IN: File access property list.  Default to
-///		FileCreatPropList::DEFAULT
+///		FileAccPropList::DEFAULT
 ///\par Description
 ///		Valid values of \a flags include:
 ///		\li \c H5F_ACC_TRUNC - Truncate file, if it already exists,
@@ -77,11 +77,18 @@ H5File::H5File() : IdComponent(), id(0) {}
 ///		please refer to the \b Special \b case section in the C layer
 ///		Reference Manual at:
 /// http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/RM/RM_H5F.html#File-Create
+// Notes	With a PGI compiler (~2012-2013), the exception thrown by p_get_file
+//		could not be caught in the applications.  Added try block here
+//		to catch then re-throw it. -BMR 2013/03/21
 // Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 H5File::H5File( const char* name, unsigned int flags, const FileCreatPropList& create_plist, const FileAccPropList& access_plist ) : IdComponent(0)
 {
-   p_get_file(name, flags, create_plist, access_plist);
+    try {
+	p_get_file(name, flags, create_plist, access_plist);
+    } catch (FileIException open_file) {
+	throw open_file;
+    }
 }
 
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -94,12 +101,19 @@ H5File::H5File( const char* name, unsigned int flags, const FileCreatPropList& c
 ///		modifying default file meta-data.  Default to
 ///		FileCreatPropList::DEFAULT
 ///\param	access_plist - IN: File access property list.  Default to
-///		FileCreatPropList::DEFAULT
+///		FileAccPropList::DEFAULT
+// Notes	With a PGI compiler (~2012-2013), the exception thrown by p_get_file
+//		could not be caught in the applications.  Added try block here
+//		to catch then re-throw it. -BMR 2013/03/21
 // Programmer	Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 H5File::H5File( const H5std_string& name, unsigned int flags, const FileCreatPropList& create_plist, const FileAccPropList& access_plist ) : IdComponent(0)
 {
-   p_get_file(name.c_str(), flags, create_plist, access_plist);
+    try {
+	p_get_file(name.c_str(), flags, create_plist, access_plist);
+    } catch (FileIException open_file) {
+	throw open_file;
+    }
 }
 
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -166,7 +180,7 @@ void H5File::flush(H5F_scope_t scope) const
 }
 
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	H5File::isHdf5
+// Function:	H5File::isHdf5 (static)
 ///\brief	Determines whether a file in HDF5 format.
 ///\param	name - IN: Name of the file
 ///\return	true if the file is in HDF5 format, and false, otherwise
@@ -189,7 +203,7 @@ bool H5File::isHdf5(const char* name)
 }
 
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:	H5File::isHdf5
+// Function:	H5File::isHdf5 (static)
 ///\brief	This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.
 ///		It takes an \c H5std_string for \a name.
 ///\param	name - IN: Name of the file - \c H5std_string