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+HDF5/H5S Draft API Specification
+</title></head>
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+
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+<center>
+<a href="RM_H5Front.html">HDF5 Reference Manual</a>&nbsp;
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+<center>
+<h1>H5S: Dataspace Interface</h1>
+</center>
+
+<h2>Dataspace Object API Functions</h2>
+
+These functions create and manipulate the dataspace in which to store the
+elements of a dataset.
+
+<table border=0>
+<tr><td valign=top>
+<ul>
+ <li><a href="#Dataspace-Create">H5Screate</a>
+ <li><a href="#Dataspace-CreateSimple">H5Screate_simple</a>
+ <li><a href="#Dataspace-Copy">H5Scopy</a>
+ <li><a href="#Dataspace-SelectNpoints">H5Sselect_npoints</a>
+ <li><a href="#Dataspace-SelectElements">H5Sselect_elements</a>
+</ul>
+</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td valign=top>
+<ul>
+ <li><a href="#Dataspace-ExtentNpoints">H5Sextent_npoints</a>
+ <li><a href="#Dataspace-ExtentNdims">H5Sextent_ndims</a>
+ <li><a href="#Dataspace-ExtentDims">H5Sextent_dims</a>
+ <li><a href="#Dataspace-GetClass">H5Sget_class</a>
+</ul>
+</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td valign=top>
+<ul>
+ <li><a href="#Dataspace-SetExtentSimple">H5Sset_extent_simple</a>
+ <li><a href="#Dataspace-IsSimple">H5Sis_simple</a>
+ <li><a href="#Dataspace-SelectHyperslab">H5Sselect_hyperslab</a>
+ <li><a href="#Dataspace-Close">H5Sclose</a>
+</ul>
+</td></tr>
+</table>
+
+
+<hr>
+<dl>
+<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Dataspace-Create">H5Screate</a>
+<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
+ <dd><em>hid_t</em> <code>H5Screate</code>(<em>H5S_class_t</em> <code>type</code>)
+<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
+ <dd>Creates a new dataspace of a specified type.
+<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
+ <dd><code>H5Screate</code> creates a new dataspace of a particular
+ <code>type</code>.
+ The types currently supported are <code>H5S_SCALAR</code>,
+ <code>H5S_SIMPLE</code>, and <code>H5S_NONE</code>;
+ others are planned to be added later. The <code>H5S_NONE</code>
+ dataspace can only hold a selection, not an extent.
+<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
+ <dl>
+ <dt><em>H5S_class_t</em> <code>type</code>
+ <dd>The type of dataspace to be created.
+ </dl>
+<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
+ <dd>Returns a dataspace identifier if successful;
+ otherwise FAIL (-1).
+</dl>
+
+
+<hr>
+<dl>
+<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Dataspace-CreateSimple">H5Screate_simple</a>
+<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
+ <dd><em>hid_t</em> <code>H5Screate_simple</code>(<em>int</em> <code>rank</code>,
+ <em>const hsize_t *</em> <code>dims</code>,
+ <em>const hsize_t *</em> <code>maxdims</code>
+ )
+<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
+ <dd>Creates a new simple data space and opens it for access.
+<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
+ <dd><code>H5Screate_simple</code> creates a new simple data space
+ and opens it for access. The <code>rank</code> is the number of
+ dimensions used in the dataspace.
+ The <code>dims</code> argument is the size
+ of the simple dataset and the <code>maxdims</code> argument is
+ the upper limit on the size of the dataset. <code>maxdims</code>
+ may be the null pointer in which case the upper limit is the
+ same as <code>dims</code>. If an element of <code>maxdims</code>
+ is zero then the corresponding dimension is unlimited, otherwise
+ no element of <code>maxdims</code> should be smaller than the
+ corresponding element of <code>dims</code>. The dataspace
+ identifier returned from this function should be released with
+ <code>H5Sclose</code> or resource leaks will occur.
+<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
+ <dl>
+ <dt><em>int</em> <code>rank</code>
+ <dd>Number of dimensions of dataspace.
+ <dt><em>const hsize_t *</em> <code>dims</code>
+ <dd>An array of the size of each dimension.
+ <dt><em>const hsize_t *</em> <code>maxdims</code>
+ <dd>An array of the maximum size of each dimension.
+ </dl>
+<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
+ <dd>Returns a dataspace identifier if successful;
+ otherwise FAIL (-1).
+</dl>
+
+
+<hr>
+<dl>
+<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Dataspace-Copy">H5Scopy</a>
+<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
+ <dd><em>hid_t </em><code>H5Scopy</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>space_id</code>
+ )
+<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
+ <dd>Creates an exact copy of a dataspace.
+<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
+ <dd><code>H5Scopy</code> creates a new dataspace which is an exact
+ copy of the dataspace identified by <code>space_id</code>.
+ The dataspace identifier returned from this function should be
+ released with <code>H5Sclose</code> or resource leaks will occur.
+<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
+ <dl>
+ <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>space_id</code>
+ <dd>Identifier of dataspace to copy.
+ </dl>
+<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
+ <dd>Returns a dataspace identifier if successful;
+ otherwise FAIL (-1).
+</dl>
+
+
+<hr>
+<dl>
+<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Dataspace-SelectElements">H5Sselect_elements</a>
+<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
+ <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Sselect_elements</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>space_id</code>,
+ <em>dh5s_selopt_t</em> <code>op</code>,
+ <em>const size_t</em> <code>num_elements</code>,
+ <em>const hssize_t *</em><code>coord</code>[ ]
+ )
+<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
+ <dd>Selects array elements to be included in the selection for a dataspace.
+<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
+ <dd><code>H5Sselect_elements</code> selects array elements to be
+ included in the selection for the <code>space_id</code>
+ dataspace. The number of elements selected must be set with
+ the <code>num_elements</code>. The <code>coord</code> array
+ is a two-dimensional array of size <em>dataspace rank</em>
+ by <code>num_elements</code> (ie. a list of coordinates in
+ the array). The order of the element coordinates in the
+ <code>coord</code> array also specifies the order in which
+ the array elements are iterated through when I/O is performed.
+ Duplicate coordinate locations are not checked for.
+ <P>
+ The selection operator <code>op</code> determines how the
+ new selection is to be combined with the previously existing
+ selection for the dataspace. Currently, only the
+ <code>H5S_SELECT_SET</code> operator is supported, which
+ replaces the existing selection with the parameters from
+ this call. When operators other than <code>H5S_SELECT_SET</code>
+ are used to combine a new selection with an existing selection,
+ the selection ordering is reset to 'C' array ordering.
+<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
+ <dl>
+ <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>space_id</code>
+ <dd>Identifier of the dataspace.
+ <dt><em>dh5s_selopt_t</em> <code>op</code>
+ <dd>operator specifying how the new selection is to be
+ combined with the existing selection for the dataspace.
+ <dt><em>const size_t</em> <code>num_elements</code>
+ <dd>Number of elements to be selected.
+ <dt><em>const hssize_t *</em><code>coord</code>[ ]
+ <dd>A 2-dimensional array specifying the coordinates of the
+ elements being selected.
+ </dl>
+<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
+ <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
+ otherwise FAIL (-1).
+</dl>
+
+
+
+
+
+<hr>
+<dl>
+<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Dataspace-ExtentNpoints">H5Sextent_npoints</a>
+<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
+ <dd><em>hsize_t</em> <code>H5Sextent_npoints</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>space_id</code>)
+<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
+ <dd>Determines the number of elements in a dataspace.
+<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
+ <dd><code>H5Sextent_npoints</code> determines the number of elements
+ in a dataspace. For example, a simple 3-dimensional dataspace
+ with dimensions 2, 3, and 4 would have 24 elements.
+<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
+ <dl>
+ <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>space_id</code>
+ <dd>ID of the dataspace object to query
+ </dl>
+<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
+ <dd>Returns the number of elements in the dataspace if successful;
+ otherwise returns 0.
+</dl>
+
+
+<hr>
+<dl>
+<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Dataspace-SelectNpoints">H5Sselect_npoints</a>
+<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
+ <dd><em>hsize_t</em> <code>H5Sselect_npoints</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>space_id</code>)
+<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
+ <dd>Determines the number of elements in a dataspace.
+<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
+ <dd><code>H5Sselect_npoints</code> determines the number of elements
+ in the current selection of a dataspace.
+<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
+ <dl>
+ <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>space_id</code>
+ <dd>Dataspace identifier.
+ </dl>
+<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
+ <dd>Returns a dataspace identifier if successful;
+ otherwise FAIL (-1).
+</dl>
+
+
+<hr>
+<dl>
+<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Dataspace-ExtentNdims">H5Sextent_ndims</a>
+<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
+ <dd><em>int</em> <code>H5Sextent_ndims</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>space_id</code>)
+<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
+ <dd>Determines the dimensionality of a dataspace.
+<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
+ <dd><code>H5Sextent_ndims</code> determines the dimensionality (or rank)
+ of a dataspace.
+<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
+ <dl>
+ <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>space_id</code>
+ <dd>Identifier of the dataspace
+ </dl>
+<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
+ <dd>Returns the number of dimensions in the dataspace if successful;
+ otherwise FAIL (-1)
+</dl>
+
+
+<hr>
+<dl>
+<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Dataspace-ExtentDims">H5Sextent_dims</a>
+<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
+ <dd><em>int</em> <code>H5Sextent_dims</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>space_id</code>,
+ <em>hsize_t *</em><code>dims</code>,
+ <em>hsize_t *</em><code>maxdims</code>
+ )
+<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
+ <dd>Retrieves dataspace dimension size and maximum size.
+<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
+ <dd><code>H5Sextent_dims</code> returns the size and maximum sizes
+ of each dimension of a dataspace through the <code>dims</code>
+ and <code>maxdims</code> parameters.
+<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
+ <dl>
+ <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>space_id</code>
+ <dd>IN: Identifier of the dataspace object to query
+ <dt><em>hsize_t *</em><code>dims</code>
+ <dd>OUT: Pointer to array to store the size of each dimension.
+ <dt><em>hsize_t *</em><code>maxdims</code>
+ <dd>OUT: Pointer to array to store the maximum size of each dimension.
+ </dl>
+<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
+ <dd>Returns the number of dimensions in the dataspace if successful;
+ otherwise FAIL (-1).
+</dl>
+
+
+<hr>
+<dl>
+<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Dataspace-SetExtentSimple">H5Sset_extent_simple</a>
+<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
+ <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5S_set_extent_simple</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>space_id</code>,
+ <em>int</em> <code>rank</code>,
+ <em>const hsize_t *</em><code>current_size</code>,
+ <em>const hsize_t *</em><code>maximum_size</code>
+ )
+<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
+ <dd>Sets or resets the size of an existing dataspace.
+<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
+ <dd><code>H5S_set_extent_simple</code> sets or resets the size of
+ an existing dataspace.
+ <p>
+ <code>rank</code> is the dimensionality, or number of
+ dimensions, of the dataspace.
+ <p>
+ <code>current_size</code> is an array of size <code>rank</code>
+ which contains the new size of each dimension in the dataspace.
+ <code>maximum_size</code> is an array of size <code>rank</code>
+ which contains the maximum size of each dimension in the
+ dataspace.
+ <p>
+ Any previous extent is removed from the dataspace, the dataspace
+ type is set to <code>H5S_SIMPLE</code>, and the extent is set as
+ specified.
+<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
+ <dl>
+ <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>space_id</code>
+ <dd>Dataspace identifier.
+ <dt><em>int</em> <code>rank</code>
+ <dd>Rank, or dimensionality, of the dataspace.
+ <dt><em>const hsize_t *</em><code>current_size</code>
+ <dd>Array containing current size of dataspace.
+ <dt><em>const hsize_t *</em><code>maximum_size</code>
+ <dd>Array containing maximum size of dataspace.
+ </dl>
+<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
+ <dd>Returns a dataspace identifier if successful;
+ otherwise FAIL (-1).
+</dl>
+
+
+<hr>
+<dl>
+<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Dataspace-IsSimple">H5Sis_simple</a>
+<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
+ <dd><em>hbool_t </em><code>H5Sis_simple</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>space_id</code>)
+<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
+ <dd>Determines whether a dataspace is a simple dataspace.
+<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
+ <dd><code>H5Sis_simple</code> determines whether a dataspace is
+ a simple dataspace. [Currently, all dataspace objects are simple
+ dataspaces, complex dataspace support will be added in the future]
+<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
+ <dl>
+ <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>space_id</code>
+ <dd>Identifier of the dataspace to query
+ </dl>
+<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
+ <dd>Returns TRUE or FALSE if Successful;
+ otherwise FAIL (-1).
+</dl>
+
+
+<hr>
+<dl>
+<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Dataspace-GetClass">H5Sget_class</a>
+<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
+ <dd><em>H5S_class_t</em> <code>H5Sget_class</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>space_id</code>)
+<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
+ <dd>Determine the current class of a dataspace.
+<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
+ <dd><code>H5Sget_class</code> queries a dataspace to determine the
+ current class of a dataspace.
+ <p>
+ The function returns a class name, one of the following:
+ <code>H5S_SCALAR</code>,
+ <code>H5S_SIMPLE</code>, or
+ <code>H5S_NONE</code>.
+<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
+ <dl>
+ <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>space_id</code>
+ <dd>Dataspace identifier.
+ </dl>
+<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
+ <dd>Returns a dataspace class name if successful;
+ otherwise FAIL (-1).
+</dl>
+
+
+<hr>
+<dl>
+<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Dataspace-SelectHyperslab">H5Sselect_hyperslab</a>
+<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
+ <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Sselect_hyperslab</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>space_id</code>,
+ <em>h5s_selopt_t</em><code>op</code>,
+ <em>const hssize_t *</em><code>start</code>,
+ <em>const hsize_t *</em><code>stride</code>
+ <em>const hsize_t *</em><code>count</code>,
+ <em>const hsize_t *</em><code>block</code>
+ )
+<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
+ <dd>Selects a hyperslab region to add to the current selected region.
+<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
+ <dd><code>H5Sselect_hyperslab</code> selects a hyperslab region
+ to add to the current selected region for the dataspace
+ specified by <code>space_id</code>.
+ <p>
+ The <code>start</code>, <code>stride</code>, <code>count</code>,
+ and <code>block</code> arrays must be the same size as the rank
+ of the dataspace.
+ <p>
+ The selection operator <code>op</code> determines how the new
+ selection is to be combined with the already existing selection
+ for the dataspace.
+ <p>
+ Currently, only the <code>H5S_SELECT_SET</code> operator is
+ supported; it replaces the existing selection with the
+ parameters from this call. Overlapping blocks are not
+ supported with the <code>H5S_SELECT_SET</code> operator.
+<P>
+The <code>start</code> array determines the starting coordinates
+of the hyperslab
+to select.
+<p>
+The <code>stride</code> array chooses array locations
+from the dataspace
+with each value in the <code>stride</code> array determining how
+many elements to move
+in each dimension. Setting a value in the <code>stride</code>
+array to 1 moves to
+each element in that dimension of the dataspace; setting a value of 2 in a
+location in the <code>stride</code> array moves to every other
+element in that
+dimension of the dataspace. In other words, the <code>stride</code>
+determines the
+number of elements to move from the <code>start</code> location
+in each dimension.
+Stride values of 0 are not allowed. If the <code>stride</code>
+parameter is <code>NULL</code>,
+a contiguous hyperslab is selected (as if each value in the
+<code>stride</code> array
+was set to all 1's).
+<p>
+The <code>count</code> array determines how many blocks to
+select from the dataspace, in each dimension.
+<p>
+The <code>block</code> array determines
+the size of the element block selected from the dataspace.
+If the <code>block</code>
+parameter is set to <code>NULL</code>, the block size defaults
+to a single element
+in each dimension (as if the <code>block</code> array was set to all 1's).
+<P>
+For example, in a 2-dimensional dataspace, setting
+<code>start</code> to [1,1],
+<code>stride</code> to [4,4], <code>count</code> to [3,7], and
+<code>block</code> to [2,2] selects
+21 2x2 blocks of array elements starting with location (1,1) and selecting
+blocks at locations (1,1), (5,1), (9,1), (1,5), (5,5), etc.
+<P>
+Regions selected with this function call default to C order iteration when
+I/O is performed.
+<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
+ <dl>
+ <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>space_id</code>
+ <dd>IN: Identifier of dataspace selection to modify
+ <dt><em>H5S_seloper_t</em> <code>op</code>
+ <dd>IN: Operation to perform on current selection.
+ <dt><em>const hssize_t *</em><code>start</code>
+ <dd>IN: Offset of start of hyperslab
+ <dt><em>const hsize_t *</em><code>count</code>
+ <dd>IN: Number of blocks included in hyperslab.
+ <dt><em>const hsize_t *</em><code>stride</code>
+ <dd>IN: Hyperslab stride.
+ <dt><em>const hsize_t *</em><code>block</code>
+ <dd>IN: Size of block in hyperslab.
+ </dl>
+<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
+ <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
+ otherwise FAIL (-1).
+</dl>
+
+
+<hr>
+<dl>
+<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Dataspace-Close">H5Sclose</a>
+<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
+ <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Sclose</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>space_id</code>
+ )
+<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
+ <dd>Releases and terminates access to a dataspace.
+<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
+ <dd><code>H5Sclose</code> releases a dataspace.
+ Further access through the dataspace identifier is illegal.
+ Failure to release a dataspace with this call will
+ result in resource leaks.
+<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
+ <dl>
+ <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>space_id</code>
+ <dd>Identifier of dataspace to release.
+ </dl>
+<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
+ <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
+ otherwise FAIL (-1).
+</dl>
+
+
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