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diff --git a/doc/html/Tutor/compound.html b/doc/html/Tutor/compound.html index 7983bf4..9471e8a 100644 --- a/doc/html/Tutor/compound.html +++ b/doc/html/Tutor/compound.html @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <HTML><HEAD> -<TITLE>HDF5 Tutorial - Compound Data Types +<TITLE>HDF5 Tutorial - Compound Datatypes </TITLE> </HEAD> @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ width=78 height=27 alt="NCSA"><P></A> [ <A HREF="title.html"><I>HDF5 Tutorial Top</I></A> ] <H1> -<BIG><BIG><BIG><FONT COLOR="#c101cd">Compound Data Types</FONT> +<BIG><BIG><BIG><FONT COLOR="#c101cd">Compound Datatypes</FONT> </BIG></BIG></BIG></H1> <hr noshade size=1> @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ width=78 height=27 alt="NCSA"><P></A> <BODY> <H2>Contents:</H2> <UL> - <LI><A HREF="#def">Creating Compound Data Types</A> + <LI><A HREF="#def">Creating Compound Datatypes</A> <LI>Programming Example <UL> <LI> <A HREF="#desc">Description</A> @@ -29,43 +29,48 @@ width=78 height=27 alt="NCSA"><P></A> <LI> <A HREF="#fc">File Contents</A> </UL> </UL> +<em><b>Note:</b> The FORTRAN API does not yet support compound datatypes.</em> <HR> <A NAME="def"> -<H2>Creating Compound Data Types</H2> -A compound data type is similar to a struct in C or a common block in -Fortran. It is a collection of one or more atomic types or small arrays of -such types. To create and use a compound data type you need to refer to -various properties of the data compound data type: +<H2>Creating Compound Datatypes</H2> +A compound datatype is similar to a struct in C or a common block in +FORTRAN. It is a collection of one or more atomic types or small arrays of +such types. To create and use a compound datatype you need to be familiar +with various properties of the compound datatype: <UL> - <LI>It is of class compound. + <LI>It is of class <strong>compound</strong>. <LI>It has a fixed total size, in bytes. <LI>It consists of zero or more members (defined in any order) with - unique names and which occupy non-overlapping regions within the datum. - <LI>Each member has its own data type. - <LI>Each member is referenced by an index number between zero and N-1, - where N is the number of members in the compound data type. + unique names and occupying non-overlapping regions within the datum. + <LI>Each member has its own datatype. + <LI>Each member is referenced by an index number between zero and <em>N</em>-1, + where <em>N</em> is the number of members in the compound datatype. <LI>Each member has a name which is unique among its siblings in a - compound data type. - <LI>Each member has a fixed byte offset, which is the first byte - (smallest byte address) of that member in a compound data type. + compound datatype. + <LI>Each member has a fixed byte offset, which locates the first byte + (smallest byte address) of that member in the compound datatype. <LI>Each member can be a small array of up to four dimensions. </UL> -Properties of members of a compound data type are defined when the -member is added to the compound type and cannot be subsequently modified. +Properties of members of a compound datatype are defined when the +member is added to the compound datatype and cannot be subsequently modified. <P> -Compound data types must be built out of other data types. First, one -creates an empty compound data type and specifies its total size. Then -members are added to the compound data type in any order. +Compound datatypes must be built out of other datatypes. First, one +creates an empty compound datatype and specifies its total size. Then +members are added to the compound datatype in any order. <H2> Programming Example</H2> <A NAME="desc"> <H3><U>Description</U></H3> -This example shows how to create a compound data type, write an array -to the file which uses the compound data type, and read back subsets of -the members.<BR> - -[<A HREF="examples/h5_compound.c">Download h5_compound.c</A>] +This example shows how to create a compound datatype, write an array +to the file which uses the compound datatype, and read back subsets of +the members. +<p> +<UL> +[ <A HREF="examples/h5_compound.c">C Example</A> ] - <code>h5_compound.c</code> +<BR> +[ <A HREF="examples/java/Compound.java">Java Example</A> ] - <code>Compound.java</code> +</UL> <PRE> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ #include "hdf5.h" @@ -126,7 +131,7 @@ main(void) file = H5Fcreate(FILE, H5F_ACC_TRUNC, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT); /* - * Create the memory data type. + * Create the memory datatype. */ s1_tid = H5Tcreate (H5T_COMPOUND, sizeof(s1_t)); H5Tinsert(s1_tid, "a_name", HOFFSET(s1_t, a), H5T_NATIVE_INT); @@ -159,7 +164,7 @@ main(void) dataset = H5Dopen(file, DATASETNAME); /* - * Create a data type for s2 + * Create a datatype for s2 */ s2_tid = H5Tcreate(H5T_COMPOUND, sizeof(s2_t)); @@ -186,7 +191,7 @@ main(void) printf("\n"); /* - * Create a data type for s3. + * Create a datatype for s3. */ s3_tid = H5Tcreate(H5T_COMPOUND, sizeof(float)); @@ -235,33 +240,34 @@ Field b : <A NAME="rem"> <H3><U>Remarks</U></H3> <UL> -<LI>H5Tcreate creates a new data type of the specified class with +<LI><CODE>H5Tcreate</CODE> creates a new datatype of the specified class with the specified number of bytes. <PRE> hid_t H5Tcreate ( H5T_class_t class, size_t size ) </PRE> <UL> -<LI>The <I>class</I> parameter specifies the data type to create. -Currently only the H5T_COMPOUND data type class is supported with this +<LI>The <I>class</I> parameter specifies the datatype to create. +Currently only the <CODE>H5T_COMPOUND</CODE> datatype class is supported with this function. <LI>The <I>size</I> parameter specifies the number of bytes in the -data type to create. +datatype to create. </UL> <P> -<LI>H5Tinsert adds a member to the compound data type specified by +<LI><CODE>H5Tinsert</CODE> adds a member to the compound datatype specified by <I>type_id</I>. <PRE> - herr_t H5Tinsert ( hid_t type_id, const char * name, off_t offset, hid_t field_id ) + herr_t H5Tinsert ( hid_t type_id, const char * name, off_t offset, + hid_t field_id ) </PRE> <UL> -<LI>The <I>type_id</I> parameter is the identifier of the compound data type +<LI>The <I>type_id</I> parameter is the identifier of the compound datatype to modify. <LI>The <I>name</I> parameter is the name of the field to insert. The new -member name must be unique within a compound data type. +member name must be unique within a compound datatype. <LI>The <I>offset</I> parameter is the offset in the memory structure of the field to insert. -The library defines the HOFFSET macro to compute the offset of a member within +The library defines the <CODE>HOFFSET</CODE> macro to compute the offset of a member within a struct: <PRE> HOFFSET ( s, m ) @@ -269,15 +275,15 @@ a struct: This macro computes the offset of member <I>m</I> within a struct variable <I>s</I>. -<LI>The <I>field_id</I> parameter is the data type identifier of the +<LI>The <I>field_id</I> parameter is the datatype identifier of the field to insert. </UL> <P> -<LI>H5Tclose releases a data type. +<LI><CODE>H5Tclose</CODE> releases a datatype. <PRE> herr_t H5Tclose ( hid_t type_id ) </PRE> -The <I>type_id</I> parameter is the identifier of the data type to release. +The <I>type_id</I> parameter is the identifier of the datatype to release. </UL> <A NAME="fc"> <H3><U>File Contents</U></H3> @@ -365,8 +371,9 @@ GROUP "/" { <!-- <A HREF="helpdesk.mail.html"> --> <A HREF="mailto:hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu"> hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu</A> -<BR> <H6>Last Modified: August 27, 1999</H6><BR> +<BR> <H6>Last Modified: April 5, 2000</H6><BR> <!-- modified by Barbara Jones - bljones@ncsa.uiuc.edu --> +<!-- modified by Frank Baker - fbaker@ncsa.uiuc.edu --> </FONT> <BR> <!-- <A HREF="mailto:hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu"> --> |