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-<html>
-<head><title>
-HDF5 Copyright Notice
-</title></head>
-
-<body>
-
-
-<hr>
-
-<h3>Copyright Notice and Statement for
-<br>
-NCSA Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) Software Library and Utilities</h3>
-<hr>
-<p>
-
-
-NCSA Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) Software Library and Utilities
-<br>
-Copyright 1998 the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
-<br>
-<strong>All rights reserved.</strong>
-<p>
-
-Contributors: National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at
-the University of Illinois, Lawrence Livermore Nat'l Laboratory (LLNL),
-Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL),
-Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler (gzip library)
-<p>
-
-Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
-modification, are permitted for any purpose (including commercial purposes)
-provided that the following conditions are met:
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-
-<ol>
-<li>Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
-this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
-
-<li>Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
-notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
-documentation and/or materials provided with the distribution.
-
-<li>In addition, redistributions of modified forms of the source or binary
-code must carry prominent notices stating that the original code was
-changed and the date of the change.
-
-<li>All publications or advertising materials mentioning features or use of
-this software must acknowledge that it was developed by the National Center
-for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois, and credit
-the Contributors.
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-<li>Neither the name of the University nor the names of the Contributors may
-be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without
-specific prior written permission from the University or the Contributors.
-
-<li>THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE UNIVERSITY AND THE CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
-WITH NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. In no event
-shall the University or the Contributors be liable for any damages suffered
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-Last modified: 8 September 1998
-
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-</html>
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-<html><head><title>
-HDF5 Draft Glossary
-</title></head>
-
-<body>
-
-<hr>
-<center>
-<a href="RM_H5Front.html">HDF5 Reference Manual</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5.html">H5</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5A.html">H5A</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5D.html">H5D</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5E.html">H5E</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5F.html">H5F</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5G.html">H5G</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5P.html">H5P</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5S.html">H5S</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5T.html">H5T</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5Z.html">H5Z</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-Glossary
-</center>
-<hr>
-
-<center>
-<h1>HDF5 Glossary</h1>
-</center>
-
-<i>(<b>Under construction!</b>
- This is the bare beginning of a Glossary to accompany the HDF5
- documentation; it is by no means complete.)</i>
-
-<ul>
- <li><a href="#Glossary-Basic">basic data types</a>
- <li><a href="#Glossary-Complex">complex data types</a>
- <li>data types
-<ul>
- <li><a href="#Glossary-Basic">basic data types</a>
- <li><a href="#Glossary-Complex">complex data types</a>
- <li><a href="#Glossary-DiskIO">disk I/O data types</a>
-</ul>
- <li><a href="#Glossary-DiskIO">disk I/O data types</a>
-</ul>
-
-
-<hr>
-
-<a name="Glossary-Basic">basic data types:</a>
-<ul>
- <li><em>(Some data types may change substantially en route to
- Release 1.2.)</em>
- <li>char - 8-bit character (only for ASCII information)
- <li>int8 - 8-bit signed integer
- <li>uint8 - 8-bit unsigned integer
- <li>int16 - 16-bit signed integer
- <li>uint16 - 16-bit unsigned integer
- <li>int32 - 32-bit signed integer
- <li>uint32 - 32-bit unsigned integer
- <li>intn - "native" signed integer
- <li>uintn - "native" unsigned integer
- <li>int64 - 64-bit signed integer (new)
- <li>uint64 - 64-bit unsigned integer (new)
- <li>float32 - 32-bit IEEE float
- <li>float64 - 64-bit IEEE float
-</ul>
-
-<a name="Glossary-Complex">Complex data types:</a>
-<ul>
- <li><em>(Some data types may change substantially en route to
- Release 1.2.)</em>
- <li>hid_t - 32-bit unsigned integer used as ID for memory objects
- <li>hoid_t - 32-bit unsigned integer (currently) used as ID for disk-based
- objects
- <li>hbool_t - boolean to indicate true/false/error codes from functions
- <li>herr_t - 32-bit integer to indicate succeed/fail codes from functions
-</ul>
-
-<a name="Glossary-DiskIO">disk I/O data types:</a>
-<ul>
- <li><em>(Some data types may change substantially en route to
- Release 1.2.)</em>
- <li>hoff_t - (64-bit?) offset on disk in bytes
- <li>hlen_t - (64-bit?) length on disk in bytes
-</ul>
-
-<hr>
-<center>
-<a href="RM_H5Front.html">HDF5 Reference Manual</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5.html">H5</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5A.html">H5A</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5D.html">H5D</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5E.html">H5E</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5F.html">H5F</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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-<a href="RM_H5T.html">H5T</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5Z.html">H5Z</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-Glossary
-</center>
-<hr>
-
-<address>
-<a href="mailto:hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu">HDF Help Desk</a>
-
-<br>
-Last modified: 14 July 1998
-
-</body>
-</html>
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-<head><title>
-HDF5/H5 Draft API Specification
-</title></head>
-
-<body>
-
-<hr>
-<center>
-<a href="RM_H5Front.html">HDF5 Reference Manual</a>&nbsp;
-H5&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5A.html">H5A</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5D.html">H5D</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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-<!--
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-<hr>
-
-<center>
-<h1>H5: General Library Functions</h1>
-</center>
-
-These functions serve general-purpose needs of the HDF5 library
-and it users.
-
-<table border=0>
-<tr><td valign=top>
-<ul>
- <li><a href="#Library-Open">H5open</a>
- <li><a href="#Library-Close">H5close</a>
-</ul>
-</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td valign=top>
-<ul>
- <li><a href="#Library-Version">H5get_libversion</a>
- <li><a href="#Library-VersCheck">H5check_version</a>
-</ul>
-</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td valign=top>
-<ul>
- <li><a href="#Library-DontAtExit">H5dont_atexit</a>
-</ul>
-</td></tr>
-</table>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Library-Open">H5open</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5open</code>(<em>void</em>)
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Flushes all data to disk, closes file identifiers, and cleans up memory.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5open</code> initialize the library. This function is
- normally called automatically, but if you find that an
- HDF5 library function is failing inexplicably, try calling
- this function first.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt>None.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Library-Close">H5close</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5close</code>(<em>void</em>)
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Flushes all data to disk, closes file identifiers, and cleans up memory.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5close</code> flushes all data to disk,
- closes all file identifiers, and cleans up all memory used by
- the library. This function is generall called when the
- application calls <code>exit</code>, but may be called earlier
- in event of an emergency shutdown or out of desire to free all
- resources used by the HDF5 library.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt>None.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Library-DontAtExit">H5dont_atexit</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5dont_atexit</code>(<em>void</em>)
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Instructs library not to install <code>atexit</code> cleanup routine.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5dont_atexit</code> indicates to the library that an
- <code>atexit()</code> cleanup routine should not be installed.
- The major purpose for this is in situations where the
- library is dynamically linked into an application and is
- un-linked from the application before <code>exit()</code> gets
- called. In those situations, a routine installed with
- <code>atexit()</code> would jump to a routine which was
- no longer in memory, causing errors.
- <p>
- In order to be effective, this routine <em>must</em> be called
- before any other HDF function calls, and must be called each
- time the library is loaded/linked into the application
- (the first time and after it's been un-loaded).
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt>None.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Library-Version">H5get_libversion</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5get_libversion</code>(<em>unsigned *</em><code>majnum</code>,
- <em>unsigned *</em><code>minnum</code>,
- <em>unsigned *</em><code>relnum</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Returns the HDF library release number.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5get_libversion</code> retrieves the major, minor, and release
- numbers of the version of the HDF library which is linked to
- the application.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>unsigned *</em><code>majnum</code>
- <dd>The major version of the library.
- <dt><em>unsigned *</em><code>minnum</code>
- <dd>The minor version of the library.
- <dt><em>unsigned *</em><code>relnum</code>
- <dd>The release number of the library.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Library-VersCheck">H5check_version</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5check_version</code>(<em>unsigned</em> <code>majnum</code>,
- <em>unsigned</em> <code>minnum</code>,
- <em>unsigned</em> <code>relnum</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5check_version</code> verifies that the arguments match the
- version numbers compiled into the library. This function is intended
- to be called from user to verify that the versions of header files
- compiled into the application match the version of the HDF5 library.
- <p>
- Due to the risks of data corruption or segmentation faults,
- <code>H5check_version</code> causes the application to abort if the
- version numbers do not match.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>unsigned *</em><code>majnum</code>
- <dd>The major version of the library.
- <dt><em>unsigned *</em><code>minnum</code>
- <dd>The minor version of the library.
- <dt><em>unsigned *</em><code>relnum</code>
- <dd>The release number of the library.
- <dt><em>unsigned *</em><code>patnum</code>
- <dd>The patch number of the library.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful.
- Upon failure, this function causes the application to abort.
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<center>
-<a href="RM_H5Front.html">HDF5 Reference Manual</a>&nbsp;
-H5&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5A.html">H5A</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5D.html">H5D</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5E.html">H5E</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5F.html">H5F</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5G.html">H5G</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5P.html">H5P</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5S.html">H5S</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5T.html">H5T</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5Z.html">H5Z</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="Tools.html">Tools</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<!--
-<a href="Glossary.html">Glossary</a>
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-</center>
-<hr>
-
-<address>
-<a href="mailto:hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu">HDF Help Desk</a>
-
-<br>
-Last modified: 2 September 1998
-
-</body>
-</html>
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-HDF5/H5A Draft API Specification
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-
-<body>
-
-<hr>
-<center>
-<a href="RM_H5Front.html">HDF5 Reference Manual</a>&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5.html">H5</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-H5A&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5D.html">H5D</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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-<a href="RM_H5F.html">H5F</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5G.html">H5G</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5P.html">H5P</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5S.html">H5S</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5T.html">H5T</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5Z.html">H5Z</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="Tools.html">Tools</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<!--
-<a href="Glossary.html">Glossary</a>
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-<hr>
-
-<center>
-<h1>H5A: Attribute Interface</h1>
-</center>
-
-<h2>Attribute API Functions</h2>
-
-These functions create and manipulate attributes
-and information about attributes.
-
-<table border=0>
-<tr><td valign=top>
-<ul>
- <li><a href="#Annot-Create">H5Acreate</a>
- <li><a href="#Annot-Write">H5Awrite</a>
- <li><a href="#Annot-Read">H5Aread</a>
- <li><a href="#Annot-Close">H5Aclose</a>
-</ul>
-</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td valign=top>
-<ul>
- <li><a href="#Annot-GetName">H5Aget_name</a>
- <li><a href="#Annot-OpenName">H5Aopen_name</a>
- <li><a href="#Annot-OpenIdx">H5Aopen_idx</a>
- <li><a href="#Annot-GetSpace">H5Aget_space</a>
-</ul>
-</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td valign=top>
-<ul>
- <li><a href="#Annot-GetType">H5Aget_type</a>
- <li><a href="#Annot-NumAttrs">H5Aget_num_attrs</a>
- <li><a href="#Annot-Iterate">H5Aiterate</a>
- <li><a href="#Annot-Delete">H5Adelete</a>
-</ul>
-</td></tr>
-</table>
-
-<p>
-The Attribute interface, H5A, is primarily designed to easily allow
-small datasets to be attached to primary datasets as metadata information.
-Additional goals for the H5A interface include keeping storage requirement
-for each attribute to a minimum and easily sharing attributes among
-datasets.
-<p>
-Because attributes are intended to be small objects, large datasets
-intended as additional information for a primary dataset should be
-stored as supplemental datasets in a group with the primary dataset.
-Attributes can then be attached to the group containing everything
-to indicate a particular type of dataset with supplemental datasets
-is located in the group. How small is "small" is not defined by the
-library and is up to the user's interpretation.
-<p>
-See <a href="Attributes.html"><cite>Attributes</cite></a> in the
-<a href="H5.user.html"><cite>HDF5 User's Guide</cite></a> for further information.
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Annot-Create">H5Acreate</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>hid_t</em> <code>H5Acreate</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>,
- <em>const char *</em><code>name</code>,
- <em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>,
- <em>hid_t</em> <code>space_id</code>,
- <em>hid_t</em> <code>create_plist</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Creates a dataset as an attribute of another group, dataset,
- or named datatype.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Acreate</code> creates an attribute which is attached
- to the object specified with <code>loc_id</code>.
- <code>loc_id</code> is an identifier of a group, dataset,
- or named datatype. The name specified with <code>name</code>
- for each attribute for an object must be unique for that object.
- The datatype and dataspace identifiers of the attribute,
- <code>type_id</code> and <code>space_id</code>, respectively,
- are created with the H5T and H5S interfaces, respectively.
- Currently only simple dataspaces are allowed for attribute
- dataspaces. The <code>create_plist_id</code> property list
- is currently unused, but will be used int the future for optional
- properties of attributes. The attribute identifier returned from
- this function must be released with <code>H5Aclose</code> or
- resource leaks will develop. Attempting to create an attribute
- with the same name as an already existing attribute will fail,
- leaving the pre-existing attribute in place.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>
- <dd>IN: Object (dataset, group, or named datatype) to be attached to.
- <dt><em>const char *</em><code>name</code>
- <dd>IN: Name of attribute to create.
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of datatype for attribute.
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>space_id</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of dataspace for attribute.
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>create_plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of creation property list (currently not used).
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns an attribute identifier if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Annot-OpenName">H5Aopen_name</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>hid_t</em> <code>H5Aopen_name</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>,
- <em>const char *</em><code>name</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd> Opens an attribute specified by name.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Aopen_name</code> opens an attribute specified by
- its name, <code>name</code>, which is attached to the
- object specified with <code>loc_id</code>.
- The location object may be either a group, dataset, or
- named datatype, which may have any sort of attribute.
- The attribute identifier returned from this function must
- be released with <code>H5Aclose</code> or resource leaks
- will develop.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of a group, dataset, or named datatype
- atttribute to be attached to.
- <dt><em>const char *</em><code>name</code>
- <dd>IN: Attribute name.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns attribute identifier if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Annot-OpenIdx">H5Aopen_idx</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>hid_t</em> <code>H5Aopen_idx</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>,
- <em>unsigned int</em> <code>idx</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Opens the attribute specified by its index.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Aopen_idx</code> opens an attribute which is attached
- to the object specified with <code>loc_id</code>.
- The location object may be either a group, dataset, or
- named datatype, all of which may have any sort of attribute.
- The attribute specified by the index, <code>idx</code>,
- indicates the attribute to access.
- The value of <code>idx</code> is a 0-based, non-negative integer.
- The attribute identifier returned from this function must be
- released with <code>H5Aclose</code> or resource leaks will develop.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of the group, dataset, or named datatype
- attribute to be attached to.
- <dt><em>unsigned int</em> <code>idx</code>
- <dd>IN: Index of the attribute to open.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns attribute identifier if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Annot-Write">H5Awrite</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Awrite</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>attr_id</code>,
- <em>hid_t</em> <code>mem_type_id</code>,
- <em>void *</em><code>buf</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Writes data to an attribute.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Awrite</code> writes an attribute, specified with
- <code>attr_id</code>. The attribute's memory datatype
- is specified with <code>mem_type_id</code>. The entire
- attribute is written from <code>buf</code> to the file.
- <p>
- Datatype conversion takes place at the time of a read or write
- and is automatic. See the
- <a href="Datatypes.html#Datatypes-DataConversion">Data Conversion</a>
- section of <cite>The Data Type Interface (H5T)</cite> in the
- <cite>HDF5 User's Guide</cite> for a discussion of
- data conversion, including the range of conversions currently
- supported by the HDF5 libraries.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>attr_id</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of an attribute to write.
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>mem_type_id</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of the attribute datatype (in memory).
- <dt><em>void *</em><code>buf</code>
- <dd>IN: Data to be written.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Annot-Read">H5Aread</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Aread</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>attr_id</code>,
- <em>hid_t</em> <code>mem_type_id</code>,
- <em>void *</em><code>buf</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Reads an attribute.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Aread</code> reads an attribute, specified with
- <code>attr_id</code>. The attribute's memory datatype
- is specified with <code>mem_type_id</code>. The entire
- attribute is read into <code>buf</code> from the file.
- <p>
- Datatype conversion takes place at the time of a read or write
- and is automatic. See the
- <a href="Datatypes.html#Datatypes-DataConversion">Data Conversion</a>
- section of <cite>The Data Type Interface (H5T)</cite> in the
- <cite>HDF5 User's Guide</cite> for a discussion of
- data conversion, including the range of conversions currently
- supported by the HDF5 libraries.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>attr_id</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of an attribute to read.
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>mem_type_id</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of the attribute datatype (in memory).
- <dt><em>void *</em><code>buf</code>
- <dd>IN: Buffer for data to be read.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Annot-GetSpace">H5Aget_space</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>hid_t</em> <code>H5Aget_space</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>attr_id</code>)
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Gets a copy of the dataspace for an attribute.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Aget_space</code> retrieves a copy of the dataspace
- for an attribute. The dataspace identifier returned from
- this function must be released with <code>H5Sclose</code>
- or resource leaks will develop.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>attr_id</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of an attribute.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns attribute dataspace identifier if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Annot-GetType">H5Aget_type</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>hid_t</em> <code>H5Aget_type</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>attr_id</code>)
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Gets an attribute datatype.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Aget_type</code> retrieves a copy of the datatype
- for an attribute.
- <p>
- The datatype is reopened if it is a named type before returning
- it to the application. The datatypes returned by this function
- are always read-only. If an error occurs when atomizing the
- return datatype, then the datatype is closed.
- <p>
- The datatype identifier returned from this function must be
- released with <code>H5Tclose</code> or resource leaks will develop.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>attr_id</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of an attribute.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns a datatype identifier if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Annot-GetName">H5Aget_name</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>size_t</em> <code>H5Aget_name</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>attr_id</code>,
- <em>char *</em><code>buf</code>,
- <em>size_t</em> <code>buf_size</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Gets an attribute name.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Aget_name</code> retrieves the name of an attribute
- specified by the identifier, <code>attr_id</code>.
- Up to <code>buf_size</code> characters are stored in
- <code>buf</code> followed by a <code>\0</code> string
- terminator. If the name of the attribute is longer than
- <code>buf_size</code> -1, the string terminator is stored in the
- last position of the buffer to properly terminate the string.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>attr_id</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of the attribute.
- <dt><em>char *</em><code>buf</code>
- <dd>IN: Buffer to store name in.
- <dt><em>size_t</em> <code>buf_size</code>
- <dd>IN: The size of the buffer to store the name in.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns the length of the attribute's name, which may be
- longer than <code>buf_size</code>, if successful.
- Otherwise returns FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Annot-NumAttrs">H5Aget_num_attrs</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>int</em> <code>H5Aget_num_attrs</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>)
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Determines the number of attributes attached to an object.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Aget_num_attrs</code> returns the number of attributes
- attached to the object specified by its identifier,
- <code>loc_id</code>.
- The object can be a group, dataset, or named datatype.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of a group, dataset, or named datatype.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns the number of attributes if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Annot-Iterate">H5Aiterate</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>int</em> <code>H5Aiterate</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>,
- <em>unsigned *</em> <code>idx</code>,
- <em>H5A_operator_t</em> <code>op</code>,
- <em>void *</em><code>op_data</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Calls a user's function for each attribute on an object.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Aiterate</code> iterates over the attributes of
- the object specified by its identifier, <code>loc_id</code>.
- The object can be a group, dataset, or named datatype.
- For each attribute of the object, the <code>op_data</code>
- and some additional information specified below are passed
- to the operator function <code>op</code>.
- The iteration begins with the attribute specified by its
- index, <code>idx</code>; the index for the next attribute
- to be processed by the operator, <code>op</code>, is
- returned in <code>idx</code>.
- If <code>idx</code> is the null pointer, then all attributes
- are processed.
- <p>
- The prototype for <code>H5A_operator_t</code> is: <br>
- <code>typedef herr_t (*H5A_operator_t)(hid_t <em>loc_id</em>,
- const char *<em>attr_name</em>,
- void *<em>operator_data</em>);
- </code>
- <p>
- The operation receives the identifier for the group, dataset
- or named datatype being iterated over, <code>loc_id</code>, the
- name of the current attribute about the object, <code>attr_name</code>,
- and the pointer to the operator data passed in to <code>H5Aiterate</code>,
- <code>op_data</code>. The return values from an operator are:
- <ul>
- <li>Zero causes the iterator to continue, returning zero when all
- attributes have been processed.
- <li>Positive causes the iterator to immediately return that positive
- value, indicating short-circuit success. The iterator can be
- restarted at the next attribute.
- <li>Negative causes the iterator to immediately return that value,
- indicating failure. The iterator can be restarted at the next
- attribute.
- </ul>
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of a group, dataset or named datatype.
- <dt><em>unsigned *</em> <code>idx</code>
- <dd>IN/OUT: Starting (IN) and ending (OUT) attribute index.
- <dt><em>H5A_operator_t</em> <code>op</code>
- <dd>IN: User's function to pass each attribute to
- <dt><em>void *</em><code>op_data</code>
- <dd>IN/OUT: User's data to pass through to iterator operator function
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>If successful, returns the return value of the last operator
- if it was non-zero, or zero if all attributes were processed.
- Otherwise returns FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Annot-Delete">H5Adelete</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Adelete</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>,
- <em>const char *</em><code>name</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Deletes an attribute from a location.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Adelete</code> removes the attribute specified by its
- name, <code>name</code>, from a dataset, group, or named datatype.
- This function should not be used when attribute identifiers are
- open on <code>loc_id</code> as it may cause the internal indexes
- of the attributes to change and future writes to the open
- attributes to produce incorrect results.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of the dataset, group, or named datatype
- to have the attribute deleted from.
- <dt><em>const char *</em><code>name</code>
- <dd>IN: Name of the attribute to delete.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Annot-Close">H5Aclose</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Aclose</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>attr_id</code>)
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Closes the specified attribute.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Aclose</code> terminates access to the attribute
- specified by its identifier, <code>attr_id</code>.
- Further use of the attribute identifier will result in
- undefined behavior.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>attr_id</code>
- <dd>IN: Attribute to release access to.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
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-</title></head>
-
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-
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-<center>
-<a href="RM_H5Front.html">HDF5 Reference Manual</a>&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5.html">H5</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5A.html">H5A</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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-<h1>H5D: Datasets Interface</h1>
-</center>
-
-<h2>Dataset Object API Functions</h2>
-
-These functions create and manipulate dataset objects,
-and set and retrieve their constant or persistent properties.
-
-<table border=0>
-<tr><td valign=top>
-<ul>
- <li><a href="#Dataset-Create">H5Dcreate</a>
- <li><a href="#Dataset-Open">H5Dopen</a>
- <li><a href="#Dataset-GetSpace">H5Dget_space</a>
-</ul>
-</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td valign=top>
-<ul>
- <li><a href="#Dataset-GetType">H5Dget_type</a>
- <li><a href="#Dataset-GetCreatePlist">H5Dget_create_plist</a>
- <li><a href="#Dataset-Read">H5Dread</a>
-</ul>
-</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td valign=top>
-<ul>
- <li><a href="#Dataset-Write">H5Dwrite</a>
- <li><a href="#Dataset-Extend">H5Dextend</a>
- <li><a href="#Dataset-Close">H5Dclose</a>
-</ul>
-</td></tr>
-</table>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Dataset-Create">H5Dcreate</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>hid_t </em><code>H5Dcreate</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>loc_id</code>,
- <em>const char *</em><code>name</code>,
- <em>hid_t</em><code>type_id</code>,
- <em>hid_t</em><code>space_id</code>,
- <em>hid_t</em><code>create_plist_id</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Creates a dataset at the specified location.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Dcreate</code> creates a data set with a name,
- <code>name</code>, in the file or in the group specified by
- the identifier <code>loc_id</code>.
- The dataset has the datatype and dataspace identified by
- <code>type_id</code> and <code>space_id</code>, respectively.
- The specified datatype and dataspace are the datatype and
- dataspace of the dataset as it will exist in the file,
- which may be different than in application memory.
- Dataset creation properties are specified by the argument
- <code>create_plist_id</code>.
- <p>
- <code>create_plist_id</code> is a <code>H5P_DATASET_CREATE</code>
- property list created with <code>H5Pcreate()</code> and
- initialized with the various functions described above.
- <code>H5Dcreate()</code> returns a dataset identifier for success
- or negative for failure. The identifier should eventually be
- closed by calling <code>H5Dclose()</code> to release resources
- it uses.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of the file or group to create the dataset within.
- <dt><em>const char *</em> <code>name</code>
- <dd>The name of the dataset to create.
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of the datatype to use when creating the dataset.
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>space_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of the dataspace to use when creating the dataset.
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>create_plist_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of the set creation property list.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns a dataset identifier if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Dataset-Open">H5Dopen</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>hid_t </em><code>H5Dopen</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>loc_id</code>,
- <em>const char *</em><code>name</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Opens an existing dataset.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Dopen</code> opens an existing dataset for access in the file
- or group specified in <code>loc_id</code>. <code>name</code> is
- a dataset name and is used to identify the dataset in the file.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of the dataset to open or the file or group
- to access the dataset within.
- <dt><em>const char *</em> <code>name</code>
- <dd>The name of the dataset to access.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns a dataset identifier if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Dataset-GetSpace">H5Dget_space</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>hid_t </em><code>H5Dget_space</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>dataset_id</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Returns an identifier for a copy of the dataspace for a dataset.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Dget_space</code> returns an identifier for a copy of the
- dataspace for a dataset.
- The dataspace identifier should be released with the
- <code>H5Sclose()</code> function.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>dataset_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of the dataset to query.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns a dataspace identifier if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Dataset-GetType">H5Dget_type</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>hid_t </em><code>H5Dget_type</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>dataset_id</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Returns an identifier for a copy of the datatype for a dataset.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Dget_type</code> returns an identifier for a copy of the
- datatype for a dataset.
- The datatype should be released with the <code>H5Tclose()</code> function.
- <p>
- If a dataset has a named datatype, then an identifier to the
- opened datatype is returned.
- Otherwise, the returned datatype is read-only.
- If atomization of the datatype fails, then the datatype is closed.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>dataset_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of the dataset to query.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns a datatype identifier if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Dataset-GetCreatePlist">H5Dget_create_plist</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>hid_t </em><code>H5Dget_create_plist</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>dataset_id</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Returns an identifier for a copy of the
- dataset creation property list for a dataset.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Dget_create_plist</code> returns an identifier for a
- copy of the dataset creation property list for a dataset.
- The creation property list identifier should be released with
- the <code>H5Pclose()</code> function.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>dataset_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of the dataset to query.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns a dataset creation property list identifier if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Dataset-Read">H5Dread</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Dread</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>dataset_id</code>,
- <em>hid_t</em> <code>mem_type_id</code>,
- <em>hid_t</em> <code>mem_space_id</code>,
- <em>hid_t</em> <code>file_space_id</code>,
- <em>hid_t</em> <code>xfer_plist_id</code>,
- <em>void *</em> <code>buf</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Reads raw data from the specified dataset into <code>buf</code>,
- converting from file datatype and dataspace to
- memory datatype and dataspace.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Dread</code> reads a (partial) dataset, specified by its
- identifier <code>dataset_id</code>, from the file into the
- application memory buffer <code>buf</code>.
- Data transfer properties are defined by the argument
- <code>xfer_plist_id</code>.
- The memory datatype of the (partial) dataset is identified by
- the identifier <code>mem_type_id</code>.
- The part of the dataset to read is defined by
- <code>mem_space_id</code> and <code>file_space_id</code>.
- <p>
- <code>file_space_id</code> can be the constant <code>H5S_ALL</code>,
- which indicates that the entire file data space is to be referenced.
- <p>
- <code>mem_space_id</code> can be the constant <code>H5S_ALL</code>,
- in which case the memory data space is the same as the file data space
- defined when the dataset was created.
- <p>
- The number of elements in the memory data space must match
- the number of elements in the file data space.
- <p>
- <code>xfer_plist_id</code> can be the constant <code>H5P_DEFAULT</code>,
- in which case the default data transfer properties are used.
-
- <p>
- Datatype conversion takes place at the time of a read or write
- and is automatic. See the
- <a href="Datatypes.html#Datatypes-DataConversion">Data Conversion</a>
- section of <cite>The Data Type Interface (H5T)</cite> in the
- <cite>HDF5 User's Guide</cite> for a discussion of
- data conversion, including the range of conversions currently
- supported by the HDF5 libraries.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>dataset_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of the dataset read from.
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>mem_type_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of the memory datatype.
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>mem_space_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of the memory dataspace.
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>file_space_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of the dataset's dataspace in the file.
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>xfer_plist_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of a transfer property list for this I/O operation.
- <dt><em>void *</em> <code>buf</code>
- <dd>Buffer to store data read from the file.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Dataset-Write">H5Dwrite</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Dwrite</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>dataset_id</code>,
- <em>hid_t</em> <code>mem_type_id</code>,
- <em>hid_t</em> <code>mem_space_id</code>,
- <em>hid_t</em> <code>file_space_id</code>,
- <em>hid_t</em> <code>xfer_plist_id</code>,
- <em>const void *</em> <code>buf</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Writes raw data from an application buffer <code>buf</code> to
- the specified dataset, converting from
- memory datatype and dataspace to file datatype and dataspace.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Dwrite</code> writes a (partial) dataset, specified by its
- identifier <code>dataset_id</code>, from the
- application memory buffer <code>buf</code> into the file.
- Data transfer properties are defined by the argument
- <code>xfer_plist_id</code>.
- The memory datatype of the (partial) dataset is identified by
- the identifier <code>mem_type_id</code>.
- The part of the dataset to write is defined by
- <code>mem_space_id</code> and <code>file_space_id</code>.
- <p>
- <code>file_space_id</code> can be the constant <code>H5S_ALL</code>.
- which indicates that the entire file data space is to be referenced.
- <p>
- <code>mem_space_id</code> can be the constant <code>H5S_ALL</code>,
- in which case the memory data space is the same as the file data space
- defined when the dataset was created.
- <p>
- The number of elements in the memory data space must match
- the number of elements in the file data space.
- <p>
- <code>xfer_plist_id</code> can be the constant <code>H5P_DEFAULT</code>.
- in which case the default data transfer properties are used.
- <p>
- Writing to an external dataset will fail if the HDF5 file is
- not open for writing.
- <p>
- Datatype conversion takes place at the time of a read or write
- and is automatic. See the
- <a href="Datatypes.html#Datatypes-DataConversion">Data Conversion</a>
- section of <cite>The Data Type Interface (H5T)</cite> in the
- <cite>HDF5 User's Guide</cite> for a discussion of
- data conversion, including the range of conversions currently
- supported by the HDF5 libraries.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>dataset_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of the dataset read from.
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>mem_type_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of the memory datatype.
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>mem_space_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of the memory dataspace.
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>file_space_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of the dataset's dataspace in the file.
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>xfer_plist_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of a transfer property list for this I/O operation.
- <dt><em>const void *</em> <code>buf</code>
- <dd>Buffer with data to be written to the file.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Dataset-Extend">H5Dextend</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Dextend</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>dataset_id</code>,
- <em>const hsize_t *</em> <code>size</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Extends a dataset with unlimited dimension.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Dextend</code> verifies that the dataset is at least of size
- <code>size</code>.
- The dimensionality of <code>size</code> is the same as that of
- the dataspace of the dataset being changed.
- This function cannot be applied to a dataset with fixed dimensions.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>dataset_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of the dataset.
- <dt><em>const hsize_t *</em> <code>size</code>
- <dd>Array containing the new magnitude of each dimension.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Dataset-Close">H5Dclose</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>hid_t </em><code>H5Dclose</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>dataset_id</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Dclose</code> ends access to a dataset specified by
- <code>dataset_id</code> and releases resources used by it.
- Further use of the dataset identifier is illegal in calls to
- the dataset API.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>dataset_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of the dataset to finish access to.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
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-<a href="RM_H5.html">H5</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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-<h1>H5E: Error Interface</h1>
-</center>
-
-<h2>Error API Functions</h2>
-
-These functions provide error handling capabilities in the HDF5 environment.
-
-<table border=0>
-<tr><td valign=top>
-<ul>
- <li><a href="#Error-SetAuto">H5Eset_auto</a>
- <li><a href="#Error-GetAuto">H5Eget_auto</a>
- <li><a href="#Error-Clear">H5Eclear</a>
-</ul>
-</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td valign=top>
-<ul>
- <li><a href="#Error-Print">H5Eprint</a>
- <li><a href="#Error-Walk">H5Ewalk</a>
- <li><a href="#Error-WalkCB">H5Ewalk_cb</a>
-</ul>
-</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td valign=top>
-<ul>
- <li><a href="#Error-GetMajor">H5Eget_major</a>
- <li><a href="#Error-GetMinor">H5Eget_minor</a>
-</ul>
-</td></tr>
-</table>
-
-<p>
-The Error interface provides error handling in the form of a stack.
-The <code>FUNC_ENTER()</code> macro clears the error stack whenever
-an interface function is entered.
-When an error is detected, an entry is pushed onto the stack.
-As the functions unwind, additional entries are pushed onto the stack.
-The API function will return some indication that an error occurred and
-the application can print the error stack.
-<p>
-Certain API functions in the H5E package, such as <code>H5Eprint()</code>,
-do not clear the error stack. Otherwise, any function which
-does not have an underscore immediately after the package name
-will clear the error stack. For instance, <code>H5Fopen()</code>
-clears the error stack while <code>H5F_open()</code> does not.
-<p>
-An error stack has a fixed maximum size.
-If this size is exceeded then the stack will be truncated and only the
-inner-most functions will have entries on the stack.
-This is expected to be a rare condition.
-<p>
-Each thread has its own error stack, but since
-multi-threading has not been added to the library yet, this
-package maintains a single error stack. The error stack is
-statically allocated to reduce the complexity of handling
-errors within the H5E package.
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Error-SetAuto">H5Eset_auto</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Eset_auto</code>(<em>H5E_auto_t</em> <code>func</code>,
- <em>void *</em><code>client_data</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Turns automatic error printing on or off.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Eset_auto</code> turns on or off automatic printing of
- errors. When turned on (non-null <code>func</code> pointer),
- any API function which returns an error indication will
- first call <code>func</code>, passing it <code>client_data</code>
- as an argument.
- <p>
- When the library is first initialized the auto printing function
- is set to <code>H5Eprint()</code> (cast appropriately) and
- <code>client_data</code> is the standard error stream pointer,
- <code>stderr</code>.
- <p>
- Automatic stack traversal is always in the
- <code>H5E_WALK_DOWNWARD</code> direction.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>H5E_auto_t</em> <code>func</code>
- <dd>Function to be called upon an error condition.
- <dt><em>void *</em><code>client_data</code>
- <dd>Data passed to the error function.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Error-GetAuto">H5Eget_auto</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Eget_auto</code>(<em>H5E_auto_t *</em> <code>func</code>,
- <em>void **</em><code>client_data</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Returns the current settings for the automatic error stack
- traversal function and its data.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Eget_auto</code> returns the current settings for the
- automatic error stack traversal function, <code>func</code>,
- and its data, <code>client_data</code>. Either (or both)
- arguments may be null in which case the value is not returned.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>H5E_auto_t *</em> <code>func</code>
- <dd>Current setting for the function to be called upon an
- error condition.
- <dt><em>void **</em><code>client_data</code>
- <dd>Current setting for the data passed to the error function.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Error-Clear">H5Eclear</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Eclear</code>(<code>void</code>)
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Clears the error stack for the current thread.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Eclear</code> clears the error stack for the current thread.
- <p>
- The stack is also cleared whenever an API function is called,
- with certain exceptions (for instance, <code>H5Eprint()</code>).
- <p>
- <code>H5Eclear</code> can fail if there are problems initializing
- the library.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt>None
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Error-Print">H5Eprint</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Eprint</code>(<em>FILE *</em> <code>stream</code>)
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Prints the error stack in a default manner.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Eprint</code> prints the error stack on the specified
- stream, <code>stream</code>.
- Even if the error stack is empty, a one-line message will be printed:
- <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
- <code>HDF5-DIAG: Error detected in thread 0.</code>
- <p>
- <code>H5Eprint</code> is a convenience function for
- <code>H5Ewalk()</code> with a function that prints error messages.
- Users are encouraged to write there own more specific error handlers.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>FILE *</em> <code>stream</code>
- <dd>File pointer, or stderr if NULL.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Error-Walk">H5Ewalk</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Ewalk</code>(<em>H5E_direction_t</em> <code>direction</code>,
- <em>H5E_walk_t</em> <code>func</code>,
- <em>void *</em> <code>client_data</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Walks the error stack for the current thread, calling a specified
- function.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Ewalk</code> walks the error stack for the current thread
- and calls the specified function for each error along the way.
- <p>
- <code>direction</code> determines whether the stack is walked
- from the inside out or the outside in.
- A value of <code>H5E_WALK_UPWARD</code> means begin with the
- most specific error and end at the API;
- a value of <code>H5E_WALK_DOWNWARD</code> means to start at the
- API and end at the inner-most function where the error was first
- detected.
- <p>
- <code>func</code> will be called for each error in the error stack.
- Its arguments will include an index number (beginning at zero
- regardless of stack traversal direction), an error stack entry,
- and the <code>client_data</code> pointer passed to
- <code>H5E_print</code>.
- <p>
- <code>H5Ewalk</code> can fail if there are problems initializing
- the library.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>H5E_direction_t</em> <code>direction</code>
- <dd>Direction in which the error stack is to be walked.
- <dt><em>H5E_walk_t</em> <code>func</code>
- <dd>Function to be called for each error encountered.
- <dt><em>void *</em> <code>client_data</code>
- <dd>Data to be passed with <code>func</code>.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Error-WalkCB">H5Ewalk_cb</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Ewalk_cb</code>(<em>int</em> <code>n</code>,
- <em>H5E_error_t *</em><code>err_desc</code>,
- <em>void</em> <code>*client_data</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Default error stack traversal callback function
- that prints error messages to the specified output stream.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Ewalk_cb</code> is a default error stack traversal callback
- function that prints error messages to the specified output stream.
- It is not meant to be called directly but rather as an
- argument to the <code>H5Ewalk()</code> function.
- This function is called also by <code>H5Eprint()</code>.
- Application writers are encouraged to use this function as a
- model for their own error stack walking functions.
- <p>
- <code>n</code> is a counter for how many times this function
- has been called for this particular traversal of the stack.
- It always begins at zero for the first error on the stack
- (either the top or bottom error, or even both, depending on
- the traversal direction and the size of the stack).
- <p>
- <code>err_desc</code> is an error description. It contains all the
- information about a particular error.
- <p>
- <code>client_data</code> is the same pointer that was passed as the
- <code>client_data</code> argument of <code>H5Ewalk()</code>.
- It is expected to be a file pointer (or stderr if null).
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>int</em> <code>n</code>
- <dd>Number of times this function has been called
- for this traversal of the stack.
- <dt><em>H5E_error_t *</em><code>err_desc</code>
- <dd>Error description.
- <dt><em>void</em> <code>*client_data</code>
- <dd>A file pointer, or stderr if null.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Error-GetMajor">H5Eget_major</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>const char *</em> <code>H5Eget_major</code>(<em>H5E_major_t</em> <code>n</code>)
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Returns a character string describing an error specified by a
- major error number.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd>Given a major error number, <code>H5Eget_major</code> returns a
- constant character string that describes the error.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>H5E_major_t</em> <code>n</code>
- <dd>Major error number.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd> Returns a character string describing the error if successful.
- Otherwise returns "Invalid major error number."
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Error-GetMinor">H5Eget_minor</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>const char *</em> <code>H5Eget_minor</code>(<em>H5E_minor_t</em> <code>n</code>)
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Returns a character string describing an error specified by a
- minor error number.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd>Given a minor error number, <code>H5Eget_minor</code> returns a
- constant character string that describes the error.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>H5E_minor_t</em> <code>n</code>
- <dd>Minor error number.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd> Returns a character string describing the error if successful.
- Otherwise returns "Invalid minor error number."
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<center>
-<a href="RM_H5Front.html">HDF5 Reference Manual</a>&nbsp;
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-<center>
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-<h1>H5F: File Interface</h1>
-</center>
-
-<h2>File API Functions</h2>
-
-These functions are designed to provide file-level access to HDF5 files.
-Further manipulation of objects inside a file is performed through one of APIs
-documented below.
-
-<table border=0>
-<tr><td valign=top>
-<ul>
- <li><a href="#File-Open">H5Fopen</a>
- <li><a href="#File-Create">H5Fcreate</a>
- <li><a href="#File-IsHDF5">H5Fis_hdf5</a>
-</ul>
-</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td valign=top>
-<ul>
- <li><a href="#File-Flush">H5Fflush</a>
- <li><a href="#File-Close">H5Fclose</a>
-</ul>
-</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td valign=top>
-<ul>
- <li><a href="#File-GetCreatePlist">H5Fget_create_plist</a>
- <li><a href="#File-GetAccessPlist">H5Fget_access_plist</a>
-</ul>
-</td></tr>
-</table>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="File-Open">H5Fopen</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>hid_t </em><code>H5Fopen</code>(<em>const char *</em><code>name</code>,
- <em>unsigned</em> <code>flags</code>,
- <em>hid_t</em> <code>access_id</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Opens an existing file.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Fopen</code> opens an existing file and is the primary
- function for accessing existing HDF5 files.
- <p>
- The parameter <code>access_id</code> is a file access property
- list identifier or <code>H5P_DEFAULT</code> for the default I/O access
- parameters.
- <p>
- The <code>flags</code> argument determines whether writing
- to an existing file will be allowed or not.
- The file is opened with read and write permission if
- <code>flags</code> is set to <code>H5F_ACC_RDWR</code>.
- All flags may be combined with the bit-wise OR operator (`|')
- to change the behavior of the file open call.
- The more complex behaviors of a file's access are controlled
- through the file-access property list.
- <p>
- Files which are opened more than once return a unique identifier
- for each <code>H5Fopen()</code> call and can be accessed
- through all file identifiers.
- <p>
- The return value is a file identifier for the open file and it
- should be closed by calling <code>H5Fclose()</code> when it is
- no longer needed.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>const char *</em><code>name</code>
- <dd>Name of the file to access.
- <dt><em>unsigned</em> <code>flags</code>
- <dd>File access flags. See the <code>H5Fcreate</code>
- parameters list for a list of possible values.
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>access_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier for the file access properties list.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns a file identifier if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="File-Create">H5Fcreate</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>hid_t </em><code>H5Fcreate</code>(<em>const char *</em><code>name</code>,
- <em>unsigned</em> <code>flags</code>,
- <em>hid_t</em> <code>create_id</code>,
- <em>hid_t</em> <code>access_id</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Creates HDF5 files.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Fcreate</code> is the primary function for creating
- HDF5 files .
- <p>
- The <code>flags</code> parameter determines whether an
- existing file will be overwritten. All newly created files
- are opened for both reading and writing. All flags may be
- combined with the bit-wise OR operator (`|') to change
- the behavior of the <code>H5Fcreate</code> call.
- <p>
- The more complex behaviors of file creation and access
- are controlled through the file-creation and file-access
- property lists. The value of <code>H5P_DEFAULT</code> for
- a property list value indicates that the library should use
- the default values for the appropriate property list. Also see
- <code>H5Fpublic.h</code> for the list of supported flags.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>const char *</em><code>name</code>
- <dd>Name of the file to access.
- <dt><em>uintn</em> <code>flags</code>
- <dd>File access flags. Possible values include:
- <ul><dl>
- <dt>H5F_ACC_RDWR
- <dd>Allow read and write access to file.
- <dt>H5F_ACC_RDONLY
- <dd>Allow read-only access to file.
- <dt>H5F_ACC_TRUNC
- <dd>Truncate file, if it already exists,
- erasing all data previously stored in the file.
- <dt>H5F_ACC_EXCL
- <dd>Fail if file already exists.
- <dt>H5F_ACC_DEBUG
- <dd>Print debug information.
- <dt>H5P_DEFAULT
- <dd>Apply default file access and creation properties.
- </dl></ul>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>create_id</code>
- <dd>File creation property list identifier, used when modifying
- default file meta-data.
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>access_id</code>
- <dd>File access property list identifier.
- If parallel file access is desired, this is a collective
- call according to the communicator stored in the
- <code>access_id</code>.
- Use <code>0</code> for default access properties.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns a file identifier if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="File-Flush">H5Fflush</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Fis_hdf5</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>object_id</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Flushes all buffers associated with a file to disk.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Fflush</code> causes all buffers associated with a
- file to be immediately flushed to disk without removing the
- data from the cache.
- <p>
- <code>object_id</code> can be any object associated with the file,
- including the file itself, a dataset, a group, an attribute, or
- a named data type.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>const char *</em><code>object_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of object used to identify the file.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise returns FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="File-IsHDF5">H5Fis_hdf5</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>hbool_t </em><code>H5Fis_hdf5</code>(<em>const char *</em><code>name</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Determines whether a file is in the HDF5 format.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Fis_hdf5</code> determines whether a file is in
- the HDF5 format.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>const char *</em><code>name</code>
- <dd>File name to check format.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns <code>TRUE</code> or <code>FALSE</code> if successful.
- Otherwise returns FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="File-GetCreatePlist">H5Fget_create_plist</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>hid_t </em><code>H5Fget_create_plist</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>file_id</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Returns a file creation property list identifier.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Fget_create_plist</code> returns a file creation
- property list identifier identifying the creation properties
- used to create this file. This function is useful for
- duplicating properties when creating another file.
- <p>
- See "File Creation Properties" in
- <a href="RM_H5P.html">H5P: Property List Interface</a>
- in this reference manual and
- "File Creation Properties"
- in <a href="Files.html"><cite>Files</cite></a> in the
- <cite>HDF5 User's Guide</cite> for
- additional information and related functions.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>file_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of the file to get creation property list of
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns a file creation property list identifier if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="File-GetAccessPlist">H5Fget_access_plist</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>hid_t </em><code>H5Fget_access_plist</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>file_id</code>)
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Returns a file access property list identifier.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Fget_access_plist</code> returns the
- file access property list identifier of the specified file.
- <p>
- See "File Access Properties" in
- <a href="RM_H5P.html">H5P: Property List Interface</a>
- in this reference manual and
- "File Access Property Lists"
- in <a href="Files.html"><cite>Files</cite></a> in the
- <cite>HDF5 User's Guide</cite> for
- additional information and related functions.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>file_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of file to get access property list of
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns a file access property list identifier if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="File-Close">H5Fclose</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Fclose</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>file_id</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Terminates access to an HDF5 file.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Fclose</code> terminates access to an HDF5 file.
- If this is the last file identifier open for a file
- and if access identifiers are still in use,
- this function will fail.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>file_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of a file to terminate access to.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<center>
-<a href="RM_H5Front.html">HDF5 Reference Manual</a>&nbsp;
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-HDF5 Draft API Specification
-</title></head>
-<body>
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-<center>
-HDF5 Reference Manual&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5.html">H5</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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-<center>
-<h1>HDF5: API Specification<br>Reference Manual</h1>
-</center>
-
-The HDF5 libraries provide several interfaces, each of which provides the
-tools required to meet specific aspects of the HDF5 data-handling requirements.
-
-<ul>
-
-<li><a href="RM_H5.html">Library Functions</a> -- The general-purpose <strong>H5</strong> functions.
-<li><a href="RM_H5F.html">File Interface</a> -- The <strong>H5F</strong> API for accessing HDF files.
-<li><a href="RM_H5P.html">Property List Interface</a> -- The <strong>H5P</strong> API for manipulating object property lists.
-<li><a href="RM_H5D.html">Dataset Interface</a> -- The <strong>H5D</strong> API for manipulating scientific datasets.
-<li><a href="RM_H5T.html">Datatype Interface</a> -- The <strong>H5T</strong> API for defining dataset element information.
-<li><a href="RM_H5S.html">Dataspace Interface</a> -- The <strong>H5S</strong> API for defining dataset dataspace.
-<li><a href="RM_H5G.html">Group Interface</a> -- The <strong>H5G</strong> API for creating physical groups of objects on disk.
-<li><a href="RM_H5E.html">Error Interface</a> -- The <strong>H5E</strong> API for error handling.
-<li><a href="RM_H5Z.html">Compression Interface</a> -- The <strong>H5Z</strong> API for compression.
-<li><a href="RM_H5A.html">Annotation Interface</a> -- The <strong>H5A</strong> API for annotations.
-<li><a href="Tools.html">Tools</a> -- Interactive tools for the examination of existing HDF5 files.
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-
-</ul>
-
-<hr>
-<center>
-HDF5 Reference Manual&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5.html">H5</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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-<tr><td align=left valign=top>
-<a href="mailto:hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu">HDF Help Desk</a>
-<br>
-Last modified: 8 September 1998
-
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-HDF5/H5G Draft API Specification
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-
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-<center>
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-<a href="RM_H5.html">H5</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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-H5G&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5P.html">H5P</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5S.html">H5S</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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-
-<center>
-<h1>H5G: Group Interface</h1>
-</center>
-
-<h2>Group Object API Functions</h2>
-
-The Group interface functions create and manipulate physical groups
-of objects on disk.
-
-<table border=0>
-<tr><td valign=top>
-<ul>
- <li><a href="#Group-Create">H5Gcreate</a>
- <li><a href="#Group-Open">H5Gopen</a>
- <li><a href="#Group-Set">H5Gset</a>
- <li><a href="#Group-Close">H5Gclose</a>
- <li><a href="#Group-Push">H5Gpush</a>
-</ul>
-</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td valign=top>
-<ul>
- <li><a href="#Group-Pop">H5Gpop</a>
- <li><a href="#Group-Link">H5Glink</a>
- <li><a href="#Group-Unlink">H5Gunlink</a> (NYI)
- <li><a href="#Group-Iterate">H5Giterate</a>
- <li><a href="#Group-Move">H5Gmove</a> (NYI)
-</ul>
-</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td valign=top>
-<ul>
- <li><a href="#Group-GetObjinfo">H5Gget_objinfo</a>
- <li><a href="#Group-GetLinkval">H5Gget_linkval</a>
- <li><a href="#Group-SetComment">H5Gset_comment</a>
- <li><a href="#Group-GetComment">H5Gget_comment</a>
-</ul>
-</td></tr><tr><td colspan=5 align=right>
-<font size=-2>(NYI = Not yet implemented)</font>
-</td></tr>
-</table>
-
-<p>
-A group associates names with objects and provides a mechanism
-for mapping a name to an object. Since all objects appear in at
-least one group (with the possible exception of the root object)
-and since objects can have names in more than one group, the set
-of all objects in an HDF5 file is a directed graph. The internal
-nodes (nodes with out-degree greater than zero) must be groups
-while the leaf nodes (nodes with out-degree zero) are either empty
-groups or objects of some other type. Exactly one object in every
-non-empty file is the root object. The root object always has a
-positive in-degree because it is pointed to by the file boot block.
-
-<p>
-Every file identifier returned by <code>H5Fcreate</code> or
-<code>H5Fopen</code> maintains an independent current working group
-stack, the top item of which is the current working group. The
-stack can be manipulated with <code>H5Gset</code>, <code>H5Gpush</code>,
-and <code>H5Gpop</code>. The root object is the current working group
-if the stack is empty.
-
-<p>
-An object name consists of one or more components separated from
-one another by slashes. An absolute name begins with a slash and the
-object is located by looking for the first component in the root
-object, then looking for the second component in the first object, etc.,
-until the entire name is traversed. A relative name does not begin
-with a slash and the traversal begins with the current working group.
-
-<p>
-The library does not maintain the full absolute name of its current
-working group because (1) cycles in the graph can make the name length
-unbounded and (2) a group does not necessarily have a unique name. A
-more Unix-like hierarchical naming scheme can be implemented on top of
-the directed graph scheme by creating a ".." entry in each group that
-points to its single predecessor; a <code>getcwd</code> function would
-then be trivial.
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Group-Create">H5Gcreate</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>hid_t </em><code>H5Gcreate</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>,
- <em>const char *</em><code>name</code>,
- <em>size_t</em> <code>size_hint</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Creates a new empty group and gives it a name.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Gcreate</code> creates a new group with the specified
- name at the specified location, <code>loc_id</code>.
- The location is identified by a file or group identifier.
- The name, <code>name</code>, must not already be taken by some
- other object and all parent groups must already exist.
- <p>
- <code>size_hint</code> is a hint for the number of bytes to
- reserve to store the names which will be eventually added to
- the new group. Passing a value of zero for <code>size_hint</code>
- is usually adequate since the library is able to dynamically
- resize the name heap, but a correct hint may result in better
- performance.
- If a non-positive value is supplied for size_hint,
- then a default size is chosen.
- <p>
- The return value is a group identifier for the open group.
- This group identifier should be closed by calling
- <code>H5Gclose()</code> when it is no longer needed.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>
- <dd>The file or group identifier.
- <dt><em>const char *</em><code>name</code>
- <dd>The absolute or relative name of the new group.
- <dt><em>size_t</em> <code>size_hint</code>
- <dd>An optional parameter indicating the number of bytes
- to reserve for the names that will appear in the group.
- A conservative estimate could result in multiple
- system-level I/O requests to read the group name heap;
- a liberal estimate could result in a single large
- I/O request even when the group has just a few names.
- HDF5 stores each name with a null terminator.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns a valid group identifier for the open group if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Group-Open">H5Gopen</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>hid_t </em><code>H5Gopen</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>,
- <em>const char *</em><code>name</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Opens an existing group for modification and returns a group
- identifier for that group.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Gopen</code> opens an existing group with the specified name at
- the specified location, <code>loc_id</code>.
- The location is identified by a file or
- group identifier, and returns a group identifier for the group.
- The obtained group identifier should be released by calling
- <code>H5Gclose()</code> when it is no longer needed.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>
- <dd>File or group identifier within which group is to be open.
- <dt><em>const char *</em> <code>name</code>
- <dd>Name of group to open.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns a valid group identifier if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Group-Set">H5Gset</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Gset</code> (<em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>,
- <em>const char *</em><code>name</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Sets the current working group within a file.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Gset</code> sets the group with the specified name
- to be the current working group for the file which contains it.
- This function sets the current working group by modifying the
- top element of the current working group stack or, if the
- stack is empty, by pushing a new element onto the stack.
- The initial current working group is the root group.
- <p>
- <code>loc_id</code> can be a file identifier or a group identifier.
- <p>
- <code>name</code> is an absolute or relative name and is resolved as follows. Each file identifier
- has a current working group, initially the root group of the
- file. Relative names do not begin with a slash and are relative
- to the specified group or to the current working group.
- Absolute names begin with a slash and are relative to the file's
- root group. For instance, the name <code>/Foo/Bar/Baz</code> is
- resolved by first looking up <code>Foo</code> in the root group;
- the name <code>Foo/Bar/Baz</code> is resolved by first looking
- up the name <code>Foo</code> in the current working group.
- <p>
- Each file identifier maintains its own notion of the current
- working group. If <code>loc_id</code> is a group identifier, the
- file identifier is derived from the group identifier.
- <p>
- If a single file is opened with multiple calls to <code>H5Fopen()</code>,
- which would return multiple file identifiers, then each
- identifier's current working group can be set independently
- of the other file identifiers for that file.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>
- <dd>The file or group identifier.
- <dt><em>const char *</em><code>name</code>
- <dd>The name of the new current working group.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Group-Push">H5Gpush</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Gpush</code> (<em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>,
- <em>const char *</em><code>name</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Sets the current working group by pushing a
- new element onto the current working group stack.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd>Each file identifier maintains a stack of groups, the top group
- of which is the current working group. The stack initially
- contains only the root group. <code>H5Gpush</code> pushes a new group
- onto the stack, thus setting a new current working group.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>
- <dd>File or group identifier.
- <dt><em>const char *</em><code>name</code>
- <dd>The name of the new current working group. The name may be
- an absolute or relative name.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Group-Pop">H5Gpop</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Gpop</code> (<em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>)
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Removes the top, or latest, entry from the working group stack,
- setting the current working group to the previous value.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Gpop</code> restores the previous current working group by
- popping an element from the current working group stack.
- An empty stack implies that the current working group is the root
- object. Attempting to pop an empty stack results in failure.
- <p>
- Each file identfier maintains its own notion of the current
- working group. That is, if a single file is opened with
- multiple calls to <code>H5Fopen()</code>, which returns multiple file
- handles, then each identfier's current working group can be
- set independently of the other file identfiers for that file.
- <p>
- If <code>loc_id</code> is a group identifier, it is used only to determine the
- file identifier for the stack from which to pop the top entry.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>
- <dd>The file, group, dataset, or datatype identifier.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Group-Close">H5Gclose</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Gclose</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>group_id</code>)
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Closes the specified group.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Gclose</code> releases resources used by a group which was
- opened by <code>H5Gcreate()</code> or <code>H5Gopen()</code>.
- After closing a group, the <code>group_id</code> cannot be used again.
- <p>
- Failure to release a group with this call will result in resource leaks.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>group_id</code>
- <dd>Group identifier to release.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Group-Link">H5Glink</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Glink</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>,
- <em>H5G_link_t</em> <code>link_type</code>,
- <em>const char *</em><code>current_name</code>,
- <em>const char *</em><code>new_name</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Creates a link of the specified type from <code>new_name</code>
- to <code>current_name</code>.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Glink</code> creates a new name for an object that has some current
- name, possibly one of many names it currently has.
- <p>
- If <code>link_type</code> is <code>H5G_LINK_HARD</code>, then
- <code>current_name</code> must name an existing object and both
- names are interpreted relative to <code>loc_id</code>, which is
- either a file identifier or a group identifier.
- <p>
- If <code>link_type</code> is <code>H5G_LINK_SOFT</code>, then
- <code>current_name</code> can be anything and is interpreted at
- lookup time relative to the group which contains the final
- component of <code>new_name</code>. For instance, if
- <code>current_name</code> is <code>./foo</code>,
- <code>new_name</code> is <code>./x/y/bar</code>, and a request
- is made for <code>./x/y/bar</code>, then the actual object looked
- up is <code>./x/y/./foo</code>.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>
- <dd>File, group, dataset, or datatype identifier.
- <dt><em>H5G_link_t</em> <code>link_type</code>
- <dd>Link type.
- Possible values are <code>H5G_LINK_HARD</code> and <code>H5G_LINK_SOFT</code>.
- <dt><em>const char *</em> <code>current_name</code>
- <dd>Name of the existing object if link is a hard link.
- Can be anything for the soft link.
- <dt><em>const char *</em> <code>new_name</code>
- <dd>New name for the object.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Group-Unlink">H5Gunlink</a>
- &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
- <strong>(Not implemented in this release.)</strong>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Gunlink</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>,
- <em>const char *</em><code>name</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Removes the specified <code>name</code> from the group graph and
- decrements the link count for the object to which <code>name</code> points
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Gunlink</code> removes an association between a name and an object.
- Object headers keep track of how many hard links refer to the object;
- when the hard link count reaches zero, the object can be removed
- from the file. Objects which are open are not removed until all
- identifiers to the object are closed.
- <p>
- If the link count reaches zero, all file-space associated with
- the object will be reclaimed. If the object is open, the
- reclamation of the file space is delayed until all handles to the
- object are closed.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of the file containing the object.
- <dt><em>const char *</em> <code>name</code>
- <dd>Name of the object to unlink.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Group-Iterate">H5Giterate</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>int</em> <code>H5Giterate</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>,
- <em>const char</em> <code>*name</code>,
- <em>int</em> <code>*idx</code>,
- <em>H5G_operator_t</em> <code>operator</code>,
- <em>void</em> <code>*operator_data</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Iterates an operation over the entries of a group.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Giterate</code> iterates over the members of
- <code>name</code> in the file or group specified with
- <code>loc_id</code>.
- For each object in the group, the <code>operator_data</code>
- and some additional information, specified below, are
- passed to the <code>operator</code> function.
- The iteration begins with the <code>idx</code> object in the
- group and the next element to be processed by the operator is
- returned in <code>idx</code>. If <code>idx</code>
- is NULL, then the iterator starts at the first group member;
- since no stopping point is returned in this case, the iterator
- cannot be restarted if one of the calls to its operator returns
- non-zero.
- <p>
- The prototype for <code>H5G_operator_t</code> is:
- <ul><dl>
- <dd><code>typedef</code> <em>herr_t *</em>(<code>H5G_operator_t</code>)(<em>hid_t</em> <code>group_id</code>,
- <em>const char *</em><code>member_name</code>, <em>void *</em><code>operator_data/*in,out*/</code>);
- </dl></ul>
- <dd>The operation receives the group identifier for the group being
- iterated over, <code>group_id</code>, the name of the current
- object within the group, <code>member_name</code>, and the
- pointer to the operator data passed in to <code>H5Giterate</code>,
- <code>operator_data</code>.
- <p>
- The return values from an operator are:
- <ul>
- <li>Zero causes the iterator to continue, returning
- zero when all group members have been processed.
- <li>Positive causes the iterator to immediately return that positive
- value, indicating short-circuit success. The iterator can be
- restarted at the next group member.
- <li>Negative causes the iterator to immediately return that value,
- indicating failure. The iterator can be restarted at the next
- group member.
- </ul>
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>
- <dd>IN: File or group identifier.
- <dt><em>const char</em> <code>*name</code>
- <dd>IN: Group over which the iteration is performed.
- <dt><em>int</em> <code>*idx</code>
- <dd>IN/OUT: Location at which to begin the iteration.
- <dt><em>H5G_iterate_t</em> <code>operator</code>
- <dd>IN: Operation to be performed on an object at each step of
- the iteration.
- <dt><em>void</em> <code>*operator_data</code>
- <dd>IN/OUT: Data associated with the operation.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns the return value of the last operator if it was non-zero,
- or zero if all group members were processed.
- Otherwise, returns FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Group-Move">H5Gmove</a>
- &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
- <strong>(Not implemented in this release.)</strong>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Gmove</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>,
- <em>const char</em> <code>*src</code>,
- <em>const char</em> <code>*dst</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Renames an object within an HDF5 file.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Gmove</code> renames an object within an HDF5 file.
- The original name, <code>src</code>, is unlinked from the
- group graph and the new name, <code>dst</code>, is inserted
- as an atomic operation. Both names are interpreted relative
- to <code>loc_id</code>, which is either a file or a group
- identifier.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>
- <dd>File or group identifier.
- <dt><em>const char</em> <code>*src</code>
- <dd>Object's original name.
- <dt><em>const char</em> <code>*dst</code>
- <dd>Object's new name.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Group-GetObjinfo">H5Gget_objinfo</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Gget_objinfo</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>,
- <em>const char *</em><code>name</code>,
- <em>hbool_t</em> <code>follow_link</code>,
- <em>H5G_stat_t *</em><code>statbuf</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Returns information about an object.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Gget_objinfo</code> returns information about the
- specified object through the <code>statbuf</code> argument.
- <code>loc_id</code> (a file, group, or dataset identifier) and
- <code>name</code> together determine the object.
- If the object is a symbolic link and <code>follow_link</code> is
- zero (<code>0</code>), then the information returned is that for the link itself;
- otherwise the link is followed and information is returned about
- the object to which the link points.
- If <code>follow_link</code> is non-zero but the final symbolic link
- is dangling (does not point to anything), then an error is returned.
- The <code>statbuf</code> fields are undefined for an error.
- The existence of an object can be tested by calling this function
- with a null <code>statbuf</code>.
- <p>
- <code>H5Gget_objinfo()</code> fills in the following data structure:
- <pre>
- typedef struct H5G_stat_t {
- unsigned long fileno;
- haddr_t objno;
- unsigned nlink;
- H5G_obj_t type;
- time_t mtime;
- size_t linklen;
- } H5G_stat_t
- </pre>
- The <code>fileno</code> and <code>objno</code> fields contain
- values which uniquely itentify an object among those
- HDF5 files which are open: if both values are the same
- between two objects, then the two objects are the same
- (provided both files are still open).
- The <code>nlink</code> field is the number of hard links to
- the object or zero when information is being returned about a
- symbolic link (symbolic links do not have hard links but
- all other objects always have at least one).
- The <code>type</code> field contains the type of the object,
- one of <code>H5G_GROUP</code>, <code>H5G_DATASET</code>,
- or <code>H5G_LINK</code>.
- The <code>mtime</code> field contains the modification time.
- If information is being returned about a symbolic link then
- <code>linklen</code> will be the length of the link value
- (the name of the pointed-to object with the null terminator);
- otherwise <code>linklen</code> will be zero.
- Other fields may be added to this structure in the future.
- <dt><strong>Note:</strong>
- <dd>Some systems will be able to record the time accurately but
- unable to retrieve the correct time; such systems (e.g., Irix64)
- will report an <code>mtime</code> value of 0 (zero).
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>
- <dd>IN: File, group, dataset, or datatype identifier.
- <dt><em>const char</em> <code>*name</code>
- <dd>IN: Name of the object for which status is being sought.
- <dt><em>hbool_t</em> <code>follow_link</code>
- <dd>IN: Link flag.
- <dt><em>H5G_stat_t</em> <code>*statbuf</code>
- <dd>OUT: Buffer in which to return information about the object.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd> Returns SUCCEED (0) with the fields of <code>statbuf</code>
- (if non-null) initialized.
- Otherwise returns FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Group-GetLinkval">H5Gget_linkval</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Gget_linkval</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>,
- <em>const char *</em><code>name</code>,
- <em>size_t</em> <code>size</code>,
- <em>char *</em><code>value</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Returns link value.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Gget_linkval</code> returns <code>size</code>
- characters of the link value through the <code>value</code>
- argument if <code>loc_id</code> (a file or group identifier)
- and <code>name</code> specify a symbolic link.
- If <code>size</code> is smaller than the link value, then
- <code>value</code> will not be null terminated.
- <p>
- This function fails if the specified object is not a symbolic link.
- The presence of a symbolic link can be tested by passing zero for
- <code>size</code> and NULL for <code>value</code>.
- <p>
- Use <code>H5Gget_objinfo()</code> to get the size of a link value.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of the file, group, dataset, or datatype.
- <dt><em>const char *</em><code>name</code>
- <dd>IN: Name of the object whose link value is to be checked.
- <dt><em>size_t</em> <code>size</code>
- <dd>IN: Maximum number of characters of <code>value</code>
- to be returned.
- <dt><em>char *</em><code>value</code>
- <dd>OUT: Link value.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0), with the link value in <code>value</code>,
- if successful.
- Otherwise returns FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-
-
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Group-SetComment">H5Gset_comment</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Gset_comment</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>,
- <em>const char *</em><code>name</code>,
- <em>const char *</em><code>comment</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Sets comment for specified object.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Gset_comment</code> sets the comment for the the
- object <code>name</code> to <code>comment</code>.
- Any previously existing comment is overwritten.
- <p>
- If <code>comment</code> is the empty string or a
- null pointer, the comment message is removed from the object.
- <p>
- Comments should be relatively short, null-terminated,
- ASCII strings.
- <p>
- Comments can be attached to any object that has an object header,
- e.g., data sets, groups, named data types, and data spaces, but
- not symbolic links.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of the file, group, dataset, or datatype.
- <dt><em>const char *</em><code>name</code>
- <dd>IN: Name of the object whose comment is to be set or reset.
- <dt><em>const char *</em><code>comment</code>
- <dd>IN: The new comment.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise returns FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Group-GetComment">H5Gget_comment</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Gget_comment</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>,
- <em>const char *</em><code>name</code>,
- <em>size_t</em> <code>bufsize</code>,
- <em>char *</em><code>comment</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Retrieves comment for specified object.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Gget_comment</code> retrieves the comment for the the
- object <code>name</code>. The comment is returned in the buffer
- <code>comment</code>.
- <p>
- At most <code>bufsize</code> characters, including a null
- terminator, are copied. The result is not null terminated
- if the comment is longer than the supplied buffer.
- <p>
- If an object does not have a comment, the empty string
- is returned.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of the file, group, dataset, or datatype.
- <dt><em>const char *</em><code>name</code>
- <dd>IN: Name of the object whose comment is to be set or reset.
- <dt><em>size_t</em> <code>bufsize</code>
- <dd>IN: Anticipated size of the buffer required to hold
- <code>comment</code>.
- <dt><em>char *</em><code>comment</code>
- <dd>OUT: The comment.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns the number of characters in the comment,
- counting the null terminator, if successful; the value
- returned may be larger than <code>bufsize</code>.
- Otherwise returns FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
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-HDF5/H5P Draft API Specification
-</title></head>
-
-<body>
-
-<hr>
-<center>
-<a href="RM_H5Front.html">HDF5 Reference Manual</a>&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5.html">H5</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5A.html">H5A</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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-H5P&nbsp;&nbsp;
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-<h1>H5P: Property List Interface</h1>
-</center>
-<h2>Property List API Functions</h2>
-
-These functions manipulate property list objects to allow objects which require
-many different parameters to be easily manipulated.
-
-<dir>
-<table border=0>
-<tr><td valign=top>
-
- <i>General Property List Operations</i>
- <ul>
- <li><a href="#Property-Create">H5Pcreate</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-GetClass">H5Pget_class</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-Copy">H5Pcopy</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-Close">H5Pclose</a>
- </ul>
-
- <p><i>File Creation Properties</i>
- <ul>
- <li><a href="#Property-GetVersion">H5Pget_version</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-SetUserblock">H5Pset_userblock</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-GetUserblock">H5Pget_userblock</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-SetSizes">H5Pset_sizes</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-GetSizes">H5Pget_sizes</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-SetSymK">H5Pset_sym_k</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-GetSymK">H5Pget_sym_k</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-SetIstoreK">H5Pset_istore_k</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-GetIstoreK">H5Pget_istore_k</a>
- </ul>
-
-</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td valign=top>
-
- <i>File Access Properties</i>
- <ul>
- <li><a href="#Property-GetDriver">H5Pget_driver</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-SetStdio">H5Pset_stdio</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-GetStdio">H5Pget_stdio</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-SetSec2">H5Pset_sec2</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-GetSec2">H5Pget_sec2</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-SetAlignment">H5Pset_alignment</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-GetAlignment">H5Pget_alignment</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-SetCore">H5Pset_core</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-GetCore">H5Pget_core</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-SetMPI">H5Pset_mpi</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;||
- <li><a href="#Property-GetMPI">H5Pget_mpi</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;||
- <li><a href="#Property-SetFamily">H5Pset_family</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-GetFamily">H5Pget_family</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-SetCache">H5Pset_cache</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-GetCache">H5Pget_cache</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-SetSplit">H5Pset_split</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-GetSplit">H5Pget_split</a>
- </ul>
-
-</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td valign=top>
-
- <i>Dataset Creation Properties</i>
- <ul>
- <li><a href="#Property-SetLayout">H5Pset_layout</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-GetLayout">H5Pget_layout</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-SetChunk">H5Pset_chunk</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-GetChunk">H5Pget_chunk</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-SetDeflate">H5Pset_deflate</a>
-<!--
- <li><a href="#Property-GetDeflate">H5Pget_deflate</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-SetCompression">H5Pset_compression</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-GetCompression">H5Pget_compression</a>
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- <li><a href="#Property-SetFilter">H5Pset_filter</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-GetNFilters">H5Pget_nfilters</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-GetFilter">H5Pget_filter</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-SetExternal">H5Pset_external</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-GetExternalCount">H5Pget_external_count</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-GetExternal">H5Pget_external</a>
- </ul>
-
- <p><i>Dataset Memory and Transfer Properties</i>
- <ul>
- <li><a href="#Property-SetBuffer">H5Pset_buffer</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-GetBuffer">H5Pget_buffer</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-SetPreserve">H5Pset_preserve</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-GetPreserve">H5Pget_preserve</a>
- <li><a href="#Property-SetXfer">H5Pset_xfer</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;||
- <li><a href="#Property-GetXfer">H5Pget_xfer</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;||
- </ul>
-
-</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td colspan=5 align=right>
-<br>
-||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>Available only in the parallel HDF5 library.</i>
-</td></tr>
-
-</table>
-</dir
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-Create">H5Pcreate</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>hid_t </em><code>H5Pcreate</code>(<em>H5P_class_t</em> <code>type</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Creates a new property as an instance of a property list class.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pcreate</code> creates a new property as an instance of some
- property list class. The new property list is initialized
- with default values for the specified class. The classes are:
- <dl>
- <dt><code>H5P_FILE_CREATE</code>
- <dd>Properties for file creation.
- See <a href="Files.html">Files</a>
- in the <cite>HDF User's Guide</cite>
- for details about the file creation properties.
- <dt><code>H5P_FILE_ACCESS</code>
- <dd>Properties for file access.
- See <a href="Files.html">Files</a>
- in the <cite>HDF User's Guide</cite>
- for details about the file creation properties.
- <dt><code>H5P_DATASET_CREATE</code>
- <dd>Properties for dataset creation.
- See <a href="Datasets.html">Datasets</a>
- in the <cite>HDF User's Guide</cite>
- for details about dataset creation properties.
- <dt><code>H5P_DATASET_XFER</code>
- <dd>Properties for raw data transfer.
- See <a href="Datasets.html">Datasets</a>
- in the <cite>HDF User's Guide</cite>
- for details about raw data transfer properties.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>H5P_class_t</em> <code>type</code>
- <dd>IN: The type of property list to create.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns a property list identifier (<code>plist</code>) if successful;
- otherwise Fail (-1).
-</dl>
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-Close">H5Pclose</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Pclose</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Terminates access to a property list.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pclose</code> terminates access to a property list.
- All property lists should be closed when the application is
- finished accessing them.
- This frees resources used by the property list.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of the property list to terminate access to.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-GetClass">H5Pget_class</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>H5P_class_t </em><code>H5Pget_class</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Returns the property list class for a property list.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pget_class</code> returns the property list class for the
- property list identied by the <code>plist</code> parameter.
- Valid property list classes are defined in the description of
- <code>H5Pcreate()</code>.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of property list to query.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns a property list class if successful.
- Otherwise returns H5P_NO_CLASS (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-Copy">H5Pcopy</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>hid_t </em><code>H5Pcopy</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Copies an existing property list to create a new property list.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pcopy</code> copies an existing property list to create
- a new property list.
- The new property list has the same properties and values
- as the original property list.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of property list to duplicate.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns a property list identifier if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-GetVersion">H5Pget_version</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Pget_version</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- <em>int *</em> <code>boot</code>,
- <em>int *</em> <code>freelist</code>,
- <em>int *</em> <code>stab</code>,
- <em>int *</em> <code>shhdr</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Retrieves the version information of various objects for
- a file creation property list.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pget_version</code> retrieves the version information of various objects
- for a file creation property list. Any pointer parameters which are
- passed as NULL are not queried.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of the file creation property list.
- <dt><em>int *</em> <code>boot</code>
- <dd>OUT: Pointer to location to return boot block version number.
- <dt><em>int *</em> <code>freelist</code>
- <dd>OUT: Pointer to location to return global freelist version number.
- <dt><em>int *</em> <code>stab</code>
- <dd>OUT: Pointer to location to return symbol table version number.
- <dt><em>int *</em> <code>shhdr</code>
- <dd>OUT: Pointer to location to return shared object header version number.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-SetUserblock">H5Pset_userblock</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Pset_userblock</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- <em>hsize_t</em> <code>size</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Sets user block size.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pset_userblock</code> sets the user block size of a
- file creation property list.
- The default user block size is 0; it may be set to any
- power of 2 equal to 512 or greater (512, 1024, 2048, etc.).
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of property list to modify.
- <dt><em>hsize_t</em> <code>size</code>
- <dd>IN: Size of the user-block in bytes.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-GetUserblock">H5Pget_userblock</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Pget_userblock</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- <em>hsize_t *</em> <code>size</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Retrieves the size of a user block.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pget_userblock</code> retrieves the size of a user block
- in a file creation property list.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier for property list to query.
- <dt><em>hsize_t *</em> <code>size</code>
- <dd>OUT: Pointer to location to return user-block size.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-SetSizes">H5Pset_sizes</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Pset_sizes</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- <em>size_t</em> <code>sizeof_addr</code>,
- <em>size_t</em> <code>sizeof_size</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Sets the byte size of the offsets and lengths used to address objects
- in an HDF5 file.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pset_sizes</code> sets the byte size of the offsets and lengths used to
- address objects in an HDF5 file. This function is only valid for
- file creation property lists. Passing in a value of 0 for one of the
- sizeof parameters retains the current value. The default value
- for both values is 4 bytes. Valid values currenly are 2, 4, 8 and
- 16.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of property list to modify.
- <dt><em>size_t</em> <code>sizeof_addr</code>
- <dd>IN: Size of an object offset in bytes.
- <dt><em>size_t</em> <code>sizeof_size</code>
- <dd>IN: Size of an object length in bytes.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-GetSizes">H5Pget_sizes</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Pget_sizes</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- <em>size_t *</em> <code>sizeof_addr</code>,
- <em>size_t *</em> <code>sizeof_size</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Retrieves the size of the offsets and lengths used in an HDF5 file.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pget_sizes</code> retrieves the size of the offsets
- and lengths used in an HDF5 file.
- This function is only valid for file creation property lists.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of property list to query.
- <dt><em>size_t *</em> <code>size</code>
- <dd>OUT: Pointer to location to return offset size in bytes.
- <dt><em>size_t *</em> <code>size</code>
- <dd>OUT: Pointer to location to return length size in bytes.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-SetMPI">H5Pset_mpi</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Pset_mpi</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- <em>MPI_Comm</em> <code>comm</code>,
- <em>MPI_Info</em> <code>info</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Retrieves the access mode for parallel I/O and the user supplied
- communicator and info object.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pset_mpi</code> stores the access mode for MPIO call and the user supplied
- communicator and info in the access property list, which can then
- be used to open file. This function is available only in the
- parallel HDF5 library and is not a collective function.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of property list to modify
- <dt><em>MPI_Comm</em> <code>comm</code>
- <dd>IN: MPI communicator to be used for file open as defined in
- MPI_FILE_OPEN of MPI-2. This function does not make a
- duplicated <code>comm</code>. Any modification to <code>comm</code> after
- this function call returns may have undetermined effect
- to the access property list. Users should call this function
- again to setup the property list.
- <dt><em>MPI_Info</em> <code>info</code>
- <dd>IN: MPI info object to be used for file open as defined in
- MPI_FILE_OPEN of MPI-2. This function does not make a
- duplicated <code>info</code>. Any modification to <code>info</code> after
- this function call returns may have undetermined effect
- to the access property list. Users should call this function
- again to setup the property list.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-GetMPI">H5Pget_mpi</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Pget_mpi</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- <em>MPI_Comm</em> <code>*comm</code>,
- <em>MPI_Info</em> <code>*info</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Retrieves the communicator and info object.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pget_mpi</code> retrieves the communicator and info object
- that have been set by H5Pset_mpi.
- This function is available only in the parallel HDF5 library
- and is not a collective function.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of a file access property list that has been set
- successfully by H5Pset_mpi.
- <dt><em>MPI_Comm *</em> <code>comm</code>
- <dd>OUT: Pointer to location to return the communicator.
- <dt><em>MPI_Info *</em> <code>info</code>
- <dd>OUT: Pointer to location to return the info object.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if the file access property list is set to the MPI.
- Otherwise returns FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-SetXfer">H5Pset_xfer</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Pset_xfer</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- <em>H5D_transfer_t</em> <code>data_xfer_mode</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Sets the transfer mode of the dataset transfer property list.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pset_xfer</code> sets the transfer mode of the dataset transfer property list.
- The list can then be used to control the I/O transfer mode
- during dataset accesses. This function is available only
- in the parallel HDF5 library and is not a collective function.
- <p>
- Valid data transfer modes are:
- <ul><dl>
- <dt>H5D_XFER_INDEPENDENT
- <dd>Use independent I/O access.
- (Currently the default mode.)
- <dt>H5D_XFER_COLLECTIVE
- <dd>Use MPI collective I/O access.
- <dt>H5D_XFER_DFLT
- <dd>User default I/O access.
- </dl></ul>
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of a dataset transfer property list
- <dt><em>H5D_transfer_t</em> <code>data_xfer_mode</code>
- <dd>IN: Data transfer mode.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-GetXfer">H5Pget_xfer</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Pget_xfer</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- <em>H5D_transfer_t *</em> <code>data_xfer_mode</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Retrieves the transfer mode from the dataset transfer property list.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pget_xfer</code> retrieves the transfer mode from the
- dataset transfer property list.
- This function is available only in the parallel HDF5 library
- and is not a collective function.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of a dataset transfer property list.
- <dt><em>H5D_transfer_t *</em> <code>data_xfer_mode</code>
- <dd>OUT: Pointer to location to return the data transfer mode.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-SetSymK">H5Pset_sym_k</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Pset_sym_k</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- <em>int</em> <code>ik</code>,
- <em>int</em> <code>lk</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Sets the size of parameters used to control the symbol table nodes.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pset_sym_k</code> sets the size of parameters used to
- control the symbol table nodes. This function is only valid
- for file creation property lists. Passing in a value of 0 for
- one of the parameters retains the current value.
- <p>
- <code>ik</code> is one half the rank of a tree that stores a symbol
- table for a group. Internal nodes of the symbol table are on
- average 75% full. That is, the average rank of the tree is
- 1.5 times the value of <code>ik</code>.
- <p>
- <code>lk</code> is one half of the number of symbols that can
- be stored in a symbol table node. A symbol table node is the
- leaf of a symbol table tree which is used to store a group.
- When symbols are inserted randomly into a group, the group's
- symbol table nodes are 75% full on average. That is, they
- contain 1.5 times the number of symbols specified by
- <code>lk</code>.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier for property list to query.
- <dt><em>int</em> <code>ik</code>
- <dd>IN: Symbol table tree rank.
- <dt><em>int</em> <code>lk</code>
- <dd>IN: Symbol table node size.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-GetSymK">H5Pget_sym_k</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Pget_sym_k</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- <em>int *</em> <code>ik</code>,
- <em>int *</em> <code>lk</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Retrieves the size of the symbol table B-tree 1/2 rank
- and the symbol table leaf node 1/2 size.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pget_sym_k</code> retrieves the size of the
- symbol table B-tree 1/2 rank and the symbol table leaf
- node 1/2 size. This function is only valid for file creation
- property lists. If a parameter valued is set to NULL, that
- parameter is not retrieved. See the description for
- <a href="#Property-SetSymK">H5Pset_sym_k</a> for more
- information.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Property list to query.
- <dt><em>int *</em> <code>ik</code>
- <dd>OUT: Pointer to location to return the symbol table's B-tree 1/2 rank.
- <dt><em>int *</em> <code>size</code>
- <dd>OUT: Pointer to location to return the symbol table's leaf node 1/2 size.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-SetIstoreK">H5Pset_istore_k</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Pset_istore_k</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- <em>int</em> <code>ik</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Sets the size of the parameter used to control the
- B-trees for indexing chunked datasets.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pset_istore_k</code> sets the size of the parameter
- used to control the B-trees for indexing chunked datasets.
- This function is only valid for file creation property lists.
- Passing in a value of 0 for one of the parameters retains
- the current value.
- <p>
- <code>ik</code> is one half the rank of a tree that stores
- chunked raw data. On average, such a tree will be 75% full,
- or have an average rank of 1.5 times the value of
- <code>ik</code>.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of property list to query.
- <dt><em>int</em> <code>ik</code>
- <dd>IN: 1/2 rank of chunked storage B-tree.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-GetIstoreK">H5Pget_istore_k</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Pget_istore_k</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- <em>int *</em> <code>ik</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Queries the 1/2 rank of an indexed storage B-tree.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pget_istore_k</code> queries the 1/2 rank of
- an indexed storage B-tree.
- The argument <code>ik</code> may be the null pointer (NULL).
- This function is only valid for file creation property lists.
- <p>
- See <a href="#Property-SetIstoreK">H5Pset_istore_k</a> for details.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of property list to query.
- <dt><em>int *</em> <code>ik</code>
- <dd>OUT: Pointer to location to return the chunked storage B-tree 1/2 rank.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-SetLayout">H5Pset_layout</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Pset_layout</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- <em>H5D_layout_t</em> <code>layout</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Sets the type of storage used store the raw data for a dataset.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pset_layout</code> sets the type of storage used store the
- raw data for a dataset.
- This function is only valid for dataset creation property lists.
- Valid parameters for <code>layout</code> are:
- <ul><dl>
- <dt>H5D_COMPACT
- <dd>Store raw data and object header contiguously in file.
- This should only be used for very small amounts of raw
- data (suggested less than 1KB).
- <dt>H5D_CONTIGUOUS
- <dd>Store raw data seperately from object header in one
- large chunk in the file.
- <dt>H5D_CHUNKED
- <dd>Store raw data seperately from object header in one
- large chunk in the file and store chunks of the raw
- data in seperate locations in the file.
- </dl></ul>
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of property list to query.
- <dt><em>H5D_layout_t</em> <code>layout</code>
- <dd>IN: Type of storage layout for raw data.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-GetLayout">H5Pget_layout</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>H5D_layout_t</em> <code>H5Pget_layout</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>)
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Returns the layout of the raw data for a dataset.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pget_layout</code> returns the layout of the raw data for
- a dataset. This function is only valid for dataset creation
- property lists. Valid types for <code>layout</code> are:
- <ul> <dl>
- <dt>H5D_COMPACT
- <dd>Raw data and object header stored contiguously in file.
- <dt>H5D_CONTIGUOUS
- <dd>Raw data stored seperately from object header in one
- large chunk in the file.
- <dt>H5D_CHUNKED
- <dd>Raw data stored seperately from object header in
- chunks in seperate locations in the file.
- </dl> </ul>
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier for property list to query.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns the layout type of a a dataset creation property list
- if successful.
- Otherwise returns H5D_LAYOUT_ERROR (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-SetChunk">H5Pset_chunk</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Pset_chunk</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- <em>int</em> <code>ndims</code>,
- <em>const hsize_t *</em> <code>dim</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Sets the size of the chunks used to store a chunked layout dataset.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pset_chunk</code> sets the size of the chunks used to
- store a chunked layout dataset. This function is only valid
- for dataset creation property lists.
- The <code>ndims</code> parameter currently must be the same size
- as the rank of the dataset. The values of the <code>dim</code>
- array define the size of the chunks to store the dataset's raw data.
- As a side-effect, the layout of the dataset is changed to
- <code>H5D_CHUNKED</code>, if it is not already.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier for property list to query.
- <dt><em>int</em> <code>ndims</code>
- <dd>IN: The number of dimensions of each chunk.
- <dt><em>const hsize_t *</em> <code>dim</code>
- <dd>IN: An array containing the size of each chunk.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-GetChunk">H5Pget_chunk</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>int </em><code>H5Pget_chunk</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- <em>int</em> <code>max_ndims</code>,
- <em>hsize_t *</em> <code>dims</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Retrieves the size of chunks for the raw data of a chunked layout dataset.
-
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pget_chunk</code> retrieves the size of chunks for the
- raw data of a chunked layout dataset.
- This function is only valid for dataset creation property lists.
- At most, <code>max_ndims</code> elements of <code>dims</code>
- will be initialized.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of property list to query.
- <dt><em>int</em> <code>max_ndims</code>
- <dd>OUT: Size of the <code>dims</code> array.
- <dt><em>hsize_t *</em> <code>dims</code>
- <dd>OUT: Array to store the chunk dimensions.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns chunk dimensionality successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-SetAlignment">H5Pset_alignment</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Pset_alignment</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- <em>hsize_t</em> <code>threshold</code>,
- <em>hsize_t</em> <code>alignment</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Sets alignment properties of a file access property list.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pset_alignment</code> sets the alignment properties
- of a file access property list
- so that any file object >= THRESHOLD bytes will be aligned on
- an address which is a multiple of ALIGNMENT. The addresses
- are relative to the end of the user block; the alignment is
- calculated by subtracting the user block size from the
- absolute file address and then adjusting the address to be a
- multiple of ALIGNMENT.
- <p>
- Default values for THRESHOLD and ALIGNMENT are one, implying
- no alignment. Generally the default values will result in
- the best performance for single-process access to the file.
- For MPI-IO and other parallel systems, choose an alignment
- which is a multiple of the disk block size.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier for a file access property list.
- <dt><em>hsize_t</em> <code>threshold</code>
- <dd>IN: Threshhold value.
- <dt><em>hsize_t</em> <code>alignment</code>
- <dd>IN: Alignment value.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-GetAlignment">H5Pget_alignment</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Pget_alignment</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- <em>hsize_t</em> <code>*threshold</code>,
- <em>hsize_t</em> <code>*alignment</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Retrieves the current settings for alignment properties from a
- file access property list.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pget_alignment</code> retrieves the current settings for
- alignment properties from a file access property list.
- The <code>threshold</code> and/or <code>alignment</code> pointers
- may be null pointers (NULL).
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of a file access property list.
- <dt><em>hsize_t</em> <code>*threshold</code>
- <dd>OUT: Pointer to location of return threshhold value.
- <dt><em>hsize_t</em> <code>*alignment</code>
- <dd>OUT: Pointer to location of return alignment value.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-SetExternal">H5Pset_external</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Pset_external</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- <em>const char</em> <code>*name</code>,
- <em>off_t</em> <code>offset</code>,
- <em>hsize_t</em> <code>size</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Adds an external file to the list of external files.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pset_external</code> adds an external file to the
- list of external files.
- <p>
- If a dataset is split across multiple files then the files
- should be defined in order. The total size of the dataset is
- the sum of the SIZE arguments for all the external files. If
- the total size is larger than the size of a dataset then the
- dataset can be extended (provided the data space also allows
- the extending).
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of a dataset creation property list.
- <dt><em>const char</em> <code>*name</code>
- <dd>IN: Name of an external file.
- <dt><em>off_t</em> <code>offset</code>
- <dd>IN: Offset, in bytes, from the beginning of the file
- to the location in the file where the data starts.
- <dt><em>hsize_t</em> <code>size</code>
- <dd>IN: Number of bytes reserved in the file for the data.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-GetExternalCount">H5Pget_external_count</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>int</em> <code>H5Pget_external_count</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Returns the number of external files for a dataset.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pget_external_count</code> returns the number of external files
- for the specified dataset.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of a dataset creation property list.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns the number of external files if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-GetExternal">H5Pget_external</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Pget_external</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- <em>int</em> <code>idx</code>,
- <em>size_t</em> <code>name_size</code>,
- <em>char</em> <code>*name</code>,
- <em>off_t</em> <code>*offset</code>,
- <em>hsize_t</em> <code>*size</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Returns information about an external file.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pget_external</code> returns information about an external
- file. The external file is specified by its index, <code>idx</code>,
- which is a number from zero to N-1, where N is the value
- returned by <code>H5Pget_external_count()</code>.
- At most <code>name_size</code> characters are copied into the
- <code>name</code> array. If the external file name is
- longer than <code>name_size</code> with the null terminator, the
- return value is not null terminated (similar to <code>strncpy()</code>).
- <p>
- If <code>name_size</code> is zero or <code>name</code> is the
- null pointer, the external file name is not returned.
- If <code>offset</code> or <code>size</code> are null pointers
- then the corresponding information is not returned.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of a dataset creation property list.
- <dt><em>int</em> <code>idx</code>
- <dd>IN: External file index.
- <dt><em>size_t</em> <code>name_size</code>
- <dd>IN: Maximum length of <code>name</code> array.
- <dt><em>char</em> <code>*name</code>
- <dd>OUT: Name of the external file.
- <dt><em>off_t</em> <code>*offset</code>
- <dd>OUT: Pointer to a location to return an offset value.
- <dt><em>hsize_t</em> <code>*size</code>
- <dd>OUT: Pointer to a location to return the size of the
- external file data.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-SetFilter">H5Pset_filter</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Pset_filter</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- <em>H5Z_filter_t</em> <code>filter</code>,
- <em>unsigned int</em> <code>flags</code>,
- <em>size_t</em> <code>cd_nelmts</code>,
- <em>const unsigned int</em> <code>cd_values[]</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Adds a filter to the filter pipeline.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pset_filter</code> adds the specified
- <code>filter</code> and corresponding properties to the
- end of an output filter pipeline.
- If <code>plist</code> is a dataset creation property list,
- the filter is added to the permanent filter pipeline;
- if <code>plist</code> is a dataset transfer property list,
- the filter is added to the transient filter pipeline.
- <p>
- The array <code>cd_values</code> contains
- <code>cd_nelmts</code> integers which are auxiliary data
- for the filter. The integer values will be stored in the
- dataset object header as part of the filter information.
- <p>
- The <code>flags</code> argument is a bit vector with
- the following fields specifying certain general properties
- of the filter:
- <center>
- <table align=center width="80%">
- <tr valign=top>
- <td valign=top><code>H5Z_FLAG_OPTIONAL</code></td>
- <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
- <td valign=top>If this bit is set then the filter is
- optional. If the filter fails (see below) during an
- <code>H5Dwrite()</code> operation then the filter is
- just excluded from the pipeline for the chunk for which
- it failed; the filter will not participate in the
- pipeline during an <code>H5Dread()</code> of the chunk.
- This is commonly used for compression filters: if the
- compression result would be larger than the input then
- the compression filter returns failure and the
- uncompressed data is stored in the file. If this bit is
- clear and a filter fails then <code>H5Dwrite()</code>
- or <code>H5Dread()</code> also fails.</td>
- </tr>
- </table>
- </center>
- <dt><strong>Note:</strong>
- <dd>This function currently supports only the permanent filter
- pipeline; <code>plist_id</code> must be a dataset creation
- property list.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Property list identifier.
- <dt><em>H5Z_filter_t</em> <code>filter</code>
- <dd>IN: Filter to be added to the pipeline.
- <dt><em>unsigned int</em> <code>flags</code>
- <dd>IN: Bit vector specifying certain general properties
- of the filter.
- <dt><em>size_t</em> <code>cd_nelmts</code>
- <dd>IN: Number of elements in <code>cd_values</code>
- <dt><em>const unsigned int</em> <code>cd_values[]</code>
- <dd>IN: Auxiliary data for the filter.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-GetNFilters">H5Pget_nfilters</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>int</em> <code>H5Pget_nfilters</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>)
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Returns the number of filters in the pipeline.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pget_nfilters</code> returns the number of filters
- defined in the filter pipeline associated with the property list
- <code>plist</code>.
- <p>
- In each pipeline, the filters are numbered from
- 0 through <em>N</em>-1, where <em>N</em> is the value returned
- by this function. During output to the file, the filters are
- applied in increasing order; during input from the file, they
- are applied in decreasing order.
- <p>
- <code>H5Pget_nfilters</code> returns the number of filters
- in the pipeline, including zero (<code>0</code>) if there
- are none.
- <dt><strong>Note:</strong>
- <dd>This function currently supports only the permanent filter
- pipeline; <code>plist_id</code> must be a dataset creation
- property list.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Property list identifier.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns the number of filters in the pipeline if successful;
- otherwise returns FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-GetFilter">H5Pget_filter</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>H5Z_filter_t</em> <code>H5Pget_filter</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- <em>int</em> <code>filter_number</code>,
- <em>unsigned int *</em><code>flags</code>,
- <em>size_t *</em><code>cd_nelmts</code>,
- <em>unsigned int *</em><code>cd_values</code>,
- <em>size_t</em> <code>namelen</code>,
- <em>char</em> <code>name[]</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Returns information about a filter in a pipeline.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code> </code>
- <code>H5Pget_filter</code> returns information about a
- filter, specified by its filter number, in a filter pipeline,
- specified by the property list with which it is associated.
- <p>
- If <code>plist</code> is a dataset creation property list,
- the pipeline is a permanent filter pipeline;
- if <code>plist</code> is a dataset transfer property list,
- the pipeline is a transient filter pipeline.
- <p>
- On input, <code>cd_nelmts</code> indicates the number of entries
- in the <code>cd_values</code> array, as allocated by the caller;
- on return,<code>cd_nelmts</code> contains the number of values
- defined by the filter.
- <p>
- <code>filter_number</code> is a value between zero and
- <em>N</em>-1, as described in
- <a href="#Property-GetNFilters"><code>H5Pget_nfilters()</code></a>.
- The function will return FAIL (-1) if the filter number is out
- of range.
- <p>
- If <code>name</code> is a pointer to an array of at least
- <code>namelen</code> bytes, the filter name will be copied
- into that array. The name will be null terminated if
- <code>namelen</code> is large enough. The filter name returned
- will be the name appearing in the file, the name registered
- for the filter, or an empty string.
- <p>
- The structure of the <code>flags</code> argument is discussed
- in <a href="#Property-SetFilter"><code>H5Pset_filter()</code></a>.
- <dt><strong>Note:</strong>
- <dd>This function currently supports only the permanent filter
- pipeline; <code>plist</code> must be a dataset creation property
- list.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Property list identifier.
- <dt><em>int</em> <code>filter_number</code>
- <dd>IN: Sequence number within the filter pipeline of
- the filter for which information is sought.
- <dt><em>unsigned int *</em><code>flags</code>
- <dd>OUT: Bit vector specifying certain general properties
- of the filter.
- <dt><em>size_t *</em><code>cd_nelmts</code>
- <dd>IN/OUT: Number of elements in <code>cd_values</code>
- <dt><em>unsigned int *</em><code>cd_values</code>
- <dd>OUT: Auxiliary data for the filter.
- <dt><em>size_t</em> <code>namelen</code>
- <dd>IN: Anticipated number of characters in <code>name</code>.
- <dt><em>char</em> <code>name[]</code>
- <dd>OUT: Name of the filter.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns the filter identification number if successful.
- Otherwise returns H5Z_FILTER_ERROR (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-GetDriver">H5Pget_driver</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>H5F_driver_t</em> <code>H5Pget_driver</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Returns a low-level file driver identifier.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pget_driver</code> returns the identifier of the
- low-level file driver. Valid identifiers are:
- <ul>
- <li>H5F_LOW_STDIO (0)
- <li>H5F_LOW_SEC2 (1)
- <li>H5F_LOW_MPIO (2)
- <li>H5F_LOW_CORE (3)
- <li>H5F_LOW_SPLIT (4)
- <li>H5F_LOW_FAMILY (5)
- </ul>
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of a file access property list.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns a low-level driver identifier if successful.
- Otherwise returns H5F_LOW_ERROR (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-SetStdio">H5Pset_stdio</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Pset_stdio</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>)
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Sets the low level file driver to use the functions declared
- in the stdio.h.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pset_stdio</code> sets the low level file driver to use
- the functions declared in the stdio.h file: fopen(), fseek()
- or fseek64(), fread(), fwrite(), and fclose().
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of a file access property list.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-GetStdio">H5Pget_stdio</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Pget_stdio</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>)
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Determines whether the file access property list is set to
- the stdio driver.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pget_stdio</code> checks to determine whether the
- file access property list is set to the stdio driver.
- In the future, additional arguments may be added to this
- function to match those added to H5Pset_stdio().
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of a file access property list.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if the file access propety list is set
- to the stdio driver.
- Otherwise returns FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-SetSec2">H5Pset_sec2</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Pset_sec2</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Sets the low-level file driver to use the declared functions.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pset_sec2</code> sets the low-level file driver to use
- the functions declared
- in the unistd.h file: open(), lseek() or lseek64(), read(),
- write(), and close().
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of a file access property list.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-GetSec2">H5Pget_sec2</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>returntype</em> <code>H5Pget_sec2</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>)
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Checks whether the file access propety list is set
- to the sec2 driver.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pget_sec2</code> checks to determine whether the
- file access property list is set to the sec2 driver.
- In the future, additional arguments may be
- added to this function to match those added to H5Pset_sec2().
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of a file access property list.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if the file access propety list is set
- to the sec2 driver.
- Otherwise returns FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-SetCore">H5Pset_core</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Pset_core</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- <em>size_t</em> <code>increment</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Sets the low-level file driver to use malloc() and free().
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pset_core</code> sets the low-level file driver to use
- <code>malloc()</code> and <code>free()</code>.
- This driver is restricted to temporary files which are not
- larger than the amount of virtual memory available.
- The <code>increment</code> argument determines the file block size
- and memory will be allocated in multiples of INCREMENT bytes.
- A liberal <code>increment</code> results in fewer calls to
- <code>realloc()</code> and probably less memory fragmentation.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of a file access property list.
- <dt><em>size_t</em> <code>increment</code>
- <dd>IN: File block size in bytes.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-GetCore"></a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Pget_core</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- <em>size_t</em> <code>*increment</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Determines whether the file access property list is set
- to the core driver.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pget_core</code> checks to determine whether the
- file access property list is set to the core driver.
- On success, the block size is returned through the
- <code>increment</code> if it is not the null pointer.
- In the future, additional arguments may be added to this
- function to match those added to <code>H5Pset_core()</code>.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of the file access property list.
- <dt><em>size_t</em> <code>*increment</code>
- <dd>OUT: Pointer to a location to return the file block size (in bytes).
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if the file access propety list is set
- to the core driver.
- Otherwise returns FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-SetSplit">H5Pset_split</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Pset_split</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- <em>const char</em> <code>*meta_ext</code>,
- <em>hid_t</em> <code>meta_plist</code>,
- <em>const char</em> <code>*raw_ext</code>,
- <em>hid_t</em> <code>raw_plist</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Sets the low-level driver to split meta data from raw data.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pset_split</code> sets the low-level driver to
- split meta data from raw data, storing meta data in one file and
- raw data in another file. The meta file will have a name
- which is formed by adding <em>meta_extension</em> (recommended
- default value: <code>.meta</code>) to the end of the base name
- and will be accessed according to the <em>meta_properties</em>.
- The raw file will have a name which is formed by appending
- <em>raw_extension</em> (recommended default value:
- <code>.raw</code>) to the base name and will be accessed according
- to the <em>raw_properties</em>.
- Additional parameters may be added to this function in the future.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of the file access property list.
- <dt><em>const char</em> <code>*meta_ext</code>
- <dd>IN: Name of the extension for the metafile filename.
- Recommended default value: <code>.meta</code>.
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>meta_plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of the meta file access property list.
- <dt><em>const char</em> <code>*raw_ext</code>
- <dd>IN: Name extension for the raw file filename.
- Recommended default value: <code>.raw</code>.
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>raw_plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of the raw file access property list.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-GetSplit">H5Pget_split</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Pget_split</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- <em>size_t</em> <code>meta_ext_size</code>,
- <em>char</em> <code>*meta_ext</code>,
- <em>hid_t</em> <code>*meta_properties</code>,
- <em>size_t</em> <code>raw_ext_size</code>,
- <em>char</em> <code>*raw_ext</code>,
- <em>hid_t</em> <code>*raw_properties</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Determines whether the file access property list is set
- to the split driver.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pget_split</code> checks to determine whether the file
- access property list is set to the split driver.
- On successful return,
- <code>meta_properties</code> and <code>raw_properties</code> will
- point to copies of the meta and raw access property lists
- which should be closed by calling <code>H5Pclose()</code> when
- the application is finished with them, but if the meta and/or
- raw file has no property list then a negative value is
- returned for that property list identifier. Also, if
- <code>meta_extension</code> and/or <code>raw_extension</code> are
- non-null pointers, at most <code>meta_ext_size</code> or
- <code>raw_ext_size</code> characters of the meta or raw file name
- extension will be copied to the specified buffer. If the
- actual name is longer than what was requested then the result
- will not be null terminated (similar to
- <code>strncpy()</code>). In the future, additional arguments
- may be added to this function to match those added to
- <code>H5Pset_split()</code>.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of the file access property list.
- <dt><em>size_t</em> <code>meta_ext_size</code>
- <dd>IN: Number of characters of the meta file extension to be
- copied to the <code>meta_ext</code> buffer.
- <dt><em>OUT</em> <code>*meta_ext</code>
- <dd>IN: Meta file extension.
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>*meta_properties</code>
- <dd>OUT: Pointer to a copy of the meta file access property list.
- <dt><em>size_t</em> <code>raw_ext_size</code>
- <dd>IN: Number of characters of the raw file extension to be
- copied to the <code>raw_ext</code> buffer.
- <dt><em>char</em> <code>*raw_ext</code>
- <dd>OUT: Raw file extension.
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>*raw_properties</code>
- <dd>OUT: Pointer to a copy of the raw file access property list.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if the file access propety list is set
- to the split driver.
- Otherwise returns FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-SetFamily">H5Pset_family</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Pset_family</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- <em>hsize_t</em> <code>memb_size</code>,
- <em>hid_t</em> <code>memb_plist</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Sets the file access properties list to the <em>family</em>
- driver.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><i>Original version. Edited version below.</i>
- <dd><code>H5Pset_family</code> sets the file access properties
- to use the <em>family</em>
- driver; any previously defined driver properties are erased
- from the property list. Each member of the file family will
- use <em>member_properties</em> as its file access property
- list. The <em>memb_size</em> argument gives the logical size
- in bytes of each family member but the actual size could be
- smaller depending on whether the file contains holes. The
- member size is only used when creating a new file or
- truncating an existing file; otherwise the member size comes
- from the size of the first member of the family being
- opened. Note: if the size of the <code>off_t</code> type is
- four bytes then the maximum family member size is usually
- 2^31-1 because the byte at offset 2,147,483,647 is generally
- inaccessable. Additional parameters may be added to this
- function in the future.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of the file access property list.
- <dt><em>hsize_t</em> <code>memb_size</code>
- <dd>IN: Logical size, in bytes, of each family member.
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>memb_plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of the file access property list
- for each member of the family.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-SetFamily">H5Pset_family</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Pset_family</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- <em>hsize_t</em> <code>memb_size</code>,
- <em>hid_t</em> <code>memb_plist</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Sets the file access properties list to the <code>family</code>
- driver.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><i>Edited version. Original version above.</i>
- <dd><code>H5Pset_family</code> sets the file access properties
- to use the <code>family</code> driver; any previously defined
- driver properties are erased from the property list.
- See <a href="Files.html#File_Families">File Families</a>
- in the <cite>HDF5 User's Guide</dite> for a discussion
- of file families.
- <p>
- Each member of the file family will use <code>memb_plist</code>
- as its file access property list.
- <p>
- The <code>memb_size</code> argument gives the logical size
- in bytes of each family member; the actual size could be
- smaller depending on whether the file contains holes.
- The member size is only used when creating a new file or
- truncating an existing file; otherwise the member size comes
- from the size of the first member of the family being
- opened.
- <p>
- Note: If the size of the <code>off_t</code> type is
- four bytes, then the maximum family member size is usually
- 2^31-1 because the byte at offset 2,147,483,647 is generally
- inaccessable.
- <p>
- Additional parameters may be added to this function in the
- future.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of the file access property list.
- <dt><em>hsize_t</em> <code>memb_size</code>
- <dd>IN: Logical size, in bytes, of each family member.
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>memb_plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of the file access property list
- for each member of the family.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-GetFamily">H5Pget_family</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Pget_family</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>tid</code>,
- <em>hsize_t</em> <code>*memb_size</code>,
- <em>hid_t</em> <code>*memb_plist</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Determines whether the file access property list
- is set to the family driver.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pget_family</code> checks to determine whether the
- file access property list is set to the family driver.
- On successful return,
- <em>access_properties</em> will point to a copy of the member
- access property list which should be closed by calling
- <code>H5Pclose()</code> when the application is finished with
- it. If <em>memb_size</em> is non-null then it will contain
- the logical size in bytes of each family member. In the
- future, additional arguments may be added to this function to
- match those added to <code>H5Pset_family()</code>.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of the file access property list.
- <dt><em>hsize_t</em> <code>*memb_size</code>
- <dd>OUT: Logical size, in bytes, of each family member.
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>*memb_plist</code>
- <dd>OUT: Identifier of the file access property list
- for each member of the family.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if the file access propety list is set
- to the family driver.
- Otherwise returns FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-SetCache">H5Pset_cache</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Pset_cache</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- <em>int</em> <code>mdc_nelmts</code>,
- <em>size_t</em> <code>rdcc_nbytes</code>,
- <em>double</em> <code>rdcc_w0</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Sets the number of elements in the meta data cache and the
- total number of bytes in the raw data chunk cache.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pset_cache</code> sets the number of elements (objects)
- in the meta data cache and the total number of bytes in the
- raw data chunk cache.
- <p>
- Sets or queries the meta data cache and raw data chunk cache
- parameters. The <em>plist</em> is a file access property
- list. The number of elements (objects) in the meta data cache
- is <em>mdc_nelmts</em>. The total size of the raw data chunk
- cache and the preemption policy is <em>rdcc_nbytes</em> and
- <em>w0</em>. For <code>H5Pget_cache()</code> any (or all) of
- the pointer arguments may be null pointers.
- <p>
- The RDCC_W0 value should be between 0 and 1 inclusive and
- indicates how much chunks that have been fully read are
- favored for preemption. A value of zero means fully read
- chunks are treated no differently than other chunks (the
- preemption is strictly LRU) while a value of one means fully
- read chunks are always preempted before other chunks.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of the file access property list.
- <dt><em>int</em> <code>mdc_nelmts</code>
- <dd>IN: Number of elements (objects) in the meta data cache.
- <dt><em>size_t</em> <code>rdcc_nbytes</code>
- <dd>IN: Total size of the raw data chunk cache, in bytes.
- <dt><em>double</em> <code>rdcc_w0</code>
- <dd>IN: Preemption policy.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-GetCache">H5Pget_cache</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Pget_cache</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- <em>int</em> <code>*mdc_nelmts</code>,
- <em>size_t</em> <code>*rdcc_nbytes</code>,
- <em>double</em> <code>*rdcc_w0</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Retrieves maximun sizes of meta data cache and RDCC_WO.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd>Retrieves the maximum possible number of elements in the meta
- data cache and the maximum possible number of bytes and the
- RDCC_W0 value in the raw data chunk cache. Any (or all)
- arguments may be null pointers in which case the corresponding
- datum is not returned.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of the file access property list.
- <dt><em>int</em> <code>*mdc_nelmts</code>
- <dd>IN/OUT: Number of elements (objects) in the meta data cache.
- <dt><em>size_t</em> <code>*rdcc_nbytes</code>
- <dd>IN/OUT: Total size of the raw data chunk cache, in bytes.
- <dt><em>double</em> <code>*rdcc_w0</code>
- <dd>IN/OUT: Preemption policy.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-SetBuffer">H5Pset_buffer</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Pset_buffer</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- <em>size_t</em> <code>size</code>,
- <em>void</em> <code>*tconv</code>,
- <em>void</em> <code>*bkg</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Sets type conversion and background buffers.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd> Given a dataset transfer property list, <code>H5Pset_buffer</code>
- sets the maximum size
- for the type conversion buffer and background buffer and
- optionally supply pointers to application-allocated buffers.
- If the buffer size is smaller than the entire amount of data
- being transfered between application and file, and a type
- conversion buffer or background buffer is required then
- strip mining will be used. However, certain restrictions
- apply for the size of buffer which can be used for strip
- mining. For instance, when strip mining a 100x200x300
- hyperslab of a simple data space the buffer must be large
- enough to hold a 1x200x300 slab.
- <p>
- If <code>tconv</code> and/or <code>bkg</code> are null pointers,
- then buffers will be allocated and freed during the data transfer.
- <p>
- The default value for the maximum buffer is 1 Mb.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier for the dataset transfer property list.
- <dt><em>size_t</em> <code>size</code>
- <dd>IN: Size for the type conversion and background buffers.
- <dt><em>void</em> <code>tconv</code>
- <dd>IN: Pointer to application-allocated type conversion buffer.
- <dt><em>void</em> <code>bkg</code>
- <dd>IN: Pointer to application-allocated background buffer.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-GetBuffer">H5Pget_buffer</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>size_t</em> <code>H5Pget_buffer</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- <em>void</em> <code>**tconv</code>,
- <em>void</em> <code>**bkg</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Reads buffer settings.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pget_buffer</code> reads values previously set
- with H5Pset_buffer().
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier for the dataset transfer property list.
- <dt><em>void</em> <code>**tconv</code>
- <dd>OUT: Address of the pointer to application-allocated
- type conversion buffer.
- <dt><em>void</em> <code>**bkg</code>
- <dd>OUT: Address of the pointer to application-allocated
- background buffer.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns buffer size if successful;
- otherwise 0 on failure.
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-SetPreserve">H5Pset_preserve</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Pset_preserve</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- <em>hbool_t</em> <code>status</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Sets the dataset transfer property list status to TRUE or FALSE.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pset_preserve</code> sets the
- dataset transfer property list status to TRUE or FALSE.
- <p>
- When reading or writing compound data types and the
- destination is partially initialized and the read/write is
- intended to initialize the other members, one must set this
- property to TRUE. Otherwise the I/O pipeline treats the
- destination datapoints as completely uninitialized.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier for the dataset transfer property list.
- <dt><em>hbool_t</em> <code>status</code>
- <dd>IN: Status of for the dataset transfer property list
- (TRUE/FALSE).
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-GetPreserve">H5Pget_preserve</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>int</em> <code>H5Pget_preserve</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>)
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Checks status of the dataset transfer property list.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pget_preserve</code> checks the status of the
- dataset transfer property list.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier for the dataset transfer property list.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns TRUE or FALSE if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<!--
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-SetCompression">H5Pset_compression</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Pset_compression</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- <em>H5Z_method_t</em> <code>method</code>,
- <em>unsigned int</em> <code>flags</code>,
- <em>size_t</em> <code>cd_size</code>,
- <em>const void</em> <code>*client_data</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Sets compression method.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pset_compression</code> sets the compression method
- in a dataset creation property list. This is a catch-all
- function for defining compresion methods
- and is intended to be called from a wrapper such as
- <code>H5Pset_deflate()</code>. The dataset creation property
- list <em>plist</em> is adjusted to use the specified
- compression method. The <em>flags</em> is an 8-bit vector
- which is stored in the file as part of the compression message
- and passed to the compress and uncompress functions. The
- <em>client_data</em> is a byte array of length
- <em>cd_size</em> which is copied to the file and passed to the
- compress and uncompress methods.
- <p>
- The FLAGS, CD_SIZE, and CLIENT_DATA are copied to the
- property list and eventually to the file and passed to the
- compression functions.
- <p>
- See <a href="Compression.html"><cite>Compression</cite></a>
- in the <cite>HDF5 User's Guide</cite> for further information.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier for the dataset creation property list.
- <dt><em>H5Z_method_t</em> <code>method</code>
- <dd>IN: Compression method, an integer from 16 to 225.
- <dt><em>unsigned int</em> <code>flags</code>
- <dd>IN: Compression flags.
- <dt><em>size_t</em> <code>cd_size</code>
- <dd>IN: Size of the byte array <code>client_data</code>.
- <dt><em>const void</em> <code>*client_data</code>
- <dd>IN: Client data byte array passed to the compression method.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
--->
-
-
-<!--
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-GetCompression">H5Pget_compression</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>H5Z_method_t</em> <code>H5Pget_compression</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- <em>unsigned int</em> <code>*flags</code>,
- <em>size_t</em> <code>*cd_size</code>,
- <em>void</em> <code>*client_data</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Gets compression method.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pget_compression</code> gets the compression method
- information from a dataset creation property list.
- The <code>client_data</code> buffer is initially
- <code>cd_size</code> bytes. On return, <code>client_data</code>
- will be initialized with at most that many bytes, and
- <code>cd_size</code> will contain the actual size of the
- client data, which might be larger than its original value.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier for the dataset creation property list.
- <dt><em>unsigned int</em> <code>*flags</code>
- <dd>OUT: Compression flags.
- <dt><em>size_t</em> <code>*cd_size</code>
- <dd>IN/OUT: Size of the <code>client_data</code> array.
- <dt><em>void</em> <code>*client_data</code>
- <dd>OUT: Byte array for the client data.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns compression method if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
--->
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-SetDeflate">H5Pset_deflate</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Pset_deflate</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>,
- <em>int</em> <code>level</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Sets compression method and compression level.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pset_deflate</code> sets the compression method for a
- dataset creation property list to <code>H5D_COMPRESS_DEFLATE</code>
- and the compression level to <code>level<>/code>, which should
- be a value from zero to nine, inclusive.
- Lower compression levels are faster but result in less compression.
- This is the same algorithm as used by the GNU gzip program.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier for the dataset creation property list.
- <dt><em>int</em> <code>level</code>
- <dd>IN: Compression level.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<!--
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
- <dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Property-GetDeflate">H5Pget_deflate</a>
- <dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>int</em> <code>H5Pget_deflate</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- )
- <dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Returns the deflate compression level from a dataset creation
- property list.
- <dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Pget_deflate</code> returns the deflate compression level
- from a dataset creation property list that uses that method.
- <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier for the dataset creation property list.
- </dl>
- <dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns compression level, a value between 0 and 9, if successful.
- Otherwise returns FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
--->
-
-
-<hr>
-<center>
-<a href="RM_H5Front.html">HDF5 Reference Manual</a>&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5.html">H5</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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-<hr>
-
-
-<address>
-<a href="mailto:hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu">HDF Help Desk</a>
-
-<br>
-Last modified: 25 August 1998
-
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-<html>
-<head><title>
-HDF5/H5R Draft API Specification
-</title></head>
-
-<body>
-
-<hr>
-<center>
-<a href="RM_H5Front.html">HDF5 Reference Manual</a>&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5.html">H5</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5A.html">H5A</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5D.html">H5D</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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-<hr>
-
-<center>
-<h1>H5R: Ragged Array Interface</h1>
-</center>
-
-<h2>Ragged Array API Functions</h2>
-<table border=1>
-<tr><th align=left>
-<font color=red>
-The H5R Interface is strictly experimental at this time;
-the interface may change dramatically or support for ragged arrays
-may be unavailable in future in releases. As a result, future releases
-may be unable to retrieve data stored with this interface.
-<p><center>Use these functions at your own risk!<br>
-Do not create any archives using this interface!</center>
-</font>
-</th></tr>
-</table>
-<p>
-These functions enable the user to store and retrieve data in ragged arrays.
-
-
-<table border=0>
-<tr><td valign=top>
-<ul>
- <li><a href="#Ragged-Create">H5Rcreate</a>
- <li><a href="#Ragged-Open">H5Ropen</a>
- <li><a href="#Ragged-Close">H5Rclose</a>
-</ul>
-</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td valign=top>
-<ul>
- <li><a href="#Ragged-Write">H5Rwrite</a>
- <li><a href="#Ragged-Read">H5Rread</a>
-</ul>
-</td></tr>
-</table>
-
-<p>
-
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Ragged-Create">H5Rcreate</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em> </em> <code>H5Rcreate</code>(<em> </em> <code> </code>,
- <em> </em> <code> </code>,
- <em> </em> <code> </code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Rcreate</code>
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em> </em> <code> </code>
- <dd>
- <dt><em> </em> <code> </code>
- <dd>
- <dt><em> </em> <code> </code>
- <dd>
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Ragged-Open">H5Ropen</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em> </em> <code>H5Ropen</code>(<em> </em> <code> </code>,
- <em> </em> <code> </code>,
- <em> </em> <code> </code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Ropen</code>
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em> </em> <code> </code>
- <dd>
- <dt><em> </em> <code> </code>
- <dd>
- <dt><em> </em> <code> </code>
- <dd>
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Ragged-Close">H5Rclose</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em> </em> <code>H5Rclose</code>(<em> </em> <code> </code>,
- <em> </em> <code> </code>,
- <em> </em> <code> </code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Rclose</code>
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em> </em> <code> </code>
- <dd>
- <dt><em> </em> <code> </code>
- <dd>
- <dt><em> </em> <code> </code>
- <dd>
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Ragged-Write">H5Rwrite</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em> </em> <code>H5Rwrite</code>(<em> </em> <code> </code>,
- <em> </em> <code> </code>,
- <em> </em> <code> </code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Rwrite</code>
- <p>
- Datatype conversion takes place at the time of a read or write
- and is automatic. See the
- <a href="Datatypes.html#Datatypes-DataConversion">Data Conversion</a>
- section of <cite>The Data Type Interface (H5T)</cite> in the
- <cite>HDF5 User's Guide</cite> for a discussion of
- data conversion, including the range of conversions currently
- supported by the HDF5 libraries.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em> </em> <code> </code>
- <dd>
- <dt><em> </em> <code> </code>
- <dd>
- <dt><em> </em> <code> </code>
- <dd>
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Ragged-Read">H5Rread</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em> </em> <code>H5Rread</code>(<em> </em> <code> </code>,
- <em> </em> <code> </code>,
- <em> </em> <code> </code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Rread</code>
- <p>
- Datatype conversion takes place at the time of a read or write
- and is automatic. See the
- <a href="Datatypes.html#Datatypes-DataConversion">Data Conversion</a>
- section of <cite>The Data Type Interface (H5T)</cite> in the
- <cite>HDF5 User's Guide</cite> for a discussion of
- data conversion, including the range of conversions currently
- supported by the HDF5 libraries.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em> </em> <code> </code>
- <dd>
- <dt><em> </em> <code> </code>
- <dd>
- <dt><em> </em> <code> </code>
- <dd>
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
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-<a href="RM_H5Front.html">HDF5 Reference Manual</a>&nbsp;
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-<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-IsSimple">H5Sis_simple</a>
- <li><a href="#Dataspace-OffsetSimple">H5Soffset_simple</a>
- <li><a href="#Dataspace-Copy">H5Scopy</a>
- <li><a href="#Dataspace-ExtentClass">H5Sextent_class</a>
- <li><a href="#Dataspace-ExtentCopy">H5Sextent_copy</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-SetExtentNone">H5Sset_extent_none</a>
- <li><a href="#Dataspace-SelectNpoints">H5Sget_select_npoints</a>
- <li><a href="#Dataspace-ExtentDims">H5Sget_simple_extent_dims</a>
- <li><a href="#Dataspace-ExtentNdims">H5Sget_simple_extent_ndims</a>
- <li><a href="#Dataspace-ExtentNpoints">H5Sget_simple_extent_npoints</a>
- <li><a href="#Dataspace-GetSpaceType">H5Sget_space_type</a>
-</ul>
-</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td valign=top>
-<ul>
- <li><a href="#Dataspace-SelectElements">H5Sselect_elements</a>
- <li><a href="#Dataspace-SelectAll">H5Sselect_all</a>
- <li><a href="#Dataspace-SelectNone">H5Sselect_none</a>
- <li><a href="#Dataspace-SelectValid">H5Sselect_valid</a>
- <li><a href="#Dataspace-SelectHyperslab">H5Sselect_hyperslab</a>
- <li><a href="#Dataspace-Close">H5Sclose</a>
-</ul>
-</td></tr>
-</table>
-
-<p>
-The following H5S functions are included in the HDF5 specification,
-but have not yet been implemented. They are described in the
-<a href="Dataspaces.html">The Dataspace Interface (H5S)</a> section
-of the <cite>HDF5 User's Guide.</cite>.
-<table border=0>
-<tr><td valign=top>
-<ul>
- <li>H5Scommit
- <li>H5Sis_subspace
- <li>H5Slock
- <li>H5Sopen
-</ul>
-</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td valign=top>
-<ul>
- <li>H5Sselect_name
- <li>H5Sselect_op
- <li>H5Sselect_order
-</ul>
-</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td valign=top>
-<ul>
- <li>H5Ssubspace
- <li>H5Ssubspace_name
- <li>H5Ssubspace_location
-</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-SelectAll">H5Sselect_all</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Sselect_all</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>space_id</code>)
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Selects the entire dataspace.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Sselect_all</code> selects the entire extent
- of the dataspace <code>space_id</code>.
- <p>
- More specifically, <code>H5Sselect_all</code> selects
- the special <tt>5S_SELECT_ALL</tt> region for the dataspace
- <code>space_id</code>. <tt>H5S_SELECT_ALL</tt> selects the
- entire dataspace for any dataspace it is applied to.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>space_id</code>
- <dd>IN: The identifier for the dataspace in which the
- selection is being made.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Dataspace-SelectNone">H5Sselect_none</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Sselect_none</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>space_id</code>)
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Resets the selection region to include no elements.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Sselect_none</code> resets the selection region
- for the dataspace <code>space_id</code> to include no elements.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>space_id</code>
- <dd>IN: The identifier for the dataspace in which the
- selection is being reset.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Dataspace-SelectValid">H5Sselect_valid</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>hbool_t</em> <code>H5Sselect_valid</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>space_id</code>)
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Verifies that the selection is within the extent of the dataspace.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Sselect_valid</code> verifies that the selection
- for the dataspace <code>space_id</code> is within the extent
- of the dataspace if the current offset for the dataspace is used.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>space_id</code>
- <dd>The identifier for the dataspace in which the
- selection is being reset.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns <tt>TRUE</tt> if the selection is contained within
- the extent and <tt>FALSE</tt> if it is not.
- Returns <tt>FAIL</tt> (<tt>-1</tt>) on error conditions
- such as the selection or extent not being defined.
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Dataspace-ExtentNpoints">H5Sget_simple_extent_npoints</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>hsize_t</em> <code>H5Sget_simple_extent_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>H5Sget_simple_extent_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">H5Sget_select_npoints</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>hsize_t</em> <code>H5Sget_select_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>H5Sget_select_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 the number of elements in the selection if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Dataspace-ExtentNdims">H5Sget_simple_extent_ndims</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>int</em> <code>H5Sget_simple_extent_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>H5Sget_simple_extent_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">H5Sget_simple_extent_dims</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>int</em> <code>H5Sget_simple_extent_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>H5Sget_simple_extent_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-GetSpaceType">H5Sget_space_type</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>H5S_class_t</em> <code>H5Sget_space_type</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_space_type</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-SetExtentSimple">H5Sset_extent_simple</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Sset_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>H5Sset_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-OffsetSimple">H5Soffset_simple</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Soffset_simple</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>space_id</code>,
- <em>const hssize_t *</em><code>offset</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Sets the offset of a simple dataspace.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Soffset_simple</code> sets the offset of a
- simple dataspace <code>space_id</code>. The <code>offset</code>
- array must be the same number of elements as the number of
- dimensions for the dataspace. If the <code>offset</code>
- array is set to <TT>NULL</TT>, the offset for the dataspace
- is reset to 0.
- <p>
- This function allows the same shaped selection to be moved
- to different locations within a dataspace without requiring it
- to be redefined.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>space_id</code>
- <dd>IN: The identifier for the dataspace object to reset.
- <dt><em>const hssize_t *</em><code>offset</code>
- <dd>IN: The offset at which to position the selection.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Dataspace-ExtentClass">H5Sextent_class</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>H5S_class_t</em> <code>H5Sextent_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>H5Sextent_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>.
-<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 H5S_NO_CLASS (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Dataspace-ExtentCopy">H5Sextent_copy</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Sextent_copy</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>dest_space_id</code>,
- <em>hid_t</em> <code>source_space_id</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Copies the extent of a dataspace.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Sextent_copy</code> copies the extent from
- <code>source_space_id</code> to <code>dest_space_id</code>.
- This action may change the type of the dataspace.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>dest_space_id</code>
- <dd>IN: The identifier for the dataspace from which
- the extent is copied.
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>source_space_id</code>
- <dd>IN: The identifier for the dataspace to which
- the extent is copied.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Dataspace-SetExtentNone">H5Sset_extent_none</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Sset_extent_none</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>space_id</code>)
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Removes the extent from a dataspace.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Sset_extent_none</code> removes the extent from
- a dataspace and sets the type to <tt>H5S_NONE</tt>.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>space_id</code>
- <dd>The identifier for the dataspace from which
- the extent is to be removed.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) 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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-<h1>H5T: Datatype Interface</h1>
-</center>
-
-<h2>Datatype Object API Functions</h2>
-
-These functions create and manipulate the datatype which describes elements
-of a dataset.
-
-<table border=0>
-<tr><td valign=top>
-<i>General Datatype Operations</i>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-Create">H5Tcreate</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-Open">H5Topen</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-Commit">H5Tcommit</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-Committed">H5Tcommitted</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-Copy">H5Tcopy</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-Equal">H5Tequal</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-Lock">H5Tlock</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-Close">H5Tclose</a>
-<p>
-<i>Atomic Datatype Properties</i>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-GetClass">H5Tget_class</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-GetSize">H5Tget_size</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-SetSize">H5Tset_size</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-GetOrder">H5Tget_order</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-SetOrder">H5Tset_order</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-GetPrecision">H5Tget_precision</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-SetPrecision">H5Tset_precision</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-GetOffset">H5Tget_offset</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-SetOffset">H5Tset_offset</a>
-</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td valign=top>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-GetPad">H5Tget_pad</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-SetPad">H5Tset_pad</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-GetSign">H5Tget_sign</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-SetSign">H5Tset_sign</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-GetFields">H5Tget_fields</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-SetFields">H5Tset_fields</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-GetEbias">H5Tget_ebias</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-SetEbias">H5Tset_ebias</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-GetNorm">H5Tget_norm</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-SetNorm">H5Tset_norm</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-GetInpad">H5Tget_inpad</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-SetInpad">H5Tset_inpad</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-GetCset">H5Tget_cset</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-SetCset">H5Tset_cset</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-GetStrpad">H5Tget_strpad</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-SetStrpad">H5Tset_strpad</a>
-<p>
-<i>Properties of Compound Types</i>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-GetClass">H5Tget_class</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-GetSize">H5Tget_size</a>
-</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td valign=top>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-GetNmembers">H5Tget_nmembers</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-GetMemberName">H5Tget_member_name</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-GetMemberOffset">H5Tget_member_offset</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-GetMemberDims">H5Tget_member_dims</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-GetMemberType">H5Tget_member_type</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-Insert">H5Tinsert</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-Pack">H5Tpack</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-InsertArray">H5Tinsert_array</a>
-<p>
-<i>Conversion Functions</i>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-Convert">H5Tconvert</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-Find">H5Tfind</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-SetOverflow">H5Tset_overflow</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-GetOverflow">H5Tget_overflow</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-RegisterHard">H5Tregister_hard</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-RegisterSoft">H5Tregister_soft</a>
- <li><a href="#Datatype-Unregister">H5Tunregister</a>
-</td></tr>
-</table>
-
-<p>
-The Datatype interface, H5T, provides a mechanism to describe the
- storage format of individual data points of a data set and is
- hopefully designed in such a way as to allow new features to be
- easily added without disrupting applications that use the data
- type interface. A dataset (the H5D interface) is composed of a
- collection or raw data points of homogeneous type organized
- according to the data space (the H5S interface).
-
-<p>
-A datatype is a collection of datatype properties, all of
- which can be stored on disk, and which when taken as a whole,
- provide complete information for data conversion to or from that
- datatype. The interface provides functions to set and query
- properties of a datatype.
-
-<p>
-A <em>data point</em> is an instance of a <em>datatype</em>,
- which is an instance of a <em>type class</em>. We have defined
- a set of type classes and properties which can be extended at a
- later time. The atomic type classes are those which describe
- types which cannot be decomposed at the datatype interface
- level; all other classes are compound.
-
-<p>
-See <a href="Datatypes.html"><cite>The Datatype Interface (H5T)</cite></a>
-in the <cite>HDF5 User's Guide</cite> for further information, including a complete list of all supported datatypes.
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-Open">H5Topen</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>hid_t</em><code>H5Topen</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>,
- <em>const char *</em> <code>name</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Opens a named datatype.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Topen</code> opens a named datatype at the location
- specified by <code>loc_id</code> and returns an identifier
- for the datatype. <code>loc_id</code> is either a file or
- group identifier. The identifier should eventually be closed
- by calling <code>H5Tclose()</code> to release resources.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>
- <dd>A file, group, or datatype identifier.
- <dt><em>const char *</em> <code>name</code>
- <dd>A datatype name.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns a named datatype identifier if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-Commit">H5Tcommit</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em><code>H5Tcommit</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>,
- <em>const char *</em> <code>name</code>,
- <em>hid_t</em> <code>type</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Commits a transient datatype to a file, creating a new named datatype.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tcommit</code> commits a transient datatype
- (not immutable) to a file, turned it into a named datatype.
- The <code>loc_id</code> is either a file or group identifier
- which, when combined with <code>name</code>, refers to a new
- named datatype.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>
- <dd>A file or group identifier.
- <dt><em>const char *</em> <code>name</code>
- <dd>A datatype name.
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type</code>
- <dd>A datatype identifier.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-Committed">H5Tcommitted</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>hbool_t</em><code>H5Tcommitted</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>type</code>)
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Determines whether a datatype is a named type or a transient type.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tcommitted</code> queries a type to determine whether
- the type specified by the <code>type</code> identifier
- is a named type or a transient type. If this function returns
- a positive value, then the type is named (that is, it has been
- committed, perhaps by some other application). Datasets which
- return committed datatypes with <code>H5Dget_type()</code> are
- able to share the datatype with other datasets in the same file.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt>hid_t</em> <code>type</code>
- <dd>Datatype identifier.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>The successful return values are TRUE if committed, else FALSE.
- Otherwise returns FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-InsertArray">H5Tinsert_array</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em><code>H5Tinsert_array</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>parent_id</code>,
- <em>const char *</em><code>name</code>,
- <em>size_t</em> <code>offset</code>,
- <em>int</em> <code>ndims</code>,
- <em>const size_t *</em><code>dim</code>,
- <em>const int *</em><code>perm</code>,
- <em>hid_t</em> <code>member_id</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Adds an array member to a compound datatype.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tinsert_array</code> adds a new member to the
- compound datatype <code>parent_id</code>.
- The member is an array with <code>ndims</code> dimensionality
- and the size of the array is </em><code>dim</code>.
- The new member's name, <code>name</code>, must be unique
- within the compound datatype.
- The <code>offset</code> argument defines the start of the
- member in an instance of the compound datatype and
- <code>member_id</code> is the type identifier of the new member.
- The total member size should be relatively small.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>parent_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of the parent compound datatype.
- <dt><em>const char *</em><code>name</code>
- <dd>Name of new member.
- <dt><em>size_t</em> <code>offset</code>
- <dd>Offset to start of new member within compound datatype.
- <dt><em>int</em> <code>ndims</code>
- <dd>Dimensionality of new member.
- <dt><em>const size_t *</em><code>dim</code>
- <dd>Size of new member array.
- <dt><em>const int *</em><code>perm</code>
- <dd>Pointer to buffer to store the permutation vector of
- the field.
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>member_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of the datatype of the new member.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-Find">H5Tfind</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>H5T_conv_t</em> <code>H5Tfind</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>src_id</code>,
- <em>hid_t</em> <code>dst_id</code>,
- <em>H5T_cdata_t **</em><code>pcdata</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Finds a conversion function.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tfind</code> finds a conversion function that can
- handle a conversion from type <code>src_id</code> to type
- <code>dst_id</code>.
- The <code>pcdata</code> argument is a pointer to a pointer
- to type conversion data which was created and initialized
- by the soft type conversion function of this path when the
- conversion function was installed on the path.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>src_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier for the source datatype.
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>dst_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier for the destination datatype.
- <dt><em>H5T_cdata_t **</em><code>pcdata</code>
- <dd>Pointer to type conversion data.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns a pointer to a suitable conversion function if successful.
- Otherwise returns NULL.
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-Convert">H5Tconvert</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Tconvert</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>src_id</code>,
- <em>hid_t</em> <code>dst_id</code>,
- <em>size_t</em> <code>nelmts</code>,
- <em>void *</em><code>buf</code>,
- <em>void *</em><code>background</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Converts data from between specified datatypes.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tconvert</code> converts <code>nelmts</code> elements
- from the type specified by the <code>src_id</code> identifier
- to type <code>dst_id</code>.
- The source elements are packed in <code>buf</code> and on return
- the destination will be packed in <code>buf</code>.
- That is, the conversion is performed in place.
- The optional background buffer is an array of <code>nelmts</code>
- values of destination type which are merged with the converted
- values to fill in cracks (for instance, <code>background</code>
- might be an array of structs with the <code>a</code> and
- <code>b</code> fields already initialized and the conversion
- of <code>buf</code> supplies the <code>c</code> and <code>d</code>
- field values).
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>src_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier for the source datatype.
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>dst_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier for the destination datatype.
- <dt><em>size_t</em> <code>nelmts</code>
- <dd>Size of array <code>buf</code>.
- <dt><em>void *</em><code>buf</code>
- <dd>Array containing pre- and post-conversion values.
- <dt><em>void *</em><code>background</code>
- <dd>Optional background buffer.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-SetOverflow">H5Tset_overflow</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Tset_overflow</code>(<em>H5T_overflow_t</em> <code>func</code>)
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Sets the overflow handler to a specified function.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tset_overflow</code> sets the overflow handler
- to be the function specified by <code>func</code>.
- <code>func</code> will be called for all datatype conversions that
- result in an overflow.
- <p>
- See the definition of <code>H5T_overflow_t</code> in
- <code>H5Tpublic.h</code> for documentation
- of arguments and return values.
- The prototype for <code>H5T_overflow_t</code> is as follows:<br>
- <code>herr_t (*H5T_overflow_t)(hid_t src_id, hid_t dst_id,
- void *src_buf, void *dst_buf);
- </code>
- <p>
- The NULL pointer may be passed to remove the overflow handler.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>H5T_overflow_t</em> <code>func</code>
- <dd>Overflow function.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-GetOverflow">H5Tget_overflow</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
-
-
-H5Tget_overflow ()
- <dd><em>H5T_overflow_t</em> <code>H5Tget_overflow</code>(<code>void</code>)
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Returns a pointer to the current global overflow function.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tset_overflow</code> returns a pointer
- to the current global overflow function.
- This is an application-defined function that is called whenever a
- datatype conversion causes an overflow.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt>None.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns a pointer to an application-defined function if successful.
- Otherwise returns NULL; this can happen if no overflow handling
- function is registered.
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-Create">H5Tcreate</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>hid_t </em><code>H5Tcreate</code>(<em>H5T_class_t </em><code>class</code>,
- <em>size_t</em><code>size</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Creates a new dataype.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tcreate</code> creates a new dataype of the specified
- class with the specified number of bytes.
- Currently, only the <code>H5T_COMPOUND</code> datatype class is
- supported with this function. Use <code>H5Tcopy</code>
- to create integer or floating-point datatypes.
- The datatype identifier returned from this function should be
- released with <code>H5Tclose</code> or resource leaks will result.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>H5T_class_t</em> <code>class</code>
- <dd>Class of datatype to create.
- <dt><em>size_t</em> <code>size</code>
- <dd>The number of bytes in the datatype to create.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns datatype identifier if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-Copy">H5Tcopy</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>hid_t </em><code>H5Tcopy</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>type_id</code>)
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Copies an existing datatype.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tcopy</code> copies an existing datatype.
- The returned type is always transient and unlocked.
- <p>
- The <code>type_id</code> argument can be either a datatype
- identifier, a predefined datatype (defined in
- <code>H5Tpublic.h</code>), or a dataset identifier.
- If <code>type_id</code> is a dataset identifier instead of a
- datatype identifier, then this function returns a transient,
- modifiable datatype which is a copy of the dataset's datatype.
- <p>
- The datatype identifier returned should be released with
- <code>H5Tclose</code> or resource leaks will occur.
-<!--
- <p>
- Native datatypes supported by the library are:
- <ul> <dl>
- <dt>H5T_NATIVE_CHAR
- <dd> Native character type, declare dataset array as 'char'
- <dt>H5T_NATIVE_UCHAR
- <dd> Native unsigned character type, declare dataset array as 'unsigned char'
- <dt>H5T_NATIVE_SHORT
- <dd> Native short type, declare dataset array as 'short'
- <dt>H5T_NATIVE_USHORT
- <dd> Native unsigned short type, declare dataset array as 'unsigned short'
- <dt>H5T_NATIVE_INT
- <dd> Native int type, declare dataset array as 'int'
- <dt>H5T_NATIVE_UINT
- <dd> Native unsigned int type, declare dataset array as 'unsigned int'
- <dt>H5T_NATIVE_LONG
- <dd> Native long type, declare dataset array as 'unsigned long'
- <dt>H5T_NATIVE_ULONG
- <dd> Native unsigned long type, declare dataset array as 'unsigned long'
- <dt>H5T_NATIVE_LLONG
- <dd> Native long long type, declare dataset array as 'unsigned long long'
- <dt>H5T_NATIVE_ULLONG
- <dd> Native unsigned long long type, declare dataset array as 'unsigned long long'
- <dt>H5T_NATIVE_INT8
- <dd> Native signed 8-bit type, declare dataset array as 'int8'
- <dt>H5T_NATIVE_UINT8
- <dd> Native unsigned 8-bit type, declare dataset array as 'uint8'
- <dt>H5T_NATIVE_INT16
- <dd> Native signed 16-bit type, declare dataset array as 'int16'
- <dt>H5T_NATIVE_UINT16
- <dd> Native unsigned 16-bit type, declare dataset array as 'uint16'
- <dt>H5T_NATIVE_INT32
- <dd> Native signed 32-bit type, declare dataset array as 'int32'
- <dt>H5T_NATIVE_UINT32
- <dd> Native unsigned 32-bit type, declare dataset array as 'uint32'
- <dt>H5T_NATIVE_INT64
- <dd> Native signed 64-bit type, declare dataset array as 'uint64'
- <dt>H5T_NATIVE_UINT64
- <dd> Native unsigned 64-bit type, declare dataset array as 'uint64'
- <dt>H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT
- <dd> Native single-precision float type, declare dataset array as 'float'
- <dt>H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE
- <dd> Native double-precision float type, declare dataset array as 'double'
- <dt>H5T_NATIVE_HSIZE
- <dd> Native size_t type, declare dataset array as 'hsize_t'
- <dt>H5T_NATIVE_HSSIZE
- <dd> Native signed size_t type, declare dataset array as 'hssize_t'
- <dt>H5T_NATIVE_HERR
- <dd> Native error type, declare dataset array as 'herr_t'
- <dt>H5T_NATIVE_HBOOL
- <dd> Native boolean type, declare dataset array as 'hbool_t'
- </dl> </ul>
--->
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of datatype to copy. Can be a datatype
- identifier, a predefined datatype (defined in
- <code>H5Tpublic.h</code>), or a dataset identifier.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns a datatype identifier if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1)
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-Equal">H5Tequal</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>hbool_t </em><code>H5Tequal</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>type_id1</code>,
- <em>hid_t</em><code>type_id2</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Determines whether two datatype identifiers refer to the same datatype.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tequal</code> determines whether two datatype identifiers
- refer to the same datatype.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id1</code>
- <dd>Identifier of datatype to compare.
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id2</code>
- <dd>Identifier of datatype to compare.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>When successful, returns TRUE if the datatype identifiers
- refer to the same datatype, else FALSE.
- Otherwise returns FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-Lock">H5Tlock</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Tlock</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>type_id</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Locks a datatype.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tlock</code> locks the datatype specified by the
- <code>type_id</code> identifier, making it read-only and
- non-destrucible. This is normally done by the library for
- predefined datatypes so the application does not
- inadvertently change or delete a predefined type.
- Once a datatype is locked it can never be unlocked.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of datatype to lock.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-GetClass">H5Tget_class</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>H5T_class_t </em><code>H5Tget_class</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>type_id</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Returns the datatype class identifier.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tget_class</code> returns the datatype class identifier.
- <p>
- Valid class identifiers, as defined in <code>H5Tpublic.h</code>, are:
- <ul><li><code>H5T_INTEGER</code> (<code>0</code>)
- <li><code>H5T_FLOAT</code> (<code>1</code>)
- <li><code>H5T_TIME</code> (<code>2</code>)
- <li><code>H5T_STRING</code> (<code>3</code>)
- <li><code>H5T_BITFIELD</code> (<code>4</code>)
- <li><code>H5T_OPAQUE</code> (<code>5</code>)
- <li><code>H5T_COMPOUND</code> (<code>6</code>)
- </ul>
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of datatype to query.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns datatype class identifier if successful;
- otherwise H5T_NO_CLASS (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-GetSize">H5Tget_size</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>size_t </em><code>H5Tget_size</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>type_id</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Returns the size of a datatype.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tget_size</code> returns the size of a datatype in bytes.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of datatype to query.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns the size of the datatype in bytes if successful;
- otherwise 0.
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-SetSize">H5Tset_size</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Tset_size</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>type_id</code>,
- <em>size_t</em><code>size</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Sets the total size for an atomic datatype.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tset_size</code> sets the total size in bytes,
- <code>size</code>, for an atomic datatype (this operation
- is not permitted on compound datatypes). If the size is
- decreased so that the significant bits of the datatype extend beyond
- the edge of the new size, then the `offset' property is decreased
- toward zero. If the `offset' becomes zero and the significant
- bits of the datatype still hang over the edge of the new size, then
- the number of significant bits is decreased.
- Adjusting the size of an H5T_STRING automatically sets the precision
- to 8*size. All datatypes have a positive size.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of datatype to change size.
- <dt><em>size_t</em> <code>size</code>
- <dd>Size in bytes to modify datatype.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-GetOrder">H5Tget_order</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>H5T_order_t </em><code>H5Tget_order</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>type_id</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Returns the byte order of an atomic datatype.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tget_order</code> returns the byte order of an
- atomic datatype.
- <p>
- Possible return values are:
- <ul><dl>
- <dt><code>H5T_ORDER_LE</code> (<code>0</code>)
- <dd>Little endian byte ordering (default).
- <dt><code>H5T_ORDER_BE</code> (<code>1</code>)
- <dd>Big endian byte ordering.
- <dt><code>H5T_ORDER_VAX</code> (<code>2</code>)
- <dd>VAX mixed byte ordering (not currently supported).
- </dl></ul>
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of datatype to query.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns a byte order constant if successful;
- otherwise <code>H5T_ORDER_ERROR</code> (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-SetOrder">H5Tset_order</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Tset_order</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>type_id</code>,
- <em>H5T_order_t</em><code>order</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Sets the byte ordering of an atomic datatype.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tset_order</code> sets the byte ordering of an atomic datatype.
- Byte orderings currently supported are:
- <ul> <dl>
- <dt>H5T_ORDER_LE (<code>0</code>)
- <dd> Little-endian byte ordering (default).
- <dt>H5T_ORDER_BE (<code>1</code>)
- <dd> Big-endian byte ordering.
- <dt>H5T_ORDER_VAX (<code>2</code>)
- <dd>VAX mixed byte ordering (not currently supported).
- </dl> </ul>
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of datatype to set.
- <dt><em>H5T_order_t</em> <code>order</code>
- <dd>Byte ordering constant.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-GetPrecision">H5Tget_precision</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>size_t </em><code>H5Tget_precision</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>type_id</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Returns the precision of an atomic datatype.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tget_precision</code> returns the precision of an atomic datatype. The
- precision is the number of significant bits which, unless padding is
- present, is 8 times larger than the value returned by H5Tget_size().
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of datatype to query.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns the number of significant bits if successful;
- otherwise 0.
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-SetPrecision">H5Tset_precision</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Tset_precision</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>type_id</code>,
- <em>size_t</em><code>precision</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Sets the precision of an atomic datatype.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tset_precision</code> sets the precision of an atomic datatype.
- The precision is the number of significant bits which, unless padding
- is present, is 8 times larger than the value returned by H5Tget_size().
- <P>If the precision is increased then the offset is decreased and then
- the size is increased to insure that significant bits do not "hang
- over" the edge of the datatype.
- <P>Changing the precision of an H5T_STRING automatically changes the
- size as well. The precision must be a multiple of 8.
- <P>When decreasing the precision of a floating point type, set the
- locations and sizes of the sign, mantissa, and exponent fields
- first.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of datatype to set.
- <dt><em>size_t</em> <code>precision</code>
- <dd>Number of bits of precision for datatype.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-GetOffset">H5Tget_offset</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>size_t </em><code>H5Tget_offset</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>type_id</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Retrieves the bit offset of the first significant bit.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tget_offset</code> retrieves the bit offset of the first significant bit.
- The signficant bits of an atomic datum can be offset from the beginning
- of the memory for that datum by an amount of padding. The `offset'
- property specifies the number of bits of padding that appear to the
- "right of" the value. That is, if we have a 32-bit datum with 16-bits
- of precision having the value 0x1122 then it will be layed out in
- memory as (from small byte address toward larger byte addresses):
- <br>
- <br>
-
- <table border align=center cellpadding=4 width="80%">
- <tr align=center>
- <th width="20%">Byte Position</th>
- <th width="20%">Big-Endian Offset=0</th>
- <th width="20%">Big-Endian Offset=16</th>
- <th width="20%">Little-Endian Offset=0</th>
- <th width="20%">Little-Endian Offset=16</th>
- </tr>
- <tr align=center>
- <td>0:</td>
- <td>[ pad]</td>
- <td>[0x11]</td>
- <td>[0x22]</td>
- <td>[ pad]</td>
- </tr>
- <tr align=center>
- <td>1:</td>
- <td>[ pad]</td>
- <td>[0x22]</td>
- <td>[0x11]</td>
- <td>[ pad]</td>
- </tr>
- <tr align=center>
- <td>2:</td>
- <td>[0x11]</td>
- <td>[ pad]</td>
- <td>[ pad]</td>
- <td>[0x22]</td>
- </tr>
- <tr align=center>
- <td>3:</td>
- <td>[0x22]</td>
- <td>[ pad]</td>
- <td>[ pad]</td>
- <td>[0x11]</td>
- </tr>
- </table>
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of datatype to query.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns a positive offset value if successful;
- otherwise 0.
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-SetOffset">H5Tset_offset</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Tset_offset</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>type_id</code>,
- <em>size_t</em> <code>offset</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Sets the bit offset of the first significant bit.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tset_offset</code> sets the bit offset of the first significant bit. The
- signficant bits of an atomic datum can be offset from the beginning of
- the memory for that datum by an amount of padding. The `offset'
- property specifies the number of bits of padding that appear to the
- "right of" the value. That is, if we have a 32-bit datum with 16-bits
- of precision having the value 0x1122 then it will be layed out in
- memory as (from small byte address toward larger byte addresses):
- <br>
- <br>
-
- <table border align=center cellpadding=4 width="80%">
- <tr align=center>
- <th width="20%">Byte Position</th>
- <th width="20%">Big-Endian Offset=0</th>
- <th width="20%">Big-Endian Offset=16</th>
- <th width="20%">Little-Endian Offset=0</th>
- <th width="20%">Little-Endian Offset=16</th>
- </tr>
- <tr align=center>
- <td>0:</td>
- <td>[ pad]</td>
- <td>[0x11]</td>
- <td>[0x22]</td>
- <td>[ pad]</td>
- </tr>
- <tr align=center>
- <td>1:</td>
- <td>[ pad]</td>
- <td>[0x22]</td>
- <td>[0x11]</td>
- <td>[ pad]</td>
- </tr>
- <tr align=center>
- <td>2:</td>
- <td>[0x11]</td>
- <td>[ pad]</td>
- <td>[ pad]</td>
- <td>[0x22]</td>
- </tr>
- <tr align=center>
- <td>3:</td>
- <td>[0x22]</td>
- <td>[ pad]</td>
- <td>[ pad]</td>
- <td>[0x11]</td>
- </tr>
- </table>
-
-<P>If the offset is incremented then the total size is
-incremented also if necessary to prevent significant bits of
-the value from hanging over the edge of the datatype.
-
-<P>The offset of an H5T_STRING cannot be set to anything but
-zero.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of datatype to set.
- <dt><em>size_t</em> <code>offset</code>
- <dd>Offset of first significant bit.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-GetPad">H5Tget_pad</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Tget_pad</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>type_id</code>,
- <em>H5T_pad_t *</em> <code>lsb</code>,
- <em>H5T_pad_t *</em> <code>msb</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Retrieves the padding type of the least and most-significant bit padding.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tget_pad</code> retrieves the padding type of the least and most-significant
- bit padding. Valid types are:
- <ul> <dl>
- <dt>H5T_PAD_ZERO (<code>0</code>)
- <dd>Set background to zeros.
- <dt>H5T_PAD_ONE (<code>1</code>)
- <dd>Set background to ones.
- <dt>H5T_PAD_BACKGROUND (<code>2</code>)
- <dd>Leave background alone.
- </dl> </ul>
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of datatype to query.
- <dt><em>H5T_pad_t *</em> <code>lsb</code>
- <dd>OUT: Pointer to location to return least-significant
- bit padding type.
- <dt><em>H5T_pad_t *</em> <code>msb</code>
- <dd>OUT: Pointer to location to return most-significant
- bit padding type.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-SetPad">H5Tset_pad</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Tset_pad</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>type_id</code>,
- <em>H5T_pad_t</em> <code>lsb</code>,
- <em>H5T_pad_t</em> <code>msb</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Sets the least and most-significant bits padding types.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tset_pad</code> sets the least and most-significant bits padding types.
- <ul> <dl>
- <dt>H5T_PAD_ZERO (<code>0</code>)
- <dd>Set background to zeros.
- <dt>H5T_PAD_ONE (<code>1</code>)
- <dd>Set background to ones.
- <dt>H5T_PAD_BACKGROUND (<code>2</code>)
- <dd>Leave background alone.
- </dl> </ul>
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of datatype to set.
- <dt><em>H5T_pad_t</em> <code>lsb</code>
- <dd>Padding type for least-significant bits.
- <dt><em>H5T_pad_t</em> <code>msb</code>
- <dd>Padding type for most-significant bits.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-GetSign">H5Tget_sign</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>H5T_sign_t </em><code>H5Tget_sign</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>type_id</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Retrieves the sign type for an integer type.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tget_sign</code> retrieves the sign type for an integer type.
- Valid types are:
- <ul> <dl>
- <dt>H5T_SGN_NONE (<code>0</code>)
- <dd>Unsigned integer type.
- <dt>H5T_SGN_2 (<code>1</code>)
- <dd>Two's complement signed integer type.
- </dl> </ul>
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of datatype to query.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns a valid sign type if successful;
- otherwise <code>H5T_SGN_ERROR</code> (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-SetSign">H5Tset_sign</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Tset_sign</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>type_id</code>,
- <em>H5T_sign_t</em> <code>sign</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Sets the sign proprety for an integer type.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tset_sign</code> sets the sign proprety for an integer type.
- <ul> <dl>
- <dt>H5T_SGN_NONE (<code>0</code>)
- <dd>Unsigned integer type.
- <dt>H5T_SGN_2 (<code>1</code>)
- <dd>Two's complement signed integer type.
- </dl> </ul>
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of datatype to set.
- <dt><em>H5T_sign_t</em> <code>sign</code>
- <dd>Sign type.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-GetFields">H5Tget_fields</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Tget_fields</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>type_id</code>,
- <em>size_t *</em> <code>epos</code>,
- <em>size_t *</em> <code>esize</code>,
- <em>size_t *</em> <code>mpos</code>,
- <em>size_t *</em> <code>msize</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Retrieves floating point datatype bit field information.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tget_fields</code> retrieves information about the locations of the various
- bit fields of a floating point datatype. The field positions are bit
- positions in the significant region of the datatype. Bits are
- numbered with the least significant bit number zero.
- Any (or even all) of the arguments can be null pointers.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
- <dd>IN: Identifier of datatype to query.
- <dt><em>size_t *</em> <code>epos</code>
- <dd>OUT: Pointer to location to return exponent bit-position.
- <dt><em>size_t *</em> <code>esize</code>
- <dd>OUT: Pointer to location to return size of exponent in bits.
- <dt><em>size_t *</em> <code>mpos</code>
- <dd>OUT: Pointer to location to return mantissa bit-position.
- <dt><em>size_t *</em> <code>msize</code>
- <dd>OUT: Pointer to location to return size of mantissa in bits.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-SetFields">H5Tset_fields</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Tset_fields</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>type_id</code>,
- <em>size_t</em> <code>epos</code>,
- <em>size_t</em> <code>esize</code>,
- <em>size_t</em> <code>mpos</code>,
- <em>size_t</em> <code>msize</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Sets locations and sizes of floating point bit fields.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tset_fields</code> sets the locations and sizes of the various floating
- point bit fields. The field positions are bit positions in the
- significant region of the datatype. Bits are numbered with the least
- significant bit number zero.
-
- <P>Fields are not allowed to extend beyond the number of bits of
- precision, nor are they allowed to overlap with one another.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of datatype to set.
- <dt><em>size_t</em> <code>epos</code>
- <dd>Exponent bit position.
- <dt><em>size_t</em> <code>esize</code>
- <dd>Size of exponent in bits.
- <dt><em>size_t</em> <code>mpos</code>
- <dd>Mantissa bit position.
- <dt><em>size_t</em> <code>msize</code>
- <dd>Size of mantissa in bits.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-GetEbias">H5Tget_ebias</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>size_t </em><code>H5Tget_ebias</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>type_id</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Retrieves the exponent bias of a floating-point type.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tget_ebias</code> retrieves the exponent bias of a floating-point type.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of datatype to query.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns the bias if successful;
- otherwise 0.
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-SetEbias">H5Tset_ebias</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Tset_ebias</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>type_id</code>,
- <em>size_t</em> <code>ebias</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Sets the exponent bias of a floating-point type.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tset_ebias</code> sets the exponent bias of a floating-point type.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of datatype to set.
- <dt><em>size_t</em> <code>ebias</code>
- <dd>Exponent bias value.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-GetNorm">H5Tget_norm</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>H5T_norm_t </em><code>H5Tget_norm</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>type_id</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Retrieves mantissa normalization of a floating-point datatype.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tget_norm</code> retrieves the mantissa normalization of
- a floating-point datatype. Valid normalization types are:
- <ul> <dl>
- <dt>H5T_NORM_IMPLIED (<code>0</code>)
- <dd>MSB of mantissa is not stored, always 1
- <dt>H5T_NORM_MSBSET (<code>1</code>)
- <dd>MSB of mantissa is always 1
- <dt>H5T_NORM_NONE (<code>2</code>)
- <dd>Mantissa is not normalized
- </dl> </ul>
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of datatype to query.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns a valid normalization type if successful;
- otherwise <code>H5T_NORM_ERROR</code> (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-SetNorm">H5Tset_norm</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Tset_norm</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>type_id</code>,
- <em>H5T_norm_t</em> <code>norm</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Sets the mantissa normalization of a floating-point datatype.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tset_norm</code> sets the mantissa normalization of
- a floating-point datatype. Valid normalization types are:
- <ul> <dl>
- <dt>H5T_NORM_IMPLIED (<code>0</code>)
- <dd>MSB of mantissa is not stored, always 1
- <dt>H5T_NORM_MSBSET (<code>1</code>)
- <dd>MSB of mantissa is always 1
- <dt>H5T_NORM_NONE (<code>2</code>)
- <dd>Mantissa is not normalized
- </dl> </ul>
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of datatype to set.
- <dt><em>H5T_norm_t</em> <code>norm</code>
- <dd>Mantissa normalization type.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-GetInpad">H5Tget_inpad</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>H5T_pad_t </em><code>H5Tget_inpad</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>type_id</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Retrieves the internal padding type for unused bits in floating-point datatypes.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tget_inpad</code> retrieves the internal padding type for
- unused bits in floating-point datatypes.
- Valid padding types are:
- <ul> <dl>
- <dt>H5T_PAD_ZERO (<code>0</code>)
- <dd>Set background to zeros.
- <dt>H5T_PAD_ONE (<code>1</code>)
- <dd>Set background to ones.
- <dt>H5T_PAD_BACKGROUND (<code>2</code>)
- <dd>Leave background alone.
- </dl> </ul>
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of datatype to query.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns a valid padding type if successful;
- otherwise <code>H5T_PAD_ERROR</code> (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-SetInpad">H5Tset_inpad</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Tset_inpad</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>type_id</code>,
- <em>H5T_pad_t</em> <code>inpad</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Fills unused internal floating point bits.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd>If any internal bits of a floating point type are unused
- (that is, those significant bits which are not part of the
- sign, exponent, or mantissa), then <code>H5Tset_inpad</code> will be filled
- according to the value of the padding value property <code>inpad</code>.
- Valid padding types are:
- <ul> <dl>
- <dt>H5T_PAD_ZERO (<code>0</code>)
- <dd>Set background to zeros.
- <dt>H5T_PAD_ONE (<code>1</code>)
- <dd>Set background to ones.
- <dt>H5T_PAD_BACKGROUND (<code>2</code>)
- <dd>Leave background alone.
- </dl> </ul>
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of datatype to modify.
- <dt><em>H5T_pad_t</em> <code>pad</code>
- <dd>Padding type.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-GetCset">H5Tget_cset</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>H5T_cset_t </em><code>H5Tget_cset</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>type_id</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Retrieves the character set type of a string datatype.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tget_cset</code> retrieves the character set type
- of a string datatype. Valid character set types are:
- <ul> <dl>
- <dt>H5T_CSET_ASCII (<code>0</code>)
- <dd>Character set is US ASCII
- </dl> </ul>
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of datatype to query.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns a valid character set type if successful;
- otherwise <code>H5T_CSET_ERROR</code> (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-SetCset">H5Tset_cset</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Tset_cset</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>type_id</code>,
- <em>H5T_cset_t</em> <code>cset</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Sets character set to be used.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tset_cset</code> the character set to be used.
- <p>
- HDF5 is able to distinguish between character sets of different
- nationalities and to convert between them to the extent possible.
- Valid character set types are:
- <ul> <dl>
- <dt>H5T_CSET_ASCII (<code>0</code>)
- <dd>Character set is US ASCII.
- </dl> </ul>
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of datatype to modify.
- <dt><em>H5T_cset_t</em> <code>cset</code>
- <dd>Character set type.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-GetStrpad">H5Tget_strpad</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>H5T_str_t </em><code>H5Tget_strpad</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>type_id</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Retrieves the string padding method for a string datatype.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tget_strpad</code> retrieves the string padding method
- for a string datatype. Valid string padding types are:
- <ul> <dl>
- <dt>H5T_STR_NULL (<code>0</code>)
- <dd>Pad with zeros (as C does)
- <dt>H5T_STR_SPACE (<code>1</code>)
- <dd>Pad with spaces (as FORTRAN does)
- </dl> </ul>
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of datatype to query.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns a valid string padding type if successful;
- otherwise <code>H5T_STR_ERROR</code> (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-SetStrpad">H5Tset_strpad</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Tset_strpad</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>type_id</code>,
- <em>H5T_str_t</em> <code>strpad</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Defines the storage mechanism for character strings.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd>The method used to store character strings differs with the
- programming language: C usually null terminates strings while
- Fortran left-justifies and space-pads strings.
- <code>H5Tset_strpad</code> defines the storage mechanism for the string.
- Valid string padding values are:
- <ul> <dl>
- <dt>H5T_STR_NULL (<code>0</code>)
- <dd>Pad with zeros (as C does)
- <dt>H5T_STR_SPACE (<code>1</code>)
- <dd>Pad with spaces (as FORTRAN does)
- </dl> </ul>
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of datatype to modify.
- <dt><em>H5T_str_t</em> <code>strpad</code>
- <dd>String padding type.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-GetNmembers">H5Tget_nmembers</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>intn </em><code>H5Tget_nmembers</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>type_id</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Retrieves the number of fields in a compound datatype.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tget_nmembers</code> retrieves the number of fields a compound datatype has.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of datatype to query.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns number of members datatype has if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-GetMemberName">H5Tget_member_name</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>char *</em> <code>H5Tget_member_name</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>type_id</code>,
- <em>int</em> <code>field_idx</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Retrieves the name of a field of a compound datatype.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tget_member_name</code> retrieves the name of a field
- of a compound datatype. Fields are stored in no particular
- order, with indexes 0 through N-1, where N is the value returned
- by <code>H5Tget_nmembers()</code>. The name of the field is
- allocated with <code>malloc()</code> and the caller is responsible
- for freeing the memory used by the name.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of datatype to query.
- <dt><em>int</em> <code>field_idx</code>
- <dd>Field index (0-based) of the field name to retrieve.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns a valid pointer if successful;
- otherwise NULL.
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-GetMemberDims">H5Tget_member_dims</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>int</em> <code>H5Tget_member_dims</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>type_id</code>,
- <em>int</em> <code>field_idx</code>,
- <em>size_t *</em><code>dims</code>,
- <em>int *</em><code>perm</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Returns the dimensionality of the field.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tget_member_dims</code> returns the dimensionality of
- the field. The dimensions and permuation vector are returned
- through arguments <code>dims</code> and <code>perm</code>,
- both arrays of at least four elements.
- Either (or even both) may be null pointers.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of datatype to query.
- <dt><em>int</em> <code>field_idx</code>
- <dd>Field index (0-based) of the field <code>dims</code>
- to retrieve.
- <dt><em>size_t *</em> <code>dims</code>
- <dd>Pointer to buffer to store the dimensions of the field.
- <dt><em>int *</em> <code>perm</code>
- <dd>Pointer to buffer to store the permutation vector of
- the field.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns the number of dimensions, a number from 0 to 4,
- if successful.
- Otherwise returns FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-GetMemberType">H5Tget_member_type</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>hid_t</em> <code>H5Tget_member_type</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>type_id</code>,
- <em>int</em> <code>field_idx</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Returns the datatype of the specified member.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tget_member_type</code> returns the datatype of the specified member. The caller
- should invoke H5Tclose() to release resources associated with the type.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of datatype to query.
- <dt><em>int</em> <code>field_idx</code>
- <dd>Field index (0-based) of the field type to retrieve.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns the identifier of a copy of the datatype of the field
- if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-Insert">H5Tinsert</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Tinsert</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>type_id</code>,
- <em>const char *</em> <code>name</code>,
- <em>off_t</em> <code>offset</code>,
- <em>hid_t</em> <code>field_id</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Adds a new member to a compound datatype.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tinsert</code> adds another member to the compound datatype
- <code>type_id</code>. The new member has a <code>name</code> which
- must be unique within the compound datatype.
- The <code>offset</code> argument defines the start of the member
- in an instance of the compound datatype, and <code>field_id</code>
- is the datatype identifier of the new member.
- <P>
- Note: All members of a compound datatype must be atomic; a
- compound datatype cannot have a member which is a compound
- datatype.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of compound datatype to modify.
- <dt><em>const char *</em> <code>name</code>
- <dd>Name of the field to insert.
- <dt><em>off_t</em> <code>offset</code>
- <dd>Offset in memory structure of the field to insert.
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>field_id</code>
- <dd>Datatype identifier of the field to insert.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-Pack">H5Tpack</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Tpack</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>type_id</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Recursively removes padding from within a compound datatype.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tpack</code> recursively removes padding from within a compound
- datatype to make it more efficient (space-wise) to store that data.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of datatype to modify.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-RegisterHard">H5Tregister_hard</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Tregister_hard</code>(<em>const char
- *</em> <code>name</code>, <em>hid_t </em><code>src_id</code>,
- <em>hid_t</em> <code>dst_id</code>,
- <em>H5T_conv_t</em> <code>func</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Registers a hard conversion function.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tregister_hard</code> registers a hard conversion function for a datatype
- conversion path. The path is specified by the source and destination
- datatypes <code>src_id</code> and <code>dst_id</code>. A conversion
- path can only have one hard function, so <code>func</code> replaces any
- previous hard function.
- <p>
- If <code>func</code> is the null pointer then any hard function
- registered for this path is removed from this path. The soft functions
- are then used when determining which conversion function is appropriate
- for this path. The <code>name</code> argument is used only
- for debugging and should be a short identifier for the function.
- <p>
- The type of the conversion function pointer is declared as:
- <br>
- <code>typedef</code> <em>herr_t </em>(<code>*H5T_conv_t</code>) (<em>hid_t </em><code>src_id</code>,
- <em>hid_t </em><code>dst_id</code>,
- <em>H5T_cdata_t *</em><code>cdata</code>,
- <em>size_t </em><code>nelmts</code>,
- <em>void *</em><code>buf</code>,
- <em>void *</em><code>bkg)</code>;
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>const char *</em> <code>name</code>
- <dd>Name displayed in diagnostic output.
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>src_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of source datatype.
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>dst_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of destination datatype.
- <dt><em>H5T_conv_t</em> <code>func</code>
- <dd>Function to convert between source and destination datatypes.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-RegisterSoft">H5Tregister_soft</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Tregister_soft</code>(<em>const char
- *</em> <code>name</code>, <em>H5T_class_t </em><code>src_cls</code>,
- <em>H5T_class_t</em> <code>dst_cls</code>,
- <em>H5T_conv_t</em> <code>func</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Registers a soft conversion function.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tregister_soft</code> registers a soft conversion function by adding it to the
- end of the master soft list and replacing the soft function in all
- applicable existing conversion paths. The <code>name</code>
- is used only for debugging and should be a short identifier
- for the function.
- <P>
- The type of the conversion function pointer is declared as:
- <br>
- <code>typedef</code> <em>herr_t </em>(<code>*H5T_conv_t</code>) (<em>hid_t </em><code>src_id</code>,
- <em>hid_t </em><code>dst_id</code>,
- <em>H5T_cdata_t *</em><code>cdata</code>,
- <em>size_t </em><code>nelmts</code>,
- <em>void *</em><code>buf</code>,
- <em>void *</em><code>bkg)</code>;
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>const char *</em> <code>name</code>
- <dd>Name displayed in diagnostic output.
- <dt><em>H5T_class_t</em> <code>src_cls</code>
- <dd>Identifier of source datatype class.
- <dt><em>H5T_class_t</em> <code>dst_cls</code>
- <dd>Identifier of destination datatype class.
- <dt><em>H5T_conv_t</em> <code>func</code>
- <dd>Function to convert between source and destination datatypes.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-Unregister">H5Tunregister</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Tunregister</code>(<em>H5T_conv_t</em> <code>func</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Removes a conversion function from all conversion paths.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tunregister</code> removes a conversion function from all conversion paths.
- <P>
- The type of the conversion function pointer is declared as:
- <br>
- <code>typedef</code> <em>herr_t </em>(<code>*H5T_conv_t</code>) (<em>hid_t </em><code>src_id</code>,
- <em>hid_t </em><code>dst_id</code>,
- <em>H5T_cdata_t *</em><code>cdata</code>,
- <em>size_t </em><code>nelmts</code>,
- <em>void *</em><code>buf</code>,
- <em>void *</em><code>bkg)</code>;
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>H5T_conv_t</em> <code>func</code>
- <dd>Function to remove from conversion paths.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Datatype-Close">H5Tclose</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t </em><code>H5Tclose</code>(<em>hid_t </em><code>type_id</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Releases a datatype.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Tclose</code> releases a datatype. Further access
- through the datatype identifier is illegal. Failure to release
- a datatype with this call will result in resource leaks.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
- <dd>Identifier of datatype to release.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<center>
-<a href="RM_H5Front.html">HDF5 Reference Manual</a>&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5.html">H5</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5A.html">H5A</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5D.html">H5D</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5E.html">H5E</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5F.html">H5F</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5G.html">H5G</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5P.html">H5P</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5S.html">H5S</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-H5T&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5Z.html">H5Z</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="Tools.html">Tools</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<!--
-<a href="Glossary.html">Glossary</a>
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-</center>
-<hr>
-
-<address>
-<a href="mailto:hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu">HDF Help Desk</a>
-
-<br>
-Last modified: 2 September 1998
-
-</body>
-</html>
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-<html>
-<head><title>
-HDF5/H5Z Draft API Specification
-</title></head>
-
-<body>
-
-<hr>
-<center>
-<a href="RM_H5Front.html">HDF5 Reference Manual</a>&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5.html">H5</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5A.html">H5A</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5D.html">H5D</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5E.html">H5E</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5F.html">H5F</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5G.html">H5G</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5P.html">H5P</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5S.html">H5S</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5T.html">H5T</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-H5Z&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="Tools.html">Tools</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<!--
-<a href="Glossary.html">Glossary</a>
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-</center>
-<hr>
-
-<center>
-<h1>H5Z: Compression Interface</h1>
-</center>
-
-<h2>Compression API Functions</h2>
-
-This function enable the user to configure a new compression
-method for the local environment.
-
-<table border=0>
-<tr><td valign=top>
-<ul>
- <li><a href="#Compression-Register">H5Zregister</a>
-</ul>
-</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td valign=top>
-<ul>
- &nbsp;
-</ul>
-</td></tr>
-</table>
-
-<p>
-HDF5 supports compression of raw data by compression methods
-built into the library or defined by an application.
-A compression method is associated with a dataset when the dataset is
-created and is applied independently to each storage chunk of the dataset.
-The dataset must use the <code>H5D_CHUNKED</code> storage layout.
-<p>
-The HDF5 library does not support compression for contiguous datasets
-because of the difficulty of implementing random access for partial I/O.
-Compact dataset compression is not supported because it would not produce
-significant results.
-<p>
-See <a href="Compression.html"><cite>Compression</cite></a> in the
-<cite>HDF5 User's Guide</cite> for further information.
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Compression-Register">H5Zregister</a>
-<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
- <dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5Zregister</code>(<em>H5Z_method_t</em> <code>method</code>,
- <em>const char *</em><code>name</code>,
- <em>H5Z_func_t</em><code>cfunc</code>,
- <em>H5Z_func_t</em> <code>ufunc</code>
- )
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd> Registers new compression and uncompression functions for a
- method specified by a method number.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>H5Zregister</code> registers new compression and uncompression
- functions for a method specified by a method number, <code>method</code>.
- <code>name</code> is used for debugging and may be the null pointer.
- Either or both of <code>cfunc</code> (the compression function) and
- <code>ufunc</code> (the uncompression method) may be null pointers.
- <p>
- The statistics associated with a method number are not reset
- by this function; they accumulate over the life of the library.
-<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><em>H5Z_method_t</em> <code>method</code>
- <dd>Number specifying compression method.
- <dt><em>const char *</em><code>name</code>
- <dd>Name associated with the method number.
- <dt><em>H5Z_func_t</em> <code>cfunc</code>
- <dd>Compression method.
- <dt><em>H5Z_func_t</em> <code>ufunc</code>
- <dd>Uncompression method.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
- <dd>Returns SUCCEED (0) if successful;
- otherwise FAIL (-1).
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<center>
-<a href="RM_H5Front.html">HDF5 Reference Manual</a>&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5.html">H5</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5A.html">H5A</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5D.html">H5D</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5E.html">H5E</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5F.html">H5F</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5G.html">H5G</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5P.html">H5P</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5S.html">H5S</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5T.html">H5T</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-H5Z&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="Tools.html">Tools</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<!--
-<a href="Glossary.html">Glossary</a>
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-</center>
-<hr>
-
-<address>
-<a href="mailto:hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu">HDF Help Desk</a>
-
-<br>
-Last modified: 14 July 1998
-
-</body>
-</html>
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-<html>
-<head><title>
-HDF5/Tools Draft API Specification
-</title></head>
-
-<body>
-
-<hr>
-<center>
-<a href="RM_H5Front.html">HDF5 Reference Manual</a>&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5.html">H5</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5A.html">H5A</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5D.html">H5D</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5E.html">H5E</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5F.html">H5F</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5G.html">H5G</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5P.html">H5P</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<!--
-<a href="RM_H5R.html">H5R</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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-<a href="RM_H5S.html">H5S</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5T.html">H5T</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="RM_H5Z.html">H5Z</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-Tools&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<!--
-<a href="Glossary.html">Glossary</a>
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-</center>
-<hr>
-
-<center>
-<h1>HDF5 Tools</h1>
-</center>
-
-<h2>HDF5 Tool Interfaces</h2>
-<p>
-These tools enable the user to examine HDF5 files interactively.
-
-
-<table border=0>
-<tr><td valign=top>
-<ul>
- <li><a href="#Tools-Dump">h5dump</a> -- A tool for displaying
- HDF5 file contents
- <li><a href="#Tools-Ls">h5ls</a> -- A tool for listing specified
- features of HDF5 file contents
- <li><a href="#Tools-Repart">h5repart</a> -- A tool for repartitioning
- a file, creating a family of files
-</ul>
-</td></tr>
-</table>
-
-<p>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Tool Name:</strong> <a name="Tools-Dump">h5dump</a>
-<dt><strong>Syntax:</strong>
- <dd><code>h5dump
- [-h]
- [-bb]
- [-header]
- [-a </code><em>names</em><code>]
- [-d </code><em>names</em><code>]
- [-g </code><em>names</em><code>]
- [-l </code><em>names</em><code>] </code>
- <em>file</em>
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Displays HDF5 file contents.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>h5dump</code> enables the user to interactively examine
- the contents of an HDF5 file and dump those contents,
- in human readable form, to an ASCII file or to other tools.
- <p>
- <code>h5dump</code> displays HDF5 file content on
- standard output. It may display the content of the
- whole HDF5 file or selected objects, which can be groups,
- datasets, links, or attributes.
- <p>
- The <code>-header</code> option displays object
- header information only and must appear before the
- <code>-a</code>, <code>-d</code>, <code>-g</code>, or
- <code>-l</code> options.
- <p>
- Native data types created in one machine are displayed with native
- names when <code>h5dump</code> runs in the same machine type. But when
- <code>h5dump</code> runs in a different machine type, it displays the
- native data types with standard type names. This will be changed in the
- next release to always display with standard type names.
- <p>
- The <code>h5dump</code> output is described in detail in
- <a href="../html/ddl.html">DDL</a>, the <cite>Data Description
- Language</cite> document.
-<dt><strong>Options and Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><code>-h</code>
- <dd>Print information on this command.
- <dt><code>-bb</code>
- <dd>Displays the content of boot block. The default is
- not to display.
- <dt><code>-header</code>
- <dd>Displays header information only; no data is displayed.
- <dt><code>-a</code> <em>names</em>
- <dd>Displays the specified attribute(s).
- <dt><code>-d</code> <em>names</em>
- <dd>Displays the specified dataset(s).
- <dt><code>-g</code> <em>names</em>
- <dd>Displays all the objects within the specified group(s).
- <dt><code>-l</code> <em>names</em>
- <dd>Displays the specified link value(s).
- <dt><em>file</em>
- <dd>The file to be examined.
- </dl>
-<dt><strong>Current Status:</strong>
- <dd>The current version of <code>h5dump</code> can display the
- following types of information:
- <ul>
- <li>Group name
- <li>Attribute name, data type, data space, and data
- <li>Dataset name, data type, data space, and data
- <li>Soft link name, link value
- </ul>
-
- <dd>Limitions in the current implementaion include the
- following:
- <ul>
- <li>Only one file is displayed at a time (file families are
- not supported).
- <li>The whole file content is displayed (none of above
- options are supported).
- <li>Compound data types are not yet supported.
- <li>Complex data spaces are not yet supported.
- </ul>
-<dt><strong>See Also:</strong>
- <dd>HDF5 Data Description Language syntax
- (<a href="../html/ddl.html">DDL</a>)
-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Tool Name:</strong> <a name="Tools-Ls">h5ls</a>
-<dt><strong>Syntax:</strong>
- <dd><code>h5ls
- [</code><em>options</em><code>]</code><em>
- file</em><code>
- [</code><em>objects...</em><code>]</code>
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Prints information about a file or dataset.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>h5ls</code> prints selected information about file objects
- in the specified format.
-<dt><strong>Options and Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><code>-h</code> &nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;&nbsp; <code>-?</code> &nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;&nbsp; <code>--help</code>
- <dd>Print a usage message and exit.
- <dt><code>-d</code> &nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;&nbsp; <code>--dump</code>
- <dd>Print the values of datasets.
- <dt><code>-w</code><em>N</em> &nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;&nbsp; <code>--width=</code><em>N</em>
- <dd>Set the number of columns of output.
- <dt><code>-v</code> &nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;&nbsp; <code>--verbose</code>
- <dd>Generate more verbose output.
- <dt><code>-V</code> &nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;&nbsp; <code>--version</code>
- <dd>Print version number and exit.
- <dt><em>file</em>
- <dd>The file name may include a printf(3C) integer format
- such as <code>%%05d</code> to open a file family.
- <dt><em>objects</em>
- <dd>The names of zero or more objects about which information
- should be displayed. If a group is mentioned then
- information about each of its members is displayed.
- If no object names are specified then information about
- all of the objects in the root group is displayed.
- </dl>
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- <dd>
-<dt><strong>See Also:</strong>
- <dd>
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-</dl>
-
-
-<hr>
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Tool Name:</strong> <a name="Tools-Repart">h5repart</a>
-<dt><strong>Syntax:</strong>
- <dd><code>h5repart
- [-v]
- [-V]
- [-[b|m]</code><em>N</em><code>[g|m|k]]</code>
- <em>source_file
- dest_file</em>
-<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
- <dd>Repartitions a file or family of files.
-<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
- <dd><code>h5repart</code> splits a single file into a family of
- files, joins a family of files into a single file, or copies
- one family of files to another while changing the size of the
- family members. <code>h5repart</code> can also be used to
- copy a single file to a single file with holes.
- <p>
- Sizes associated with the <code>-b</code> and <code>-m</code>
- options may be suffixed with <code>g</code> for gigabytes,
- <code>m</code> for megabytes, or <code>k</code> for kilobytes.
- <p>
- File family names include an integer <code>printf</code>
- format such as <code>%d</code>.
-
-<dt><strong>Options and Parameters:</strong>
- <dl>
- <dt><code>-v</code>
- <dd>Produce verbose output.
- <dt><code>-V</code>
- <dd>Print a version number and exit.
- <dt><code>-b</code><em>N</em>
- <dd>The I/O block size, defaults to 1kB
- <dt><code>-m</code><em>N</em>
- <dd>The destination member size or 1GB
- <dt><em>source_file</em>
- <dd>The name of the source file
- <dt><em>dest_file</em>
- <dd>The name of the destination files
- </dl>
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