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+/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
+  * Copyright by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.         *
+  * All rights reserved.                                                      *
+  *                                                                           *
+  * This file is part of HDF5.  The full HDF5 copyright notice, including     *
+  * terms governing use, modification, and redistribution, is contained in    *
+  * the files COPYING and Copyright.html.  COPYING can be found at the root   *
+  * of the source code distribution tree; Copyright.html can be found at the  *
+  * root level of an installed copy of the electronic HDF5 document set and   *
+  * is linked from the top-level documents page.  It can also be found at     *
+  * http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc/Copyright.html.  If you do not have     *
+  * access to either file, you may request a copy from hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu. *
+  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
+
+#include "H5PacketTable.h"
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Packet Table Variable-Length Example
+ *
+ * Example program that creates a packet table and performs
+ * writes and reads.
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+int main(void)
+{
+    herr_t err;     /* Return value from function calls */
+    hid_t fileID;   /* HDF5 identifier for file */
+    hsize_t count;  /* Number of records in table */
+    int x;          /* Loop variable */
+
+    /* This example has two different sizes of "record": longs and shorts */
+    long longBuffer[5];
+    short shortBuffer[5];
+
+    /* Buffer of hvl_t structs to read back records */
+    hvl_t readBuffer[5];
+
+   /* Initialize buffers */
+    for(x=0; x<5; x++)
+    {
+        longBuffer[x] = -x;
+        shortBuffer[x] = x;
+    }
+
+    /* Create a new HDF5 file */
+    fileID = H5Fcreate("PTcppexampleVL.h5", H5F_ACC_TRUNC, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
+    if(fileID <0)
+        fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't create file.\n");
+
+    /* Create a variable-length packet table. */
+    VL_PacketTable ptable(fileID, "/examplePacketTable", 1);
+
+    if(! ptable.IsValid())
+        fprintf(stderr, "Unable to create packet table.");
+
+    /* Append five packets to the packet table. */
+    /* In C++, there is no need to package data into hvl_t structs. */
+    err = ptable.AppendPacket( &(longBuffer[0]), sizeof(long));
+    if(err < 0)
+        fprintf(stderr, "Error adding record.");
+    err = ptable.AppendPacket( &(shortBuffer[1]), sizeof(short));
+    if(err < 0)
+        fprintf(stderr, "Error adding record.");
+    err = ptable.AppendPacket( &(longBuffer[2]), sizeof(long));
+    if(err < 0)
+        fprintf(stderr, "Error adding record.");
+    err = ptable.AppendPacket( &(longBuffer[3]), sizeof(long));
+    if(err < 0)
+        fprintf(stderr, "Error adding record.");
+    err = ptable.AppendPacket( &(shortBuffer[4]), sizeof(short));
+    if(err < 0)
+        fprintf(stderr, "Error adding record.");
+
+    /* Get the number of packets in the packet table.  This should be five. */
+    count = ptable.GetPacketCount(err);
+    if(err < 0)
+        fprintf(stderr, "Error getting packet count.");
+
+    printf("Number of packets in packet table after five appends: %d\n", count);
+
+    /* Initialize packet table's "current record" */
+    ptable.ResetIndex();
+
+    /* Iterate through packets, read each one back */
+    for(int x=0; x<5; x++)
+    {
+        err = ptable.GetNextPacket( &(readBuffer[x]) );
+        if(err < 0)
+            fprintf(stderr, "Error reading record.");
+
+        printf("Packet %d's length is %d.\n", x, readBuffer[x].len);
+        if(readBuffer[x].len == sizeof(long))
+            printf("Packet %d's value is %d.\n", x, *((long *) readBuffer[x].p) );
+        else
+            printf("Packet %d's value is %d.\n", x, *((short *) readBuffer[x].p) );
+    }
+
+    /* The packet table will close automatically when its object goes */
+    /* out of scope.  */
+
+    err = H5Fclose(fileID);
+    if( err < 0 )
+        fprintf(stderr, "Failed to close file.\n");
+
+    return 0;
+}
+