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diff --git a/src/H5Rpublic.h b/src/H5Rpublic.h index 5d356e9..b33960e 100644 --- a/src/H5Rpublic.h +++ b/src/H5Rpublic.h @@ -40,40 +40,54 @@ /* Public Typedefs */ /*******************/ -/* +//! <!-- [H5R_type_t_snip] --> +/** * Reference types allowed. - * DO NOT CHANGE THE ORDER or VALUES as reference type values are encoded into - * the datatype message header. + * + * \internal DO NOT CHANGE THE ORDER or VALUES as reference type values are + * encoded into the datatype message header. */ typedef enum { - H5R_BADTYPE = (-1), /* Invalid reference type */ - H5R_OBJECT1 = 0, /* Backward compatibility (object) */ - H5R_DATASET_REGION1 = 1, /* Backward compatibility (region) */ - H5R_OBJECT2 = 2, /* Object reference */ - H5R_DATASET_REGION2 = 3, /* Region reference */ - H5R_ATTR = 4, /* Attribute Reference */ - H5R_MAXTYPE = 5 /* Highest type (invalid) */ + H5R_BADTYPE = (-1), /**< Invalid reference type */ + H5R_OBJECT1 = 0, /**< Backward compatibility (object) */ + H5R_DATASET_REGION1 = 1, /**< Backward compatibility (region) */ + H5R_OBJECT2 = 2, /**< Object reference */ + H5R_DATASET_REGION2 = 3, /**< Region reference */ + H5R_ATTR = 4, /**< Attribute Reference */ + H5R_MAXTYPE = 5 /**< Highest type (invalid) */ } H5R_type_t; +//! <!-- [H5R_type_t_snip] --> /* Deprecated types are kept for backward compatibility with previous versions */ +//! <!-- [hobj_ref_t_snip] --> /** - * Deprecated object reference type that is used with deprecated reference APIs. - * Note! This type can only be used with the "native" HDF5 VOL connector. + * \deprecated Deprecated object reference type that is used with deprecated + * reference APIs. + * + * \note This type can only be used with the "native" HDF5 VOL connector. */ typedef haddr_t hobj_ref_t; +//! <!-- [hobj_ref_t_snip] --> +//! <!-- [hdset_reg_ref_t_snip] --> /** - * Dataset region reference type that is used with deprecated reference APIs. - * (Buffer to store heap ID and index) - * This needs to be large enough to store largest haddr_t in a worst case + * Buffer to store heap ID and index + * + * This needs to be large enough to store largest #haddr_t in a worst case * machine (8 bytes currently) plus an int. - * Note! This type can only be used with the "native" HDF5 VOL connector. + * + * \deprecated Dataset region reference type that is used with deprecated + * reference APIs. + * + * \note This type can only be used with the "native" HDF5 VOL connector. */ typedef struct { uint8_t __data[H5R_DSET_REG_REF_BUF_SIZE]; } hdset_reg_ref_t; +//! <!-- [hdset_reg_ref_t_snip] --> +//! <!-- [H5R_ref_t_snip] --> /** * Opaque reference type. The same reference type is used for object, * dataset region and attribute references. This is the type that @@ -81,10 +95,11 @@ typedef struct { */ typedef struct { union { - uint8_t __data[H5R_REF_BUF_SIZE]; /* opaque data */ - int64_t align; /* ensures alignment */ + uint8_t __data[H5R_REF_BUF_SIZE]; /**< opaque data */ + int64_t align; /**< ensures alignment */ } u; } H5R_ref_t; +//! <!-- [H5R_ref_t_snip] --> /********************/ /* Public Variables */ @@ -121,8 +136,8 @@ extern "C" { * must be of the same type as the object being referenced, that is * a group, dataset or committed datatype property list. * - * H5R_ref_t is defined in H5Rpublic.h as: typedef unsigned char - * H5R_ref_t[#H5R_REF_BUF_SIZE]; + * \ref H5R_ref_t is defined in H5Rpublic.h as: + * \snippet this H5R_ref_t_snip * * H5Rdestroy() should be used to release the resource from the * reference. @@ -157,14 +172,12 @@ H5_DLL herr_t H5Rcreate_object(hid_t loc_id, const char *name, hid_t oapl_id, H5 * must be of the same type as the object being referenced, that is * a dataset property list in this case. * - * H5R_ref_t is defined in H5Rpublic.h as: typedef unsigned char - * H5R_ref_t[#H5R_REF_BUF_SIZE]; + * \ref H5R_ref_t is defined in H5Rpublic.h as: + * \snippet this H5R_ref_t_snip * * H5Rdestroy() should be used to release the resource from the * reference. * - * \see function_name() - * */ H5_DLL herr_t H5Rcreate_region(hid_t loc_id, const char *name, hid_t space_id, hid_t oapl_id, H5R_ref_t *ref_ptr); @@ -196,8 +209,8 @@ H5_DLL herr_t H5Rcreate_region(hid_t loc_id, const char *name, hid_t space_id, h * as that object, that is a group, dataset or committed datatype * property list. * - * H5R_ref_t is defined in H5Rpublic.h as: typedef unsigned char - * H5R_ref_t[#H5R_REF_BUF_SIZE]; + * \ref H5R_ref_t is defined in H5Rpublic.h as: + * \snippet this H5R_ref_t_snip * * H5Rdestroy() should be used to release the resource from the * reference. @@ -216,12 +229,12 @@ H5_DLL herr_t H5Rcreate_attr(hid_t loc_id, const char *name, const char *attr_na * * \return \herr_t * - * \details Given a reference, ref_ptr, to an object, region or attribute - * attached to an object, H5R_DESTROY releases allocated resources + * \details Given a reference, \p ref_ptr, to an object, region or attribute + * attached to an object, H5Rdestroy() releases allocated resources * from a previous create call. * - * H5R_ref_t is defined in H5Rpublic.h as: typedef unsigned char - * H5R_ref_t[#H5R_REF_BUF_SIZE]; + * \ref H5R_ref_t is defined in H5Rpublic.h as: + * \snippet this H5R_ref_t_snip * */ H5_DLL herr_t H5Rdestroy(H5R_ref_t *ref_ptr); @@ -236,23 +249,20 @@ H5_DLL herr_t H5Rdestroy(H5R_ref_t *ref_ptr); * * \param[in] ref_ptr Pointer to reference * - * \return Returns a valid reference type if successful; otherwise returns #H5R_UNKNOWN. + * \return Returns a valid reference type if successful; otherwise returns #H5R_BADTYPE . * * \details Given a reference, \p ref_ptr, H5Rget_type() returns the * type of the reference. * * Valid returned reference types are: + * \snippet this H5R_type_t_snip * - * #H5R_OBJECT2 Object reference version 2 - * #H5R_DATASET_REGION2 Region reference version 2 - * #H5R_ATTRIBUTE Attribute reference - * - * Note that #H5R_OBJECT1 and #H5R_DATASET REGION1 can never be - * associated to an H5R_ref_t reference and can therefore never be + * Note that #H5R_OBJECT1 and #H5R_DATASET_REGION1 can never be + * associated to an \ref H5R_ref_t reference and can therefore never be * returned through that function. * - * H5R_ref_t is defined in H5Rpublic.h as: typedef unsigned char - * H5R_ref_t[#H5R_REF_BUF_SIZE]; + * \ref H5R_ref_t is defined in H5Rpublic.h as: + * \snippet this H5R_ref_t_snip * */ H5_DLL H5R_type_t H5Rget_type(const H5R_ref_t *ref_ptr); @@ -273,8 +283,8 @@ H5_DLL H5R_type_t H5Rget_type(const H5R_ref_t *ref_ptr); * \details H5Requal() determines whether two references point to the * same object, region or attribute. * - * H5R_ref_t is defined in H5Rpublic.h as: typedef unsigned char - * H5R_ref_t[#H5R_REF_BUF_SIZE]; + * \ref H5R_ref_t is defined in H5Rpublic.h as: + * \snippet this H5R_ref_t_snip * */ H5_DLL htri_t H5Requal(const H5R_ref_t *ref1_ptr, const H5R_ref_t *ref2_ptr); @@ -320,8 +330,8 @@ H5_DLL herr_t H5Rcopy(const H5R_ref_t *src_ref_ptr, H5R_ref_t *dst_ref_ptr); * must be of the same type as the object being referenced, that is * a group or dataset property list. * - * H5R_ref_t is defined in H5Rpublic.h as: typedef unsigned char - * H5R_ref_t[#H5R_REF_BUF_SIZE]; + * \ref H5R_ref_t is defined in H5Rpublic.h as: + * \snippet this H5R_ref_t_snip * * The object opened with this function should be closed when it * is no longer needed so that resource leaks will not develop. Use @@ -333,22 +343,8 @@ H5_DLL hid_t H5Ropen_object(H5R_ref_t *ref_ptr, hid_t rapl_id, hid_t oapl_id); /** * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - * \ingroup H5R - * - * \brief Asynchronous version of H5Ropen_object() - * - * \app_file - * \app_func - * \app_line - * \param[out] ref_ptr Pointer to reference to open - * \rapl_id - * \oapl_id - * \es_id - * - * \return \hid_t{object} - * - * \see H5Ropen_object() - * + * \ingroup ASYNC + * \async_variant_of{H5Ropen} */ H5_DLL hid_t H5Ropen_object_async(const char *app_file, const char *app_func, unsigned app_line, H5R_ref_t *ref_ptr, hid_t rapl_id, hid_t oapl_id, hid_t es_id); @@ -388,22 +384,8 @@ H5_DLL hid_t H5Ropen_region(H5R_ref_t *ref_ptr, hid_t rapl_id, hid_t oapl_id); /** * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - * \ingroup H5R - * - * \brief Asynchronous version of H5Ropen_region() - * - * \app_file - * \app_func - * \app_line - * \param[in] ref_ptr Pointer to reference to open - * \rapl_id - * \oapl_id - * \es_id - * - * \return \hid_t{dataspace} - * - * \see H5Ropen_region() - * + * \ingroup ASYNC + * \async_variant_of{H5Ropen_region} */ H5_DLL hid_t H5Ropen_region_async(const char *app_file, const char *app_func, unsigned app_line, H5R_ref_t *ref_ptr, hid_t rapl_id, hid_t oapl_id, hid_t es_id); @@ -440,22 +422,8 @@ H5_DLL hid_t H5Ropen_attr(H5R_ref_t *ref_ptr, hid_t rapl_id, hid_t aapl_id); /** * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - * \ingroup H5R - * - * \brief Asynchronous version of H5Ropen_attr() - * - * \app_file - * \app_func - * \app_line - * \param[in] ref_ptr Pointer to reference to open - * \rapl_id - * \aapl_id - * \es_id - * - * \return \hid_t{attribute} - * - * \see H5Ropen_attr() - * + * \ingroup ASYNC + * \async_variant_of{H5Ropen_attr} */ H5_DLL hid_t H5Ropen_attr_async(const char *app_file, const char *app_func, unsigned app_line, H5R_ref_t *ref_ptr, hid_t rapl_id, hid_t aapl_id, hid_t es_id); @@ -485,10 +453,7 @@ H5_DLL hid_t H5Ropen_attr_async(const char *app_file, const char *app_func, unsi * Upon success, the function returns in \p obj_type the type of * the object that the reference points to. Valid values for this * referenced object type are as followed (defined in H5Opublic.h): - * - * H5O_TYPE_GROUP Object is a group - * H5O_TYPE_DATASET Object is a dataset - * H5O_TYPE_NAMED_DATATYPE Object is a named datatype + * \snippet H5Opublic.h H5O_type_t_snip * */ H5_DLL herr_t H5Rget_obj_type3(H5R_ref_t *ref_ptr, hid_t rapl_id, H5O_type_t *obj_type); @@ -540,12 +505,12 @@ H5_DLL ssize_t H5Rget_file_name(const H5R_ref_t *ref_ptr, char *name, size_t siz * \details H5Rget_obj_name() retrieves the object name for the object, * region or attribute reference pointed to by \p ref_ptr. * - * The parameter \p rapl id is a reference access property list + * The parameter \p rapl_id is a reference access property list * identifier for the reference. The access property list can * be used to access external files that the reference points to * (through a file access property list). * - * Up to size characters of the name are returned in name; additional + * Up to size characters of the name are returned in \p name; additional * characters, if any, are not returned to the user application. If * the length of the name, which determines the required value of * \p size, is unknown, a preliminary call to H5Rget_obj_name() call @@ -553,8 +518,8 @@ H5_DLL ssize_t H5Rget_file_name(const H5R_ref_t *ref_ptr, char *name, size_t siz * object name. That value can then be passed in for \p size in the * second call to H5Rget_obj_name(), which will retrieve the actual * name. If there is no name associated with the object identifier - * or if the name is #NULL, H5Rget_obj_name() returns the size of - * the name buffer (the size does not include the #NULL terminator). + * or if the name is NULL, H5Rget_obj_name() returns the size of + * the name buffer (the size does not include the \c \0 terminator). * * If \p ref_ptr is an object reference, \p name will be returned with * a name for the referenced object. If \p ref_ptr is a dataset region @@ -624,15 +589,334 @@ H5_DLL ssize_t H5Rget_attr_name(const H5R_ref_t *ref_ptr, char *name, size_t siz /* Function prototypes */ #ifndef H5_NO_DEPRECATED_SYMBOLS +/** + * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * \ingroup H5R + * + * \brief Retrieves the type of object that an object reference points to + * + * \param[in] id The dataset containing the reference object or the group + * containing that dataset + * \param[in] ref_type Type of reference to query + * \param[in] ref Reference to query + * + * \return Returns a valid object type if successful; otherwise returns a + * negative value (#H5G_UNKNOWN). + * + * \deprecated This function has been renamed from H5Rget_obj_type() and is + * deprecated in favor of the macro H5Rget_obj_type() or the + * function H5Rget_obj_type2(). + * + * \details Given an object reference, \p ref, H5Rget_obj_type1() returns the + * type of the referenced object. + * + * A \Emph{reference type} is the type of reference, either an object + * reference or a dataset region reference. An \Emph{object reference} + * points to an HDF5 object while a \Emph{dataset region reference} + * points to a defined region within a dataset. + * + * The \Emph{referenced object} is the object the reference points + * to. The \Emph{referenced object type}, or the type of the referenced + * object, is the type of the object that the reference points to. + * + * The location identifier, \p id, is the identifier for either the + * dataset containing the object reference or the group containing that + * dataset. + * + * Valid reference types, to pass in as \p ref_type, include the + * following: + * \snippet this H5R_type_t_snip + * + * If the application does not already know the object reference type, + * that can be determined with three preliminary calls: + * + * \li Call H5Dget_type() on the dataset containing the reference to + * get a datatype identifier for the dataset’s datatype. + * \li Using that datatype identifier, H5Tget_class() returns a datatype + * class.\n If the datatype class is #H5T_REFERENCE, H5Tequal() can + * then be used to determine whether the reference’s datatype is + * #H5T_STD_REF_OBJ or #H5T_STD_REF_DSETREG: + * - If the datatype is #H5T_STD_REF_OBJ, the reference object type + * is #H5R_OBJECT. + * - If the datatype is #H5T_STD_REF_DSETREG, the reference object + * type is #H5R_DATASET_REGION. + * + * When the function completes successfully, it returns one of the + * following valid object type values (defined in H5Gpublic.h): + * \snippet H5Gpublic.h H5G_obj_t_snip + * + * \version 1.8.0 Function H5Rget_obj_type() renamed to H5Rget_obj_type1() and + * deprecated in this release. + * \since 1.6.0 + * + */ H5_DLL H5G_obj_t H5Rget_obj_type1(hid_t id, H5R_type_t ref_type, const void *ref); -H5_DLL hid_t H5Rdereference1(hid_t obj_id, H5R_type_t ref_type, const void *ref); + +/** + * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * \ingroup H5R + * + * \brief Opens the HDF5 object referenced + * + * \obj_id + * \param[in] ref_type The reference type of \p ref + * \param[in] ref Reference to open + * + * \return Returns identifier of referenced object if successful; otherwise + * returns a negative value. + * + * \deprecated This function has been renamed from H5Rdereference() and is + * deprecated in favor of the macro H5Rdereference() or the function + * H5Rdereference2(). + * + * \details Given a reference, \p ref, to an object or a region in an object, + * H5Rdereference1() opens that object and returns an identifier. + * + * The parameter \p obj_id must be a valid identifier for an object in + * the HDF5 file containing the referenced object, including the file + * identifier. + * + * The parameter \p ref_type specifies the reference type of the + * reference \p ref. \p ref_type may contain either of the following + * values: + * - #H5R_OBJECT + * - #H5R_DATASET_REGION + * + * The object opened with this function should be closed when it is no + * longer needed so that resource leaks will not develop. Use the + * appropriate close function such as H5Oclose() or H5Dclose() for + * datasets. + * + * \version 1.10.0 Function H5Rdereference() renamed to H5Rdereference1() and + * deprecated in this release. + * \since 1.8.0 + * + */ +H5_DLL hid_t H5Rdereference1(hid_t obj_id, H5R_type_t ref_type, const void *ref); #endif /* H5_NO_DEPRECATED_SYMBOLS */ -H5_DLL herr_t H5Rcreate(void *ref, hid_t loc_id, const char *name, H5R_type_t ref_type, hid_t space_id); -H5_DLL herr_t H5Rget_obj_type2(hid_t id, H5R_type_t ref_type, const void *ref, H5O_type_t *obj_type); -H5_DLL hid_t H5Rdereference2(hid_t obj_id, hid_t oapl_id, H5R_type_t ref_type, const void *ref); -H5_DLL hid_t H5Rget_region(hid_t dataset, H5R_type_t ref_type, const void *ref); +/** + * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * \ingroup H5R + * + * \brief Creates a reference + * + * \param[out] ref Reference created by the function call + * \param[in] loc_id Location identifier used to locate the object being pointed to + * \param[in] name Name of object at location \p loc_id + * \param[in] ref_type Type of reference + * \param[in] space_id Dataspace identifier with selection. Used only for + * dataset region references; pass as -1 if reference is + * an object reference, i.e., of type #H5R_OBJECT + * + * \return \herr_t + * + * \details H5Rcreate() creates the reference, \p ref, of the type specified in + * \p ref_type, pointing to the object \p name located at \p loc_id. + * + * The HDF5 library maps the void type specified above for \p ref to + * the type specified in \p ref_type, which will be one of the following: + * \snippet this H5R_type_t_snip + * + * The parameters \p loc_id and \p name are used to locate the object. + * + * The parameter \p space_id identifies the dataset region that a + * dataset region reference points to. This parameter is used only with + * dataset region references and should be set to -1 if the reference + * is an object reference, #H5R_OBJECT. + * + * \since 1.8.0 + */ +H5_DLL herr_t H5Rcreate(void *ref, hid_t loc_id, const char *name, H5R_type_t ref_type, hid_t space_id); + +/** + * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * \ingroup H5R + * + * \brief Retrieves the type of object that an object reference points to + * + * \param[in] id The dataset containing the reference object or the group + * containing that dataset + * \param[in] ref_type Type of reference to query + * \param[in] ref Reference to query + * \param[out] obj_type Type of referenced object + * + * \return \herr_t + * + * \details Given an object reference, \p ref, H5Rget_obj_type2() returns the + * type of the referenced object in \p obj_type. + * + * A \Emph{reference type} is the type of reference, either an object + * reference or a dataset region reference. An \Emph{object reference} + * points to an HDF5 object while a \Emph{dataset region reference} + * points to a defined region within a dataset. + * + * The \Emph{referenced object} is the object the reference points + * to. The \Emph{referenced object type}, or the type of the referenced + * object, is the type of the object that the reference points to. + * + * The location identifier, \p id, is the identifier for either the + * dataset containing the object reference or the group containing that + * dataset. + * + * Valid reference types, to pass in as \p ref_type, include the + * following: + * \snippet this H5R_type_t_snip + * + * If the application does not already know the object reference type, + * that can be determined with three preliminary calls: + * + * \li Call H5Dget_type() on the dataset containing the reference to + * get a datatype identifier for the dataset’s datatype. + * \li Using that datatype identifier, H5Tget_class() returns a datatype + * class.\n If the datatype class is #H5T_REFERENCE, H5Tequal() can + * then be used to determine whether the reference’s datatype is + * #H5T_STD_REF_OBJ or #H5T_STD_REF_DSETREG: + * - If the datatype is #H5T_STD_REF_OBJ, the reference object type + * is #H5R_OBJECT. + * - If the datatype is #H5T_STD_REF_DSETREG, the reference object + * type is #H5R_DATASET_REGION. + * + * When the function completes successfully, it returns one of the + * following valid object type values (defined in H5Opublic.h): + * \snippet H5Opublic.h H5O_type_t_snip + * + * \since 1.8.0 + * + */ +H5_DLL herr_t H5Rget_obj_type2(hid_t id, H5R_type_t ref_type, const void *ref, H5O_type_t *obj_type); + +/** + * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * \ingroup H5R + * + * \brief Opens the HDF5 object referenced + * + * \obj_id + * \oapl_id + * \param[in] ref_type The reference type of \p ref + * \param[in] ref Reference to open + * + * \return Returns identifier of referenced object if successful; otherwise + * returns a negative value. + * + * \details Given a reference, \p ref, to an object or a region in an object, + * H5Rdereference2() opens that object and returns an identifier. + * + * The parameter \p obj_id must be a valid identifier for the HDF5 file + * containing the referenced object or for any object in that HDF5 + * file. + * + * The parameter \p oapl_id is an object access property list + * identifier for the referenced object. The access property list must + * be of the same type as the object being referenced, that is a group, + * dataset, or datatype property list. + * + * The parameter \p ref_type specifies the reference type of the + * reference \p ref. \p ref_type may contain either of the following + * values: + * - #H5R_OBJECT + * - #H5R_DATASET_REGION + * + * The object opened with this function should be closed when it is no + * longer needed so that resource leaks will not develop. Use the + * appropriate close function such as H5Oclose() or H5Dclose() for + * datasets. + * + * \since 1.10.0 + * + */ +H5_DLL hid_t H5Rdereference2(hid_t obj_id, hid_t oapl_id, H5R_type_t ref_type, const void *ref); + +/** + * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * \ingroup H5R + * + * \brief Sets up a dataspace and selection as specified by a region reference + * + * \param[in] dataset File identifier or identifier for any object in the file + * containing the referenced region + * \param[in] ref_type Reference type of \p ref, which must be #H5R_DATASET_REGION + * \param[in] ref Region reference to open + * + * \return Returns a valid dataspace identifier if successful; otherwise returns + * a negative value. + * + * \details H5Rget_region() creates a copy of the dataspace of the dataset + * pointed to by a region reference, \p ref, and defines a selection + * matching the selection pointed to by ref within the dataspace copy. + * + * \p dataset is used to identify the file containing the referenced + * region; it can be a file identifier or an identifier for any object + * in the file. + * + * The parameter \p ref_type specifies the reference type of \p ref and + * must contain the value #H5R_DATASET_REGION. + * + * Use H5Sclose() to release the dataspace identifier returned by this + * function when the identifier is no longer needed. + * + */ +H5_DLL hid_t H5Rget_region(hid_t dataset, H5R_type_t ref_type, const void *ref); + +/** + * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * \ingroup H5R + * + * \brief Retrieves a name for a referenced object + * + * \param[in] loc_id Identifier for the file containing the reference or for + * any object in that file + * \param[in] ref_type Type of reference + * \param[in] ref An object or dataset region reference + * \param[out] name A buffer to place the name of the referenced object or + * dataset region. If \c NULL, then this call will return the + * size in bytes of the name. + * \param[in] size The size of the \p name buffer. When the size is passed in, + * the \c NULL terminator needs to be included. + * + * \return Returns the length of the name if successful, returning 0 (zero) if + * no name is associated with the identifier. Otherwise returns a + * negative value. + * + * \details H5Rget_name() retrieves a name for the object identified by \p ref.\n + * \p loc_id is used to identify the file containing the reference. It + * can be the file identifier for the file containing the reference or + * an identifier for any object in that file. + * + * \ref H5R_type_t is the reference type of \p ref. Valid values + * include the following: + * \snippet this H5R_type_t_snip + * + * \p ref is the reference for which the target object’s name is + * sought. + * + * If \p ref is an object reference, \p name will be returned with a + * name for the referenced object. If \p ref is a dataset region + * reference, \p name will contain a name for the object containing the + * referenced region. + * + * Up to \p size characters of the name are returned in \p name; + * additional characters, if any, are not returned to the user + * application. + * + * If the length of the name, which determines the required value of \p + * size, is unknown, a preliminary H5Rget_name() call can be made. The + * return value of this call will be the size of the object name. That + * value can then be assigned to \p size for a second H5Rget_name() + * call, which will retrieve the actual name. + * + * If there is no name associated with the object identifier or if the + * \p name is \c NULL, H5Rget_name() returns the size of the \p name + * buffer (the size does not include the \p NULL terminator). + * + * Note that an object in an HDF5 file may have multiple paths if there + * are multiple links pointing to it. This function may return any one + * of these paths. + * + * \since 1.8.0 + */ H5_DLL ssize_t H5Rget_name(hid_t loc_id, H5R_type_t ref_type, const void *ref, char *name, size_t size); #ifdef __cplusplus |