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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 "h5tools.h"
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Function:	h5tools_get_native_type
+ *
+ * Purpose:	Wrapper around H5Tget_native_type() to work around
+ *		Problems with bitfields.
+ *
+ * Return:	Success:    datatype ID
+ *
+ *		Failure:    FAIL
+ *
+ * Programmer:	Quincey Koziol
+ *              Tuesday, October  5, 2004
+ *
+ * Modifications:
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+hid_t
+h5tools_get_native_type(hid_t type)
+{
+    hid_t p_type;
+    H5T_class_t type_class;
+
+    type_class = H5Tget_class(type);
+    if(type_class==H5T_BITFIELD)
+        p_type=H5Tcopy(type);
+    else
+        p_type = H5Tget_native_type(type,H5T_DIR_DEFAULT);
+
+    return(p_type);
+}