/************************************************************ This example shows how to read and write opaque datatypes to a dataset. The program first writes opaque data to a dataset with a dataspace of DIM0, then closes the file. Next, it reopens the file, reads back the data, and outputs it to the screen. This file is intended for use with HDF5 Library version 1.6 ************************************************************/ #include "hdf5.h" #include #include #define FILE "h5ex_t_opaque.h5" #define DATASET "DS1" #define DIM0 4 #define LEN 7 int main(void) { hid_t file, space, dtype, dset; /* Handles */ herr_t status; hsize_t dims[1] = {DIM0}; size_t len; char wdata[DIM0 * LEN], /* Write buffer */ *rdata, /* Read buffer */ str[LEN] = "OPAQUE", *tag; int ndims, i, j; unsigned majnum, minnum, relnum; /* Get library version to differentiate between acceptable version methods * to free the tag returned by H5Tget_tag. */ H5get_libversion(&majnum, &minnum, &relnum); /* * Initialize data. */ for (i = 0; i < DIM0; i++) { for (j = 0; j < LEN - 1; j++) wdata[j + i * LEN] = str[j]; wdata[LEN - 1 + i * LEN] = (char)i + '0'; } /* * Create a new file using the default properties. */ file = H5Fcreate(FILE, H5F_ACC_TRUNC, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT); /* * Create opaque datatype and set the tag to something appropriate. * For this example we will write and view the data as a character * array. */ dtype = H5Tcreate(H5T_OPAQUE, LEN); status = H5Tset_tag(dtype, "Character array"); /* * Create dataspace. Setting maximum size to NULL sets the maximum * size to be the current size. */ space = H5Screate_simple(1, dims, NULL); /* * Create the dataset and write the opaque data to it. */ dset = H5Dcreate(file, DATASET, dtype, space, H5P_DEFAULT); status = H5Dwrite(dset, dtype, H5S_ALL, H5S_ALL, H5P_DEFAULT, wdata); /* * Close and release resources. */ status = H5Dclose(dset); status = H5Sclose(space); status = H5Tclose(dtype); status = H5Fclose(file); /* * Now we begin the read section of this example. Here we assume * the dataset has the same name and rank, but can have any size. * Therefore we must allocate a new array to read in data using * malloc(). */ /* * Open file and dataset. */ file = H5Fopen(FILE, H5F_ACC_RDONLY, H5P_DEFAULT); dset = H5Dopen(file, DATASET); /* * Get datatype and properties for the datatype. Note that H5Tget_tag * allocates space for the string in tag, so we must remember to free() it * later. */ dtype = H5Dget_type(dset); len = H5Tget_size(dtype); tag = H5Tget_tag(dtype); /* * Get dataspace and allocate memory for read buffer. */ space = H5Dget_space(dset); ndims = H5Sget_simple_extent_dims(space, dims, NULL); rdata = (char *)malloc(dims[0] * len); /* * Read the data. */ status = H5Dread(dset, dtype, H5S_ALL, H5S_ALL, H5P_DEFAULT, rdata); /* * Output the data to the screen. */ printf("Datatype tag for %s is: \"%s\"\n", DATASET, tag); for (i = 0; i < dims[0]; i++) { printf("%s[%u]: ", DATASET, i); for (j = 0; j < len; j++) printf("%c", rdata[j + i * len]); printf("\n"); } /* * Close and release resources. */ free(rdata); /* H5free_memory is available in 1.8.16 and above. * Last version for 1.6 was 1.6.10. */ if (minnum > 8 || relnum > 15) H5free_memory(tag); else free(tag); status = H5Dclose(dset); status = H5Sclose(space); status = H5Tclose(dtype); status = H5Fclose(file); return 0; }