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#include <string>

#include "H5Include.h"
#include "H5Exception.h"
#include "H5IdComponent.h"
#include "H5PropList.h"
#include "H5LaccProp.h"
#include "H5Location.h"
#include "H5Object.h"
#include "H5DataType.h"
#include "H5VarLenType.h"

namespace H5 {


//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Function:    VarLenType default constructor
///\brief       Default constructor: Creates a stub variable-length datatype.
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
VarLenType::VarLenType() : DataType() {}

//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Function:    VarLenType overloaded constructor
///\brief       Creates an VarLenType object using an existing id.
///\param       existing_id - IN: Id of an existing datatype
///\exception   H5::DataTypeIException
// Programmer   Binh-Minh Ribler - May, 2004
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
VarLenType::VarLenType(const hid_t existing_id) : DataType(existing_id) {}

//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Function:    VarLenType copy constructor
///\brief       Copy constructor: makes a copy of the original VarLenType object.
// Programmer   Binh-Minh Ribler - May, 2004
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
VarLenType::VarLenType(const VarLenType& original) : DataType(original) {}

//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Function:    VarLenType overloaded constructor
///\brief       Creates a new variable-length datatype based on the specified
///             \a base_type.
///\param       base_type - IN: Pointer to existing datatype
///\exception   H5::DataTypeIException
// Description
//              DataType passed by pointer to avoid clashing with copy
//              constructor.
// Programmer   Binh-Minh Ribler - May, 2004
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
VarLenType::VarLenType(const DataType* base_type) : DataType()
{
    id = H5Tvlen_create(base_type->getId());
    if (id < 0)
    {
        throw DataTypeIException("VarLenType constructor",
                "H5Tvlen_create returns negative value");
    }
}

//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Function:    VarLenType destructor
///\brief       Properly terminates access to this datatype.
// Programmer   Binh-Minh Ribler - May, 2004
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
VarLenType::~VarLenType() {}

} // end namespace