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/* $Id$ */

/*
 * This file contains public declarations for the H5D module.
 */

#ifndef _H5Dpublic_H
#define _H5Dpublic_H

/* Public headers needed by this file */
#include <H5public.h>
#include <H5Apublic.h>

/* Values for the H5D_LAYOUT property */
typedef enum H5D_layout_t {
   H5D_COMPACT		=0, 		/*raw data is very small	*/
   H5D_CONTIGUOUS	=1, 		/*the default			*/
   H5D_CHUNKED		=2, 		/*slow and fancy		*/
   
   H5D_NLAYOUTS		=3		/*This one must be last!	*/
} H5D_layout_t;

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

hid_t H5Dcreate (hid_t file_id, const char *name, hid_t type_id,
		 hid_t space_id, hid_t create_parms_id);
hid_t H5Dopen (hid_t file_id, const char *name);
herr_t H5Dclose (hid_t dataset_id);
herr_t H5Dread (hid_t dataset_id, hid_t type_id, hid_t space_id,
		hid_t xfer_parms_id,  void *buf/*out*/);
herr_t H5Dwrite (hid_t dataset_id, hid_t type_id, hid_t space_id,
		 hid_t xfer_parms_id, const void *buf);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif