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/* $Id$ */

/*
 * This file contains public declarations for the H5P module.
 */

#ifndef _H5pproto_H
#define _H5Pproto_H

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

/* Define atomic datatypes */
#define H5P_ALL		(-2)

/* Different types of dataspaces */
typedef enum H5P_class_t {
   H5P_NO_CLASS		=-1, 		/*error				*/
   H5P_SCALAR		=0, 		/*scalar variable		*/
   H5P_SIMPLE		=1, 		/*simple data space		*/
   H5P_COMPLEX		=2		/*complex data space		*/
} H5P_class_t;


#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

/* Functions in H5P.c */
hid_t H5Pcreate (H5P_class_t type);
herr_t H5Pclose (hid_t space_id);
size_t H5Pget_npoints (hid_t space_id);
intn H5Pget_ndims (hid_t space_id);
intn H5Pget_dims (hid_t space_id, size_t dims[]);

hbool_t H5Pis_simple(hid_t space_id);
herr_t H5Pset_space(hid_t space_id, intn rank, const intn *dims);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif