/**************************************************************************** * NCSA HDF * * Software Development Group * * National Center for Supercomputing Applications * * University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign * * 605 E. Springfield, Champaign IL 61820 * * * * For conditions of distribution and use, see the accompanying * * hdf/COPYING file. * * * ****************************************************************************/ /* * This file contains public declarations for the HDF5 module. */ #ifndef _H5public_H #define _H5public_H #include /*from configure */ #include #include #ifdef HAVE_PARALLEL # include # include #endif /* Version numbers */ #define H5_VERS_MAJOR 1 /* For major interface/format changes */ #define H5_VERS_MINOR 1 /* For minor interface/format changes */ #define H5_VERS_RELEASE 20 /* For tweaks, bug-fixes, or development */ #define H5check() H5check_version(H5_VERS_MAJOR,H5_VERS_MINOR, \ H5_VERS_RELEASE) /* * Status return values. Failed integer functions in HDF5 result almost * always in a negative value (unsigned failing functions sometimes return * zero for failure) while successfull return is non-negative (often zero). * The negative failure value is most commonly -1, but don't bet on it. The * proper way to detect failure is something like: * * if ((dset = H5Dopen (file, name))<0) { * fprintf (stderr, "unable to open the requested dataset\n"); * } */ typedef int herr_t; /* * Boolean type. Successful return values are zero (false) or positive * (true). The typical true value is 1 but don't bet on it. Boolean * functions cannot fail. Functions that return `htri_t' however return zero * (false), positive (true), or negative (failure). The proper way to test * for truth from a htri_t function is: * * if ((retval = H5Tcommitted(type))>0) { * printf("data type is committed\n"); * } else if (!retval) { * printf("data type is not committed\n"); * } else { * printf("error determining whether data type is committed\n"); * } */ typedef unsigned int hbool_t; typedef int htri_t; /* * The sizes of file-objects in hdf5 have their own types defined here. On * most systems, these are the same as size_t and ssize_t, but on systems * with small address spaces these are defined to be larger. */ #if defined(HAVE_LARGE_HSIZET) && SIZEOF_SIZE_T