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<h1>H5RA: Ragged Array Interface</h1>
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<h2>Ragged Array API Functions</h2>
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<font color=red>
The H5RA Interface is strictly experimental at this time;
the interface may change dramatically or support for ragged arrays
may be unavailable in future in releases. As a result, future releases
may be unable to retrieve data stored with this interface.
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Do not create any archives using this interface!</center>
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<p>
These functions enable the user to store and retrieve data in ragged arrays.
<table border=0>
<tr><td valign=top>
<ul>
<li><a href="#Ragged-Create">H5RAcreate</a>
</ul>
</td><td> </td><td valign=top>
<ul>
<li><a href="#Ragged-Open">H5RAopen</a>
<li><a href="#Ragged-Close">H5RAclose</a>
</ul>
</td><td> </td><td valign=top>
<ul>
<li><a href="#Ragged-Write">H5RAwrite</a>
<li><a href="#Ragged-Read">H5RAread</a>
</ul>
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<p>
This version of the Ragged Array interface implements a
two-dimensional array where each row of the array is a different length.
It is intended for applications where the distribution of row lengths
is such that most rows are near an average length with only a few rows
that are significantly shorter or longer. The raw data is split among
two datasets, <code>raw</code> and <code>over</code>: the <code>raw</code>
dataset is a two-dimensional chunked dataset whose width is large enough
to hold most of the rows while the <code>over</code> dataset is a heap
that stores the ends of rows that overflow the first dataset.
A third dataset, called <code>meta</code>, contains one record for each
row and describes what elements, if any, overflow the <code>raw</code>
dataset and where they are stored in the <code>over</code> dataset.
All three datasets are contained in a single group whose name is the
name of the ragged array.
<p>
<hr>
<dl>
<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Ragged-Create">H5RAcreate</a>
<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
<dd><em>hid_t</em> <code>H5RAcreate</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>,
<em>const char *</em><code>name</code>,
<em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>,
<em>hid_t</em> <code>plist_id</code>
)
<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
<dd>Creates a ragged array.
<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
<dd><code>H5RAcreate</code> creates a new ragged array with the
name specified in <code>name</code>. A ragged array is
implemented as a group containing three datasets.
The dataset <code>raw</code> is a fixed width dataset
which will hold the majority of the data.
The dataset <code>over</code> is a one dimensional heap
which will hold the end of rows which are too long to fit
in <code>raw</code>
Finally, the <code>meta</code> dataset contains information
about the <code>over</code> array. All elements of the
ragged array are stored with the same data type.
<p>
The property list <code>plist_id</code> should contain
information about chunking. The chunk width will determine
the width of the <code>raw</code> dataset while the chunk
length should be such that the total chunk size is
reasonably large since I/O will be performed in units
of chunks). If the <code>plist_id</code> does not have
a chunk size defined (e.g., <code>H5P_DEFAULT</code>)
then this function will fail.
<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
<dl>
<dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>
<dd>Location identifier of the dataset.
<dt><em>const char *</em><code>name</code>
<dd>The assigned name of the data set to be stored in the
ragged array.
<dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
<dd>Data type identifier for the ragged array data.
<dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>plist_id</code>
<dd>Property list of the dataset.
</dl>
<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
<dd>Returns a ragged array identifier if successful;
otherwise returns a negative value.
</dl>
<hr>
<dl>
<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Ragged-Open">H5RAopen</a>
<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
<dd><em>hid_t</em> <code>H5RAopen</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>,
<em>const char *</em><code>name</code>
)
<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
<dd>Opens a ragged array.
<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
<dd><code>H5RAopen</code> opens an existing ragged array.
<p>
The name of the array, <code>name</code>, should be the same
that was used when the array was created, i.e., the name of
the group which implements the array.
<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
<dl>
<dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>loc_id</code>
<dd>The location identifier of the dataset.
<dt><em>const char *</em><code>name</code>
<dd>The name of the ragged array.
</dl>
<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
<dd>Returns a ragged array identifier if successful;
otherwise returns a negative value.
</dl>
<hr>
<dl>
<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Ragged-Close">H5RAclose</a>
<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
<dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5RAclose</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>array_id</code>)
<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
<dd>Closes a ragged array.
<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
<dd><code>H5RAclose</code> closes the ragged array specified
with the array identifier <code>array_id</code>.
<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
<dl>
<dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>array_id</code>
<dd>The array identifier for the ragged array to be closed.
</dl>
<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
<dd>Returns a non-negative value if successful;
otherwise returns a negative value.
</dl>
<hr>
<dl>
<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Ragged-Write">H5RAwrite</a>
<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
<dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5RAwrite</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>array_id</code>,
<em>hssize_t</em> <code>start_row</code>,
<em>hsize_t</em> <code>nrows</code>,
<em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>,
<em>hsize_t</em> <code>size[/*nrows*/]</code>,
<em>void *</em><code>buf[/*nrows*/]</code>
)
<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
<dd>Writes to a ragged array.
<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
<dd><code>H5RAwrite</code> writes a contiguous set of rows to a
ragged array beginning at row number <code>start_row</code>
and continuing for <code>nrows</code> rows.
<p>
Each row of the ragged array contains <code>size[]</code>
elements of type <code>type_id</code> and each row is stored
in a buffer pointed to by <code>buf[]</code>.
<p>
Datatype conversion takes place at the time of a read or write
and is automatic. See the
<a href="Datatypes.html#Datatypes-DataConversion">Data Conversion</a>
section of <cite>The Data Type Interface (H5T)</cite> in the
<cite>HDF5 User's Guide</cite> for a discussion of
data conversion, including the range of conversions currently
supported by the HDF5 libraries.
<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
<dl>
<dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>array_id</code>
<dd>Array identifier for the ragged array to be written to.
<dt><em>hssize_t</em> <code>start_row</code>
<dd>Row at which the write will start.
<dt><em>hsize_t</em> <code>nrows</code>
<dd>Number of rows to be written
<dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
<dd>Data type identifier for the data to be written.
<dt><em>hsize_t</em> <code>size[/*nrows*/]</code>
<dd>Lengths of the rows to be written.
<dt><em>void *</em><code>buf[/*nrows*/]</code>
<dd>Pointers to buffers containing the data to be written.
</dl>
<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
<dd>Returns a non-negative value if successful;
otherwise returns a negative value.
</dl>
<hr>
<dl>
<dt><strong>Name:</strong> <a name="Ragged-Read">H5RAread</a>
<dt><strong>Signature:</strong>
<dd><em>herr_t</em> <code>H5RAread</code>(<em>hid_t</em> <code>array_id</code>,
<em>hssize_t</em> <code>start_row</code>,
<em>hsize_t</em> <code>nrows</code>,
<em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>,
<em>hsize_t</em> <code>size[/*nrows*/]</code>,
<em>void *</em><code>buf[/*nrows*/]</code>
)
<dt><strong>Purpose:</strong>
<dd>
<dt><strong>Description:</strong>
<dd><code>H5RAread</code> reads the contents of one or more rows
of the ragged array pointed to by <code>array_id</code>.
<p>
The rows to be read begin at row <code>start_row</code> and
continue for <code>nrows</code> rows.
<p>
All raw data is converted to type <code>type_id</code>.
<p>
The caller must allocate the <code>size[]</code> and
<code>buf[]</code> arrays.
<p>
Memory for the data can be allocated by either the caller or
the library. In the former case, the caller should initialize
the <code>buf[]</code> array with pointers to valid memory and
the <code>size[]</code> array with the lengths of the buffers.
In the latter case, the caller should initialize
<code>buf[]</code> with null pointers (the input value of
<code>size[]</code> is irrelevant in this case) and the
library will allocate memory for each row by calling
<code>malloc()</code>.
<p>
Datatype conversion takes place at the time of a read or write
and is automatic. See the
<a href="Datatypes.html#Datatypes-DataConversion">Data Conversion</a>
section of <cite>The Data Type Interface (H5T)</cite> in the
<cite>HDF5 User's Guide</cite> for a discussion of
data conversion, including the range of conversions currently
supported by the HDF5 libraries.
<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
<dl>
<dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>array_id</code>
<dd>Array identifier for the ragged array to be read from.
<dt><em>hssize_t</em> <code>start_row</code>
<dd>Row at which the read will start.
<dt><em>hsize_t</em> <code>nrows</code>
<dd>Number of rows to be read
<dt><em>hid_t</em> <code>type_id</code>
<dd>Data type identifier for the data to be read.
<dt><em>hsize_t</em> <code>size[/*nrows*/]</code>
<dd>Lengths of the rows to be read.
<dt><em>void *</em><code>buf[/*nrows*/]</code>
<dd>Pointers to buffers into which the data is to be read.
</dl>
<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
<dd>Returns a non-negative value if successful.
The values of the <code>size[]</code> array will be the
true length of each row. If a row is longer than the
caller-allocated length, then <code>size[]</code> will
contain the true length of the row although not all elements
of that row will be stored in the buffer.
<p>
Returns a negative value on failure. The <code>buf[]</code>
array will contain it's original pointers (null or otherwise),
although the caller-supplied buffers may have been modified.
The <code>size[]</code> array may also have been modified.
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