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/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
 * Copyright by The HDF Group.                                               *
 * All rights reserved.                                                      *
 *                                                                           *
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 * help@hdfgroup.org.                                                        *
 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */

/*
 * Programmer:	Quincey Koziol
 *		Saturday, September 12, 2015
 *
 * Purpose:	This file contains declarations which define macros for the
 *		H5O package.  Including this header means that the source file
 *		is part of the H5O package.
 */
#ifndef H5Omodule_H
#define H5Omodule_H

/* Define the proper control macros for the generic FUNC_ENTER/LEAVE and error
 *      reporting macros.
 */
#define H5O_MODULE
#define H5_MY_PKG      H5O
#define H5_MY_PKG_ERR  H5E_OHDR
#define H5_MY_PKG_INIT YES

/**\defgroup H5O H5O
 *
 * Use the functions in this module to manage HDF5 objects.
 *
 * HDF5 objects (groups, datasets, datatype objects) are usually created
 * using functions in the object-specific modules (\ref H5G, \ref H5D,
 * \ref H5T). However, new objects can also be created by copying existing
 * objects.
 *
 * Many functions in this module are variations on object introspection,
 * that is, the retrieval of detailed information about HDF5 objects in a file.
 * Objects in an HDF5 file can be "visited" in an iterative fashion.
 *
 * HDF5 objects are usually updated using functions in the object-specific
 * modules. However, there are certain generic object properties, such as
 * reference counts, that can be manipulated using functions in this module.
 *
 * HDF5 objects are deleted as a side effect of rendering them unreachable
 * from the root group. The net effect is the diminution of the object's
 * reference count to zero, which can (but should not usually) be effected
 * by a function in this module.
 *
 * <table>
 * <tr><th>Create</th><th>Read</th></tr>
 * <tr valign="top">
 *   <td>
 *   \snippet{lineno} H5O_examples.c create
 *   </td>
 *   <td>
 *   \snippet{lineno} H5O_examples.c read
 *   </td>
 * <tr><th>Update</th><th>Delete</th></tr>
 * <tr valign="top">
 *   <td>
 *   \snippet{lineno} H5O_examples.c update
 *   </td>
 *   <td>
 *   \snippet{lineno} H5O_examples.c delete
 *   </td>
 * </tr>
 * </table>
 *
 */
#endif /* H5Omodule_H */