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/*
 * Module Info: This module contains the functionality for querying
 *      a "native" datatype for the H5T interface.
 */

#include "H5Tmodule.h"          /* This source code file is part of the H5T module */


#include "H5private.h"		/* Generic Functions			*/
#include "H5CXprivate.h"        /* API Contexts                         */
#include "H5Eprivate.h"		/* Error handling		  	*/
#include "H5Iprivate.h"		/* IDs			  		*/
#include "H5Pprivate.h"		/* Property lists			*/
#include "H5MMprivate.h"	/* Memory management			*/
#include "H5Tpkg.h"		/* Datatypes				*/

/* Static local functions */
static H5T_t *H5T__get_native_type(H5T_t *dt, H5T_direction_t direction,
    size_t *struct_align, size_t *offset, size_t *comp_size);
static H5T_t *H5T__get_native_integer(size_t prec, H5T_sign_t sign,
    H5T_direction_t direction, size_t *struct_align, size_t *offset,
    size_t *comp_size);
static H5T_t *H5T__get_native_float(size_t size, H5T_direction_t direction,
    size_t *struct_align, size_t *offset, size_t *comp_size);
static H5T_t* H5T__get_native_bitfield(size_t prec, H5T_direction_t direction,
    size_t *struct_align, size_t *offset, size_t *comp_size);
static herr_t H5T__cmp_offset(size_t *comp_size, size_t *offset, size_t elem_size,
    size_t nelems, size_t align, size_t *struct_align);



/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Function:    H5Tget_native_type
 *
 * Purpose:     High-level API to return the native type of a datatype.
 *              The native type is chosen by matching the size and class of
 *              querried datatype from the following native premitive
 *              datatypes:
 *                      H5T_NATIVE_CHAR         H5T_NATIVE_UCHAR
 *                      H5T_NATIVE_SHORT        H5T_NATIVE_USHORT
 *                      H5T_NATIVE_INT          H5T_NATIVE_UINT
 *                      H5T_NATIVE_LONG         H5T_NATIVE_ULONG
 *                      H5T_NATIVE_LLONG        H5T_NATIVE_ULLONG
 *
 *                      H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT
 *                      H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE
 *                      H5T_NATIVE_LDOUBLE
 *
 *              Compound, array, enum, and VL types all choose among these
 *              types for theire members.  Time, Bifield, Opaque, Reference
 *              types are only copy out.
 *
 * Return:      Success:        Returns the native data type if successful.
 *
 *              Failure:        negative
 *
 * Programmer:  Raymond Lu
 *              Oct 3, 2002
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
hid_t
H5Tget_native_type(hid_t type_id, H5T_direction_t direction)
{
    H5T_t       *dt;                /* Datatype to create native datatype from */
    H5T_t       *new_dt = NULL;     /* Datatype for native datatype created */
    size_t      comp_size = 0;      /* Compound datatype's size */
    hid_t       ret_value;          /* Return value */

    FUNC_ENTER_API(H5I_INVALID_HID)
    H5TRACE2("i", "iTd", type_id, direction);

    /* Check arguments */
    if(NULL == (dt = (H5T_t *)H5I_object_verify(type_id, H5I_DATATYPE)))
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, H5I_INVALID_HID, "not a data type")
    if(direction != H5T_DIR_DEFAULT && direction != H5T_DIR_ASCEND
            && direction != H5T_DIR_DESCEND)
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, H5I_INVALID_HID, "not valid direction value")

    /* Get the native type */
    if(NULL == (new_dt = H5T__get_native_type(dt, direction, NULL, NULL, &comp_size)))
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, H5I_INVALID_HID, "cannot retrieve native type")

    /* Get an ID for the new type */
    if((ret_value = H5I_register(H5I_DATATYPE, new_dt, TRUE)) < 0)
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATATYPE, H5E_CANTREGISTER, H5I_INVALID_HID, "unable to register data type")

done:
    /* Error cleanup */
    if(ret_value < 0)
        if(new_dt && H5T_close_real(new_dt) < 0)
            HDONE_ERROR(H5E_DATATYPE, H5E_CLOSEERROR, H5I_INVALID_HID, "unable to release datatype")

    FUNC_LEAVE_API(ret_value)
} /* end H5Tget_native_type() */


/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Function:    H5T__get_native_type
 *
 * Purpose:     Returns the native type of a datatype.
 *
 * Return:      Success:        Returns the native data type if successful.
 *
 *              Failure:        negative
 *
 * Programmer:  Raymond Lu
 *              Oct 3, 2002
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
static H5T_t *
H5T__get_native_type(H5T_t *dtype, H5T_direction_t direction, size_t *struct_align,
    size_t *offset, size_t *comp_size)
{
    H5T_t       *dt;                /* Datatype to make native */
    H5T_t       *super_type;        /* Super type of VL, array and enum datatypes */
    H5T_t       *nat_super_type;    /* Native form of VL, array & enum super datatype */
    H5T_t       *new_type = NULL;   /* New native datatype */
    H5T_t       *memb_type = NULL;  /* Datatype of member */
    H5T_t       **memb_list = NULL; /* List of compound member IDs */
    size_t      *memb_offset = NULL; /* List of member offsets in compound type, including member size and alignment */
    char        **comp_mname = NULL; /* List of member names in compound type */
    char        *memb_name = NULL;  /* Enum's member name */
    void        *memb_value = NULL; /* Enum's member value */
    void        *tmp_memb_value = NULL; /* Enum's member value */
    hsize_t     *dims = NULL;       /* Dimension sizes for array */
    H5T_class_t h5_class;           /* Class of datatype to make native */
    size_t      size;               /* Size of datatype to make native */
    size_t      prec;               /* Precision of datatype to make native */
    int         snmemb;             /* Number of members in compound & enum types */
    unsigned    nmemb = 0;          /* Number of members in compound & enum types */
    unsigned    u;                  /* Local index variable */
    H5T_t       *ret_value = NULL;      /* Return value */

    FUNC_ENTER_STATIC

    HDassert(dtype);

    if(H5T_NO_CLASS == (h5_class = H5T_get_class(dtype, FALSE)))
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "not a valid class")

    if(0 == (size =  H5T_get_size(dtype)))
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "not a valid size")

    switch(h5_class) {
        case H5T_INTEGER:
            {
                H5T_sign_t  sign;       /* Signedness of integer type */

                if(H5T_SGN_ERROR == (sign =  H5T_get_sign(dtype)))
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "not a valid signess")

                prec =  dtype->shared->u.atomic.prec;

                if(NULL == (ret_value = H5T__get_native_integer(prec, sign, direction, struct_align, offset, comp_size)))
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot retrieve integer type")
            } /* end case */
            break;

        case H5T_FLOAT:
            if(NULL == (ret_value = H5T__get_native_float(size, direction, struct_align, offset, comp_size)))
                HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot retrieve float type")

            break;

        case H5T_STRING:
            if(NULL == (ret_value = H5T_copy(dtype, H5T_COPY_TRANSIENT)))
                HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot retrieve float type")

            if(H5T_IS_VL_STRING(dtype->shared)) {
                /* Update size, offset and compound alignment for parent. */
                if(H5T__cmp_offset(comp_size, offset, sizeof(char *), (size_t)1, H5T_POINTER_COMP_ALIGN_g, struct_align) < 0)
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot compute compound offset")
            } /* end if */
            else {
                /* Update size, offset and compound alignment for parent. */
                if(H5T__cmp_offset(comp_size, offset, sizeof(char), size, H5T_NATIVE_SCHAR_COMP_ALIGN_g, struct_align) < 0)
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot compute compound offset")
            } /* end else */
            break;

        /* The time type will be supported in the future.  Simply return "not supported"
         * message for now.*/
        case H5T_TIME:
            HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "time type is not supported yet")

        case H5T_BITFIELD:
            {
                prec =  dtype->shared->u.atomic.prec;

                if(NULL == (ret_value = H5T__get_native_bitfield(prec, direction, struct_align, offset, comp_size)))
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot retrieve integer for bitfield type")
            } /* end case */
            break;

        case H5T_OPAQUE:
            if(NULL == (ret_value = H5T_copy(dtype, H5T_COPY_TRANSIENT)))
                 HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot retrieve float type")

            /* Update size, offset and compound alignment for parent. */
            if(H5T__cmp_offset(comp_size, offset, sizeof(char), size, H5T_NATIVE_SCHAR_COMP_ALIGN_g, struct_align) < 0)
                HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot compute compound offset")
            break;

        case H5T_REFERENCE:
            {
                size_t align;
                size_t ref_size;
                int    not_equal;

                if(NULL == (ret_value = H5T_copy(dtype, H5T_COPY_TRANSIENT)))
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot retrieve float type")

                /* Decide if the data type is object or dataset region reference. */
                if(NULL == (dt = (H5T_t *)H5I_object(H5T_STD_REF_OBJ_g)))
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "not a data type")
                not_equal = H5T_cmp(ret_value, dt, FALSE);

                /* Update size, offset and compound alignment for parent. */
                if(!not_equal) {
                    align = H5T_HOBJREF_COMP_ALIGN_g;
                    ref_size = sizeof(hobj_ref_t);
                } /* end if */
                else {
                    align = H5T_HDSETREGREF_COMP_ALIGN_g;
                    ref_size = sizeof(hdset_reg_ref_t);
                } /* end else */

                if(H5T__cmp_offset(comp_size, offset, ref_size, (size_t)1, align, struct_align) < 0)
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot compute compound offset")
            } /* end case */
            break;

        case H5T_COMPOUND:
            {
                size_t      children_size = 0;/* Total size of compound members */
                size_t      children_st_align = 0;    /* The max alignment among compound members.  This'll be the compound alignment */

                if((snmemb = H5T_get_nmembers(dtype)) <= 0)
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "compound data type doesn't have any member")
                H5_CHECKED_ASSIGN(nmemb, unsigned, snmemb, int);

                if(NULL == (memb_list   = (H5T_t **)H5MM_calloc(nmemb * sizeof(H5T_t *))))
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot allocate memory")
                if(NULL == (memb_offset = (size_t *)H5MM_calloc(nmemb * sizeof(size_t))))
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot allocate memory")
                if(NULL == (comp_mname = (char **)H5MM_calloc(nmemb * sizeof(char *))))
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot allocate memory")

                /* Construct child compound type and retrieve a list of their IDs, offsets, total size, and alignment for compound type. */
                for(u = 0; u < nmemb; u++) {
                    if(NULL == (memb_type = H5T_get_member_type(dtype, u, H5T_COPY_TRANSIENT)))
                        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "member type retrieval failed")

                    if(NULL == (comp_mname[u] = H5T__get_member_name(dtype, u)))
                        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "member type retrieval failed")

                    if(NULL == (memb_list[u] = H5T__get_native_type(memb_type, direction, &children_st_align, &(memb_offset[u]), &children_size)))
                        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "member identifier retrieval failed")

                    if(H5T_close_real(memb_type) < 0)
                        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot close datatype")
                } /* end for */

                /* The alignment for whole compound type */
                if(children_st_align && children_size % children_st_align)
                    children_size += children_st_align - (children_size % children_st_align);

                /* Construct new compound type based on native type */
                if(NULL == (new_type = H5T__create(H5T_COMPOUND, children_size)))
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot create a compound type")

                /* Insert members for the new compound type */
                for(u = 0; u < nmemb; u++)
                    if(H5T__insert(new_type, comp_mname[u], memb_offset[u], memb_list[u]) < 0)
                        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot insert member to compound datatype")

                /* Update size, offset and compound alignment for parent in the case of
                 * nested compound type.  The alignment for a compound type as one field in
                 * a compound type is the biggest compound alignment among all its members.
                 * e.g. in the structure
                 *    typedef struct s1 {
                 *        char            c;
                 *        int             i;
                 *        s2              st;
                 *        unsigned long long       l;
                 *    } s1;
                 *    typedef struct s2 {
                 *        short           c2;
                 *        long            l2;
                 *        long long       ll2;
                 *    } s2;
                 * The alignment for ST in S1 is the biggest structure alignment of all the
                 * members of S2, which is probably the LL2 of 'long long'. -SLU 2010/4/28
                 */
                if(H5T__cmp_offset(comp_size, offset, children_size, (size_t)1, children_st_align, struct_align) < 0)
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot compute compound offset")

                /* Close member data type */
                for(u = 0; u < nmemb; u++) {
                    if(H5T_close_real(memb_list[u]) < 0)
                        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot close datatype")

                    /* Free member names in list */
                    comp_mname[u] = (char *)H5MM_xfree(comp_mname[u]);
                } /* end for */

                /* Free lists for members */
                memb_list = (H5T_t **)H5MM_xfree(memb_list);
                memb_offset = (size_t *)H5MM_xfree(memb_offset);
                comp_mname = (char **)H5MM_xfree(comp_mname);

                ret_value = new_type;
            } /* end case */
            break;

        case H5T_ENUM:
            {
                H5T_path_t *tpath;	/* Type conversion info	*/
                hid_t       super_type_id, nat_super_type_id;

                /* Don't need to do anything special for alignment, offset since the ENUM type usually is integer. */

                /* Retrieve base type for enumerated type */
                if(NULL == (super_type = H5T_get_super(dtype)))
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "unable to get base type for enumerate type")
                if(NULL == (nat_super_type = H5T__get_native_type(super_type, direction, struct_align, offset, comp_size)))
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "base native type retrieval failed")

                if((super_type_id = H5I_register(H5I_DATATYPE, super_type, FALSE)) < 0)
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot register datatype")
                if((nat_super_type_id = H5I_register(H5I_DATATYPE, nat_super_type, FALSE)) < 0)
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot register datatype")

                /* Allocate room for the enum values */
                if(NULL == (tmp_memb_value = H5MM_calloc(H5T_get_size(super_type))))
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot allocate memory")
                if(NULL == (memb_value = H5MM_calloc(H5T_get_size(nat_super_type))))
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot allocate memory")

                /* Construct new enum type based on native type */
                if(NULL == (new_type = H5T__enum_create(nat_super_type)))
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "unable to create enum type")

                /* Find the conversion function */
                if(NULL == (tpath = H5T_path_find(super_type, nat_super_type)))
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATATYPE, H5E_CANTINIT, NULL, "unable to convert between src and dst data types")

                /* Retrieve member info and insert members into new enum type */
                if((snmemb = H5T_get_nmembers(dtype)) <= 0)
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "enumerate data type doesn't have any member")
                H5_CHECKED_ASSIGN(nmemb, unsigned, snmemb, int);
                for(u = 0; u < nmemb; u++) {
                    if(NULL == (memb_name = H5T__get_member_name(dtype, u)))
                        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot get member name")
                    if(H5T__get_member_value(dtype, u, tmp_memb_value) < 0)
                        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot get member value")
                    H5MM_memcpy(memb_value, tmp_memb_value, H5T_get_size(super_type));

                    if(H5T_convert(tpath, super_type_id, nat_super_type_id, (size_t)1, (size_t)0, (size_t)0, memb_value, NULL) < 0)
                        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot get member value")

                    if(H5T__enum_insert(new_type, memb_name, memb_value) < 0)
                        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot insert member")
                    memb_name = (char *)H5MM_xfree(memb_name);
                }
                memb_value = H5MM_xfree(memb_value);
                tmp_memb_value = H5MM_xfree(tmp_memb_value);

                /* Close base type */
                if(H5I_dec_app_ref(nat_super_type_id) < 0)
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot close datatype")
                /* Close super type */
                if(H5I_dec_app_ref(super_type_id) < 0)
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot close datatype")

                ret_value = new_type;
            } /* end case */
            break;

        case H5T_ARRAY:
            {
                int         sarray_rank;        /* Array's rank */
                unsigned    array_rank;         /* Array's rank */
                hsize_t     nelems = 1;
                size_t      super_offset = 0;
                size_t      super_size = 0;
                size_t      super_align = 0;

                /* Retrieve dimension information for array data type */
                if((sarray_rank = H5T__get_array_ndims(dtype)) <= 0)
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot get dimension rank")
                H5_CHECKED_ASSIGN(array_rank, unsigned, sarray_rank, int);
                if(NULL == (dims = (hsize_t*)H5MM_malloc(array_rank * sizeof(hsize_t))))
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot allocate memory")
                if(H5T__get_array_dims(dtype, dims) < 0)
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot get dimension size")

                /* Retrieve base type for array type */
                if(NULL == (super_type = H5T_get_super(dtype)))
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "unable to get parent type for array type")
                if(NULL == (nat_super_type = H5T__get_native_type(super_type, direction, &super_align,
                                                         &super_offset, &super_size)))
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "parent native type retrieval failed")

                /* Close super type */
                if(H5T_close_real(super_type) < 0)
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_CLOSEERROR, NULL, "cannot close datatype")

                /* Create a new array type based on native type */
                if(NULL == (new_type = H5T__array_create(nat_super_type, array_rank, dims)))
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "unable to create array type")

                /* Close base type */
                if(H5T_close_real(nat_super_type) < 0)
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_CLOSEERROR, NULL, "cannot close datatype")

                for(u = 0; u < array_rank; u++)
                    nelems *= dims[u];
                H5_CHECK_OVERFLOW(nelems, hsize_t, size_t);
                if(H5T__cmp_offset(comp_size, offset, super_size, (size_t)nelems, super_align, struct_align) < 0)
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot compute compound offset")

                dims = (hsize_t *)H5MM_xfree(dims);

                ret_value = new_type;
            } /* end case */
            break;

        case H5T_VLEN:
            {
                size_t      vl_align = 0;
                size_t      vl_size  = 0;
                size_t      super_size = 0;

                /* Retrieve base type for array type */
                if(NULL == (super_type = H5T_get_super(dtype)))
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "unable to get parent type for VL type")
                /* Don't need alignment, offset information if this VL isn't a field of compound type.  If it
                 * is, go to a few steps below to compute the information directly. */
                if(NULL == (nat_super_type = H5T__get_native_type(super_type, direction, NULL, NULL, &super_size)))
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "parent native type retrieval failed")

                /* Close super type */
                if(H5T_close_real(super_type) < 0)
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_CLOSEERROR, NULL, "cannot close datatype")

                /* Create a new array type based on native type */
                if(NULL == (new_type = H5T__vlen_create(nat_super_type)))
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "unable to create VL type")

                /* Close base type */
                if(H5T_close_real(nat_super_type) < 0)
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_CLOSEERROR, NULL, "cannot close datatype")

                /* Update size, offset and compound alignment for parent compound type directly. */
                vl_align = H5T_HVL_COMP_ALIGN_g;
                vl_size  = sizeof(hvl_t);

                if(H5T__cmp_offset(comp_size, offset, vl_size, (size_t)1, vl_align, struct_align) < 0)
                    HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot compute compound offset")

                ret_value = new_type;
            } /* end case */
            break;

        case H5T_NO_CLASS:
        case H5T_NCLASSES:
        default:
            HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "data type doesn't match any native type")
    } /* end switch */

done:
    /* Error cleanup */
    if(NULL == ret_value) {
        if(new_type)
            if(H5T_close_real(new_type) < 0)
                HDONE_ERROR(H5E_DATATYPE, H5E_CLOSEERROR, NULL, "unable to release datatype")

        /* Free lists for members */
        if(memb_list) {
            for(u = 0; u < nmemb; u++)
                if(memb_list[u] && H5T_close_real(memb_list[u]) < 0)
                    HDONE_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot close datatype")

            memb_list = (H5T_t **)H5MM_xfree(memb_list);
        } /* end if */
        memb_offset = (size_t *)H5MM_xfree(memb_offset);
        if(comp_mname) {
            for(u = 0; u < nmemb; u++)
                if(comp_mname[u])
                    H5MM_xfree(comp_mname[u]);
            comp_mname = (char **)H5MM_xfree(comp_mname);
        } /* end if */
        memb_name = (char *)H5MM_xfree(memb_name);
        memb_value = H5MM_xfree(memb_value);
        tmp_memb_value = H5MM_xfree(tmp_memb_value);
        dims = (hsize_t *)H5MM_xfree(dims);
    } /* end if */

    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
} /* end H5T__get_native_type() */

/* Disable warning for intentional identical branches here -QAK */
#pragma GCC diagnostic push
#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wduplicated-branches"

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Function:    H5T__get_native_integer
 *
 * Purpose:     Returns the native integer type of a datatype.
 *
 * Return:      Success:        Returns the native data type if successful.
 *
 *              Failure:        negative
 *
 * Programmer:  Raymond Lu
 *              Oct 3, 2002
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
static H5T_t *
H5T__get_native_integer(size_t prec, H5T_sign_t sign, H5T_direction_t direction,
    size_t *struct_align, size_t *offset, size_t *comp_size)
{
    H5T_t       *dt;            /* Appropriate native datatype to copy */
    hid_t       tid = (-1);     /* Datatype ID of appropriate native datatype */
    size_t      align = 0;      /* Alignment necessary for native datatype */
    size_t  native_size = 0;    /* Datatype size of the native type */
    enum match_type {           /* The different kinds of integers we can match */
        H5T_NATIVE_INT_MATCH_CHAR,
        H5T_NATIVE_INT_MATCH_SHORT,
        H5T_NATIVE_INT_MATCH_INT,
        H5T_NATIVE_INT_MATCH_LONG,
        H5T_NATIVE_INT_MATCH_LLONG,
        H5T_NATIVE_INT_MATCH_UNKNOWN
    } match = H5T_NATIVE_INT_MATCH_UNKNOWN;
    H5T_t       *ret_value = NULL;      /* Return value */

    FUNC_ENTER_STATIC

    if(direction == H5T_DIR_DEFAULT || direction == H5T_DIR_ASCEND) {
        if(prec <= H5T_get_precision((H5T_t *)H5I_object(H5T_NATIVE_SCHAR_g))) {
            match = H5T_NATIVE_INT_MATCH_CHAR;
            native_size = sizeof(char);
        } else if(prec<=H5T_get_precision((H5T_t *)H5I_object(H5T_NATIVE_SHORT_g))) {
            match = H5T_NATIVE_INT_MATCH_SHORT;
            native_size = sizeof(short);
        } else if(prec<=H5T_get_precision((H5T_t *)H5I_object(H5T_NATIVE_INT_g))) {
            match = H5T_NATIVE_INT_MATCH_INT;
            native_size = sizeof(int);
        } else if(prec <= H5T_get_precision((H5T_t *)H5I_object(H5T_NATIVE_LONG_g))) {
            match = H5T_NATIVE_INT_MATCH_LONG;
            native_size = sizeof(long);
        } else if(prec <= H5T_get_precision((H5T_t *)H5I_object(H5T_NATIVE_LLONG_g))) {
            match = H5T_NATIVE_INT_MATCH_LLONG;
            native_size = sizeof(long long);
        } else {  /* If no native type matches the querried datatype, simply choose the type of biggest size. */
            match = H5T_NATIVE_INT_MATCH_LLONG;
            native_size = sizeof(long long);
        }
    } else if(direction == H5T_DIR_DESCEND) {
        if(prec > H5T_get_precision((H5T_t *)H5I_object(H5T_NATIVE_LONG_g))) {
            match = H5T_NATIVE_INT_MATCH_LLONG;
            native_size = sizeof(long long);
        } else if(prec > H5T_get_precision((H5T_t *)H5I_object(H5T_NATIVE_INT_g))) {
            match = H5T_NATIVE_INT_MATCH_LONG;
            native_size = sizeof(long);
        } else if(prec > H5T_get_precision((H5T_t *)H5I_object(H5T_NATIVE_SHORT_g))) {
            match = H5T_NATIVE_INT_MATCH_INT;
            native_size = sizeof(int);
        } else if(prec > H5T_get_precision((H5T_t *)H5I_object(H5T_NATIVE_SCHAR_g))) {
            match = H5T_NATIVE_INT_MATCH_SHORT;
            native_size = sizeof(short);
        } else {
            match = H5T_NATIVE_INT_MATCH_CHAR;
            native_size = sizeof(char);
        }
    }

    /* Set the appropriate native datatype information */
    switch(match) {
        case H5T_NATIVE_INT_MATCH_CHAR:
            if(sign == H5T_SGN_2)
                tid = H5T_NATIVE_SCHAR;
            else
                tid = H5T_NATIVE_UCHAR;

            align = H5T_NATIVE_SCHAR_COMP_ALIGN_g;
            break;

        case H5T_NATIVE_INT_MATCH_SHORT:
            if(sign == H5T_SGN_2)
                tid = H5T_NATIVE_SHORT;
            else
                tid = H5T_NATIVE_USHORT;
            align = H5T_NATIVE_SHORT_COMP_ALIGN_g;
            break;

        case H5T_NATIVE_INT_MATCH_INT:
            if(sign == H5T_SGN_2)
                tid = H5T_NATIVE_INT;
            else
                tid = H5T_NATIVE_UINT;

            align = H5T_NATIVE_INT_COMP_ALIGN_g;
            break;

        case H5T_NATIVE_INT_MATCH_LONG:
            if(sign == H5T_SGN_2)
                tid = H5T_NATIVE_LONG;
            else
                tid = H5T_NATIVE_ULONG;

            align = H5T_NATIVE_LONG_COMP_ALIGN_g;
            break;

        case H5T_NATIVE_INT_MATCH_LLONG:
            if(sign == H5T_SGN_2)
                tid = H5T_NATIVE_LLONG;
            else
                tid = H5T_NATIVE_ULLONG;

            align = H5T_NATIVE_LLONG_COMP_ALIGN_g;
            break;

        case H5T_NATIVE_INT_MATCH_UNKNOWN:
        default:
            HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "Unknown native integer match")
    } /* end switch */

    /* Create new native type */
    HDassert(tid >= 0);
    if(NULL == (dt = (H5T_t *)H5I_object(tid)))
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "not a data type")

    if(NULL == (ret_value = H5T_copy(dt, H5T_COPY_TRANSIENT)))
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot copy type")

    /* compute size and offset of compound type member. */
    if(H5T__cmp_offset(comp_size, offset, native_size, (size_t)1, align, struct_align) < 0)
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot compute compound offset")

done:
    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
} /* end H5T__get_native_integer() */
#pragma GCC diagnostic pop

/* Disable warning for intentional identical branches here -QAK */
#pragma GCC diagnostic push
#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wduplicated-branches"

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Function:    H5T__get_native_float
 *
 * Purpose:     Returns the native floatt type of a datatype.
 *
 * Return:      Success:        Returns the native data type if successful.
 *
 *              Failure:        negative
 *
 * Programmer:  Raymond Lu
 *              Oct 3, 2002
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
static H5T_t*
H5T__get_native_float(size_t size, H5T_direction_t direction, size_t *struct_align,
    size_t *offset, size_t *comp_size)
{
    H5T_t       *dt=NULL;       /* Appropriate native datatype to copy */
    hid_t       tid=(-1);       /* Datatype ID of appropriate native datatype */
    size_t      align=0;        /* Alignment necessary for native datatype */
    size_t 	native_size=0;  /* Datatype size of the native type */
    enum match_type {           /* The different kinds of floating point types we can match */
        H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT_MATCH_FLOAT,
        H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT_MATCH_DOUBLE,
#if H5_SIZEOF_LONG_DOUBLE !=0
        H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT_MATCH_LDOUBLE,
#endif
        H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT_MATCH_UNKNOWN
    } match=H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT_MATCH_UNKNOWN;
    H5T_t       *ret_value = NULL;      /* Return value */

    FUNC_ENTER_STATIC

    HDassert(size>0);

    if(direction == H5T_DIR_DEFAULT || direction == H5T_DIR_ASCEND) {
        if(size<=sizeof(float)) {
            match=H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT_MATCH_FLOAT;
	    native_size = sizeof(float);
        }
        else if(size<=sizeof(double)) {
            match=H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT_MATCH_DOUBLE;
	    native_size = sizeof(double);
        }
#if H5_SIZEOF_LONG_DOUBLE !=0
        else if(size<=sizeof(long double)) {
            match=H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT_MATCH_LDOUBLE;
	    native_size = sizeof(long double);
        }
#endif
        else {   /* If not match, return the biggest datatype */
#if H5_SIZEOF_LONG_DOUBLE !=0
            match=H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT_MATCH_LDOUBLE;
	    native_size = sizeof(long double);
#else
            match=H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT_MATCH_DOUBLE;
            native_size = sizeof(double);
#endif
	}
    } else {
#if H5_SIZEOF_LONG_DOUBLE !=0
        if(size>sizeof(double)) {
            match=H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT_MATCH_LDOUBLE;
	    native_size = sizeof(long double);
        }
        else if(size>sizeof(float)) {
            match=H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT_MATCH_DOUBLE;
	    native_size = sizeof(double);
        }
        else {
            match=H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT_MATCH_FLOAT;
	    native_size = sizeof(float);
	}
#else
        if(size>sizeof(float)) {
            match=H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT_MATCH_DOUBLE;
	    native_size = sizeof(double);
        }
        else {
            match=H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT_MATCH_FLOAT;
	    native_size = sizeof(float);
	}
#endif
    }

    /* Set the appropriate native floating point information */
    switch(match) {
        case H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT_MATCH_FLOAT:
            tid = H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT;
            align = H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT_COMP_ALIGN_g;
            break;

        case H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT_MATCH_DOUBLE:
            tid = H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE;
            align = H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE_COMP_ALIGN_g;
            break;

#if H5_SIZEOF_LONG_DOUBLE !=0
        case H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT_MATCH_LDOUBLE:
            tid = H5T_NATIVE_LDOUBLE;
            align = H5T_NATIVE_LDOUBLE_COMP_ALIGN_g;
            break;
#endif
        case H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT_MATCH_UNKNOWN:
        default:
            HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "Unknown native floating-point match")
    } /* end switch */

    /* Create new native type */
    HDassert(tid>=0);
    if(NULL==(dt=(H5T_t *)H5I_object(tid)))
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "not a data type")
    if((ret_value=H5T_copy(dt, H5T_COPY_TRANSIENT))==NULL)
        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot retrieve float type")

    /* compute offset of compound type member. */
    if(H5T__cmp_offset(comp_size, offset, native_size, (size_t)1, align, struct_align)<0)
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot compute compound offset")

done:
    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
} /* end H5T__get_native_float() */
#pragma GCC diagnostic pop

/* Disable warning for intentional identical branches here -QAK */
#pragma GCC diagnostic push
#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wduplicated-branches"

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Function:    H5T__get_native_bitfield
 *
 * Purpose:     Returns the native bitfield type of a datatype.  Bitfield
 *              is similar to unsigned integer.
 *
 * Return:      Success:        Returns the native data type if successful.
 *
 *              Failure:        negative
 *
 * Programmer:  Raymond Lu
 *              1 December 2009
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
static H5T_t*
H5T__get_native_bitfield(size_t prec, H5T_direction_t direction,
    size_t *struct_align, size_t *offset, size_t *comp_size)
{
    H5T_t       *dt;            /* Appropriate native datatype to copy */
    hid_t       tid=(-1);       /* Datatype ID of appropriate native datatype */
    size_t      align=0;        /* Alignment necessary for native datatype */
    size_t      native_size=0;  /* Datatype size of the native type */
    H5T_t       *ret_value = NULL;      /* Return value */

    FUNC_ENTER_STATIC

    if(direction == H5T_DIR_DEFAULT || direction == H5T_DIR_ASCEND) {
        if(prec<=H5T_get_precision((H5T_t *)H5I_object(H5T_NATIVE_B8_g))) {
            tid = H5T_NATIVE_B8;
            native_size = 1;
            align = H5T_NATIVE_UINT8_ALIGN_g;
        } else if(prec<=H5T_get_precision((H5T_t *)H5I_object(H5T_NATIVE_B16_g))) {
            tid = H5T_NATIVE_B16;
            native_size = 2;
            align = H5T_NATIVE_UINT16_ALIGN_g;
        } else if(prec<=H5T_get_precision((H5T_t *)H5I_object(H5T_NATIVE_B32_g))) {
            tid = H5T_NATIVE_B32;
            native_size = 4;
            align = H5T_NATIVE_UINT32_ALIGN_g;
        } else if(prec<=H5T_get_precision((H5T_t *)H5I_object(H5T_NATIVE_B64_g))) {
            tid = H5T_NATIVE_B64;
            native_size = 8;
            align = H5T_NATIVE_UINT64_ALIGN_g;
        } else {  /* If no native type matches the querried datatype, simply choose the type of biggest size. */
            tid = H5T_NATIVE_B64;
            native_size = 8;
            align = H5T_NATIVE_UINT64_ALIGN_g;
        }
    } else if(direction == H5T_DIR_DESCEND) {
        if(prec>H5T_get_precision((H5T_t *)H5I_object(H5T_NATIVE_B32_g))) {
            tid = H5T_NATIVE_B64;
            native_size = 8;
            align = H5T_NATIVE_UINT64_ALIGN_g;
        } else if(prec>H5T_get_precision((H5T_t *)H5I_object(H5T_NATIVE_B16_g))) {
            tid = H5T_NATIVE_B32;
            native_size = 4;
            align = H5T_NATIVE_UINT32_ALIGN_g;
        } else if(prec>H5T_get_precision((H5T_t *)H5I_object(H5T_NATIVE_B8_g))) {
            tid = H5T_NATIVE_B16;
            native_size = 2;
            align = H5T_NATIVE_UINT16_ALIGN_g;
        } else {
            tid = H5T_NATIVE_B8;
            native_size = 1;
            align = H5T_NATIVE_UINT8_ALIGN_g;
        }
    }

    /* Create new native type */
    HDassert(tid>=0);
    if(NULL==(dt=(H5T_t *)H5I_object(tid)))
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "not a data type")

    if((ret_value=H5T_copy(dt, H5T_COPY_TRANSIENT))==NULL)
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot copy type")

    /* compute size and offset of compound type member. */
    if(H5T__cmp_offset(comp_size, offset, native_size, (size_t)1, align, struct_align)<0)
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, NULL, "cannot compute compound offset")

done:
    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
} /* end H5T__get_native_bitfield() */
#pragma GCC diagnostic pop


/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Function:	H5T__cmp_offset
 *
 * Purpose:	This function is only for convenience.  It computes the
 *              compound type size, offset of the member being considered
 *              and the alignment for the whole compound type.
 *
 * Return:	Success:        Non-negative value.
 *
 *		Failure:        Negative value.
 *
 * Programmer:	Raymond Lu
 *		December  10, 2002
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
static herr_t
H5T__cmp_offset(size_t *comp_size, size_t *offset, size_t elem_size,
    size_t nelems, size_t align, size_t *struct_align)
{
    FUNC_ENTER_STATIC_NOERR

    if(offset && comp_size) {
        if(align > 1 && *comp_size % align) {
            /* Add alignment value */
            *offset = *comp_size +  (align - *comp_size % align);
            *comp_size += (align - *comp_size % align);
        } /* end if */
        else
            *offset = *comp_size;

        /* compute size of compound type member. */
        *comp_size += nelems* elem_size;
    } /* end if */

    if(struct_align && *struct_align < align)
        *struct_align = align;

    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(SUCCEED)
} /* end H5T__cmp_offset() */