path: root/tools/h5repack/testh5repack_dset.c

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#include "hdf5.h"
#include "h5test.h"
#include "h5repack.h"

static void make_dset_reg_ref(hid_t loc_id);
#ifdef LATER
static void read_dset_reg_ref(hid_t loc_id);
#endif /* LATER */



/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Function: write_dset_in
 *
 * Purpose: write datasets in LOC_ID 
 *
 * Programmer: Pedro Vicente, pvn@ncsa.uiuc.edu
 *
 * Date: November 12, 2003
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

 
void write_dset_in(hid_t loc_id, 
                   const char* dset_name, /* for saving reference to dataset*/
                   hid_t file_id,
                   int make_diffs /* flag to modify data buffers */)
{
 /* Compound datatype */
 typedef struct s_t 
 {
  char   a;
  double b;
 } s_t;

 typedef enum 
 {
  RED,
  GREEN
 } e_t;

 hid_t   dset_id;
 hid_t   space_id;  
 hid_t   type_id;  
 hid_t   plist_id;
 herr_t  status;
 int     val, i, j, k, n;
 float   f;
 int     fillvalue=2;

 /* create 1D attributes with dimension [2], 2 elements */
 hsize_t    dims[1]={2};
 char       buf1[2][2]= {"ab","de"};        /* string */
 char       buf2[2]= {1,2};                 /* bitfield, opaque */
 s_t        buf3[2]= {{1,2},{3,4}};         /* compound */
 hobj_ref_t buf4[2];                        /* reference */
 e_t        buf45[2]= {RED,GREEN};          /* enum */
 hvl_t      buf5[2];                        /* vlen */
 hsize_t    dimarray[1]={3};                /* array dimension */
 int        buf6[2][3]= {{1,2,3},{4,5,6}};  /* array */
 int        buf7[2]= {1,2};                 /* integer */
 float      buf8[2]= {1,2};                 /* float */

 /* create 2D attributes with dimension [3][2], 6 elements */
 hsize_t    dims2[2]={3,2};
 char       buf12[6][2]= {"ab","cd","ef","gh","ij","kl"};         /* string */
 char       buf22[3][2]= {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6}};                     /* bitfield, opaque */
 s_t        buf32[6]= {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6},{7,8},{9,10},{11,12}};   /* compound */
 hobj_ref_t buf42[3][2];                                          /* reference */
 hvl_t      buf52[3][2];                                          /* vlen */
 int        buf62[6][3]= {{1,2,3},{4,5,6},{7,8,9},{10,11,12},{13,14,15},{16,17,18}};  /* array */
 int        buf72[3][2]= {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6}};                     /* integer */
 float      buf82[3][2]= {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6}};                     /* float */

 /* create 3D attributes with dimension [4][3][2], 24 elements */
 hsize_t    dims3[3]={4,3,2};
 char       buf13[24][2]= {"ab","cd","ef","gh","ij","kl","mn","pq",
 "rs","tu","vw","xz","AB","CD","EF","GH",
 "IJ","KL","MN","PQ","RS","TU","VW","XZ"};  /* string */
 char       buf23[4][3][2];    /* bitfield, opaque */
 s_t        buf33[4][3][2];    /* compound */
 hobj_ref_t buf43[4][3][2];    /* reference */
 hvl_t      buf53[4][3][2];    /* vlen */
 int        buf63[24][3];      /* array */
 int        buf73[4][3][2];    /* integer */
 float      buf83[4][3][2];    /* float */


/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * 1D 
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
 
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * H5T_STRING
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

 
 if (make_diffs)
 {
  for (i=0; i<2; i++)
   for (j=0; j<2; j++)
   {
    buf1[i][j]='z'; 
   }
 }


 type_id = H5Tcopy(H5T_C_S1);
 status  = H5Tset_size(type_id, 2);
 write_dset(loc_id,1,dims,"string",type_id,buf1);
 status = H5Tclose(type_id);


 /* create hard link */
 status = H5Glink(loc_id, H5G_LINK_HARD, "string", "string_link");

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * H5T_BITFIELD
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

 if (make_diffs)
 {
  for (i=0; i<2; i++)
   buf2[i]=buf2[1]=0;
 }

 type_id = H5Tcopy(H5T_STD_B8LE);
 write_dset(loc_id,1,dims,"bitfield",type_id,buf2);
 status = H5Tclose(type_id);

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * H5T_OPAQUE
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

 if (make_diffs)
 {
  for (i=0; i<2; i++)
  {
   buf3[i].a=0; buf3[i].b=0;
  }
 }

 type_id = H5Tcreate(H5T_OPAQUE, 1);
 status = H5Tset_tag(type_id, "1-byte opaque type"); /* must set this */
 write_dset(loc_id,1,dims,"opaque",type_id,buf2);
 status = H5Tclose(type_id);

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * H5T_COMPOUND
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */


 if (make_diffs)
 {
  for (i=0; i<2; i++)
  {
   buf45[i]=GREEN; 
  }
 }

 type_id = H5Tcreate (H5T_COMPOUND, sizeof(s_t));
 H5Tinsert(type_id, "a", HOFFSET(s_t, a), H5T_NATIVE_CHAR);
 H5Tinsert(type_id, "b", HOFFSET(s_t, b), H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE);
 write_dset(loc_id,1,dims,"compound",type_id,buf3);
 status = H5Tclose(type_id);
 
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * H5T_REFERENCE
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
 /* object references ( H5R_OBJECT ) */
 if (dset_name)
 {
  status=H5Rcreate(&buf4[0],file_id,dset_name,H5R_OBJECT,-1);
  status=H5Rcreate(&buf4[1],file_id,dset_name,H5R_OBJECT,-1);
  write_dset(loc_id,1,dims,"reference to object ",H5T_STD_REF_OBJ,buf4);
 }

 /* Dataset region reference ( H5R_DATASET_REGION  )  */
 make_dset_reg_ref(loc_id);


/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * H5T_ENUM
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
 type_id = H5Tcreate(H5T_ENUM, sizeof(e_t));
 H5Tenum_insert(type_id, "RED",   (val = 0, &val));
 H5Tenum_insert(type_id, "GREEN", (val = 1, &val));
 write_dset(loc_id,1,dims,"enum",type_id,buf45);
 status = H5Tclose(type_id);

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * H5T_VLEN
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
 
 /* Allocate and initialize VL dataset to write */

 buf5[0].len = 1;
 buf5[0].p = malloc( 1 * sizeof(int));
 ((int *)buf5[0].p)[0]=1;
 buf5[1].len = 2;
 buf5[1].p = malloc( 2 * sizeof(int));
 ((int *)buf5[1].p)[0]=2;
 ((int *)buf5[1].p)[1]=3;

 if (make_diffs)
 {
  ((int *)buf5[0].p)[0]=0;
  ((int *)buf5[1].p)[0]=0;
  ((int *)buf5[1].p)[1]=0;
 }

 space_id = H5Screate_simple(1,dims,NULL);
 type_id = H5Tvlen_create(H5T_NATIVE_INT);
 dset_id = H5Dcreate(loc_id,"vlen",type_id,space_id,H5P_DEFAULT);
 status = H5Dwrite(dset_id,type_id,H5S_ALL,H5S_ALL,H5P_DEFAULT,buf5);
 assert(status>=0);
 status = H5Dvlen_reclaim(type_id,space_id,H5P_DEFAULT,buf5);
 assert(status>=0);
 status = H5Dclose(dset_id);
 status = H5Tclose(type_id);
 status = H5Sclose(space_id);

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * H5T_ARRAY
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

 if (make_diffs)
 {
  for (i=0; i<2; i++)
   for (j=0; j<3; j++)
   {
    buf6[i][j]=0; 
   }
 }

 type_id = H5Tarray_create(H5T_NATIVE_INT,1,dimarray,NULL);
 write_dset(loc_id,1,dims,"array",type_id,buf6);
 status = H5Tclose(type_id);

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * H5T_INTEGER and H5T_FLOAT
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

 if (make_diffs)
 {
  for (i=0; i<2; i++)
  {
   buf7[i]=0; 
   buf8[i]=0; 
  }
 }

 write_dset(loc_id,1,dims,"integer",H5T_NATIVE_INT,buf7);
 write_dset(loc_id,1,dims,"float",H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT,buf8);


/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * 2D 
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * H5T_STRING
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

 if (make_diffs)
 {
  memset(buf12, 'z', sizeof buf12);
 }


 type_id = H5Tcopy(H5T_C_S1);
 status  = H5Tset_size(type_id, 2);
 write_dset(loc_id,2,dims2,"string2D",type_id,buf12);
 status = H5Tclose(type_id);

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * H5T_BITFIELD
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

 
 if (make_diffs)
 {
  memset(buf22,0,sizeof buf22);
 }

 type_id = H5Tcopy(H5T_STD_B8LE);
 write_dset(loc_id,2,dims2,"bitfield2D",type_id,buf22);
 status = H5Tclose(type_id);

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * H5T_OPAQUE
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
 type_id = H5Tcreate(H5T_OPAQUE, 1);
 status = H5Tset_tag(type_id, "1-byte opaque type"); /* must set this */
 write_dset(loc_id,2,dims2,"opaque2D",type_id,buf22);
 status = H5Tclose(type_id);

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * H5T_COMPOUND
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

 if (make_diffs)
 {
  memset(buf32,0,sizeof buf32);
 }

 type_id = H5Tcreate (H5T_COMPOUND, sizeof(s_t));
 H5Tinsert(type_id, "a", HOFFSET(s_t, a), H5T_NATIVE_CHAR);
 H5Tinsert(type_id, "b", HOFFSET(s_t, b), H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE);
 write_dset(loc_id,2,dims2,"compound2D",type_id,buf32);
 status = H5Tclose(type_id);
 
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * H5T_REFERENCE
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
 /* Create references to dataset */
 if (dset_name)
 {
  for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
   for (j = 0; j < 2; j++) {
    status=H5Rcreate(&buf42[i][j],file_id,dset_name,H5R_OBJECT,-1);
   }
  }
  write_dset(loc_id,2,dims2,"reference to object 2D",H5T_STD_REF_OBJ,buf42);
 }

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * H5T_ENUM
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

 type_id = H5Tcreate(H5T_ENUM, sizeof(e_t));
 H5Tenum_insert(type_id, "RED",   (val = 0, &val));
 H5Tenum_insert(type_id, "GREEN", (val = 1, &val));
 write_dset(loc_id,2,dims2,"enum2D",type_id,0);
 status = H5Tclose(type_id);

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * H5T_VLEN
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

/* Allocate and initialize VL dataset to write */
 n=0;
 for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
  for (j = 0; j < 2; j++) {
    int l;
    buf52[i][j].p = malloc((i + 1) * sizeof(int));
    buf52[i][j].len = i + 1;
    for (l = 0; l < i + 1; l++)
    if (make_diffs)((int *)buf52[i][j].p)[l] = 0;
    else ((int *)buf52[i][j].p)[l] = n++;
  }
 }
 
 space_id = H5Screate_simple(2,dims2,NULL);
 type_id = H5Tvlen_create(H5T_NATIVE_INT);
 dset_id = H5Dcreate(loc_id,"vlen2D",type_id,space_id,H5P_DEFAULT);
 status = H5Dwrite(dset_id,type_id,H5S_ALL,H5S_ALL,H5P_DEFAULT,buf52);
 assert(status>=0);
 status = H5Dvlen_reclaim(type_id,space_id,H5P_DEFAULT,buf52);
 assert(status>=0);
 status = H5Dclose(dset_id);
 status = H5Tclose(type_id);
 status = H5Sclose(space_id);

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * H5T_ARRAY
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

 if (make_diffs)
 {
  memset(buf62,0,sizeof buf62);
 }


 type_id = H5Tarray_create(H5T_NATIVE_INT,1,dimarray,NULL);
 write_dset(loc_id,2,dims2,"array2D",type_id,buf62);
 status = H5Tclose(type_id);

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * H5T_INTEGER, write a fill value
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

 
 if (make_diffs)
 {
  memset(buf72,0,sizeof buf72);
  memset(buf82,0,sizeof buf82);
 }


 plist_id = H5Pcreate(H5P_DATASET_CREATE);
 status = H5Pset_fill_value(plist_id, H5T_NATIVE_INT, &fillvalue);
 space_id = H5Screate_simple(2,dims2,NULL);
 dset_id = H5Dcreate(loc_id,"integer2D",H5T_NATIVE_INT,space_id,plist_id);
 status = H5Dwrite(dset_id,H5T_NATIVE_INT,H5S_ALL,H5S_ALL,H5P_DEFAULT,buf72);
 status = H5Pclose(plist_id);
 status = H5Dclose(dset_id);
 status = H5Sclose(space_id);

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * H5T_FLOAT
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

 write_dset(loc_id,2,dims2,"float2D",H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT,buf82);

 
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * 3D 
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * H5T_STRING
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

 if (make_diffs)
 {
  memset(buf13,'z',sizeof buf13);
 }

 type_id = H5Tcopy(H5T_C_S1);
 status  = H5Tset_size(type_id, 2);
 write_dset(loc_id,3,dims3,"string3D",type_id,buf13);
 status = H5Tclose(type_id);

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * H5T_BITFIELD
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */


 n=1;
 for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
  for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
   for (k = 0; k < 2; k++) {
    if (make_diffs) buf23[i][j][k]=0;
    else buf23[i][j][k]=n++;
   }
  }
 }


 type_id = H5Tcopy(H5T_STD_B8LE);
 write_dset(loc_id,3,dims3,"bitfield3D",type_id,buf23);
 status = H5Tclose(type_id);

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * H5T_OPAQUE
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
 type_id = H5Tcreate(H5T_OPAQUE, 1);
 status = H5Tset_tag(type_id, "1-byte opaque type"); /* must set this */
 write_dset(loc_id,3,dims3,"opaque3D",type_id,buf23);
 status = H5Tclose(type_id);

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * H5T_COMPOUND
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

 n=1;
 for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
  for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
   for (k = 0; k < 2; k++) {
    if (make_diffs) {
     buf33[i][j][k].a=0;
     buf33[i][j][k].b=0;
    }
    else {
     buf33[i][j][k].a=n++;
     buf33[i][j][k].b=n++;
    }
   }
  }
 }


 type_id = H5Tcreate (H5T_COMPOUND, sizeof(s_t));
 H5Tinsert(type_id, "a", HOFFSET(s_t, a), H5T_NATIVE_CHAR);
 H5Tinsert(type_id, "b", HOFFSET(s_t, b), H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE);
 write_dset(loc_id,3,dims3,"compound3D",type_id,buf33);
 status = H5Tclose(type_id);
 
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * H5T_REFERENCE
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
 /* Create references to dataset */
 if (dset_name)
 {
  for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
   for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
    for (k = 0; k < 2; k++)
     status=H5Rcreate(&buf43[i][j][k],file_id,dset_name,H5R_OBJECT,-1);
   }
  }
 write_dset(loc_id,3,dims3,"reference to object 3D",H5T_STD_REF_OBJ,buf43);
 }

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * H5T_ENUM
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

 type_id = H5Tcreate(H5T_ENUM, sizeof(e_t));
 H5Tenum_insert(type_id, "RED",   (val = 0, &val));
 H5Tenum_insert(type_id, "GREEN", (val = 1, &val));
 write_dset(loc_id,3,dims3,"enum3D",type_id,0);
 status = H5Tclose(type_id);

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * H5T_VLEN
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
 
 /* Allocate and initialize VL dataset to write */
 n=0;
 for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
  for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
   for (k = 0; k < 2; k++) {
    int l;
    buf53[i][j][k].p = malloc((i + 1) * sizeof(int));
    buf53[i][j][k].len = i + 1;
    for (l = 0; l < i + 1; l++)
    if (make_diffs)((int *)buf53[i][j][k].p)[l] = 0;
    else ((int *)buf53[i][j][k].p)[l] = n++;
   }
  }
 }
 
 space_id = H5Screate_simple(3,dims3,NULL);
 type_id = H5Tvlen_create(H5T_NATIVE_INT);
 dset_id = H5Dcreate(loc_id,"vlen3D",type_id,space_id,H5P_DEFAULT);
 status = H5Dwrite(dset_id,type_id,H5S_ALL,H5S_ALL,H5P_DEFAULT,buf53);
 assert(status>=0);
 status = H5Dvlen_reclaim(type_id,space_id,H5P_DEFAULT,buf53);
 assert(status>=0);
 status = H5Dclose(dset_id);
 status = H5Tclose(type_id);
 status = H5Sclose(space_id);

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * H5T_ARRAY
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */


 n=1;
 for (i = 0; i < 24; i++) {
  for (j = 0; j < (int)dimarray[0]; j++) {
    if (make_diffs) buf63[i][j]=0;
    else buf63[i][j]=n++;
  }
 }

 type_id = H5Tarray_create(H5T_NATIVE_INT,1,dimarray,NULL);
 write_dset(loc_id,3,dims3,"array3D",type_id,buf63);
 status = H5Tclose(type_id);

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * H5T_INTEGER and H5T_FLOAT
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
 n=1; f=1;
 for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
  for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
   for (k = 0; k < 2; k++) {
    if (make_diffs) {
     buf73[i][j][k]=0;
     buf83[i][j][k]=0;
    }
    else {
     buf73[i][j][k]=n++;
     buf83[i][j][k]=f++;
    }
   }
  }
 }
 write_dset(loc_id,3,dims3,"integer3D",H5T_NATIVE_INT,buf73);
 write_dset(loc_id,3,dims3,"float3D",H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT,buf83);
}

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Function: write_null_dset
 *
 * Purpose: write null dataset in LOC_ID 
 *
 * Programmer: Raymond Lu, slu@ncsa.uiuc.edu
 *
 * Date: May 24, 2004
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
void write_null_dset(hid_t loc_id)
{
     hid_t sid, dset_id;
     int        val = 2;
    
     /* Create the null dataset */
     sid = H5Screate(H5S_NULL);
     dset_id  = H5Dcreate(loc_id,"null_dset",H5T_NATIVE_INT,sid,H5P_DEFAULT);
     H5Dwrite(dset_id,H5T_NATIVE_INT,H5S_ALL,H5S_ALL,H5P_DEFAULT,&val);

     /* Close */
     H5Dclose(dset_id);
     H5Sclose(sid);
}

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Function: make_dset_reg_ref
 *
 * Purpose: write dataset region references 
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

#define SPACE1_RANK 1
#define SPACE1_DIM1 4
#define SPACE2_RANK	2
#define SPACE2_DIM1	10
#define SPACE2_DIM2	10
#define NPOINTS 10

static void make_dset_reg_ref(hid_t loc_id)
{
 hid_t           dset1; /* Dataset ID   */
 hid_t           dset2; /* Dereferenced dataset ID */
 hid_t           sid1;  /* Dataspace ID #1  */
 hid_t           sid2;  /* Dataspace ID #2  */
 hsize_t         dims1[] = {SPACE1_DIM1};
 hsize_t         dims2[] = {SPACE2_DIM1, SPACE2_DIM2};
 hssize_t        start[SPACE2_RANK];     /* Starting location of hyperslab */
 hsize_t         stride[SPACE2_RANK];    /* Stride of hyperslab */
 hsize_t         count[SPACE2_RANK];     /* Element count of hyperslab */
 hsize_t         block[SPACE2_RANK];     /* Block size of hyperslab */
 hssize_t        coord1[NPOINTS][SPACE2_RANK]; /* Coordinates for point selection */
 hdset_reg_ref_t *wbuf;  /* buffer to write to disk */
 int             *dwbuf; /* Buffer for writing numeric data to disk */
 int             i;      /* counting variables */
 herr_t          ret;    /* Generic return value  */
 
 /* Allocate write & read buffers */
 wbuf=calloc(sizeof(hdset_reg_ref_t), SPACE1_DIM1);
 dwbuf=malloc(sizeof(int)*SPACE2_DIM1*SPACE2_DIM2);
 
 /* Create dataspace for datasets */
 sid2 = H5Screate_simple(SPACE2_RANK, dims2, NULL);
 
 /* Create a dataset */
 dset2=H5Dcreate(loc_id,"dset referenced region",H5T_STD_U8LE,sid2,H5P_DEFAULT);
 
 for(i=0; i<SPACE2_DIM1*SPACE2_DIM2; i++)
  dwbuf[i]=i*3; 
 
 /* Write selection to disk */
 ret=H5Dwrite(dset2,H5T_NATIVE_INT,H5S_ALL,H5S_ALL,H5P_DEFAULT,dwbuf);
 
 /* Close Dataset */
 ret = H5Dclose(dset2);
 
 /* Create dataspace for the reference dataset */
 sid1 = H5Screate_simple(SPACE1_RANK, dims1, NULL);
 
 /* Create a dataset */
 dset1=H5Dcreate(loc_id,"region reference",H5T_STD_REF_DSETREG,sid1,H5P_DEFAULT);
 
 /* Create references */
 
 /* Select 6x6 hyperslab for first reference */
 start[0]=2; start[1]=2;
 stride[0]=1; stride[1]=1;
 count[0]=6; count[1]=6;
 block[0]=1; block[1]=1;
 ret = H5Sselect_hyperslab(sid2,H5S_SELECT_SET,start,stride,count,block);
 
 /* Store first dataset region */
 ret = H5Rcreate(&wbuf[0],loc_id,"dset referenced region",H5R_DATASET_REGION,sid2);
 
 /* Select sequence of ten points for second reference */
 coord1[0][0]=6; coord1[0][1]=9;
 coord1[1][0]=2; coord1[1][1]=2;
 coord1[2][0]=8; coord1[2][1]=4;
 coord1[3][0]=1; coord1[3][1]=6;
 coord1[4][0]=2; coord1[4][1]=8;
 coord1[5][0]=3; coord1[5][1]=2;
 coord1[6][0]=0; coord1[6][1]=4;
 coord1[7][0]=9; coord1[7][1]=0;
 coord1[8][0]=7; coord1[8][1]=1;
 coord1[9][0]=3; coord1[9][1]=3;
 ret = H5Sselect_elements(sid2,H5S_SELECT_SET,NPOINTS,(const hssize_t **)coord1);
 
 /* Store second dataset region */
 ret = H5Rcreate(&wbuf[1],loc_id,"dset referenced region",H5R_DATASET_REGION,sid2);
 
 /* Write selection to disk */
 ret=H5Dwrite(dset1,H5T_STD_REF_DSETREG,H5S_ALL,H5S_ALL,H5P_DEFAULT,wbuf);
 
 /* Close all objects */
 ret = H5Sclose(sid1);
 ret = H5Dclose(dset1);
 ret = H5Sclose(sid2);
  
 free(wbuf);
 free(dwbuf);
}   

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Function: read_dset_reg_ref
 *
 * Purpose: read dataset region references 
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

#ifdef LATER
static void read_dset_reg_ref(hid_t loc_id)
{
 hid_t           dset1;    /* Dataset ID   */
 hid_t           dset2;    /* Dereferenced dataset ID */
 hid_t           sid1;     /* Dataspace ID #1  */
 hid_t           sid2;     /* Dataspace ID #2  */
 hsize_t         *coords;  /* Coordinate buffer */
 hssize_t		      low[SPACE2_RANK];   /* Selection bounds */
 hssize_t		      high[SPACE2_RANK];  /* Selection bounds */
 hdset_reg_ref_t *rbuf;              /* buffer to read from disk */
 int             *drbuf;             /* Buffer for reading numeric data from disk */
 int             i, j;               /* counting variables */
 herr_t		        ret;		              /* Generic return value		*/
 
 /* Allocate write & read buffers */
 rbuf=malloc(sizeof(hdset_reg_ref_t)*SPACE1_DIM1);
 drbuf=calloc(sizeof(int),SPACE2_DIM1*SPACE2_DIM2);
 
 /* Open the dataset */
 dset1=H5Dopen(loc_id,"region reference");
 
 /* Read selection from disk */
 ret=H5Dread(dset1,H5T_STD_REF_DSETREG,H5S_ALL,H5S_ALL,H5P_DEFAULT,rbuf);
 
 /* Try to open objects */
 dset2 = H5Rdereference(dset1,H5R_DATASET_REGION,&rbuf[0]);
 
 /* Check information in referenced dataset */
 sid1 = H5Dget_space(dset2);
 
 ret=(herr_t)H5Sget_simple_extent_npoints(sid1);
 printf(" Number of elements in the dataset is : %d\n",ret);
 
 /* Read from disk */
 ret=H5Dread(dset2,H5T_NATIVE_INT,H5S_ALL,H5S_ALL,H5P_DEFAULT,drbuf);
 
 for(i=0; i<SPACE2_DIM1; i++) {
  for (j=0; j<SPACE2_DIM2; j++) printf (" %d ", drbuf[i*SPACE2_DIM2+j]);
  printf("\n"); }
 
 /* Get the hyperslab selection */
 sid2=H5Rget_region(dset1,H5R_DATASET_REGION,&rbuf[0]);
 
 /* Verify correct hyperslab selected */
 ret = (herr_t)H5Sget_select_npoints(sid2);
 printf(" Number of elements in the hyperslab is : %d \n", ret);
 ret = (herr_t)H5Sget_select_hyper_nblocks(sid2);
 /* allocate space for the hyperslab blocks */
 coords=malloc((size_t)ret*SPACE2_RANK*sizeof(hsize_t)*2); 
 ret = H5Sget_select_hyper_blocklist(sid2,0,ret,coords);
 printf(" Hyperslab coordinates are : \n");
 printf (" ( %lu , %lu ) ( %lu , %lu ) \n", 
  (unsigned long)coords[0],
  (unsigned long)coords[1],
  (unsigned long)coords[2],
  (unsigned long)coords[3]); 
 free(coords);
 ret = H5Sget_select_bounds(sid2,low,high);
 
 /* Close region space */
 ret = H5Sclose(sid2);
 
 /* Get the element selection */
 sid2=H5Rget_region(dset1,H5R_DATASET_REGION,&rbuf[1]);
 
 /* Verify correct elements selected */
 ret = (herr_t)H5Sget_select_elem_npoints(sid2);
 printf(" Number of selected elements is : %d\n", ret);
 
 /* Allocate space for the element points */
 coords= malloc(ret*SPACE2_RANK*sizeof(hsize_t)); 
 ret = H5Sget_select_elem_pointlist(sid2,0,ret,coords);
 printf(" Coordinates of selected elements are : \n");
 for (i=0; i<2*NPOINTS; i=i+2) 
  printf(" ( %lu , %lu ) \n", 
  (unsigned long)coords[i],
  (unsigned long)coords[i+1]); 
 
 free(coords);
 ret = H5Sget_select_bounds(sid2,low,high);
 
 /* Close region space */
 ret = H5Sclose(sid2);
 
 /* Close first space */
 ret = H5Sclose(sid1);
 
 /* Close dereferenced Dataset */
 ret = H5Dclose(dset2);
 
 /* Close Dataset */
 ret = H5Dclose(dset1);
 
 /* Free memory buffers */
 free(rbuf);
 free(drbuf);
}   
#endif /* LATER */