H5CompType.h

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#ifndef __H5CompType_H
#define __H5CompType_H

namespace H5 {

//  Inheritance: DataType -> H5Object -> H5Location -> IdComponent
class H5_DLLCPP CompType : public DataType {
   public:
        // Default constructor
        CompType();

        // Creates a compound datatype using an existing id
        CompType(const hid_t existing_id);

        // Creates a new compound datatype, given the type's size
        CompType(size_t size); // H5Tcreate

        // Gets the compound datatype of the specified dataset
        CompType(const DataSet& dataset);  // H5Dget_type

        // Copy constructor - makes a copy of original object
        CompType(const CompType& original);

        // Constructors that open a compound datatype, given a location.
        CompType(const H5Location& loc, const char* name);
        CompType(const H5Location& loc, const H5std_string& name);

        // Returns the type class of the specified member of this compound
        // datatype.  It provides to the user a way of knowing what type
        // to create another datatype of the same class
        H5T_class_t getMemberClass(unsigned member_num) const;

        // Returns the index of a member in this compound data type.
        int getMemberIndex(const char* name) const;
        int getMemberIndex(const H5std_string& name) const;

        // Returns the offset of a member of this compound datatype.
        size_t getMemberOffset(unsigned memb_no) const;

        // Returns the name of a member of this compound datatype.
        H5std_string getMemberName(unsigned member_num) const;

        // Returns the generic datatype of the specified member in
        // this compound datatype.
        DataType getMemberDataType(unsigned member_num) const;

        // Returns the array datatype of the specified member in
        // this compound datatype.
        ArrayType getMemberArrayType(unsigned member_num) const;

        // Returns the compound datatype of the specified member in
        // this compound datatype.
        CompType getMemberCompType(unsigned member_num) const;

        // Returns the enumeration datatype of the specified member in
        // this compound datatype.
        EnumType getMemberEnumType(unsigned member_num) const;

        // Returns the integer datatype of the specified member in
        // this compound datatype.
        IntType getMemberIntType(unsigned member_num) const;

        // Returns the floating-point datatype of the specified member in
        // this compound datatype.
        FloatType getMemberFloatType(unsigned member_num) const;

        // Returns the string datatype of the specified member in
        // this compound datatype.
        StrType getMemberStrType(unsigned member_num) const;

        // Returns the variable length datatype of the specified member in
        // this compound datatype.
        VarLenType getMemberVarLenType(unsigned member_num) const;

        // Returns the number of members in this compound datatype.
        int getNmembers() const;

        // Adds a new member to this compound datatype.
        void insertMember(const H5std_string& name, size_t offset, const DataType& new_member) const;

        // Recursively removes padding from within this compound datatype.
        void pack() const;

        // Sets the total size for this compound datatype.
        void setSize(size_t size) const;

        virtual H5std_string fromClass () const { return("CompType"); }

        // Noop destructor.
        virtual ~CompType();

   private:
        // Contains common code that is used by the member functions
        // getMemberXxxType
        hid_t p_get_member_type(unsigned member_num) const;

}; // end of CompType
} // namespace H5

#endif // __H5CompType_H