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node

A node has the following methods:


\begin{methoddesc}{setScalarValue}{itemSize,data,typename,lhid}
Sets a scalar va...
... is of compound type, then the data
should be of string type.
}
\end{methoddesc}


\begin{methoddesc}{setArrayValue}{itemSize,dims,data,typename,lhid}
Sets an arra...
...t is of compound type, the data should be of
string type.
}
\par\end{methoddesc}


\begin{methoddesc}{commit}{datatype}
Marks a \code{TYPE_ID} node to be committed...
...t{datatype\/}} is the
\texttt{hid_t} reference to the datatype.
\end{methoddesc}


\begin{methoddesc}{name}{}
Returns the name of the \texttt{node} instance.
\end{methoddesc}


\begin{methoddesc}{dims}{}
Returns a list of the dimensions of the \texttt{node} instance
\end{methoddesc}


\begin{methoddesc}{format}{}
Returns the string representation of the \texttt{node}'s datatype.
\end{methoddesc}


\begin{methoddesc}{data}{}
Returns the data of the \texttt{node} instance.
\par\...
...a is of compound type, the data will be returned
as a string.
}
\end{methoddesc}




2000-08-08