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commitDatatype

int commitDatatype (HL_Node* node,hid_t testStruct_hid)

If a compound type has been created and there is a wish to have this node ``named'', then use this function for marking this node to be committed. See the HDF5 documentation for a more detailed description on what ``committed'' means.

Arguments:

node: A Datatype node to mark.

testStruct_hid: The HDF5 hid_t reference to the datatype.

Returns 1 if successful and 0 otherwise.




2000-08-08