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Global H5.H5Dvlen_reclaim (long type_id, long space_id, long xfer_plist_id, byte[] buf)
  As of HDF5 1.12.0 in favor of H5Treclaim
Global H5.H5Fis_hdf5 (String name)
  As of HDF5 1.10.5 in favor of H5Fis_accessible.
Global H5.H5Iget_name_long (long obj_id, String[] name, long size)
Global H5.H5Oset_comment (long obj_id, String comment)
  As of HDF5 1.8 in favor of object attributes.
Global H5.H5Oset_comment_by_name (long loc_id, String name, String comment, long lapl_id)
  As of HDF5 1.8 in favor of object attributes.
Global h5a::h5aopen_idx_f (obj_id, index, attr_id, hdferr)
  Superseded by H5Aopen_by_idx_f().
Global H5Acreate1 (hid_t loc_id, const char *name, hid_t type_id, hid_t space_id, hid_t acpl_id)
  Superseded by H5Acreate2().
Global H5Aget_num_attrs (hid_t loc_id)
  Superseded by H5Oget_info(), H5Oget_info_by_name(), and H5Oget_info_by_idx().
Global H5Aiterate1 (hid_t loc_id, unsigned *idx, H5A_operator1_t op, void *op_data)
  Superseded by H5Aiterate2().
Global H5Aopen_idx (hid_t loc_id, unsigned idx)
  Superseded by H5Aopen_by_idx().
Global H5Aopen_name (hid_t loc_id, const char *name)
  Superseded by H5Aopen_by_name().
Global H5D_XFER_DIRECT_CHUNK_READ_FILTERS_NAME
  As H5DOread_chunk was deprecated
Global H5D_XFER_DIRECT_CHUNK_READ_FLAG_NAME
  As H5DOread_chunk was deprecated
Global H5D_XFER_DIRECT_CHUNK_READ_OFFSET_NAME
  As H5DOread_chunk was deprecated
Global H5D_XFER_DIRECT_CHUNK_WRITE_DATASIZE_NAME
  As H5DOwrite_chunk was deprecated
Global H5D_XFER_DIRECT_CHUNK_WRITE_FILTERS_NAME
  As H5DOwrite_chunk was deprecated
Global H5D_XFER_DIRECT_CHUNK_WRITE_FLAG_NAME
  As H5DOwrite_chunk was deprecated
Global H5D_XFER_DIRECT_CHUNK_WRITE_OFFSET_NAME
  As H5DOwrite_chunk was deprecated
Global H5Dcreate1 (hid_t loc_id, const char *name, hid_t type_id, hid_t space_id, hid_t dcpl_id)
  Superseded by H5Dcreate2() or the macro H5Dcreate().
Global H5Dextend (hid_t dset_id, const hsize_t size[])
  Superseded by H5Dset_extent().
Global H5Dopen1 (hid_t loc_id, const char *name)
  Superseded by H5Dopen2() or the macro H5Dopen().
Global H5DOread_chunk (hid_t dset_id, hid_t dxpl_id, const hsize_t *offset, uint32_t *filters, void *buf)

  This function was deprecated in favor of the function H5Dread_chunk() as of HDF5-1.10.3. In HDF5 1.10.3, the functionality of H5DOread_chunk() was moved to H5Dread_chunk().

  For compatibility, this API call has been left as a stub which simply calls H5Dread_chunk(). New code should use H5Dread_chunk().

Global H5DOwrite_chunk (hid_t dset_id, hid_t dxpl_id, uint32_t filters, const hsize_t *offset, size_t data_size, const void *buf)

  This function was deprecated in favor of the function H5Dwrite_chunk() of HDF5-1.10.3. The functionality of H5DOwrite_chunk() was moved to H5Dwrite_chunk().

  For compatibility, this API call has been left as a stub which simply calls H5Dwrite_chunk(). New code should use H5Dwrite_chunk().

Global H5Dread_chunk1 (hid_t dset_id, hid_t dxpl_id, const hsize_t *offset, uint32_t *filters, void *buf)
  Superseded by H5Dread_chunk2() or the macro H5Dread_chunk().
Global H5Dvlen_reclaim (hid_t type_id, hid_t space_id, hid_t dxpl_id, void *buf)
  Superseded by H5Treclaim().
Global H5Eclear1 (void)
  1.8.0 Function H5Eclear() renamed to H5Eclear1() and deprecated in this release.
Global H5Eget_auto1 (H5E_auto1_t *func, void **client_data)
  1.8.0 Function H5Eget_auto() renamed to H5Eget_auto1() and deprecated in this release.
Global H5Eget_major (H5E_major_t maj)
  1.8.0 Function deprecated in this release.
Global H5Eget_minor (H5E_minor_t min)
  1.8.0 Function deprecated and return type changed in this release.
Global H5Eprint1 (FILE *stream)
  1.8.0 Function H5Eprint() renamed to H5Eprint1() and deprecated in this release.
Global H5Epush1 (const char *file, const char *func, unsigned line, H5E_major_t maj, H5E_minor_t min, const char *str)
  1.8.0 Function H5Epush() renamed to H5Epush1() and deprecated in this release.
Global H5Eset_auto1 (H5E_auto1_t func, void *client_data)
  1.8.0 Function H5Eset_auto() renamed to H5Eset_auto1() and deprecated in this release.
Global H5Ewalk1 (H5E_direction_t direction, H5E_walk1_t func, void *client_data)
  1.8.0 Function H5Ewalk() renamed to H5Ewalk1() and deprecated in this release.
Global H5F_ACC_DEBUG
  1.8.16
Global H5F_file_space_type_t
  1.10.1
Global H5Fget_info1 (hid_t obj_id, H5F_info1_t *file_info)
  This function has been renamed from H5Fget_info() and is deprecated in favor of the macro H5Fget_info or the function H5Fget_info2().
Global H5Fis_hdf5 (const char *file_name)
  1.12.0 Deprecated in favor of the function H5Fis_accessible()
Global H5Fset_latest_format (hid_t file_id, bool latest_format)
  1.10.2 Deprecated in favor of the function H5Fset_libver_bounds()
Global H5G_iterate_t )(hid_t group, const char *name, void *op_data)
Global H5G_obj_t
Struct H5G_stat_t
Global H5Gcreate1 (hid_t loc_id, const char *name, size_t size_hint)
  This function is deprecated in favor of H5Gcreate2().
Global H5Gget_comment (hid_t loc_id, const char *name, size_t bufsize, char *buf)
  This function is deprecated in favor of the function H5Oget_comment().
Global H5Gget_linkval (hid_t loc_id, const char *name, size_t size, char *buf)
  This function is deprecated in favor of the function H5Lget_val().
Global H5Gget_num_objs (hid_t loc_id, hsize_t *num_objs)
  This function is deprecated in favor of the function H5Gget_info().
Global H5Gget_objinfo (hid_t loc_id, const char *name, bool follow_link, H5G_stat_t *statbuf)
  This function is deprecated in favor of the functions H5Oget_info() and H5Lget_info1().
Global H5Gget_objname_by_idx (hid_t loc_id, hsize_t idx, char *name, size_t size)
  This function is deprecated in favor of the function H5Lget_name_by_idx().
Global H5Gget_objtype_by_idx (hid_t loc_id, hsize_t idx)
  This function is deprecated in favor of the function H5Oget_info().
Global H5Giterate (hid_t loc_id, const char *name, int *idx, H5G_iterate_t op, void *op_data)
  This function is deprecated in favor of the function H5Literate1().
Global H5Glink (hid_t cur_loc_id, H5L_type_t type, const char *cur_name, const char *new_name)
  This function is deprecated.
Global H5Glink2 (hid_t cur_loc_id, const char *cur_name, H5L_type_t type, hid_t new_loc_id, const char *new_name)
  This function is deprecated.
Global H5Gmove (hid_t src_loc_id, const char *src_name, const char *dst_name)
  This function is deprecated.
Global H5Gmove2 (hid_t src_loc_id, const char *src_name, hid_t dst_loc_id, const char *dst_name)
  This function is deprecated.
Global H5Gopen1 (hid_t loc_id, const char *name)
  This function is deprecated in favor of H5Gopen2().
Global H5Gset_comment (hid_t loc_id, const char *name, const char *comment)
  This function is deprecated in favor of the function H5Oset_comment().
Global H5Gunlink (hid_t loc_id, const char *name)
  This function is deprecated in favor of the function H5Ldelete().
Global H5Iregister_type1 (size_t hash_size, unsigned reserved, H5I_free_t free_func)
  2.0.0 Deprecated in favor of the function H5Iregister_type2()
Global H5Lget_info1 (hid_t loc_id, const char *name, H5L_info1_t *linfo, hid_t lapl_id)
  As of HDF5-1.12 this function has been deprecated in favor of the function H5Lget_info2() or the macro H5Lget_info().
Global H5Lget_info_by_idx1 (hid_t loc_id, const char *group_name, H5_index_t idx_type, H5_iter_order_t order, hsize_t n, H5L_info1_t *linfo, hid_t lapl_id)
  As of HDF5-1.12 this function has been deprecated in favor of the function H5Lget_info_by_idx2() and the macro H5Lget_info_by_idx().
Global H5Literate1 (hid_t grp_id, H5_index_t idx_type, H5_iter_order_t order, hsize_t *idx, H5L_iterate1_t op, void *op_data)
  Deprecated in favor of H5Literate2().
Global H5Literate_by_name1 (hid_t loc_id, const char *group_name, H5_index_t idx_type, H5_iter_order_t order, hsize_t *idx, H5L_iterate1_t op, void *op_data, hid_t lapl_id)
  As of HDF5-1.12 this function has been deprecated in favor of the function H5Literate_by_name2() or the macro H5Literate_by_name().
Global H5Lvisit1 (hid_t grp_id, H5_index_t idx_type, H5_iter_order_t order, H5L_iterate1_t op, void *op_data)
  As of HDF5-1.12 this function has been deprecated in favor of the function H5Lvisit2() or the macro H5Lvisit().
Global H5Lvisit_by_name1 (hid_t loc_id, const char *group_name, H5_index_t idx_type, H5_iter_order_t order, H5L_iterate1_t op, void *op_data, hid_t lapl_id)
  As of HDF5-1.12 this function has been deprecated in favor of the function H5Lvisit_by_name2() or the macro H5Lvisit_by_name().
Struct H5O_stat_t
Global H5Oget_info1 (hid_t loc_id, H5O_info1_t *oinfo)
  As of HDF5-1.12 this function has been deprecated in favor of the function H5Oget_info3() or the macro H5Oget_info.
Global H5Oget_info2 (hid_t loc_id, H5O_info1_t *oinfo, unsigned fields)
  As of HDF5-1.12 this function has been deprecated in favor of the function H5Oget_info3() or the macro H5Oget_info().
Global H5Oget_info_by_idx1 (hid_t loc_id, const char *group_name, H5_index_t idx_type, H5_iter_order_t order, hsize_t n, H5O_info1_t *oinfo, hid_t lapl_id)
  As of HDF5-1.12 this function has been deprecated in favor of the function H5Oget_info_by_idx3() or the macro H5Oget_info_by_idx().
Global H5Oget_info_by_idx2 (hid_t loc_id, const char *group_name, H5_index_t idx_type, H5_iter_order_t order, hsize_t n, H5O_info1_t *oinfo, unsigned fields, hid_t lapl_id)
  As of HDF5-1.12 this function is deprecated in favor of the function H5Oget_info_by_idx3() or the macro H5Oget_info_by_idx.
Global H5Oget_info_by_name1 (hid_t loc_id, const char *name, H5O_info1_t *oinfo, hid_t lapl_id)
  As of HDF5-1.12 this function has been deprecated in favor of the function H5Oget_info_by_name2() or the macro H5Oget_info_by_name.
Global H5Oget_info_by_name2 (hid_t loc_id, const char *name, H5O_info1_t *oinfo, unsigned fields, hid_t lapl_id)
  As of HDF5-1.12 this function has been deprecated in favor of the function H5Oget_info_by_name3() or the macro H5Oget_info_by_name().
Global H5Oopen_by_addr (hid_t loc_id, haddr_t addr)
  As of HDF5-1.12 this function has been deprecated in favor of the function H5Oopen_by_token().
Global H5Ovisit1 (hid_t obj_id, H5_index_t idx_type, H5_iter_order_t order, H5O_iterate1_t op, void *op_data)
  As of HDF5-1.12 this function has been deprecated in favor of the function H5Ovisit3() or the macro H5Ovisit.
Global H5Ovisit2 (hid_t obj_id, H5_index_t idx_type, H5_iter_order_t order, H5O_iterate1_t op, void *op_data, unsigned fields)
  As of HDF5-1.12 this function has been deprecated in favor of the function H5Ovisit3() or the macro H5Ovisit.
Global H5Ovisit_by_name1 (hid_t loc_id, const char *obj_name, H5_index_t idx_type, H5_iter_order_t order, H5O_iterate1_t op, void *op_data, hid_t lapl_id)
  As of HDF5-1.12 this function has been deprecated in favor of the function H5Ovisit_by_name3() or the macro H5Ovisit_by_name.
Global H5Ovisit_by_name2 (hid_t loc_id, const char *obj_name, H5_index_t idx_type, H5_iter_order_t order, H5O_iterate1_t op, void *op_data, unsigned fields, hid_t lapl_id)
  As of HDF5-1.12 this function has been deprecated in favor of the function H5Ovisit_by_name3() or the macro H5Ovisit_by_name.
Global H5Pencode1 (hid_t plist_id, void *buf, size_t *nalloc)
  As of HDF5-1.12 this function has been deprecated in favor of H5Pencode2() or the macro H5Pencode().
Global H5Pget_file_space (hid_t plist_id, H5F_file_space_type_t *strategy, hsize_t *threshold)
  When was this function deprecated?
Global H5Pget_filter1 (hid_t plist_id, unsigned filter, unsigned int *flags, size_t *cd_nelmts, unsigned cd_values[], size_t namelen, char name[])
  When was this function deprecated?
Global H5Pget_filter_by_id1 (hid_t plist_id, H5Z_filter_t id, unsigned int *flags, size_t *cd_nelmts, unsigned cd_values[], size_t namelen, char name[])
  As of HDF5-1.8 this function was deprecated in favor of H5Pget_filter_by_id2() or the macro H5Pget_filter_by_id().
Global H5Pget_preserve (hid_t plist_id)
Global H5Pget_version (hid_t plist_id, unsigned *boot, unsigned *freelist, unsigned *stab, unsigned *shhdr)
  Deprecated in favor of the function H5Fget_info()
Global H5Pinsert1 (hid_t plist_id, const char *name, size_t size, void *value, H5P_prp_set_func_t prp_set, H5P_prp_get_func_t prp_get, H5P_prp_delete_func_t prp_delete, H5P_prp_copy_func_t prp_copy, H5P_prp_close_func_t prp_close)
  As of HDF5-1.8 this function was deprecated in favor of H5Pinsert2() or the macro H5Pinsert().
Global H5Pregister1 (hid_t cls_id, const char *name, size_t size, void *def_value, H5P_prp_create_func_t prp_create, H5P_prp_set_func_t prp_set, H5P_prp_get_func_t prp_get, H5P_prp_delete_func_t prp_del, H5P_prp_copy_func_t prp_copy, H5P_prp_close_func_t prp_close)
  As of HDF5-1.8 this function was deprecated in favor of H5Pregister2() or the macro H5Pregister().
Global H5Pset_file_space (hid_t plist_id, H5F_file_space_type_t strategy, hsize_t threshold)
  When was this function deprecated?
Global H5Pset_preserve (hid_t plist_id, bool status)
  This function is deprecated as it no longer has any effect; compound datatype field preservation is now core functionality in the HDF5 library.
Global H5PTcreate_fl (hid_t loc_id, const char *dset_name, hid_t dtype_id, hsize_t chunk_size, int compression)
  This function was deprecated in favor of the function H5PTcreate().
Global H5Rcreate (void *ref, hid_t loc_id, const char *name, H5R_type_t ref_type, hid_t space_id)
  As of HDF5-1.12, this function has been deprecated in favor of H5Rcreate_object(), H5Rcreate_region() and H5Rcreate_attr().
Global H5Rdereference1 (hid_t obj_id, H5R_type_t ref_type, const void *ref)
  This function has been renamed from H5Rdereference() and is deprecated in favor of the macro H5Rdereference() or the function H5Rdereference2().
Global H5Rdereference2 (hid_t obj_id, hid_t oapl_id, H5R_type_t ref_type, const void *ref)
  As of HDF5-1.12, this function and H5Rdereference1() have been deprecated in favor of H5Ropen_attr(), H5Ropen_object() and H5Ropen_region().
Global H5Rget_name (hid_t loc_id, H5R_type_t ref_type, const void *ref, char *name, size_t size)
  As of HDF5-1.12, this function has been deprecated in favor of H5Rget_file_name(), H5Rget_obj_name() and H5Rget_attr_name().
Global H5Rget_obj_type1 (hid_t id, H5R_type_t ref_type, const void *ref)
  This function has been renamed from H5Rget_obj_type() and is deprecated in favor of the macro H5Rget_obj_type() or the function H5Rget_obj_type2().
Global H5Sencode1 (hid_t obj_id, void *buf, size_t *nalloc)
  Deprecated in favor of H5Sencode2()
Global H5Tarray_create1 (hid_t base_id, int ndims, const hsize_t dim[], const int perm[])
  This function has been renamed from H5Tarray_create() and is deprecated in favor of the macro H5Tarray_create or the function H5Tarray_create2().
Global H5Tcommit1 (hid_t loc_id, const char *name, hid_t type_id)
  This function has been renamed from H5Tcommit() and is deprecated in favor of the macro H5Tcommit or the function H5Tcommit2().
Global H5Tdecode1 (const void *buf)
  This function has been renamed from H5Tdecode() and is deprecated in favor of the macro H5Tdecode or the function H5Tdecode2().
Global H5Tget_array_dims1 (hid_t type_id, hsize_t dims[], int perm[])
  This function has been renamed from H5Tget_array_dims() and is deprecated in favor of the macro H5Tget_array_dims or the function H5Tget_array_dims2().
Global H5Topen1 (hid_t loc_id, const char *name)
  This function has been renamed from H5Topen() and is deprecated in favor of the macro H5Topen or the function H5Topen2().
Global hbool_t
  Now that we require C99, hbool_t is typedef'd to C99's bool and hbool_t is considered deprecated. Due to its long-standing, widespread use, we have no plans to remove the hbool_t typedef from the public API, though it is otherwise unused in the library.
Struct hdset_reg_ref_t
  Dataset region reference type that is used with deprecated reference APIs.
Global hobj_ref_t
  Deprecated object reference type that is used with deprecated reference APIs.