H5ArrayType.h

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// Class ArrayType inherits from DataType and provides wrappers for the
// HDF5 C's Array Datatypes.

#ifndef _H5ArrayType_H
#define _H5ArrayType_H

#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
namespace H5 {
#endif

class H5_DLLCPP ArrayType : public DataType {
   public:
        // Constructor that creates a new array data type based on the
        // specified base type.
        ArrayType(const DataType& base_type, int ndims, const hsize_t* dims);

        // Returns the number of dimensions of this array datatype.
        int getArrayNDims();

        // Returns the sizes of dimensions of this array datatype.
        int getArrayDims(hsize_t* dims);

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

        // Copy constructor: makes copy of the original object.
        ArrayType( const ArrayType& original );

        // Constructor that takes an existing id
        ArrayType( const hid_t existing_id );

        // Noop destructor
        virtual ~ArrayType();

   protected:
        // Default constructor
        ArrayType();

   private:
        int rank;               // Rank of the array
        hsize_t* dimensions;    // Sizes of the array dimensions
};
#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
}
#endif
#endif