H5EnumType.h

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#ifndef _H5EnumType_H
#define _H5EnumType_H

#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
namespace H5 {
#endif

class H5_DLLCPP EnumType : public DataType {

   public:
        // Creates an empty enumeration datatype based on a native signed
        // integer type, whose size is given by size.
        EnumType( size_t size );

        // Gets the enum datatype of the specified dataset
        EnumType( const DataSet& dataset );  // H5Dget_type

        // Creates a new enum datatype based on an integer datatype
        EnumType( const IntType& data_type );  // H5Tenum_create

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

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

        // Returns the value of an enumeration datatype member
        void getMemberValue( unsigned memb_no, void *value ) const;

        // Inserts a new member to this enumeration type.
        void insert( const char* name, void *value ) const;
        void insert( const H5std_string& name, void *value ) const;

        // Returns the symbol name corresponding to a specified member
        // of this enumeration datatype.
        H5std_string nameOf( void *value, size_t size ) const;

        // Returns the value corresponding to a specified member of this
        // enumeration datatype.
        void valueOf( const char* name, void *value ) const;
        void valueOf( const H5std_string& name, void *value ) const;

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

        // Default constructor
        EnumType();

        // Creates an enumeration datatype using an existing id
        EnumType( const hid_t existing_id );

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

        virtual ~EnumType();
};
#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
}
#endif
#endif