H5Group.h

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#ifndef _H5Group_H
#define _H5Group_H

#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
namespace H5 {
#endif

class H5_DLLCPP Group : public H5Object, public CommonFG {
   public:
        // Close this group.
        virtual void close();

#ifndef H5_NO_DEPRECATED_SYMBOLS
        // Retrieves the type of object that an object reference points to.
        H5G_obj_t getObjType(void *ref, H5R_type_t ref_type = H5R_OBJECT) const;
#endif /* H5_NO_DEPRECATED_SYMBOLS */

        // Retrieves a dataspace with the region pointed to selected.
        DataSpace getRegion(void *ref, H5R_type_t ref_type = H5R_DATASET_REGION) const;

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

        // Throw group exception.
        virtual void throwException(const H5std_string& func_name, const H5std_string& msg) const;

        // for CommonFG to get the file id.
        virtual hid_t getLocId() const;

        // Creates a group by way of dereference.
        Group(H5Object& obj, const void* ref, H5R_type_t ref_type = H5R_OBJECT);
        Group(H5File& h5file, const void* ref, H5R_type_t ref_type = H5R_OBJECT);
        Group(Attribute& attr, const void* ref, H5R_type_t ref_type = H5R_OBJECT);

        // default constructor
        Group();

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

        // Gets the group id.
        virtual hid_t getId() const;

        // Destructor
        virtual ~Group();

        // Creates a copy of an existing group using its id.
        Group( const hid_t group_id );

   private:
        hid_t id;       // HDF5 group id

   protected:
        // Sets the group id.
        virtual void p_setId(const hid_t new_id);
};
#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
}
#endif
#endif