H5::VarLenType Class Reference

List of all members.

Public Member Functions

• VarLenType (const DataType *base_type)

  Creates a new variable-length datatype based on the specified base_type.
  

• virtual H5std_string fromClass () const

  Returns this class name.
  

• VarLenType (const VarLenType &original)

  Copy constructor: makes a copy of the original VarLenType object.
  

• VarLenType (const hid_t existing_id)

  Creates an VarLenType object using an existing id.
  

• virtual ~VarLenType ()

  Properly terminates access to this datatype.
  

Protected Member Functions

• VarLenType ()

  Default constructor: Creates a stub variable-length datatype.
  

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

H5::VarLenType::VarLenType

(

const DataType *

base_type

)

Creates a new variable-length datatype based on the specified base_type.

Parameters:

base_type

- IN: Pointer to existing datatype

Exceptions:

H5::DataTypeIException

H5::VarLenType::VarLenType

(

const hid_t

existing_id

)

Creates an VarLenType object using an existing id.

Parameters:

existing_id

- IN: Id of an existing datatype

Exceptions:

H5::DataTypeIException