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H5G: Group Interface

Group Object API Functions

The Group interface functions create and manipulate groups of objects in an HDF5 file.
In the following lists, italic type indicates a configurable macro.

The C Interfaces:
             
Use of these functions is deprecated in Release 1.8.0.
Alphabetical Listing
             

The Fortran Interface:
In general, each Fortran subroutine performs exactly the same task as the corresponding C function.
             
Use of these functions is deprecated in Release 1.8.0.

Groups in HDF5:
A group associates names with objects and provides a mechanism for mapping a name to an object. Since all objects appear in at least one group (with the possible exception of the root object) and since objects can have names in more than one group, the set of all objects in an HDF5 file is a directed graph. The internal nodes (nodes with out-degree greater than zero) must be groups while the leaf nodes (nodes with out-degree zero) are either empty groups or objects of some other type. Exactly one object in every non-empty file is the root object. The root object always has a positive in-degree because it is pointed to by the file super block.

Locating objects in the HDF5 file hierarchy:
An object name consists of one or more components separated from one another by slashes. An absolute name begins with a slash and the object is located by looking for the first component in the root object, then looking for the second component in the first object, etc., until the entire name is traversed. A relative name does not begin with a slash and the traversal begins at the location specified by the create or access function.

Group implementations in HDF5:
The original HDF5 group implementation provided a single indexed structure for link storage. A new group implementation, in HDF5 Release 1.8.0, enables more efficient compact storage for very small groups, improved link indexing for large groups, and other advanced features.

The original group structure and the newer structures are not directly interoperable. By default, a group will be created in the original indexed format. An existing group can be changed to a compact-or-indexed format if the need arises; there is no capability to change back. As stated above, once in the compact-or-indexed format, a group can switch between compact and indexed as needed.

Groups will be initially created in the compact-or-indexed format only when one or more of the following conditions is met:

An existing group, currently in the original indexed format, will be converted to the compact-or-indexed format upon the occurrence of any of the following events:

The compact-or-indexed format offers performance improvements that will be most notable at the extremes, i.e., in groups with zero members and in groups with tens of thousands of members. But measurable differences may sometimes appear at a threshold as low as eight group members. Since these performance thresholds and criteria differ from application to application, tunable settings are provided to govern the switch between the compact and indexed formats (see H5Pset_link_phase_change). Optimal thresholds will depend on the application and the operating environment.

Future versions of HDF5 will retain the ability to create, read, write, and manipulate all groups stored in either the original indexed format or the compact-or-indexed format.


Name: H5Gclose
Signature:
herr_t H5Gclose(hid_t group_id)
Purpose:
Closes the specified group.
Description:
H5Gclose releases resources used by a group which was opened by H5Gcreate* or H5Gopen*. After closing a group, the group_id cannot be used again.

Failure to release a group with this call will result in resource leaks.

Parameters:
Returns:
Returns a non-negative value if successful; otherwise returns a negative value.
Fortran90 Interface: h5gclose_f
SUBROUTINE h5gclose_f( gr_id, hdferr)
  IMPLICIT NONE
  INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(IN) :: gr_id     ! Group identifier
  INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: hdferr          ! Error code 
                                          ! 0 on success and -1 on failure
END SUBROUTINE h5gclose_f
	

Last modified: 9 October 2014
Name: H5Gcreate

Signatures:
hid_t H5Gcreate( hid_t loc_id, const char *name, size_t size_hint )
 
[1]
hid_t H5Gcreate( hid_t loc_id, const char *name, hid_t lcpl_id, hid_t gcpl_id, hid_t gapl_id ) [2]

Purpose:
Creates a new empty group and links it to a location in the file.

Description:
H5Gcreate is a macro that is mapped to either H5Gcreate1 or H5Gcreate2, depending on the HDF5 Library configuration and application compile-time compatibility macro mapping options.

This macro is provided to facilitate application compatibility. For example:

Macro use and compatibility macro mapping options are fully described in “API Compatibility Macros in HDF5.”

When both the HDF5 Library and the application are built without specific compatibility macro mapping options, the default behavior occurs and H5Gcreate is mapped to the most recent version of the function, currently H5Gcreate2. If the library and/or application is compiled for Release 1.6 emulation, H5Gcreate will be mapped to H5Gcreate1.

Function mapping flags can be used to override these settings on a function-by-function basis when the application is compiled. The H5Gcreate function mapping flags are shown:

h5cc flag macro maps to
-DH5Acreate_vers=1     H5Acreate1
-DH5Acreate_vers=2 H5Acreate2

A group created with this macro should be closed with H5Gclose when the group is no longer needed so that resource leaks will not develop.

Interface history:   Signature [1] above is the original H5Gcreate interface and the only interface available prior to HDF5 Release 1.8.0. This signature and the corresponding function are now deprecated but will remain directly callable as H5Gcreate1.

Signature [2] above was introduced with HDF5 Release 1.8.0 and is the recommended and default interface. It is directly callable as H5Gcreate2.

Deprecated functions may not be available in all installations of the HDF5 libary. See “API Compatibility Macros in HDF5” for details.

Fortran90 Interface: h5gcreate_f
SUBROUTINE h5gcreate_f(loc_id, name, grp_id, hdferr, &
                        size_hint, lcpl_id, gcpl_id, gapl_id)
  IMPLICIT NONE
  INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(IN) :: loc_id   ! File or group identifier 
  CHARACTER(LEN=*), INTENT(IN) :: name   ! Name of the group 
  INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(OUT) :: grp_id  ! Group identifier 
  INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: hdferr         ! Error code  
                                         ! 0 on success and -1 on failure
  INTEGER(SIZE_T), OPTIONAL, INTENT(IN) :: size_hint 
                                         ! Parameter indicating the number of 
                                         ! bytes to reserve for the names that 
                                         ! will appear in the group. 
                                         ! Note, set to OBJECT_NAMELEN_DEFAULT_F
                                         ! if using any of the optional 
                                         ! parameters lcpl_id, gcpl_id, 
                                         ! and/or gapl_id when not
                                         ! using keywords in specifying the 
                                         ! optional parameters.
  INTEGER(HID_T), OPTIONAL, INTENT(IN) :: lcpl_id  
                                         ! Property list for link creation
  INTEGER(HID_T), OPTIONAL, INTENT(IN) :: gcpl_id  
                                         ! Property list for group creation
  INTEGER(HID_T), OPTIONAL, INTENT(IN) :: gapl_id  
                                         ! Property list for group access
END SUBROUTINE h5gcreate_f
    
See Also:
“Using Identifiers”

History:
Release     C
1.8.0 The function H5Gcreate renamed to H5Gcreate1 and deprecated in this release.
The macro H5Gcreate and the function H5Gcreate2 introduced in this release.

Last modified: 29 July 2009
Name: H5Gcreate1
Signature:
hid_t H5Gcreate1( hid_t loc_id, const char *name, size_t size_hint )

Purpose:
Creates a new empty group and links it to a location in the file.

Notice:
This function is renamed from H5Gcreate and deprecated in favor of the functions H5Gcreate2 and H5Gcreate_anon, or the new macro H5Gcreate.

Description:
H5Gcreate1 creates a new group with the specified name at the specified location, loc_id. The location is identified by a file or group identifier. The name, name, must not already be taken by some other object and all parent groups must already exist.

name can be a relative path based at loc_id or an absolute path from the root of the file. Use of this function requires that any intermediate groups specified in the path already exist.

The length of a group name, or of the name of any object within a group, is not limited.

size_hint is a hint for the number of bytes to reserve to store the names which will be eventually added to the new group. Passing a value of zero for size_hint is usually adequate since the library is able to dynamically resize the name heap, but a correct hint may result in better performance. If a non-positive value is supplied for size_hint, then a default size is chosen.

The return value is a group identifier for the open group. This group identifier should be closed by calling H5Gclose when it is no longer needed.

See H5Gcreate_anon for a discussion of the differences between H5Gcreate1 and H5Gcreate_anon.

Parameters:

Returns:
Returns a valid group identifier for the open group if successful; otherwise returns a negative value.

Fortran90 Interface: See listing under H5Gcreate.

History:
Release     C
1.8.0 Function H5Gcreate renamed to H5Gcreate1 and deprecated in this release.

Last modified: 9 October 2014
Name: H5Gcreate2

Signature:
hid_t H5Gcreate2( hid_t loc_id, const char *name, hid_t lcpl_id, hid_t gcpl_id, hid_t gapl_id )

Purpose:
Creates a new group and links it into the file.

Description:
H5Gcreate2 creates a new group in a file. After a group has been created, links to datasets and to other groups can be added.

The loc_id and name parameters specify where the group is located. loc_id may be a file identifier or a group identifier in the file. name is the link to the group; name may be either an absolute path in the file (the links from the root group to the new group) or a relative path from loc_id (the link(s) from the group specified by loc_id to the new group). See the “Accessing objects by location and name” topic for more information.

lcpl_id, gcpl_id, and gapl_id are property list identifiers. These property lists govern how the link to the group is created, how the group is created, and how the group can be accessed in the future, respectively. H5P_DEFAULT can be passed in if the default properties are appropriate for these property lists. Currently, there are no APIs for the group access property list; use H5P_DEFAULT. See “H5P: Property List Interface” for the functions that can be used with each property list.

To conserve and release resources, the group should be closed when access is no longer required.

Parameters:
hid_t loc_id IN: File or group identifier
const char *name     IN: Absolute or relative name of the link to the new group
hid_t lcpl_id IN: Link creation property list identifier
hid_t gcpl_id IN: Group creation property list identifier
hid_t gapl_id IN: Group access property list identifier
(No group access properties have been implemented at this time; use H5P_DEFAULT.)

Returns:
Returns a group identifier if successful; otherwise returns a negative value.

Fortran90 Interface:
See listing under H5Gcreate.

See Also:
“Using Identifiers”

History:
Release     C
1.8.0 Function introduced in this release.

Last modified: 9 October 2014
Name: H5Gcreate_anon

Signature:
hid_t H5Gcreate_anon( hid_t loc_id, hid_t gcpl_id, hid_t gapl_id )

Purpose:
Creates a new empty group without linking it into the file structure.

Description:
H5Gcreate_anon creates a new empty group in the file specified by loc_id. With default settings, H5Gcreate_anon provides similar functionality to that provided by H5Gcreate, with the differences described below.

The new group’s creation and access properties are specified in gcpl_id and gapl_id, respectively.

H5Gcreate_anon returns a new group identifier. This identifier must be linked into the HDF5 file structure with H5Olink or it will be deleted from the file when the file is closed.

The differences between this function and H5Gcreate1 are as follows:

A group created with this function should be closed with H5Gclose when the group is no longer needed so that resource leaks will not develop.

Parameters:
hid_t loc_id IN: File or group identifier specifying the file in which the new group is to be created
hid_t gcpl_id IN: Group creation property list identifier
(H5P_DEFAULT for the default property list)
hid_t gapl_id     IN: Group access property list identifier
(No group access properties have been implemented at this time; use H5P_DEFAULT.)

Returns:
Returns a new group identifier if successful; otherwise returns a negative value.

Fortran90 Interface: h5gcreate_anon_f
SUBROUTINE h5gcreate_anon_f(loc_id, grp_id, hdferr, gcpl_id, gapl_id)

  IMPLICIT NONE
  INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(IN) :: loc_id   ! File or group identifier
  INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(OUT) :: grp_id  ! Group identifier 
  INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: hdferr         ! Error code
                                         ! 0 on success and -1 on failure
  INTEGER(HID_T), OPTIONAL, INTENT(IN) :: gcpl_id  
                                         ! Property list for group creation
  INTEGER(HID_T), OPTIONAL, INTENT(IN) :: gapl_id  
                                         ! Property list for group access
END SUBROUTINE h5gcreate_anon_f
    

See Also:
H5Gcreate
H5Olink
“Using Identifiers”

History:
Release     C
1.8.0 Function introduced in this release.

Last modified: 31 May 2016

Name: H5Gflush

Signature:
herr_t H5Gflush(hid_t group_id)

Purpose:
Flushes all buffers associated with a group to disk.

Description:
H5Gflush causes all buffers associated with a group to be immediately flushed to disk without removing the data from the cache.

Note:
HDF5 does not possess full control over buffering. H5Gflush flushes the internal HDF5 buffers and then asks the operating system (the OS) to flush the system buffers for the open files. After that, the OS is responsible for ensuring that the data is actually flushed to disk.

Parameters:
hid_t group_id    IN: Identifier of the group to be flushed.

Returns:
Returns a non-negative value if successful; otherwise returns a negative value.

Fortran Interface:
None

See Also:



History:
Release     Change
1.10.0 C function introduced with this release.




Name: H5Gget_comment
Signature:
int H5Gget_comment(hid_t loc_id, const char *name, size_t bufsize, char *comment )
Purpose:
Retrieves comment for specified object.
Notice:
This function is deprecated in favor of the function H5Oget_comment.
Description:
H5Gget_comment retrieves the comment for the the object specified by loc_id and name. The comment is returned in the buffer comment.

loc_id can specify any object in the file. name can be one of the following:
  — The name of the object relative to loc_id
  — An absolute name of the object, starting from /, the file’s root group
  — A dot (.), if loc_id fully specifies the object

At most bufsize characters, including a null terminator, are returned in comment. The returned value is not null terminated if the comment is longer than the supplied buffer. If the size of the comment is unknown, a preliminary H5Gget_comment call will return the size of the comment, including space for the null terminator.

If an object does not have a comment, the empty string is returned in comment.

Parameters:
Returns:
Returns the number of characters in the comment, counting the null terminator, if successful; the value returned may be larger than bufsize. Otherwise returns a negative value.
Fortran90 Interface: h5gget_comment_f
SUBROUTINE h5gget_comment_f(loc_id, name, size, buffer, hdferr)
  IMPLICIT NONE
  INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(IN) :: loc_id         ! File, group, dataset, or
                                               ! named datatype identifier  
  CHARACTER(LEN=*), INTENT(IN) :: name         ! Name of the object link 
  CHARACTER(LEN=size), INTENT(OUT) :: buffer   ! Buffer to hold the comment
  INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: hdferr               ! Error code 
                                               ! 0 on success and -1 on failure
END SUBROUTINE h5gget_comment_f
    
History:
Release     C
1.8.0 Function deprecated in this release.

Name: H5Gget_create_plist
Signature:
hid_t H5Gget_create_plist(hid_t group_id)
Purpose:
Gets a group creation property list identifier.
Description:
H5Gget_create_plist returns an identifier for the group creation property list associated with the group specified by group_id.

The creation property list identifier should be released with H5Pclose.

Parameters:
Returns:
Returns an identifier for the group’s creation property list if successful. Otherwise returns a negative value.
Fortran90 Interface: h5gget_create_plist_f
SUBROUTINE h5gget_create_plist_f(grp_id, gcpl_id, hdferr)
  IMPLICIT NONE
  INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(IN)  :: grp_id  ! Group identifier
  INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(OUT) :: gcpl_id ! Property list for group creation
  INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: hdferr         ! Error code 
                                         ! 0 on success and -1 on failure
END SUBROUTINE h5gget_create_plist_f
History:

Name: H5Gget_info
Signature:
herr_t H5Gget_info( hid_t group_id, H5G_info_t *group_info )

Purpose:
Retrieves information about a group.

Description:
H5Gget_info retrieves information about the group specified by group_id. The information is returned in the group_info struct.

group_info is an H5G_info_t struct and is defined (in H5Gpublic.h) as follows:
     H5G_storage_type_t storage_type   Type of storage for links in group
    H5G_STORAGE_TYPE_COMPACT: Compact storage
    H5G_STORAGE_TYPE_DENSE: Indexed storage
    H5G_STORAGE_TYPE_SYMBOL_TABLE:
         Symbol tables, the original HDF5 structure
     hsize_t nlinks Number of links in group
     int64_t max_corder Current maximum creation order value for group
     hbool_t mounted Whether the group has a file mounted on it

Parameters:
hid_t group_id IN: Group identifier
H5G_info_t *group_info     OUT: Struct in which group information is returned

Returns:
Returns a non-negative value if successful; otherwise returns a negative value.

Fortran90 Interface: h5gget_info_f
SUBROUTINE h5gget_info_f(group_id, storage_type, nlinks, max_corder, hdferr, &
                         mounted)

  IMPLICIT NONE
  INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(IN) :: group_id 
                            ! Group identifier
  INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: storage_type 
                            ! Type of storage for links in group:
                            !    H5G_STORAGE_TYPE_COMPACT_F: Compact storage
                            !    H5G_STORAGE_TYPE_DENSE_F: Indexed storage
                            !    H5G_STORAGE_TYPE_SYMBOL_TABLE_F: Symbol tables
  INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: nlinks 
                            ! Number of links in group
  INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: max_corder 
                            ! Current maximum creation order value for group
  INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: hdferr       
                            ! Error code:
                            ! 0 on success and -1 on failure
  LOGICAL, INTENT(OUT), OPTIONAL :: mounted      
                            ! Whether group has a file mounted on it

END SUBROUTINE h5gget_info_f
    

History:
Release     C
1.8.2 Added 'mounted' field.
1.8.0 Function introduced in this release.

Name: H5Gget_info_by_idx
Signature:
herr_t H5Gget_info_by_idx( hid_t loc_id, const char *group_name, H5_index_t index_type, H5_iter_order_t order, hsize_t n, H5G_info_t *group_info, hid_t lapl_id )

Purpose:
Retrieves information about a group, according to the group’s position within an index.

Description:
H5Gget_info_by_idx retrieves the same imformation about a group as retrieved by the function H5Gget_info, immediately above, but the means of identifying the group differs; the group is identified by position in an index rather than by name.

loc_id and group_name specify the group containing the group for which information is sought. The groups in group_name are indexed by index_type; the group for which information is retrieved is identified in that index by index order, order, and index position, n.

If loc_id specifies the group containing the group for which information is queried, group_name can be a dot (.).

Valid values for index_type are as follows:
     H5_INDEX_NAME      An alpha-numeric index by group name
H5_INDEX_CRT_ORDER An index by creation order

The order in which the index is to be examined, as specified by order, can be one of the following:
     H5_ITER_INC      The count is from beginning of the index, i.e., top-down.
H5_ITER_DEC The count is from the end of the index, i.e., bottom-up.
H5_ITER_NATIVE HDF5 counts through the index in the fastest-available order. No information is provided as to the order, but HDF5 ensures that no element in the index will be overlooked.

Parameters:
hid_t loc_id IN: File or group identifier
const char *group_name IN: Name of group containing group for which information is to be retrieved
H5_index_t index_type IN: Index type
H5_iter_order_t order IN: Order of the count in the index
hsize_t n IN: Position in the index of the group for which information is retrieved
H5G_info_t *group_info     OUT: Struct in which group information is returned
hid_t lapl_id IN: Link access property list

Returns:
Returns a non-negative value if successful; otherwise returns a negative value.

Fortran90 Interface: h5gget_info_by_idx_f
SUBROUTINE h5gget_info_by_idx_f(loc_id, group_name, index_type, order, n, &
     storage_type, nlinks, max_corder, hdferr, lapl_id, mounted)

  IMPLICIT NONE
  INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(IN) :: loc_id     
                               ! File or group identifier
  CHARACTER(LEN=*), INTENT(IN) :: group_name 
                               ! Name of group containing group for which 
                               ! information is to be retrieved
  INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(IN) :: index_type 
                               ! Index type
  INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(IN) :: order      
                               ! Order of the count in the index
  INTEGER(HSIZE_T), INTENT(IN) :: n          
                               ! Position in the index of the group for which 
                               ! information is retrieved
  INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: storage_type 
                               ! Type of storage for links in group:
                               ! H5G_STORAGE_TYPE_COMPACT_F: Compact storage
                               ! H5G_STORAGE_TYPE_DENSE_F: Indexed storage
                               ! H5G_STORAGE_TYPE_SYMBOL_TABLE_F: Symbol tables
  INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: nlinks 
                               ! Number of links in group
  INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: max_corder 
                               ! Current maximum creation order value for group
  INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: hdferr       
                               ! Error code:
                               ! 0 on success and -1 on failure
  LOGICAL, INTENT(OUT), OPTIONAL :: mounted      
                               ! Whether group has a file mounted on it
END SUBROUTINE h5gget_info_by_idx_f
    

History:
Release     C
1.8.0 Function introduced in this release.

Name: H5Gget_info_by_name
Signature:
herr_t H5Gget_info_by_name( hid_t loc_id, const char *group_name, H5G_info_t *group_info, hid_t lapl_id )

Purpose:
Retrieves information about a group.

Description:
H5Gget_info_by_name retrieves information about the group group_name located in the file or group specified by loc_id. The information is returned in the group_info struct.

If loc_id specifies the group for which information is queried, group_name can be a dot (.).

group_info is an H5G_info_t struct and is defined (in H5Gpublic.h) as follows:
     H5G_storage_type_t storage_type   Type of storage for links in group
    H5G_STORAGE_TYPE_COMPACT: Compact storage
    H5G_STORAGE_TYPE_DENSE: Dense storage
    H5G_STORAGE_TYPE_SYMBOL_TABLE:
         Symbol tables, the original HDF5 structure
     hsize_t nlinks Number of links in group
     int64_t max_corder Current maximum creation order value for group
     hbool_t mounted Whether the group has a file mounted on it

Parameters:
hid_t loc_id IN: File or group identifier
const char *group_name IN: Name of group for which information is to be retrieved
H5G_info_t *group_info     OUT: Struct in which group information is returned
hid_t lapl_id IN: Link access property list

Returns:
Returns a non-negative value if successful; otherwise returns a negative value.

Fortran90 Interface: h5gget_info_by_name_f
SUBROUTINE h5gget_info_by_name_f(loc_id, group_name, &
     storage_type, nlinks, max_corder, hdferr, lapl_id, mounted)

  IMPLICIT NONE
  INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(IN) :: loc_id 
                             ! File or group identifier
  CHARACTER(LEN=*), INTENT(IN) :: group_name 
                             ! Name of group containing group for which 
                             ! information is to be retrieved
  INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: storage_type 
                             ! Type of storage for links in group:
                             !   H5G_STORAGE_TYPE_COMPACT_F: Compact storage
                             !   H5G_STORAGE_TYPE_DENSE_F: Indexed storage
                             !   H5G_STORAGE_TYPE_SYMBOL_TABLE_F: Symbol tables
  INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: nlinks 
                             ! Number of links in group
  INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: max_corder 
                             ! Current maximum creation order value for group
    
  INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: hdferr       
                             ! Error code:
                             ! 0 on success and -1 on failure
  INTEGER(HID_T), OPTIONAL, INTENT(IN) :: lapl_id 
                             ! Link access property list
  LOGICAL, INTENT(OUT), OPTIONAL :: mounted      
                             ! Whether group has a file mounted on it
END SUBROUTINE h5gget_info_by_name_f
    

History:
Release     C
1.8.2 Added 'mounted' field.
1.8.0 Function introduced in this release.

Name: H5Gget_linkval
Signature:
herr_t H5Gget_linkval( hid_t loc_id, const char *name, size_t size, char *value )
Purpose:
Returns the name of the object that the symbolic link points to.
Notice:
This function is deprecated in favor of the function H5Lget_val.
Description:
H5Gget_linkval returns size characters of the name of the object that the symbolic link name points to.

The parameter loc_id is a file or group identifier.

The parameter name must be a symbolic link pointing to the desired object and must be defined relative to loc_id.

If size is smaller than the size of the returned object name, then the name stored in the buffer value will not be null terminated.

This function fails if name is not a symbolic link. The presence of a symbolic link can be tested by passing zero for size and NULL for value.

This function should be used only after H5Lget_info (or the deprecated function H5Gget_objinfo) has been called to verify that name is a symbolic link.

Parameters:
Returns:
Returns a non-negative value, with the link value in value, if successful. Otherwise returns a negative value.
Fortran90 Interface: h5gget_linkval_f
SUBROUTINE h5gget_linkval_f(loc_id, name, size, buffer, hdferr)
  IMPLICIT NONE
  INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(IN) :: loc_id         ! File or group identifier
  CHARACTER(LEN=*), INTENT(IN) :: name         ! Name of the symbolic link 
  CHARACTER(LEN=size), INTENT(OUT) :: buffer   ! Buffer to hold a
                                               ! name of the object 
                                               ! symbolic link points to
  INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: hdferr               ! Error code 
                                               ! 0 on success and -1 on failure
END SUBROUTINE h5gget_linkval_f
	
History:
Release     C
1.8.0 Function deprecated in this release.

Name: H5Gget_num_objs
Signature:
herr_t H5Gget_num_objs(hid_t loc_id, hsize_t* num_obj)
Purpose:
Returns number of objects in the group specified by its identifier
Notice:
This function is deprecated in favor of the function H5Gget_info.
Description:
H5Gget_num_objs returns number of objects in a group. Group is specified by its identifier loc_id. If a file identifier is passed in, then the number of objects in the root group is returned.
Parameters:
Returns:
Returns positive value if successful; otherwise returns a negative value.
Fortran90 Interface:
None.
History:

Name: H5Gget_objinfo
Signature:
herr_t H5Gget_objinfo(hid_t loc_id, const char *name, hbool_t follow_link, H5G_stat_t *statbuf )
Purpose:
Returns information about an object.
Notice:
This function is deprecated in favor of the function H5Oget_info and H5Lget_info.
Description:
H5Gget_objinfo returns information about the specified object through the statbuf argument.

A file or group identifier, loc_id, and an object name, name, relative to loc_id, are commonly used to specify the object. However, if the object identifier is already known to the application, an alternative approach is to use that identifier, obj_id, in place of loc_id, and a dot (.) in place of name. Thus, the alternative versions of the first portion of an H5Gget_objinfo call would be as follows:
    H5Gget_objinfo (loc_id name  ...)
    H5Gget_objinfo (obj_id .     ...)

If the object is a symbolic link and follow_link is zero (0), then the information returned describes the link itself; otherwise the link is followed and the information returned describes the object to which the link points. If follow_link is non-zero but the final symbolic link is dangling (does not point to anything), then an error is returned. The statbuf fields are undefined for an error. The existence of an object can be tested by calling this function with a null statbuf.

H5Gget_objinfo fills in the following data structure (defined in H5Gpublic.h):

                  typedef struct H5G_stat_t {
                      unsigned long fileno[2];
                      unsigned long objno[2];
                      unsigned nlink;
                      H5G_obj_t type;
                      time_t mtime; 
                      size_t linklen;
                      H5O_stat_t ohdr;
                  } H5G_stat_t
        
where H5O_stat_t (defined in H5Opublic.h) is:
                  typedef struct H5O_stat_t {
                      hsize_t size;
                      hsize_t free;
                      unsigned nmesgs;
                      unsigned nchunks;
                  } H5O_stat_t
        
The fileno and objno fields contain four values which uniquely identify an object among those HDF5 files which are open: if all four values are the same between two objects, then the two objects are the same (provided both files are still open).

The nlink field is the number of hard links to the object or zero when information is being returned about a symbolic link (symbolic links do not have hard links but all other objects always have at least one).

The type field contains the type of the object, one of H5G_GROUP, H5G_DATASET, H5G_LINK, or H5G_TYPE.

The mtime field contains the modification time.

If information is being returned about a symbolic link then linklen will be the length of the link value (the name of the pointed-to object with the null terminator); otherwise linklen will be zero.

The fields in the H5O_stat_t struct contain information about the object header for the object queried:

size The total size of all the object header information in the file (for all chunks).
free The size of unused space in the object header.
nmesgs The number of object header messages.
nchunks   The number of chunks the object header is broken up into.

Other fields may be added to this structure in the future.

Note:
Some systems will be able to record the time accurately but unable to retrieve the correct time; such systems (e.g., Irix64) will report an mtime value of 0 (zero).
Parameters:
Returns:
Returns a non-negative value if successful, with the fields of statbuf (if non-null) initialized. Otherwise returns a negative value.
Fortran90 Interface:
None.
History:

Name: H5Gget_objname_by_idx
Signature:
ssize_t H5Gget_objname_by_idx(hid_t loc_id, hsize_t idx, char *name, size_t size )
Purpose:
Returns a name of an object specified by an index.
Notice:
This function is deprecated in favor of the function H5Lget_name_by_idx.
Description:
H5Gget_objname_by_idx returns a name of the object specified by the index idx in the group loc_id.

The group is specified by a group identifier loc_id. If preferred, a file identifier may be passed in loc_id; that file's root group will be assumed.

idx is the transient index used to iterate through the objects in the group. The value of idx is any nonnegative number less than the total number of objects in the group, which is returned by the function H5Gget_num_objs. Note that this is a transient index; an object may have a different index each time a group is opened.

The object name is returned in the user-specified buffer name.

If the size of the provided buffer name is less or equal the actual object name length, the object name is truncated to max_size - 1 characters.

Note that if the size of the object's name is unkown, a preliminary call to H5Gget_objname_by_idx with name set to NULL will return the length of the object's name. A second call to H5Gget_objname_by_idx can then be used to retrieve the actual name.

Parameters:
Returns:
Returns the size of the object name if successful, or 0 if no name is associated with the group identifier. Otherwise returns a negative value.
Fortran90 Interface:
None.
History:

Last modified: 15 March 2013
Name: H5Gget_objtype_by_idx
Signature:
int H5Gget_objtype_by_idx( hid_t loc_id, hsize_t idx )

Purpose:
Returns the type of an object specified by an index.

Notice:
This function is deprecated in favor of the function H5Oget_info.

Description:
H5Gget_objtype_by_idx returns the type of the object specified by the index idx in the group loc_id.

The group is specified by a group identifier loc_id. If preferred, a file identifier may be passed in loc_id; that file's root group will be assumed.

idx is the transient index used to iterate through the objects in the group. This parameter is described in more detail in the discussion of H5Gget_objname_by_idx.

The object type is returned as the function return value:
  H5G_GROUP 0 Object is a group.
  H5G_DATASET    1    Object is a dataset.
  H5G_TYPE 2 Object is a named datatype.
     H5G_LINK 3 Object is a symbolic link.
     H5G_UDLINK 4 Object is a user-defined link.

Parameters:
hid_t loc_id     IN: Group or file identifier.
hsize_t idx IN: Transient index identifying object.

Returns:
Returns the type of the object if successful. Otherwise returns a negative value.

Fortran90 Interface:
None.

History:
Release     C
1.6.0 Function introduced in this release.
1.6.0 The function return type changed from int to the enumerated type H5G_obj_t.
1.8.0 Function deprecated in this release.

Name: H5Giterate
Signature:
int H5Giterate(hid_t loc_id, const char *name, int *idx, H5G_iterate_t operator, void *operator_data )
Purpose:
Iterates an operation over the entries of a group.
Notice:
This function is deprecated in favor of the function H5Literate.
Description:
H5Giterate iterates over the members of name in the file or group specified with loc_id. For each object in the group, the operator_data and some additional information, specified below, are passed to the operator function. The iteration begins with the idx object in the group and the next element to be processed by the operator is returned in idx. If idx is NULL, then the iterator starts at the first group member; since no stopping point is returned in this case, the iterator cannot be restarted if one of the calls to its operator returns non-zero. H5Giterate does not recursively follow links into subgroups of the specified group.

The prototype for H5G_iterate_t is:
     typedef herr_t (*H5G_iterate_t) (hid_t group_id, const char * member_name, void *operator_data);

The operation receives the group identifier for the group being iterated over, group_id, the name of the current object within the group, member_name, and the pointer to the operator data passed in to H5Giterate, operator_data.

The return values from an operator are:

H5Giterate assumes that the membership of the group identified by name remains unchanged through the iteration. If the membership changes during the iteration, the function's behavior is undefined.

H5Giterate is not recursive. In particular, if a member of name is found to be a group, call it subgroup_a, H5Giterate does not examine the members of subgroup_a. When recursive iteration is required, the application must handle the recursion, explicitly calling H5Giterate on discovered subgroups.

Parameters:
Returns:
Returns the return value of the last operator if it was non-zero, or zero if all group members were processed. Otherwise returns a negative value.
Fortran90 Interface:
There is no direct FORTRAN couterpart for the C function H5Giterate. Instead, that functionality is provided by two FORTRAN functions:
h5gn_members_f    Purpose: Returns the number of group members.
h5gget_obj_info_idx_f    Purpose: Returns name and type of the group member identified by its index.
SUBROUTINE h5gn_members_f(loc_id, name, nmembers, hdferr)           
  IMPLICIT NONE
  INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(IN) :: loc_id        ! File or group identifier 
  CHARACTER(LEN=*), INTENT(IN) :: name        ! Name of the group 
  INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: nmembers            ! Number of members in the group
  INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: hdferr              ! Error code 
                                              ! 0 on success and -1 on failure
END SUBROUTINE h5gn_members_f
		
SUBROUTINE h5gget_obj_info_idx_f(loc_id, name, idx, & 
                                 obj_name, obj_type, hdferr)           
  IMPLICIT NONE
  INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(IN) :: loc_id        ! File or group identifier 
  CHARACTER(LEN=*), INTENT(IN) :: name        ! Name of the group 
  INTEGER, INTENT(IN) :: idx                  ! Index of member object 
  CHARACTER(LEN=*), INTENT(OUT) :: obj_name   ! Name of the object 
  INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: obj_type            ! Object type : 
                                              !     H5G_LINK_F 
                                              !     H5G_GROUP_F 
                                              !     H5G_DATASET_F 
                                              !     H5G_TYPE_F 
  INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: hdferr              ! Error code 
                                              ! 0 on success and -1 on failure
END SUBROUTINE h5gget_obj_info_idx_f
		
History:
Release     C
1.8.0 Function deprecated in this release.

Name: H5Glink
Signature:
herr_t H5Glink(hid_t loc_id, H5G_link_t link_type, const char *current_name, const char *new_name )
Purpose:
Creates a link of the specified type from new_name to current_name.
Notice:
This function is deprecated in favor of the functions H5Lcreate_hard and H5Lcreate_soft.
Description:
H5Glink creates a new name for an object that has some current name, possibly one of many names it currently has.

If link_type is H5G_LINK_HARD, then current_name must specify the name of an existing object and both names are interpreted relative to loc_id, which is either a file identifier or a group identifier.

If link_type is H5G_LINK_SOFT, then current_name can be anything and is interpreted at lookup time relative to the group which contains the final component of new_name. For instance, if current_name is ./foo, new_name is ./x/y/bar, and a request is made for ./x/y/bar, then the actual object looked up is ./x/y/./foo.

Parameters:
Returns:
Returns a non-negative value if successful; otherwise returns a negative value.
Fortran90 Interface: h5glink_f
SUBROUTINE h5glink_f(loc_id, link_type, current_name, new_name, hdferr) 
  IMPLICIT NONE
  INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(IN) :: loc_id      ! File or group location identifier
  INTEGER, INTENT(IN)        :: link_type   ! Link type, possible values are:
                                            !     H5G_LINK_HARD_F
                                            !     H5G_LINK_SOFT_F
  CHARACTER(LEN=*), INTENT(IN) :: current_name
                                            ! Current object name relative
                                            ! to loc_id 
  CHARACTER(LEN=*), INTENT(IN) :: new_name  ! New object name 
  INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: hdferr            ! Error code 
                                            ! 0 on success and -1 on failure

END SUBROUTINE h5glink_f
	
History:
Release     C
1.8.0 Function deprecated in this release.

Name: H5Glink2
Signature:
herr_t H5Glink2( hid_t curr_loc_id, const char *current_name, H5G_link_t link_type, hid_t new_loc_id, const char *new_name )
Notice:
This function is deprecated in favor of the functions H5Lcreate_hard and H5Lcreate_soft.
Purpose:
Creates a link of the specified type from current_name to new_name.
Description:
H5Glink2 creates a new name for an object that has some current name, possibly one of many names it currently has.

If link_type is H5G_LINK_HARD, then current_name must specify the name of an existing object. In this case, current_name and new_name are interpreted relative to curr_loc_id and new_loc_id, respectively, which are either file or group identifiers.

If link_type is H5G_LINK_SOFT, then current_name can be anything and is interpreted at lookup time relative to the group which contains the final component of new_name. For instance, if current_name is ./foo, new_name is ./x/y/bar, and a request is made for ./x/y/bar, then the actual object looked up is ./x/y/./foo.

Parameters:
Returns:
Returns a non-negative value if successful; otherwise returns a negative value.
Fortran90 Interface: h5glink2_f
SUBROUTINE h5glink2_f(cur_loc_id, cur_name, link_type, new_loc_id, new_name, hdferr) 
  IMPLICIT NONE
  INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(IN) :: cur_loc_id ! File or group location identifier
  CHARACTER(LEN=*), INTENT(IN) :: cur_name ! Name of the existing object
                                           ! is relative to cur_loc_id 
                                           ! Can be anything for the soft link
  INTEGER, INTENT(IN) :: link_type         ! Link type, possible values are:
                                           !     H5G_LINK_HARD_F
                                           !     H5G_LINK_SOFT_F
  INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(IN) :: new_loc_id ! New location identifier
  CHARACTER(LEN=*), INTENT(IN) :: new_name ! New object name 
  INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: hdferr           ! Error code 
                                           ! 0 on success and -1 on failure

END SUBROUTINE h5glink2_f
	
History:
Release     C
1.8.0 Function deprecated in this release.

Name: H5Gmove
Signature:
herr_t H5Gmove(hid_t loc_id, const char *src_name, const char *dst_name )
Purpose:
Renames an object within an HDF5 file.
Notice:
This function is deprecated in favor of the function H5Lmove.
Description:
H5Gmove renames an object within an HDF5 file. The original name, src_name, is unlinked from the group graph and the new name, dst_name, is inserted as an atomic operation. Both names are interpreted relative to loc_id, which is either a file or a group identifier.
Warning:
Exercise care in moving groups as it is possible to render data in a file inaccessible with H5Gmove. See The Group Interface in the HDF5 User's Guide.
Parameters:
Returns:
Returns a non-negative value if successful; otherwise returns a negative value.
Fortran90 Interface: h5gmove_f
SUBROUTINE h5gmove_f(loc_id, name, new_name, hdferr)
  IMPLICIT NONE
  INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(IN) :: loc_id     ! File or group identifier
  CHARACTER(LEN=*), INTENT(IN) :: name     ! Original name of an object 
  CHARACTER(LEN=*), INTENT(IN) :: new_name ! New name of an object 
  INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: hdferr           ! Error code 
                                           ! 0 on success and -1 on failure
END SUBROUTINE h5gmove_f
	

History:
Release     C
1.8.0 Function deprecated in this release.

Name: H5Gmove2
Signature:
herr_t H5Gmove2( hid_t src_loc_id, const char *src_name, hid_t dst_loc_id, const char *dst_name )
Purpose:
Renames an object within an HDF5 file.
Notice:
This function is deprecated in favor of the function H5Lmove.
Description:
H5Gmove2 renames an object within an HDF5 file. The original name, src_name, is unlinked from the group graph and the new name, dst_name, is inserted as an atomic operation.

src_name and dst_name are interpreted relative to src_name and dst_name, respectively, which are either file or group identifiers.
Warning:
Exercise care in moving groups as it is possible to render data in a file inaccessible with H5Gmove. See The Group Interface in the HDF5 User's Guide.
Parameters:
Returns:
Returns a non-negative value if successful; otherwise returns a negative value.
Fortran90 Interface: h5gmove2_f
SUBROUTINE h5gmove2_f(src_loc_id, src_name, dst_loc_id, dst_name, hdferr)
  IMPLICIT NONE
  INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(IN) :: src_loc_id   ! File or group identifier
  CHARACTER(LEN=*), INTENT(IN) :: src_name   ! Original name of an object 
                                             ! relative to src_loc_id 
  INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(IN) :: dst_loc_id   ! File or group identifier
  CHARACTER(LEN=*), INTENT(IN) :: dst_name   ! New name of an object
                                             ! relative to dst_loc_id 
  INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: hdferr             ! Error code 
                                             ! 0 on success and -1 on failure
END SUBROUTINE h5gmove2_f
	
History:
Release     C
1.8.0 Function deprecated in this release.

Last modified: 9 October 2014
Name: H5Gopen

Signature:
hid_t H5Gopen( hid_t loc_id, const char *name )

hid_t H5Gopen( hid_t loc_id, const char * name, hid_t gapl_id )

Purpose:
Opens an existing group in a file.

Description:
H5Gopen is a macro that is mapped to either H5Gopen1 or H5Gopen2, depending on the needs of the application.

Such macros are provided to facilitate application compatibility. For more information on macro use and mappings, see the “API Compatibility Macros in HDF5” document.

When both the HDF5 Library and the application are built and installed with no specific compatibility flags, H5Gopen is mapped to the most recent version of the function, currently H5Gopen2. If the library and/or application is compiled for Release 1.6 emulation, H5Gopen will be mapped to H5Gopen1. Function-specific flags are available to override these settings on a function-by-function basis when the application is compiled.

Specific compile-time compatibility flags and the resulting mappings are as follows:

Compatibility setting H5Gopen mapping

Global settings
No compatibility flag H5Gopen2 
Enable deprecated symbols H5Gopen2 
Disable deprecated symbols H5Gopen2 
Emulate Release 1.6 interface     H5Gopen1 

Function-level macros
H5Gopen_vers = 2 H5Gopen2
H5Gopen_vers = 1 H5Gopen1

A group created with this macro should be closed with H5Gclose when the group is no longer needed so that resource leaks will not develop.

Fortran90 Interface: h5gopen_f
SUBROUTINE h5gopen_f(loc_id, name, grp_id, hdferr, gapl_id)
  IMPLICIT NONE
  INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(IN) :: loc_id   ! File or group identifier 
  CHARACTER(LEN=*), INTENT(IN) :: name   ! Name of the group 
  INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(OUT) :: grp_id  ! File identifier 
  INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: hdferr         ! Error code  
                                         ! 0 on success and -1 on failure
  INTEGER(HID_T), OPTIONAL, INTENT(IN) :: gapl_id  
                                         ! Group access property list identifier
END SUBROUTINE h5gopen_f
    
See Also:
“Using Identifiers”

History:
Release     Change
1.8.0 The function H5Gopen renamed to H5Gopen1 and deprecated in this release.
The macro H5Gopen and the function H5Gopen2 introduced in this release.

Name: H5Gopen1
Signature:
hid_t H5Gopen1(hid_t loc_id, const char *name )
Notice:
This function is deprecated in favor of the function H5GOpen2 or the macro H5GOpen.
Purpose:
Opens an existing group for modification and returns a group identifier for that group.
Description:
H5Gopen1 opens an existing group with the specified name at the specified location, loc_id.

The location is identified by a file or group identifier

H5Gopen1 returns a group identifier for the group that was opened. This group identifier should be released by calling H5Gclose when it is no longer needed.

Parameters:
Returns:
Returns a valid group identifier if successful; otherwise returns a negative value.

Fortran90 Interface: See listing under H5Gopen.

History:
Release     C
1.8.0 The function H5Gopen renamed to H5Gopen1 and deprecated in this release.

Last modified: 9 October 2014
Name: H5Gopen2

Signature:
hid_t H5Gopen2( hid_t loc_id, const char * name, hid_t gapl_id )

Purpose:
Opens an existing group with a group access property list.

Description:
H5Gopen2 opens an existing group, name, at the location specified by loc_id.

With default settings, H5Gopen2 provides similar functionality to that provided by H5Gopen1. The only difference is that H5Gopen2 can provide a group access property list, gapl_id.

H5Gopen2 returns a group identifier for the group that was opened. This group identifier should be released by calling H5Gclose when it is no longer needed.

Parameters:
hid_t loc_id IN: File or group identifier specifying the location of the group to be opened
const char *name     IN: Name of the group to open
hid_t gapl_id IN: Group access property list identifier
(No group access properties have been implemented at this time; use H5P_DEFAULT.)

Returns:
Returns a group identifier if successful; otherwise returns a negative value.

Fortran90 Interface:
See listing under H5Gopen.

See Also:
“Using Identifiers”

History:
Release     C
1.8.0 Function introduced in this release.

Last modified: 31 May 2016

Name: H5Grefresh

Signature:
herr_t H5Grefresh(hid_t group_id)

Purpose:
Refreshes all buffers associated with a group.

Description:
H5Grefresh causes all buffers associated with a group to be cleared and immediately re-loaded with updated contents from disk.

This function essentially closes the group, evicts all metadata associated with it from the cache, and then re-opens the group. The reopened group is automatically re-registered with the same identifier.

Parameters:
hid_t group_id    IN: Identifier of the group to be refreshed.

Returns:
Returns a non-negative value if successful; otherwise returns a negative value.

Fortran Interface:
None

See Also:



History:
Release     Change
1.10.0 C function introduced with this release.




Name: H5Gset_comment
Signature:
herr_t H5Gset_comment(hid_t loc_id, const char *name, const char *comment )
Purpose:
Sets comment for specified object.
Notice:
This function is deprecated in favor of the function H5Oset_comment.
Description:
H5Gset_comment sets the comment for the object specified by loc_id and name to comment. Any previously existing comment is overwritten.

loc_id can specify any object in the file. name can be one of the following:
  — The name of the object relative to loc_id
  — An absolute name of the object, starting from /, the file’s root group
  — A dot (.), if loc_id fully specifies the object

If comment is the empty string or a null pointer, the comment message is removed from the object.

Comments should be relatively short, null-terminated, ASCII strings.

Comments can be attached to any object that has an object header, e.g., datasets, groups, and named datatypes, but not symbolic links.

Parameters:
Returns:
Returns a non-negative value if successful; otherwise returns a negative value.
Fortran90 Interface: h5gset_comment_f
SUBROUTINE h5gset_comment_f(loc_id, name, comment, hdferr)
  IMPLICIT NONE
  INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(IN) :: loc_id      ! File, group, dataset, or 
                                            ! named datatype identifier
  CHARACTER(LEN=*), INTENT(IN) :: name      ! Name of object 
  CHARACTER(LEN=*), INTENT(IN) :: comment   ! Comment for the object 
  INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: hdferr            ! Error code 
                                            ! 0 on success and -1 on failure
END SUBROUTINE h5gset_comment_f
	

History:
Release     C
1.8.0 Function deprecated in this release.

Name: H5Gunlink
Signature:
herr_t H5Gunlink(hid_t loc_id, const char *name )
Purpose:
Removes the link to an object from a group.
Notice:
This function is deprecated in favor of the function H5Ldelete.
Description:
H5Gunlink removes the object specified by name from the group graph and decrements the link count for the object to which name points. This action eliminates any association between name and the object to which name pointed.

Object headers keep track of how many hard links refer to an object; when the link count reaches zero, the object can be removed from the file. Objects which are open are not removed until all identifiers to the object are closed.

If the link count reaches zero, all file space associated with the object will be released, i.e., identified in memory as freespace. If any object identifier is open for the object, the space will not be released until after the object identifier is closed.

Note that space identified as freespace is available for re-use only as long as the file remains open; once a file has been closed, the HDF5 library loses track of freespace. See “Freespace Management” in the HDF5 User's Guide for further details.

Warning:
Exercise care in unlinking groups as it is possible to render data in a file inaccessible with H5Gunlink. See The Group Interface in the HDF5 User's Guide.
Parameters:
Returns:
Returns a non-negative value if successful; otherwise returns a negative value.
Fortran90 Interface: h5gunlink_f
SUBROUTINE h5gunlink_f(loc_id, name, hdferr)
  IMPLICIT NONE
  INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(IN) :: loc_id   ! File or group identifier
  CHARACTER(LEN=*), INTENT(IN) :: name   ! Name of the object to unlink 
  INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: hdferr         ! Error code 
                                         ! 0 on success and -1 on failure
END SUBROUTINE h5gunlink_f
	
History:
Release     C
1.8.0 Function deprecated in this release.

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