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H5::Group Class Reference

Class Group represents an HDF5 group. More...

#include <H5Group.h>

Inheritance diagram for H5::Group:
H5::H5Object H5::CommonFG H5::H5Location H5::IdComponent H5::H5File

Public Member Functions

virtual void close ()
 Closes this group. More...
 
virtual H5std_string fromClass () const
 Returns this class name. More...
 
virtual void throwException (const H5std_string &func_name, const H5std_string &msg) const
 Throws H5::GroupIException. More...
 
virtual hid_t getLocId () const
 Returns the id of this group. More...
 
 Group (const H5Location &loc, const void *ref, H5R_type_t ref_type=H5R_OBJECT)
 Given a reference, ref, to an hdf5 group, creates a Group object. More...
 
 Group ()
 Default constructor: creates a stub Group. More...
 
 Group (const Group &original)
 Copy constructor: makes a copy of the original Group object. More...
 
virtual hid_t getId () const
 Get the id of this group. More...
 
virtual ~Group ()
 Properly terminates access to this group. More...
 
 Group (const hid_t group_id)
 Creates a Group object using the id of an existing group. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from H5::H5Object
Attribute createAttribute (const char *name, const DataType &type, const DataSpace &space, const PropList &create_plist=PropList::DEFAULT) const
 Deprecated - replaced by H5Object::createAttribute. More...
 
Attribute createAttribute (const H5std_string &name, const DataType &type, const DataSpace &space, const PropList &create_plist=PropList::DEFAULT) const
 Deprecated - replaced by H5Object::createAttribute. More...
 
Attribute openAttribute (const char *name) const
 Deprecated - replaced by H5Object::openAttribute. More...
 
Attribute openAttribute (const H5std_string &name) const
 Deprecated - replaced by H5Object::openAttribute. More...
 
Attribute openAttribute (const unsigned int idx) const
 Deprecated - replaced by H5Object::openAttribute. More...
 
bool attrExists (const char *name) const
 Deprecated - replaced by H5Object::attrExists() More...
 
bool attrExists (const H5std_string &name) const
 Deprecated - replaced by H5Object::attrExists() More...
 
void renameAttr (const char *oldname, const char *newname) const
 Deprecated - replaced by H5Object::renameAttr() More...
 
void renameAttr (const H5std_string &oldname, const H5std_string &newname) const
 Deprecated - replaced by H5Object::renameAttr() More...
 
void removeAttr (const char *name) const
 Deprecated - replaced by H5Object::removeAttr() More...
 
void removeAttr (const H5std_string &name) const
 Deprecated - replaced by H5Object::removeAttr() More...
 
int getNumAttrs () const
 
ssize_t getObjName (char *obj_name, size_t buf_size=0) const
 
ssize_t getObjName (H5std_string &obj_name, size_t len=0) const
 
H5std_string getObjName () const
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from H5::H5Location
bool nameExists (const char *name, const LinkAccPropList &lapl=LinkAccPropList::DEFAULT) const
 Checks if a link of a given name exists in a location. More...
 
bool nameExists (const H5std_string &name, const LinkAccPropList &lapl=LinkAccPropList::DEFAULT) const
 Checks if a link of a given name exists in a location. More...
 
void flush (H5F_scope_t scope) const
 Flushes all buffers associated with a location to disk. More...
 
H5std_string getFileName () const
 Gets the name of the file, in which this HDF5 object belongs. More...
 
void getObjectInfo (H5O_info_t *oinfo) const
 Retrieve information about an object, specified by location.

Exceptions
H5::LocationException.
More...
 
void getObjectInfo (const char *name, H5O_info_t *oinfo, const LinkAccPropList &lapl=LinkAccPropList::DEFAULT) const
 Retrieve information about an object, specified by name.

Exceptions
H5::LocationException.
More...
 
void getObjectInfo (const H5std_string &name, H5O_info_t *oinfo, const LinkAccPropList &lapl=LinkAccPropList::DEFAULT) const
 Retrieve information about an object, specified by name.

Exceptions
H5::LocationException.
More...
 
int getNumAttrs () const
 Deprecated - replaced by H5Object::getNumAttrs() More...
 
H5G_obj_t getObjType (void *ref, H5R_type_t ref_type=H5R_OBJECT) const
 Retrieves the type of object that an object reference points to. More...
 
H5O_type_t getRefObjType (void *ref, H5R_type_t ref_type=H5R_OBJECT) const
 Retrieves the type of object that an object reference points to. More...
 
unsigned objVersion () const
 Returns the header version of this HDF5 object. More...
 
void setComment (const char *name, const char *comment) const
 Sets or resets the comment for an object specified by its name. More...
 
void setComment (const H5std_string &name, const H5std_string &comment) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function in that it takes an H5std_string for name and comment. More...
 
void setComment (const char *comment) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function in that it doesn't take an object name. More...
 
void setComment (const H5std_string &comment) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function in that it takes an H5std_string for comment. More...
 
ssize_t getComment (const char *name, size_t buf_size, char *comment) const
 Retrieves the comment for this location, returning its length. More...
 
H5std_string getComment (const char *name, size_t buf_size=0) const
 Returns the comment as string for this location, returning its length. More...
 
H5std_string getComment (const H5std_string &name, size_t buf_size=0) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function in that it takes an H5std_string for name. More...
 
void removeComment (const char *name) const
 Removes the comment from an object specified by its name. More...
 
void removeComment (const H5std_string &name) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function in that it takes an H5std_string for name. More...
 
void reference (void *ref, const char *name, H5R_type_t ref_type=H5R_OBJECT) const
 This is an overloaded function, provided for your convenience. It differs from the above function in that it does not take a DataSpace object and the reference type must be specified. More...
 
void reference (void *ref, const H5std_string &name, H5R_type_t ref_type=H5R_OBJECT) const
 This is an overloaded function, provided for your convenience. It differs from the above function in that it takes an H5std_string for the object's name. More...
 
void reference (void *ref, const char *name, const DataSpace &dataspace, H5R_type_t ref_type=H5R_DATASET_REGION) const
 Creates a reference to an HDF5 object or a dataset region. More...
 
void reference (void *ref, const H5std_string &name, const DataSpace &dataspace, H5R_type_t ref_type=H5R_DATASET_REGION) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function in that it takes an H5std_string for name. More...
 
void dereference (const H5Location &loc, const void *ref, H5R_type_t ref_type=H5R_OBJECT)
 Dereferences a reference into an HDF5 object, given an HDF5 object. More...
 
void dereference (const Attribute &attr, const void *ref, H5R_type_t ref_type=H5R_OBJECT)
 Dereferences a reference into an HDF5 object, given an attribute. More...
 
DataSpace getRegion (void *ref, H5R_type_t ref_type=H5R_DATASET_REGION) const
 Retrieves a dataspace with the region pointed to selected. More...
 
hid_t openObjId (const char *name, const LinkAccPropList &lapl=LinkAccPropList::DEFAULT) const
 Opens an object without knowing the object type. More...
 
hid_t openObjId (const H5std_string &name, const LinkAccPropList &lapl=LinkAccPropList::DEFAULT) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It takes a reference to a H5std_string for the object's path. More...
 
void closeObjId (hid_t obj_id) const
 Closes an object, which was opened with H5Location::openObjId. More...
 
virtual int iterateAttrs (attr_operator_t user_op, unsigned *idx=NULL, void *op_data=NULL)
 Iterates a user's function over all the attributes of an H5 object, which may be a group, dataset or named datatype. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from H5::IdComponent
void incRefCount (const hid_t obj_id) const
 Increment reference counter for a given id. More...
 
void incRefCount () const
 Increment reference counter for the id of this object. More...
 
void decRefCount (const hid_t obj_id) const
 Decrement reference counter for a given id. More...
 
void decRefCount () const
 Decrement reference counter for the id of this object. More...
 
int getCounter (const hid_t obj_id) const
 Returns the reference counter for a given id. More...
 
int getCounter () const
 Returns the reference counter for the id of this object. More...
 
H5I_type_t getHDFObjType () const
 Returns the type of the object. It is an overloaded function of the above function. More...
 
IdComponentoperator= (const IdComponent &rhs)
 Assignment operator. More...
 
void setId (const hid_t new_id)
 Sets the identifier of this object to a new value. More...
 
virtual ~IdComponent ()
 Noop destructor. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from H5::CommonFG
Group createGroup (const char *name, size_t size_hint=0) const
 Creates a new group at this location which can be a file or another group. More...
 
Group createGroup (const H5std_string &name, size_t size_hint=0) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function in that it takes an H5std_string for name. More...
 
Group openGroup (const char *name) const
 Opens an existing group in a location which can be a file or another group. More...
 
Group openGroup (const H5std_string &name) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function in that it takes an H5std_string for name. More...
 
DataSet createDataSet (const char *name, const DataType &data_type, const DataSpace &data_space, const DSetCreatPropList &create_plist=DSetCreatPropList::DEFAULT) const
 Creates a new dataset at this location. More...
 
DataSet createDataSet (const H5std_string &name, const DataType &data_type, const DataSpace &data_space, const DSetCreatPropList &create_plist=DSetCreatPropList::DEFAULT) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function in that it takes an H5std_string for name. More...
 
DataSet openDataSet (const char *name) const
 Opens an existing dataset at this location. More...
 
DataSet openDataSet (const H5std_string &name) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function in that it takes an H5std_string for name. More...
 
H5std_string getLinkval (const char *link_name, size_t size=0) const
 Returns the name of the object that the symbolic link points to. More...
 
H5std_string getLinkval (const H5std_string &link_name, size_t size=0) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function in that it takes an H5std_string for name. More...
 
hsize_t getNumObjs () const
 Returns the number of objects in this group. More...
 
H5std_string getObjnameByIdx (hsize_t idx) const
 Returns the name of an object in this group, given the object's index. More...
 
ssize_t getObjnameByIdx (hsize_t idx, char *name, size_t size) const
 Retrieves the name of an object in this group, given the object's index. More...
 
ssize_t getObjnameByIdx (hsize_t idx, H5std_string &name, size_t size) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function in that it takes an H5std_string for name. More...
 
H5O_type_t childObjType (const H5std_string &objname) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It takes an H5std_string for the object's name. More...
 
H5O_type_t childObjType (const char *objname) const
 Returns the type of an object in this file/group, given the object's name. More...
 
H5O_type_t childObjType (hsize_t index, H5_index_t index_type=H5_INDEX_NAME, H5_iter_order_t order=H5_ITER_INC, const char *objname=".") const
 Returns the type of an object in this file/group, given the object's index and its type and order. More...
 
unsigned childObjVersion (const char *objname) const
 Returns the object header version of an object in this file/group, given the object's name. More...
 
unsigned childObjVersion (const H5std_string &objname) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It takes an H5std_string for the object's name. More...
 
H5G_obj_t getObjTypeByIdx (hsize_t idx) const
 
H5G_obj_t getObjTypeByIdx (hsize_t idx, char *type_name) const
 
H5G_obj_t getObjTypeByIdx (hsize_t idx, H5std_string &type_name) const
 
void getObjinfo (const char *name, hbool_t follow_link, H5G_stat_t &statbuf) const
 Returns information about an object. More...
 
void getObjinfo (const H5std_string &name, hbool_t follow_link, H5G_stat_t &statbuf) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function in that it takes an H5std_string for name. More...
 
void getObjinfo (const char *name, H5G_stat_t &statbuf) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above functions in that it doesn't have the paramemter follow_link. More...
 
void getObjinfo (const H5std_string &name, H5G_stat_t &statbuf) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function in that it takes an H5std_string for name. More...
 
int iterateElems (const char *name, int *idx, H5G_iterate_t op, void *op_data)
 Iterates a user's function over the entries of a group. More...
 
int iterateElems (const H5std_string &name, int *idx, H5G_iterate_t op, void *op_data)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function in that it takes an H5std_string for name. More...
 
void link (H5L_type_t link_type, const char *curr_name, const char *new_name) const
 Creates a link of the specified type from new_name to curr_name. More...
 
void link (H5L_type_t link_type, const H5std_string &curr_name, const H5std_string &new_name) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function in that it takes an H5std_string for curr_name and new_name. More...
 
void unlink (const char *name) const
 Removes the specified name at this location. More...
 
void unlink (const H5std_string &name) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function in that it takes an H5std_string for name. More...
 
void mount (const char *name, const H5File &child, const PropList &plist) const
 Mounts the file child onto this group. More...
 
void mount (const H5std_string &name, const H5File &child, const PropList &plist) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It takes an H5std_string for name. More...
 
void unmount (const char *name) const
 Unmounts the specified file. More...
 
void unmount (const H5std_string &name) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function in that it takes an H5std_string for name. More...
 
void move (const char *src, const char *dst) const
 Renames an object at this location. More...
 
void move (const H5std_string &src, const H5std_string &dst) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function in that it takes an H5std_string for src and dst. More...
 
DataType openDataType (const char *name) const
 Opens the named generic datatype at this location. More...
 
DataType openDataType (const H5std_string &name) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function in that it takes an H5std_string for name. More...
 
ArrayType openArrayType (const char *name) const
 Opens the named array datatype at this location. More...
 
ArrayType openArrayType (const H5std_string &name) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function in that it takes an H5std_string for name. More...
 
CompType openCompType (const char *name) const
 Opens the named compound datatype at this location. More...
 
CompType openCompType (const H5std_string &name) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function in that it takes an H5std_string for name. More...
 
EnumType openEnumType (const char *name) const
 Opens the named enumeration datatype at this location. More...
 
EnumType openEnumType (const H5std_string &name) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function in that it takes an H5std_string for name. More...
 
IntType openIntType (const char *name) const
 Opens the named integer datatype at this location. More...
 
IntType openIntType (const H5std_string &name) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function in that it takes an H5std_string for name. More...
 
FloatType openFloatType (const char *name) const
 Opens the named floating-point datatype at this location. More...
 
FloatType openFloatType (const H5std_string &name) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function in that it takes an H5std_string for name. More...
 
StrType openStrType (const char *name) const
 Opens the named string datatype at this location. More...
 
StrType openStrType (const H5std_string &name) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function in that it takes an H5std_string for name. More...
 
VarLenType openVarLenType (const char *name) const
 Opens the named variable length datatype at this location. More...
 
VarLenType openVarLenType (const H5std_string &name) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function in that it takes an H5std_string for name. More...
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Static Public Member Functions inherited from H5::IdComponent
static H5I_type_t getHDFObjType (const hid_t obj_id)
 Given an id, returns the type of the object. More...
 
static bool isValid (hid_t an_id)
 Checks if the given ID is valid. More...
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from H5::H5Location
virtual ~H5Location ()
 Noop destructor. More...
 

Detailed Description

Examples:
h5group.cpp.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

H5::Group::Group ( const H5Location loc,
const void *  ref,
H5R_type_t  ref_type = H5R_OBJECT 
)
Parameters
loc- IN: Specifying location referenced object is in
ref- IN: Reference pointer
ref_type- IN: Reference type - default to H5R_OBJECT
Exceptions
H5::ReferenceException
Description
obj can be DataSet, Group, or named DataType, that is a datatype that has been named by DataType::commit.

References H5::H5Location::getId().

H5::Group::Group ( )
H5::Group::Group ( const Group original)
Parameters
original- IN: Original group to copy

References H5::IdComponent::incRefCount().

H5::Group::~Group ( )
virtual
H5::Group::Group ( const hid_t  existing_id)
Parameters
existing_id- IN: Id of an existing group

References H5::IdComponent::incRefCount().

Member Function Documentation

void H5::Group::close ( )
virtual
Exceptions
H5::GroupIException

Reimplemented in H5::H5File.

Referenced by ~Group().

virtual H5std_string H5::Group::fromClass ( ) const
inlinevirtual

Reimplemented in H5::H5File.

hid_t H5::Group::getId ( ) const
virtual
Returns
Group identifier

Implements H5::H5Location.

Reimplemented in H5::H5File.

Referenced by getLocId().

hid_t H5::Group::getLocId ( ) const
virtual
Returns
Id of this group

References getId().

void H5::Group::throwException ( const H5std_string &  func_name,
const H5std_string &  msg 
) const
virtual
Parameters
func_name- Name of the function where failure occurs
msg- Message describing the failure
Exceptions
H5::GroupIException

Reimplemented in H5::H5File.


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