H5File.h

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#ifndef __H5File_H
#define __H5File_H

#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
namespace H5 {
#endif

class H5_DLLCPP H5File : public H5Location, public CommonFG {
   public:
    // Creates or opens an HDF5 file.
    H5File( const char* name, unsigned int flags,
       const FileCreatPropList& create_plist = FileCreatPropList::DEFAULT,
       const FileAccPropList& access_plist = FileAccPropList::DEFAULT );
    H5File( const H5std_string& name, unsigned int flags,
       const FileCreatPropList& create_plist = FileCreatPropList::DEFAULT,
       const FileAccPropList& access_plist = FileAccPropList::DEFAULT );

    // Open the file
    void openFile(const H5std_string& name, unsigned int flags,
        const FileAccPropList& access_plist = FileAccPropList::DEFAULT);
    void openFile(const char* name, unsigned int flags,
        const FileAccPropList& access_plist = FileAccPropList::DEFAULT);

    // Close this file.
    virtual void close();

    // Gets the access property list of this file.
    FileAccPropList getAccessPlist() const;

    // Gets the creation property list of this file.
    FileCreatPropList getCreatePlist() const;

    // Retrieves the file size of an opened file.
    hsize_t getFileSize() const;

    // Returns the amount of free space in the file.
    hssize_t getFreeSpace() const;

    // Returns the number of opened object IDs (files, datasets, groups
    // and datatypes) in the same file.
    ssize_t getObjCount(unsigned types) const;
    ssize_t getObjCount() const;

    // Retrieves a list of opened object IDs (files, datasets, groups
    // and datatypes) in the same file.
    void getObjIDs(unsigned types, size_t max_objs, hid_t *oid_list) const;

    // Returns the pointer to the file handle of the low-level file driver.
    void getVFDHandle(FileAccPropList& fapl, void **file_handle) const;
    void getVFDHandle(void **file_handle) const;

    // Determines if a file, specified by its name, is in HDF5 format
    static bool isHdf5(const char* name );
    static bool isHdf5(const H5std_string& name );

    // Reopens this file.
    void reOpen();  // added for better name
#ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
    void reopen();  // obsolete in favor of reOpen()

    // Gets the file id
    virtual hid_t getLocId() const;

#endif // DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS

    virtual H5std_string fromClass () const { return("H5File"); }

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

    // Default constructor
    H5File();

    // Copy constructor: makes a copy of the original H5File object.
    H5File(const H5File& original);

    // Gets the HDF5 file id.
    virtual hid_t getId() const;

    // H5File destructor.
    virtual ~H5File();

   private:
    hid_t id;   // HDF5 file id

    // This function is private and contains common code between the
    // constructors taking a string or a char*
    void p_get_file( const char* name, unsigned int flags, const FileCreatPropList& create_plist, const FileAccPropList& access_plist );

   protected:
#ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
    // Sets the HDF5 file id.
    virtual void p_setId(const hid_t new_id);

#endif // DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS

};
#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
}
#endif
#endif // __H5File_H