H5PropList.h

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#ifndef __H5PropList_H
#define __H5PropList_H

namespace H5 {


//  Inheritance: IdComponent
class H5_DLLCPP PropList : public IdComponent {
   public:
        static const PropList& DEFAULT;

        // Creates a property list of a given type or creates a copy of an
        // existing property list giving the property list id.
        PropList(const hid_t plist_id);

        // Make a copy of the given property list using assignment statement
        PropList& operator=(const PropList& rhs);

        // Compares this property list or class against the given list or class.
        bool operator==(const PropList& rhs) const;

        // Close this property list.
        virtual void close();

        // Close a property list class.
        void closeClass() const;

        // Makes a copy of the given property list.
        void copy(const PropList& like_plist);

        // Copies a property from this property list or class to another
        void copyProp(PropList& dest, const char* name) const;
        void copyProp(PropList& dest, const H5std_string& name) const;

        // Copies a property from one property list or property class to another
        void copyProp(PropList& dest, PropList& src, const char* name) const;
        void copyProp(PropList& dest, PropList& src, const H5std_string& name) const;

        // Gets the class of this property list, i.e. H5P_FILE_CREATE,
        // H5P_FILE_ACCESS, ...
        hid_t getClass() const;

        // Return the name of a generic property list class.
        H5std_string getClassName() const;

        // Returns the parent class of a generic property class.
        PropList getClassParent() const;

        // Returns the number of properties in this property list or class.
        size_t getNumProps() const;

        // Query the value of a property in a property list.
        void getProperty(const char* name, void* value) const;
        void getProperty(const H5std_string& name, void* value) const;
        H5std_string getProperty(const char* name) const;
        H5std_string getProperty(const H5std_string& name) const;

        // Set a property's value in a property list.
        void setProperty(const char* name, void* value) const;
        void setProperty(const char* name, const char* charptr) const;
        void setProperty(const char* name, H5std_string& strg) const;
        void setProperty(const H5std_string& name, void* value) const;
        void setProperty(const H5std_string& name, H5std_string& strg) const;

        // Query the size of a property in a property list or class.
        size_t getPropSize(const char *name) const;
        size_t getPropSize(const H5std_string& name) const;

        // Determines whether a property list is a certain class.
        bool isAClass(const PropList& prop_class) const;

        bool propExist(const char* name) const;
        bool propExist(const H5std_string& name) const;

        // Removes a property from a property list.
        void removeProp(const char *name) const;
        void removeProp(const H5std_string& name) const;

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

        // Default constructor: creates a stub PropList object.
        PropList();

        // Copy constructor: creates a copy of a PropList object.
        PropList(const PropList& original);

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

        // Destructor: properly terminates access to this property list.
        virtual ~PropList();

#ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS

        // Deletes the PropList global constant
        static void deleteConstants();

    protected:
        hid_t id;       // HDF5 property list id

        // Sets the property list id.
        virtual void p_setId(const hid_t new_id);

    private:
        static PropList* DEFAULT_;

        // Dynamically allocates the PropList global constant
        static PropList* getConstant();

        // Friend function to set PropList id.  For library use only.
        friend void f_PropList_setId(PropList* plist, hid_t new_id);

#endif // DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS

}; // end of PropList
} // namespace H5

#endif  // __H5PropList_H