Merge all of my changes from merge-back-to-feature-vfd_swmr-attempt-1,

including the merge of `hdffv/hdf5/develop`, back to the branch that Vailin and
I share.

Now I need to put this branch on a fork with a less confusing name than
vchoi_fork!

java/test/TestH5Sbasic.java

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class TestH5Sbasic {
         H5.H5Screate(-1);
     }
 
-    @Test(expected = HDF5LibraryException.class)
+    @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
     public void testH5Sget_simple_extent_type_invalid() throws Throwable {
         H5.H5Sget_simple_extent_type(-1);
     }