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hdf5/c++/src/H5Attribute.h
Binh-Minh Ribler 98d1c2d9a9 [svn-r26655] Purpose: Fixed HDFFV-7947
Description:
    When copy constructor or constructor that takes an existing id is invoked,
    the C ref counter stays the same but there is an extra C++ object which
    later is destroyed and may cause the HDF5 id to be closed prematurely. The
    C++ library needs to increment the ref counter in these situations, so that
    the C library will not close the id when it is still being referenced.

    However, the incrementing of ref count left some objects opened at the end
    of the program, perhaps, due to compiler's optimization on cons/destructors.    The constructor, that takes an existing id, needs to increment the counter
    but it seems that the matching destructor wasn't invoked.  The workaround
    is to have a function for each class that has "id" that only sets the id
    and not increment the ref count for the library to use in these situations.
    These functions are "friend" and not public.

    The friend functions are:
        void f_Attribute_setId(Attribute *, hid_t)
        void f_DataSet_setId(DataSet *, hid_t)
        void f_DataSpace_setId(DataSpace *, hid_t)
        void f_DataType_setId(DataType *, hid_t)
Platforms tested:
    Linux/64 (platypus)
    Linux/32 2.6 (jam gnu and Intel 15.0)
    SunOS 5.11 (emu)
2015-03-30 12:58:44 -05:00

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#ifndef __H5Attribute_H
#define __H5Attribute_H
#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
namespace H5 {
#endif
/*! \class Attribute
\brief Class Attribute operates on HDF5 attributes.
An attribute has many characteristics similar to a dataset, thus both
Attribute and DataSet are derivatives of AbstractDs. Attribute also
inherits from IdComponent because an attribute is an HDF5 component that
is identified by an identifier.
*/
class H5_DLLCPP Attribute : public AbstractDs, public IdComponent {
public:
// Copy constructor: makes a copy of an existing Attribute object.
Attribute( const Attribute& original );
// Default constructor
Attribute();
// Creates a copy of an existing attribute using the attribute id
Attribute( const hid_t attr_id );
// Closes this attribute.
virtual void close();
// Gets the name of the file, in which this attribute belongs.
H5std_string getFileName() const;
// Gets the name of this attribute.
ssize_t getName(char* attr_name, size_t buf_size = 0) const;
H5std_string getName(size_t len) const;
H5std_string getName() const;
ssize_t getName(H5std_string& attr_name, size_t len = 0) const;
// The overloaded function below is replaced by the one above and it
// is kept for backward compatibility purpose.
ssize_t getName( size_t buf_size, H5std_string& attr_name ) const;
// Gets a copy of the dataspace for this attribute.
virtual DataSpace getSpace() const;
// Returns the amount of storage size required for this attribute.
virtual hsize_t getStorageSize() const;
// Returns the in memory size of this attribute's data.
virtual size_t getInMemDataSize() const;
// Reads data from this attribute.
void read( const DataType& mem_type, void *buf ) const;
void read( const DataType& mem_type, H5std_string& strg ) const;
// Writes data to this attribute.
void write(const DataType& mem_type, const void *buf ) const;
void write(const DataType& mem_type, const H5std_string& strg ) const;
// Flushes all buffers associated with the file specified by this
// attribute to disk.
void flush( H5F_scope_t scope ) const;
///\brief Returns this class name.
virtual H5std_string fromClass () const { return("Attribute"); }
// Gets the attribute id.
virtual hid_t getId() const;
// Destructor: properly terminates access to this attribute.
virtual ~Attribute();
protected:
#ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
// Sets the attribute id.
virtual void p_setId(const hid_t new_id);
#endif // DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
private:
hid_t id; // HDF5 attribute id
// This function contains the common code that is used by
// getTypeClass and various API functions getXxxType
// defined in AbstractDs for generic datatype and specific
// sub-types
virtual hid_t p_get_type() const;
// Reads variable or fixed len strings from this attribute.
void p_read_variable_len(const DataType& mem_type, H5std_string& strg) const;
void p_read_fixed_len(const DataType& mem_type, H5std_string& strg) const;
// do not inherit H5Object::iterateAttrs
int iterateAttrs() { return 0; }
// do not inherit H5Object::renameAttr
void renameAttr() {}
// Friend function to set Attribute id. For library use only.
friend void f_Attribute_setId(Attribute* attr, hid_t new_id);
};
#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
}
#endif
#endif // __H5Attribute_H