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<h1>H5::Attribute Class Reference</h1><code>#include &lt;<a class="el" href="H5Attribute_8h-source.html">H5Attribute.h</a>&gt;</code>
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<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align=right valign=top>ssize_t&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign=bottom><a class="el" href="classH5_1_1Attribute.html#a0">getName</a> (size_t buf_size, string &amp;attr_name) const</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">Gets the name of this attribute, returning its length. <a href="#a0"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align=right valign=top>string&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign=bottom><a class="el" href="classH5_1_1Attribute.html#a1">getName</a> (size_t buf_size) const</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function in that it returns the attribute's name, not the length. <a href="#a1"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align=right valign=top>string&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign=bottom><a class="el" href="classH5_1_1Attribute.html#a2">getName</a> () const</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above functions in that it doesn't take any arguments and returns the attribute's name. <a href="#a2"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align=right valign=top>virtual <a class="el" href="classH5_1_1DataSpace.html">DataSpace</a>&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign=bottom><a class="el" href="classH5_1_1Attribute.html#a3">getSpace</a> () const</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">Gets a copy of the dataspace for this attribute. <a href="#a3"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align=right valign=top>void&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign=bottom><a class="el" href="classH5_1_1Attribute.html#a4">read</a> (const <a class="el" href="classH5_1_1DataType.html">DataType</a> &amp;mem_type, void *buf) const</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">Reads data from this attribute. <a href="#a4"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align=right valign=top>void&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign=bottom><a class="el" href="classH5_1_1Attribute.html#a5">read</a> (const <a class="el" href="classH5_1_1DataType.html">DataType</a> &amp;mem_type, string &amp;strg) const</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It reads a <em>std::string</em> from this attribute. <a href="#a5"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align=right valign=top>void&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign=bottom><a class="el" href="classH5_1_1Attribute.html#a6">write</a> (const <a class="el" href="classH5_1_1DataType.html">DataType</a> &amp;mem_type, const void *buf) const</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">Writes data to this attribute. <a href="#a6"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align=right valign=top>void&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign=bottom><a class="el" href="classH5_1_1Attribute.html#a7">write</a> (const <a class="el" href="classH5_1_1DataType.html">DataType</a> &amp;mem_type, const string &amp;strg) const</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It writes a <em>std::string</em> to this attribute. <a href="#a7"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align=right valign=top>&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign=bottom><a class="el" href="classH5_1_1Attribute.html#a8">Attribute</a> (const hid_t attr_id)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">Creates an <a class="el" href="classH5_1_1Attribute.html">Attribute</a> object using the id of an existing attribute. <a href="#a8"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align=right valign=top>&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign=bottom><a class="el" href="classH5_1_1Attribute.html#a9">Attribute</a> (const <a class="el" href="classH5_1_1Attribute.html">Attribute</a> &amp;original)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">Copy constructor: makes a copy of the original <a class="el" href="classH5_1_1Attribute.html">Attribute</a> object. <a href="#a9"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align=right valign=top>virtual&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign=bottom><a class="el" href="classH5_1_1Attribute.html#a10">~Attribute</a> ()</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">Properly terminates access to this attribute. <a href="#a10"></a><br></td></tr>
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<hr><h2>Constructor &amp; Destructor Documentation</h2>
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<td class="md" valign="top">(&nbsp;</td>
<td class="md" nowrap valign="top">const hid_t&nbsp;</td>
<td class="mdname1" valign="top" nowrap> <em>existing_id</em> </td>
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Creates an <a class="el" href="classH5_1_1Attribute.html">Attribute</a> object using the id of an existing attribute.
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<td class="md" nowrap valign="top"> H5::Attribute::Attribute </td>
<td class="md" valign="top">(&nbsp;</td>
<td class="md" nowrap valign="top">const <a class="el" href="classH5_1_1Attribute.html">Attribute</a> &amp;&nbsp;</td>
<td class="mdname1" valign="top" nowrap> <em>original</em> </td>
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Copy constructor: makes a copy of the original <a class="el" href="classH5_1_1Attribute.html">Attribute</a> object.
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<td class="md" nowrap valign="top"> H5::Attribute::~<a class="el" href="classH5_1_1Attribute.html">Attribute</a> </td>
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Properly terminates access to this attribute.
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<hr><h2>Member Function Documentation</h2>
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<td class="md" nowrap valign="top"> ssize_t H5::Attribute::getName </td>
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<td class="md" nowrap valign="top">size_t&nbsp;</td>
<td class="mdname" nowrap> <em>buf_size</em>, </td>
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<td class="md" nowrap align="right"></td>
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<td class="md" nowrap>string &amp;&nbsp;</td>
<td class="mdname" nowrap> <em>attr_name</em></td>
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Gets the name of this attribute, returning its length.
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<tr><td></td><td valign=top><em>buf_size</em>&nbsp;</td><td>- IN: Desired length of the name </td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign=top><em>attr_name</em>&nbsp;</td><td>- OUT: Buffer for the name string </td></tr>
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<dl compact><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt><dd>Length of the attribute name </dd></dl>
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<td class="md" nowrap valign="top"> string H5::Attribute::getName </td>
<td class="md" valign="top">(&nbsp;</td>
<td class="md" nowrap valign="top">size_t&nbsp;</td>
<td class="mdname1" valign="top" nowrap> <em>buf_size</em> </td>
<td class="md" valign="top">&nbsp;)&nbsp;</td>
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This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function in that it returns the attribute's name, not the length.
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<dl compact><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt><dd>Name of the attribute </dd></dl>
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<tr><td></td><td valign=top><em>buf_size</em>&nbsp;</td><td>- IN: Desired length of the name </td></tr>
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<td class="md" nowrap valign="top"> string H5::Attribute::getName </td>
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<td class="mdname1" valign="top" nowrap> </td>
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This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above functions in that it doesn't take any arguments and returns the attribute's name.
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<dl compact><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt><dd>Name of the attribute </dd></dl>
<dl compact><dt><b>Exceptions:</b></dt><dd>
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<tr><td></td><td valign=top><em>H5::AttributeIException</em>&nbsp;</td><td></td></tr>
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<td class="md" nowrap valign="top"> <a class="el" href="classH5_1_1DataSpace.html">DataSpace</a> H5::Attribute::getSpace </td>
<td class="md" valign="top">(&nbsp;</td>
<td class="mdname1" valign="top" nowrap> </td>
<td class="md" valign="top">&nbsp;)&nbsp;</td>
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Gets a copy of the dataspace for this attribute.
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<dl compact><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt><dd>Dataspace instance </dd></dl>
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Implements <a class="el" href="classH5_1_1AbstractDs.html#a6">H5::AbstractDs</a>.
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<td class="md" nowrap valign="top"> void H5::Attribute::read </td>
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<td class="md" nowrap valign="top">const <a class="el" href="classH5_1_1DataType.html">DataType</a> &amp;&nbsp;</td>
<td class="mdname" nowrap> <em>mem_type</em>, </td>
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<td class="md" nowrap align="right"></td>
<td></td>
<td class="md" nowrap>void *&nbsp;</td>
<td class="mdname" nowrap> <em>buf</em></td>
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<td class="md">)&nbsp;</td>
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Reads data from this attribute.
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<tr><td></td><td valign=top><em>mem_type</em>&nbsp;</td><td>- IN: <a class="el" href="classH5_1_1Attribute.html">Attribute</a> datatype (in memory) </td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign=top><em>buf</em>&nbsp;</td><td>- OUT: Buffer for read data </td></tr>
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<td class="md" nowrap valign="top"> void H5::Attribute::read </td>
<td class="md" valign="top">(&nbsp;</td>
<td class="md" nowrap valign="top">const <a class="el" href="classH5_1_1DataType.html">DataType</a> &amp;&nbsp;</td>
<td class="mdname" nowrap> <em>mem_type</em>, </td>
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<td class="md" nowrap align="right"></td>
<td></td>
<td class="md" nowrap>string &amp;&nbsp;</td>
<td class="mdname" nowrap> <em>strg</em></td>
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<tr>
<td></td>
<td class="md">)&nbsp;</td>
<td class="md" colspan="2"> const</td>
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<p>
This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It reads a <em>std::string</em> from this attribute.
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<tr><td></td><td valign=top><em>mem_type</em>&nbsp;</td><td>- IN: <a class="el" href="classH5_1_1Attribute.html">Attribute</a> datatype (in memory) </td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign=top><em>strg</em>&nbsp;</td><td>- IN: Buffer for read string </td></tr>
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<dl compact><dt><b>Exceptions:</b></dt><dd>
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<td class="md" nowrap valign="top"> void H5::Attribute::write </td>
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<td class="md" nowrap valign="top">const <a class="el" href="classH5_1_1DataType.html">DataType</a> &amp;&nbsp;</td>
<td class="mdname" nowrap> <em>mem_type</em>, </td>
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<td class="md" nowrap align="right"></td>
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<td class="mdname" nowrap> <em>buf</em></td>
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Writes data to this attribute.
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<tr><td></td><td valign=top><em>mem_type</em>&nbsp;</td><td>- IN: <a class="el" href="classH5_1_1Attribute.html">Attribute</a> datatype (in memory) </td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign=top><em>buf</em>&nbsp;</td><td>- IN: Data to be written </td></tr>
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</dl>
<dl compact><dt><b>Exceptions:</b></dt><dd>
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<td class="md" nowrap valign="top"> void H5::Attribute::write </td>
<td class="md" valign="top">(&nbsp;</td>
<td class="md" nowrap valign="top">const <a class="el" href="classH5_1_1DataType.html">DataType</a> &amp;&nbsp;</td>
<td class="mdname" nowrap> <em>mem_type</em>, </td>
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<td class="md" nowrap align="right"></td>
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<td class="md" nowrap>const string &amp;&nbsp;</td>
<td class="mdname" nowrap> <em>strg</em></td>
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<td class="md">)&nbsp;</td>
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This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It writes a <em>std::string</em> to this attribute.
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<dl compact><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt><dd>
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<tr><td></td><td valign=top><em>mem_type</em>&nbsp;</td><td>- IN: <a class="el" href="classH5_1_1Attribute.html">Attribute</a> datatype (in memory) </td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign=top><em>strg</em>&nbsp;</td><td>- IN: Data to be written </td></tr>
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<dl compact><dt><b>Exceptions:</b></dt><dd>
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