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H5StrType.h

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#ifndef _H5StrType_H
#define _H5StrType_H

#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
namespace H5 {
#endif

class H5_DLLCPP StrType : public AtomType {
   public:
        // Creates a string type using a predefined type
        StrType(const PredType& pred_type);

        // Creates a string type with specified length - may be obsolete
        StrType(const PredType& pred_type, const size_t& size);

        // Creates a string type with specified length
        StrType(const int dummy, const size_t& size);

        // Gets the string datatype of the specified dataset
        StrType(const DataSet& dataset);

        // Retrieves the character set type of this string datatype.
        H5T_cset_t getCset() const;

        // Sets character set to be used.
        void setCset(H5T_cset_t cset) const;

        // Retrieves the string padding method for this string datatype.
        H5T_str_t getStrpad() const;

        // Defines the storage mechanism for character strings.
        void setStrpad(H5T_str_t strpad) const;

        // Returns this class name
        virtual H5std_string fromClass () const { return("StrType"); }

        // default constructor
        StrType();

        // Creates a string datatype using an existing id
        StrType(const hid_t existing_id);

        // Copy constructor - makes a copy of the original object
        StrType(const StrType& original);

        // Noop destructor.
        virtual ~StrType();
};
#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
}
#endif
#endif

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