H5Attribute.hpp

/*
 *  Copyright (c), 2017, Ali Can Demiralp <ali.demiralp@rwth-aachen.de>
 *
 *  Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
 *    (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
 *          http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
 *
 */
#ifndef H5ATTRIBUTE_HPP
#define H5ATTRIBUTE_HPP
 
#include <vector>
 
#include "H5DataSpace.hpp"
#include "H5DataType.hpp"
 
namespace h5gt {
 
class Attribute : public Object {
public:
 
  const static ObjectType type = ObjectType::Attribute;
 
  std::string getName() const;
 
  size_t getStorageSize() const;
 
  DataType getDataType() const;
 
  DataSpace getSpace() const;
 
  DataSpace getMemSpace() const;
 
  File getFile() const;
 
  template <typename T>
  void read(T& array) const;
 
  template <typename T>
  void read(T* array, const DataType& dtype = DataType()) const;
 
  template <typename T>
  void write(const T& buffer);
 
  template <typename T>
  void write_raw(const T* buffer, const DataType& dtype = DataType());
 
  static Attribute FromId(const hid_t& id, const bool& increaseRefCount = false){
    Object obj = Object(id, ObjectType::Attribute, increaseRefCount);
    return Attribute(obj);
  };
 
protected:
  Attribute(const Object& obj) : Object(obj){};
 
private:
  Attribute() = default;
 
  template <typename Derivate> friend class ::h5gt::AnnotateTraits;
};
 
}  // namespace h5gt
 
 
#endif // H5ATTRIBUTE_HPP