H5Reference.hpp

/*
 *  Copyright (c), 2020, EPFL - Blue Brain Project
 *
 *  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 H5REFERENCE_HPP
#define H5REFERENCE_HPP
 
#include <string>
#include <vector>
 
#include <H5Ipublic.h>
#include <H5Rpublic.h>
 
#include "H5Object.hpp"
#include "bits/H5_definitions.hpp"
 
namespace h5gt {
 
class Reference {
public:
  Reference() = default;
 
  Reference(const Object& location, const Object& object);
 
  template <typename T>
  T dereference(const Object& location) const;
 
  ObjectType getType(const Object& location) const;
 
protected:
  inline explicit Reference(const hobj_ref_t h5_ref)
    : href(h5_ref) {};
 
  void create_ref(hobj_ref_t* refptr) const;
 
private:
 
  Object get_ref(const Object& location) const;
 
  hobj_ref_t href{};
  std::string obj_name{};
  hid_t parent_id{};
 
  friend details::data_converter<std::vector<Reference>>;
};
 
}  // namespace h5gt
 
#include "bits/H5Reference_misc.hpp"
 
#endif  // H5REFERENCE_HPP