Attribute createAttribute( const H5std_string& name, const DataType& type, const DataSpace& space, const PropList& create_plist = PropList::DEFAULT ) const;
 
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#ifndef _H5Object_H
#define _H5Object_H
#include "H5Classes.h"      // constains forward class declarations
// H5Object is a baseclass.  It has these subclasses:
// Group, AbstractDs, and DataType.
// AbstractDs, in turn, has subclasses DataSet and Attribute.
// DataType, in turn, has several specific datatypes as subclasses.
#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
namespace H5 {
#endif
#ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
class H5_DLLCPP H5Object;  // forward declaration for UserData4Aiterate
// Define the operator function pointer for H5Aiterate().
typedef void (*attr_operator_t)( H5Object& loc/*in*/,
                 const H5std_string attr_name/*in*/,
                 void *operator_data/*in,out*/);
class UserData4Aiterate { // user data for attribute iteration
   public:
    unsigned int* idx;
    attr_operator_t op;
    void* opData;
    H5Object* object;
};
#endif // DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
// The above part is being moved into Iterator, but not completed
class H5_DLLCPP H5Object : public IdComponent {
   public:
    // Creates an attribute for a group, dataset, or named datatype.