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#ifndef __H5DataSpace_H

#define __H5DataSpace_H

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#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE

namespace H5 {

#endif

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//! Class DataSpace operates on HDF5 dataspaces.

class H5_DLLCPP DataSpace : public IdComponent {

   public:

    ///\brief Default DataSpace objects

    static const DataSpace& ALL;

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    // Creates a dataspace object given the space type

    DataSpace(H5S_class_t type = H5S_SCALAR);

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    // Creates a simple dataspace

    DataSpace(int rank, const hsize_t * dims, const hsize_t * maxdims = NULL);

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    // Creates a DataSpace object using an existing dataspace id.

    DataSpace(const hid_t space_id);

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    // Copy constructor: makes a copy of the original DataSpace object.

    DataSpace(const DataSpace& original);

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    // Assignment operator

    DataSpace& operator=( const DataSpace& rhs );

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    // Closes this dataspace.

    virtual void close();

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    // Makes copy of an existing dataspace.

    void copy(const DataSpace& like_space);

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    // Copies the extent of this dataspace.