H5Tregister(
H5T_pers_t type,
const char * name,
hid_t src_id,
hid_t dst_id,
H5T_conv_t func
)
H5Tregister registers a hard or soft conversion function
for a datatype conversion path.
The parameter type indicates whether a conversion function
is hard (H5T_PERS_HARD)
or soft (H5T_PERS_SOFT).
User-defined functions employing compiler casting are designated as
hard;
other user-defined conversion functions registered with the
HDF5 Library (with H5Tregister) are designated
as soft.
The HDF5 Library also has its own hard and soft
conversion functions.
A conversion path can have only one hard function.
When type is H5T_PERS_HARD,
func replaces any previous hard function.
If type is H5T_PERS_HARD and
func is the null pointer, then any hard function
registered for this path is removed.
When type is H5T_PERS_SOFT,
H5Tregister
adds the function to the end of the master soft list and replaces
the soft function in all applicable existing conversion paths.
Soft functions are used when determining which conversion function
is appropriate for this path.
The name is used only for debugging and should be a
short identifier for the function.
The path is specified by the source and destination datatypes
src_id and dst_id.
For soft conversion functions, only the class of these types is important.
The type of the conversion function pointer is declared as:
typedefherr_t (*H5T_conv_t) (hid_tsrc_id, hid_tdst_id, H5T_cdata_t *cdata, size_tnelmts, size_tbuf_stride, size_tbkg_stride, void *buf, void *bkg, hid_tdset_xfer_plist)
The H5T_cdata_t struct is declared as:
typedefstruct*H5T_cdata_t(H5T_cmd_tcommand, H5T_bkg_tneed_bkg, hbool_t *recalc, void *priv)
The H5T_conv_t parameters and
the elements of the H5T_cdata_t struct
are described more fully in the
“Data Conversion.”
H5T_pers_t type |
IN: Conversion function type:H5T_PERS_HARD for hard conversion functions orH5T_PERS_SOFT for soft conversion functions.
|
const char * name |
IN: Name displayed in diagnostic output. |
hid_t src_id |
IN: Identifier of source datatype. |
hid_t dst_id |
IN: Identifier of destination datatype. |
H5T_conv_t func |
IN: Function to convert between source and destination datatypes. |
| Release | C |
| 1.6.3 |
The following change occurred in the
H5Tconv_t function:nelmts parameter type changed to
size_t. |