//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Function: CompType::getMemberVarLenType
///\brief Returns the variable length datatype of the specified member
/// in this compound datatype.
///\param member_num - IN: Zero-based index of the member
///\return VarLenType instance
///\exception H5::DataTypeIException
// Programmer Binh-Minh Ribler - Jul, 2005
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
VarLenType CompType::getMemberVarLenType( unsigned member_num ) const
{
try {
VarLenType varlentype(p_get_member_type(member_num));
return(varlentype);
}
catch (DataTypeIException E) {
throw DataTypeIException("CompType::getMemberVarLenType", E.getDetailMsg());
}
}
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Function: AbstractDs::getVarLenType
///\brief Returns the floating-point datatype of this abstract dataset,
/// which can be a dataset or an attribute.
///\return VarLenType instance
///\exception H5::DataTypeIException
// Programmer Binh-Minh Ribler - Jul, 2005
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
VarLenType AbstractDs::getVarLenType() const
{
// Gets the id of the datatype used by this dataset or attribute using
// p_get_type. p_get_type calls either H5Dget_type or H5Aget_type
// depending on which object invokes getVarLenType. Then, create and
// return the VarLenType object
try {
VarLenType varlentype(p_get_type());
return(varlentype);
}
catch (DataSetIException E) {
throw DataTypeIException("DataSet::getVarLenType", E.getDetailMsg());
}
catch (AttributeIException E) {
throw DataTypeIException("Attribute::getVarLenType", E.getDetailMsg());
}
}
