void DCDataSet::create(const CollectionType& colType,
hid_t group, const Dimensions size, uint32_t ndims, bool compression)
throw (DCException)
{
log_msg(2, "DCDataSet::create (%s, size %s)", name.c_str(), size.toString().c_str());
if (opened)
throw DCException(getExceptionString("create: dataset is already open"));
// if the dataset already exists, remove/unlink it
// note that this won't free the memory occupied by this
// dataset, however, there currently is no function to delete
// a dataset
if (!checkExistence || (checkExistence && H5Lexists(group, name.c_str(), H5P_LINK_ACCESS_DEFAULT)))
H5Ldelete(group, name.c_str(), H5P_LINK_ACCESS_DEFAULT);
this->ndims = ndims;
this->compression = compression;
this->datatype = colType.getDataType();
getLogicalSize().set(size);
setChunking(colType.getSize());
setCompression();
if (getPhysicalSize().getScalarSize() != 0)
{
hsize_t *max_dims = new hsize_t[ndims];
for (size_t i = 0; i < ndims; ++i)
max_dims[i] = H5F_UNLIMITED;
dataspace = H5Screate_simple(ndims, getPhysicalSize().getPointer(), max_dims);
delete[] max_dims;
max_dims = NULL;
} else
dataspace = H5Screate(H5S_NULL);
if (dataspace < 0)
throw DCException(getExceptionString("create: Failed to create dataspace"));
// create the new dataset
dataset = H5Dcreate(group, this->name.c_str(), this->datatype, dataspace,
H5P_DEFAULT, dsetProperties, H5P_DEFAULT);
if (dataset < 0)
throw DCException(getExceptionString("create: Failed to create dataset"));
isReference = false;
opened = true;
}
