std::string load_version_information(const H5::CommonFG& root)
{
using namespace H5;
char buf[32];
const DataSet dataset(DataSet(root.openDataSet("version")));
dataset.read(buf, dataset.getDataType());
return std::string(buf);
}
std::string hdfutil::ReadString (const H5::CommonFG& group, const std::string & dsname) {
const H5::DataSet & dataset = group.openDataSet(dsname);
try {
H5::DataType type = dataset.getDataType();
std::string retval;
retval.resize(type.getSize());
dataset.read(&retval[0], dataset.getStrType());
return retval;
} catch (H5::Exception e) {
std::string error = "Unable to ReadString.";// + dsname;
throw std::runtime_error(error.c_str());
}
}