// NewCompoundType creates a new CompoundType.
// size is the size in bytes of the compound datatype.
func NewCompoundType(size int) (*CompoundType, error) {
id := C.H5Tcreate(C.H5T_class_t(T_COMPOUND), C.size_t(size))
if err := checkID(id); err != nil {
return nil, err
}
t := &CompoundType{Datatype{Location{Identifier{id}}}}
runtime.SetFinalizer(t, (*CompoundType).finalizer)
return t, nil
}
// Creates a new datatype.
// hid_t H5Tcreate( H5T_class_t class, size_tsize )
func CreateDataType(class TypeClass, size int) (t *DataType, err error) {
t = nil
err = nil
hid := C.H5Tcreate(C.H5T_class_t(class), C.size_t(size))
err = togo_err(C.herr_t(int(hid)))
if err != nil {
return
}
t = new_dtype(hid, _type_cls_to_go_type[class])
return
}
// CreateDatatype creates a new datatype.
// class must be T_COMPUND, T_OPAQUE, T_ENUM or T_STRING.
// size is the size of the new datatype in bytes.
func CreateDatatype(class TypeClass, size int) (*Datatype, error) {
_, ok := parametricTypes[class]
if !ok {
return nil, fmt.Errorf(
"invalid TypeClass, want %v, %v, %v or %v, got %v",
T_COMPOUND, T_OPAQUE, T_STRING, T_ENUM)
}
hid := C.H5Tcreate(C.H5T_class_t(class), C.size_t(size))
err := h5err(C.herr_t(int(hid)))
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
return NewDatatype(hid), nil
}