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#ifndef __AbstractDs_H
#define __AbstractDs_H

namespace H5 {

class ArrayType;
class CompType;
class EnumType;
class FloatType;
class IntType;
class StrType;
class VarLenType;
class DataSpace;

/*! \class AbstractDs
    \brief AbstractDs is an abstract base class, inherited by Attribute
     and DataSet.

    It provides a collection of services that are common to both Attribute
    and DataSet.
*/
class H5_DLLCPP AbstractDs {
   public:
        // Gets a copy the datatype of that this abstract dataset uses.
        // Note that this datatype is a generic one and can only be accessed
        // via generic member functions, i.e., member functions belong
        // to DataType.  To get specific datatype, i.e. EnumType, FloatType,
        // etc..., use the specific functions, that follow, instead.
        DataType getDataType() const;

        // Gets a copy of the specific datatype of this abstract dataset.
        ArrayType getArrayType() const;
        CompType getCompType() const;
        EnumType getEnumType() const;
        IntType getIntType() const;
        FloatType getFloatType() const;
        StrType getStrType() const;
        VarLenType getVarLenType() const;

        ///\brief Gets the size in memory of this abstract dataset.
        virtual size_t getInMemDataSize() const = 0;

        ///\brief Gets the dataspace of this abstract dataset - pure virtual.
        virtual DataSpace getSpace() const = 0;

        // Gets the class of the datatype that is used by this abstract
        // dataset.
        H5T_class_t getTypeClass() const;

        ///\brief Returns the amount of storage size required - pure virtual.
        virtual hsize_t getStorageSize() const = 0;

        // Returns this class name - pure virtual.
        virtual H5std_string fromClass() const = 0;

        // Destructor
        virtual ~AbstractDs();

   protected:
        // Default constructor
        AbstractDs();

   private:
        // This member function is implemented by DataSet and Attribute - pure virtual.
        virtual hid_t p_get_type() const = 0;

}; // end of AbstractDs
} // namespace H5

#endif // __AbstractDs_H
