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#ifndef __H5ArrayType_H
#define __H5ArrayType_H

namespace H5 {

/*! \class ArrayType
    \brief Class ArrayType inherits from DataType and provides wrappers for
     the HDF5's Array Datatypes.
*/
// Inheritance: DataType -> H5Object -> H5Location -> IdComponent
class H5_DLLCPP ArrayType : public DataType {
   public:
        // Constructor that creates a new array data type based on the
        // specified base type.
        ArrayType(const DataType& base_type, int ndims, const hsize_t* dims);

        // Assignment operator
        ArrayType& operator=(const ArrayType& rhs);

        // Constructors that open an array datatype, given a location.
        ArrayType(const H5Location& loc, const char* name);
        ArrayType(const H5Location& loc, const H5std_string& name);

        // Returns an ArrayType object via DataType* by decoding the
        // binary object description of this type.
        virtual DataType* decode() const;

        // Returns the number of dimensions of this array datatype.
        int getArrayNDims() const;
        //int getArrayNDims(); // removed 1.8.18 and 1.10.1

        // Returns the sizes of dimensions of this array datatype.
        int getArrayDims(hsize_t* dims) const;
        //int getArrayDims(hsize_t* dims); // removed 1.8.18 and 1.10.1

        ///\brief Returns this class name.
        virtual H5std_string fromClass () const { return("ArrayType"); }

        // Copy constructor: same as the original ArrayType.
        ArrayType(const ArrayType& original);

        // Constructor that takes an existing id
        ArrayType(const hid_t existing_id);

        // Noop destructor
        virtual ~ArrayType();

        // Default constructor
        ArrayType();

}; // end of ArrayType
} // namespace H5

#endif // __H5ArrayType_H
