Last modified: 26 August 2013
Name: H5Tcommit_anon
Signature:
herr_t H5Tcommit_anon( hid_t loc_id, hid_t dtype_id, hid_t tcpl_id, hid_t tapl_id )

Purpose:
Commits a transient datatype to a file, creating a new named datatype, but does not link it into the file structure.

Description:
H5Tcommit_anon commits a transient datatype (not immutable) to a file, turning it into a named datatype with the specified creation and property lists. With default property lists, H5P_DEFAULT, H5Tcommit_anon provides similar functionality to that of H5Tcommit, with the differences described below.

The datatype access property list identifier, tapl_id, is provided for future functionality and is not used at this time. This parameter should always be passed as the value H5P_DEFAULT.

Note that H5Tcommit_anon does not link this newly-committed datatype into the file. After the H5Tcommit_anon call, the datatype identifier dtype_id must be linked into the HDF5 file structure with H5Olink or it will be deleted from the file when the file is closed.

The differences between this function and H5Tcommit are as follows:

This function will not accept a datatype that cannot actually hold data. This currently includes compound datatypes with no fields and enumerated datatypes with no members.

Parameters:
hid_t loc_id IN: A file or group identifier specifying the file in which the new named datatype is to be created.
hid_t dtype_id IN: A datatype identifier.
hid_t tcpl_id IN: A datatype creation property list identifier.
(H5P_DEFAULT for the default property list.)
hid_t tapl_id     IN: A datatype access property list identifier.
Currently unused; should always be passed as the value H5P_DEFAULT.

Returns:
Returns a non-negative value if successful; otherwise returns a negative value.

Fortran90 Interface: h5tcommit_anon_f
SUBROUTINE h5tcommit_anon_f(loc_id, dtype_id, hdferr, tcpl_id, tapl_id)
  IMPLICIT NONE
  INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(IN) :: loc_id ! A file or group identifier specifying 
                                       ! the file in which the new named 
                                       ! datatype is to be created.
  INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(IN) :: dtype_id  
                                       ! Datatype identifier 
  INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: hdferr       ! Error code
                                       ! 0 on success and -1 on failure
  INTEGER(HID_T), OPTIONAL, INTENT(IN) :: tcpl_id 
                                       ! A datatype creation property 
                                       ! list identifier.
                                       !  H5P_DEFAULT_F = default property list
  INTEGER(HID_T), OPTIONAL, INTENT(IN) :: tapl_id 
                                       ! A datatype access property list id
END SUBROUTINE h5tcommit_anon_f
    

See Also:
H5Olink
H5Tcommit
History:
Release     C
1.8.7 Function modified in this release to reject datatypes that will not accomodate actual data, such as a compound datatype with no fields or an enumerated datatype with no members.
1.8.0 Function introduced in this release.