Last modified: 24 August 2012
Name: H5Iregister_type

Signature:
H5I_type_t H5Iregister_type( size_t hash_size, unsigned reserved, H5I_free_t free_func )

Purpose:
Creates and returns a new ID type.

Description:
H5Iregister_type allocates space for a new ID type and returns an identifier for it.

The hash_size parameter indicates the minimum size of the hash table used to store IDs in the new type.

The reserved parameter indicates the number of IDs in this new type to be reserved. Reserved IDs are valid IDs which are not associated with any storage within the library.

The free_func parameter is a function pointer to a function which returns an herr_t and accepts a void *. The purpose of this function is to deallocate memory for a single ID. It will be called by H5Iclear_type and H5Idestroy_type on each ID. This function is NOT called by H5Iremove_verify. The void * will be the same pointer which was passed in to the H5Iregister function. The free_func function should return 0 on success and -1 on failure.

Programming Note for C++ Developers Using C Functions:

If a C routine that takes a function pointer as an argument is called from within C++ code, the C routine should be returned from normally.

Examples of this kind of routine include callbacks such as H5Pset_elink_cb and H5Pset_type_conv_cb and functions such as H5Tconvert and H5Ewalk2.

Exiting the routine in its normal fashion allows the HDF5 C Library to clean up its work properly. In other words, if the C++ application jumps out of the routine back to the C++ “catch” statement, the library is not given the opportunity to close any temporary data structures that were set up when the routine was called. The C++ application should save some state as the routine is started so that any problem that occurs might be diagnosed.

Parameters:
size_t hash_size IN: Size of the hash table (in entries) used to store IDs for the new type
unsigned reserved IN: Number of reserved IDs for the new type
H5I_free_t free_func     IN: Function used to deallocate space for a single ID

Returns:
Returns the type identifier on success, negative on failure.

Fortran90 Interface:
This function is not supported in FORTRAN 90.