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<TITLE>HDF5 Tutorial - Compound Datatypes
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[ <A HREF="title.html"><I>HDF5 Tutorial Top</I></A> ]
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<H1>
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<BIG><BIG><BIG><FONT COLOR="#c101cd">Compound Datatypes</FONT>
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<H2>Contents:</H2>
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<LI><A HREF="#def">Creating Compound Datatypes</A>
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<LI>Programming Example
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<UL>
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<LI> <A HREF="#desc">Description</A>
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<LI> <A HREF="#rem">Remarks</A>
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<LI> <A HREF="#fc">File Contents</A>
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<A NAME="def">
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<H2>Creating Compound Datatypes</H2>
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A compound datatype is similar to a struct in C or a common block in
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FORTRAN. It is a collection of one or more atomic types or small arrays of
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such types. To create and use a compound datatype you need to be familiar
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with various properties of the compound datatype:
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<UL>
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<LI>It is of class <strong>compound</strong>.
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<LI>It has a fixed total size, in bytes.
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<LI>It consists of zero or more members (defined in any order) with
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unique names and occupying non-overlapping regions within the datum.
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<LI>Each member has its own datatype.
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<LI>Each member is referenced by an index number between zero and <em>N</em>-1,
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where <em>N</em> is the number of members in the compound datatype.
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<LI>Each member has a name which is unique among its siblings in a
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compound datatype.
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<LI>Each member has a fixed byte offset, which locates the first byte
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(smallest byte address) of that member in the compound datatype.
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<LI>Each member can be a small array of up to four dimensions.
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</UL>
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Properties of members of a compound datatype are defined when the
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member is added to the compound datatype and cannot be subsequently modified.
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<P>
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Compound datatypes must be built out of other datatypes. First, one
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creates an empty compound datatype and specifies its total size. Then
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members are added to the compound datatype in any order.
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<H2> Programming Example</H2>
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<A NAME="desc">
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<H3><U>Description</U></H3>
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This example shows how to create a compound datatype, write an array
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to the file which uses the compound datatype, and read back subsets of
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the members.
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<p>
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<UL>
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[ <A HREF="examples/h5_compound.c">C Example</A> ] - <code>h5_compound.c</code>
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<BR>
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[ <A HREF="examples/compound.f90">Fortran 90 Example</A> ]
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- <code>compound.f90</code>
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<BR>
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[ <A HREF="examples/java/Compound.java">Java Example</A> ] - <code>Compound.java</code>
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</UL>
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The program outputs the following:
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<PRE>
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Field c :
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1.0000 0.5000 0.3333 0.2500 0.2000 0.1667 0.1429 0.1250 0.1111 0.1000
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Field a :
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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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Field b :
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0.0000 1.0000 4.0000 9.0000 16.0000 25.0000 36.0000 49.0000 64.0000 81.0000
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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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</PRE>
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<A NAME="rem">
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<H3><U>Remarks</U></H3>
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<LI><CODE>H5Tcreate</CODE> creates a new datatype of the specified class with
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the specified number of bytes.
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<PRE>
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hid_t H5Tcreate ( H5T_class_t class, size_t size )
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</PRE>
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<UL>
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<LI>The <I>class</I> parameter specifies the datatype to create.
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Currently only the <CODE>H5T_COMPOUND</CODE> datatype class is supported with this
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function.
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<LI>The <I>size</I> parameter specifies the number of bytes in the
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datatype to create.
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</UL>
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<P>
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<LI><CODE>H5Tinsert</CODE> adds a member to the compound datatype specified by
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<I>type_id</I>.
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<PRE>
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herr_t H5Tinsert ( hid_t type_id, const char * name, off_t offset,
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hid_t field_id )
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</PRE>
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<UL>
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<LI>The <I>type_id</I> parameter is the identifier of the compound datatype
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to modify.
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<LI>The <I>name</I> parameter is the name of the field to insert. The new
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member name must be unique within a compound datatype.
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<LI>The <I>offset</I> parameter is the offset in the memory structure of
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the field to insert.
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The library defines the <CODE>HOFFSET</CODE> macro to compute the offset of a member within
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a struct:
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<PRE>
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HOFFSET ( s, m )
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</PRE>
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This macro computes the offset of member <I>m</I> within a struct
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variable <I>s</I>.
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<LI>The <I>field_id</I> parameter is the datatype identifier of the
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field to insert.
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</UL>
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<P>
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<LI><CODE>H5Tclose</CODE> releases a datatype.
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<PRE>
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herr_t H5Tclose ( hid_t type_id )
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</PRE>
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The <I>type_id</I> parameter is the identifier of the datatype to release.
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</UL>
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<A NAME="fc">
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<H3><U>File Contents</U></H3>
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<PRE>
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HDF5 "SDScompound.h5" {
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GROUP "/" {
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DATASET "ArrayOfStructures" {
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DATATYPE {
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H5T_STD_I32BE "a_name";
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H5T_IEEE_F32BE "b_name";
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H5T_IEEE_F64BE "c_name";
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}
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DATASPACE { SIMPLE ( 10 ) / ( 10 ) }
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DATA {
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{
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[ 0 ],
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[ 0 ],
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[ 1 ]
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},
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{
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[ 1 ],
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[ 1 ],
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[ 0.5 ]
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},
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{
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[ 2 ],
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[ 4 ],
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[ 0.333333 ]
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},
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{
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[ 3 ],
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[ 9 ],
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[ 0.25 ]
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},
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{
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[ 4 ],
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[ 16 ],
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[ 0.2 ]
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},
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{
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[ 5 ],
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[ 25 ],
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[ 0.166667 ]
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},
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{
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[ 6 ],
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[ 36 ],
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[ 0.142857 ]
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},
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{
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[ 7 ],
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[ 49 ],
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[ 0.125 ]
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},
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{
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[ 8 ],
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[ 64 ],
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[ 0.111111 ]
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},
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{
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[ 9 ],
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[ 81 ],
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[ 0.1 ]
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}
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}
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}
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}
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}
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</PRE>
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The National Center for Supercomputing Applications</A><br>
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<a href="http://www.uiuc.edu/">University of Illinois
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at Urbana-Champaign</a><br>
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Describes HDF5 Release 1.2.2, June 2000
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<BR> <H6>Last Modified: April 5, 2000</H6><BR>
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