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#ifndef H5CommonFG_H
#define H5CommonFG_H

namespace H5 {

// Class forwarding
class Group;
class H5File;
class ArrayType;
class VarLenType;

/*! \class CommonFG
    \brief \a CommonFG is an abstract base class of H5Group.
*/
/* Note: This class is being deprecated gradually. */
class H5_DLLCPP CommonFG {
  public:
    // Opens a generic named datatype in this location.
    DataType openDataType(const char *name) const;
    DataType openDataType(const H5std_string &name) const;

    // Opens a named array datatype in this location.
    ArrayType openArrayType(const char *name) const;
    ArrayType openArrayType(const H5std_string &name) const;

    // Opens a named compound datatype in this location.
    CompType openCompType(const char *name) const;
    CompType openCompType(const H5std_string &name) const;

    // Opens a named enumeration datatype in this location.
    EnumType openEnumType(const char *name) const;
    EnumType openEnumType(const H5std_string &name) const;

    // Opens a named integer datatype in this location.
    IntType openIntType(const char *name) const;
    IntType openIntType(const H5std_string &name) const;

    // Opens a named floating-point datatype in this location.
    FloatType openFloatType(const char *name) const;
    FloatType openFloatType(const H5std_string &name) const;

    // Opens a named string datatype in this location.
    StrType openStrType(const char *name) const;
    StrType openStrType(const H5std_string &name) const;

    // Opens a named variable length datatype in this location.
    VarLenType openVarLenType(const char *name) const;
    VarLenType openVarLenType(const H5std_string &name) const;

#ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
    /// For subclasses, H5File and Group, to return the correct
    /// object id, i.e. file or group id.
    virtual hid_t getLocId() const = 0;

    /// For subclasses, H5File and Group, to throw appropriate exception.
    virtual void throwException(const H5std_string &func_name, const H5std_string &msg) const = 0;

    // Default constructor.
    CommonFG();

    // Noop destructor.
    virtual ~CommonFG();

  protected:
    virtual void p_setId(const hid_t new_id) = 0;

#endif // DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS

}; // end of CommonFG
} // namespace H5

#endif // H5CommonFG_H

/***************************************************************************
                                Design Note
                                ===========

September 2017:

        This class used to be base class of H5File as well, until the
        restructure that moved H5File to be subclass of H5Group.
*/
