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// Class VarLenType inherits from DataType and provides wrappers for
// the HDF5 C's Variable-length Datatypes.

#ifndef __H5VarLenType_H
#define __H5VarLenType_H

#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
namespace H5 {
#endif

//! VarLenType operates on the HDF5 C's Variable-length Datatypes.
class H5_DLLCPP VarLenType : public DataType {
   public:
	// Constructor that creates a variable-length datatype based
	// on the specified base type.
	VarLenType(const DataType* base_type);

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

	// Copy constructor: makes copy of the original object.
	VarLenType( const VarLenType& original );

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

	// Noop destructor
	virtual ~VarLenType();

   protected:
	// Default constructor
	VarLenType();
};
#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
}
#endif
#endif // __H5VarLenType_H
