echelon::object_reference Class Reference

A reference to an HDF5 object. More...

#include <object_reference.hpp>

Public Member Functions
	object_reference ()
	Creates a null reference.
object	operator* () const
	Dereferences this reference. More...
	operator bool () const
	Tests, if the reference is non-null. More...
const hdf5::object_reference &	raw_ref () const
	The underlying low-level reference.

Detailed Description

A reference to an HDF5 object.

Note

Note that the concept of a HDF5 reference has nothing to do with C++ references. Since a HDF5 reference has a null state, it resembles a C++ pointer without pointer arithmetic and correspondingly it has a similar interface.

Member Function Documentation

echelon::object_reference::operator bool ( ) const

explicit

Tests, if the reference is non-null.

Returns

true, if the reference is non-null and false otherwise

object echelon::object_reference::operator*

(

)

const

Dereferences this reference.

Returns

handle to the referenced object

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• object_reference.hpp
• object_reference.cpp