object.hpp

//  Copyright (c) 2012-2014 Christopher Hinz
//
//  Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
//  file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)

#ifndef ECHELON_OBJECT_HPP
#define ECHELON_OBJECT_HPP

#include <echelon/hdf5/object.hpp>
#include <exception>
#include <string>
#include <utility>

namespace echelon
{

class group;
class dataset;
class scalar_dataset;

class object_reference;

class object
{
public:
    using native_handle_type = hdf5::object;

    object() = default;
    
    explicit object(native_handle_type native_handle_);

    object(const group& object_);

    object(const dataset& object_);

    object(const scalar_dataset& object_);

    object& operator=(const group& object_);

    object& operator=(const dataset& object_);

    object& operator=(const scalar_dataset& object_);

    operator group() const;

    operator dataset() const;

    operator scalar_dataset() const;

    object_reference ref() const;

    native_handle_type native_handle() const;

    explicit operator bool() const;
private:
    hdf5::object object_handle_;
};
}

#endif