HDF5File Wishlist

[vickysharma0812]

We need the following features in HDF5File_

• obj%flush()
• obj%open_group
• obj%close_group
• obj%ndims()
• obj%shape()
• obj%softlink()
• obj%isContiguous()
• obj%isCompact()
• obj%isChunk()
• obj%getChunk()
• obj%write(self, dname, value, ierr, compact)
• obj%write(self,dname,value, ierr, chunk_size, istart, iend, stride, compact)
• obj%read(self,dname,value, ierr, chunk_size, istart, iend, stride, compact)

[vickysharma0812]

Interface for obj%softlink

module subroutine create_softlink(self, target, link)
class(hdf5_file), intent(inout) :: self
character(*), intent(in) :: target, &  !< target path to link
                            link  !< soft link path to create
end subroutine create_softlink