all: apply Dan Kortschak API modifications

Author: sbinet

h5a.go

@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Attribute struct {
-	Location
+	Identifier
 }
 
 func newAttribute(id C.hid_t) *Attribute {
-	d := &Attribute{Location{Identifier{id}}}
+	d := &Attribute{Identifier{id}}
 	runtime.SetFinalizer(d, (*Attribute).finalizer)
 	return d
 }
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ func (s *Attribute) Id() int {
 }
 
 // Access the type of an attribute
-func (s *Attribute) GetType() Location {
+func (s *Attribute) GetType() Identifier {
 	ftype := C.H5Aget_type(s.id)
-	return Location{Identifier{ftype}}
+	return Identifier{ftype}
 }
 
 // Close releases and terminates access to an attribute.

h5d.go

@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Dataset struct {
-	Location
+	Identifier
 }
 
 func newDataset(id C.hid_t) *Dataset {
-	d := &Dataset{Location{Identifier{id}}}
+	d := &Dataset{Identifier{id}}
 	runtime.SetFinalizer(d, (*Dataset).finalizer)
 	return d
 }

h5f.go

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func (f *File) finalizer() {
 }
 
 func newFile(id C.hid_t) *File {
-	f := &File{CommonFG{Location{Identifier{id}}}}
+	f := &File{CommonFG{Identifier{id}}}
 	runtime.SetFinalizer(f, (*File).finalizer)
 	return f
 }

h5g.go

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 
 // CommonFG is for methods common to both File and Group
 type CommonFG struct {
-	Location
+	Identifier
 }
 
 // Group is an HDF5 container object. It can contain any Location.
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func (g *CommonFG) CreateGroup(name string) (*Group, error) {
 	if err := checkID(hid); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	group := &Group{CommonFG{Location{Identifier{hid}}}}
+	group := &Group{CommonFG{Identifier{hid}}}
 	runtime.SetFinalizer(group, (*Group).finalizer)
 	return group, nil
 }
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func (g *CommonFG) OpenGroup(name string) (*Group, error) {
 	if err := checkID(hid); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	group := &Group{CommonFG{Location{Identifier{hid}}}}
+	group := &Group{CommonFG{Identifier{hid}}}
 	runtime.SetFinalizer(group, (*Group).finalizer)
 	return group, nil
 }

h5i.go

@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ type Identifier struct {
 	id C.hid_t
 }
 
-// A Location embeds Identifier. Dataset, Datatype and Group are all Locations.
-type Location struct {
-	Identifier
-}
-
 // Id returns the int value of an identifier.
 func (i Identifier) Id() int {
 	return int(i.id)
@@ -64,7 +59,7 @@ func (i Identifier) File() *File {
 	if fid < 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
-	return &File{CommonFG{Location{Identifier{fid}}}}
+	return &File{CommonFG{Identifier{fid}}}
 }
 
 // Type returns the type of the identifier.

h5pt.go

@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ import (
 
 // Table is an hdf5 packet-table.
 type Table struct {
-	Location
+	Identifier
 }
 
 func newPacketTable(id C.hid_t) *Table {
-	t := &Table{Location{Identifier{id}}}
+	t := &Table{Identifier{id}}
 	runtime.SetFinalizer(t, (*Table).finalizer)
 	return t
 }

h5t.go

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Datatype struct {
-	Location
+	Identifier
 }
 
 type TypeClass C.H5T_class_t
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func OpenDatatype(c CommonFG, name string, tapl_id int) (*Datatype, error) {
 
 // NewDatatype creates a Datatype from an hdf5 id.
 func NewDatatype(id C.hid_t) *Datatype {
-	t := &Datatype{Location{Identifier{id}}}
+	t := &Datatype{Identifier{id}}
 	runtime.SetFinalizer(t, (*Datatype).finalizer)
 	return t
 }
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ func NewArrayType(base_type *Datatype, dims []int) (*ArrayType, error) {
 	if err := checkID(hid); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	t := &ArrayType{Datatype{Location{Identifier{hid}}}}
+	t := &ArrayType{Datatype{Identifier{hid}}}
 	runtime.SetFinalizer(t, (*ArrayType).finalizer)
 	return t, nil
 }
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ func NewVarLenType(base_type *Datatype) (*VarLenType, error) {
 	if err := checkID(id); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	t := &VarLenType{Datatype{Location{Identifier{id}}}}
+	t := &VarLenType{Datatype{Identifier{id}}}
 	runtime.SetFinalizer(t, (*VarLenType).finalizer)
 	return t, nil
 }
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ func NewCompoundType(size int) (*CompoundType, error) {
 	if err := checkID(id); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	t := &CompoundType{Datatype{Location{Identifier{id}}}}
+	t := &CompoundType{Datatype{Identifier{id}}}
 	runtime.SetFinalizer(t, (*CompoundType).finalizer)
 	return t, nil
 }