public static string GetAttributeValue(H5ObjectWithAttributes objectWithAttributes, string name)
{
if (objectWithAttributes is null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(objectWithAttributes));
}
if (name is null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(name));
}
H5AttributeId h5AttributeId = H5A.open(objectWithAttributes, name);
H5DataTypeId h5DataTypeId = H5A.getType(h5AttributeId);
if (H5T.isVariableString(h5DataTypeId))
{
VariableLengthString[] variableLengthStrings = new VariableLengthString[1];
H5A.read(h5AttributeId, h5DataTypeId, new H5Array <VariableLengthString> (variableLengthStrings));
H5T.close(h5DataTypeId);
H5A.close(h5AttributeId);
return(variableLengthStrings[0].ToString());
}
byte[] bytes = new byte[H5T.getSize(h5DataTypeId)];
H5A.read(h5AttributeId, h5DataTypeId, new H5Array <byte> (bytes));
H5T.close(h5DataTypeId);
H5A.close(h5AttributeId);
return(Encoding.ASCII.GetString(bytes));
}
public static string AttributeAsString(H5AttributeId _attributeId)
{
H5DataTypeId dataTypeId = H5A.getType(_attributeId);
bool isVariableLength = H5T.isVariableString(dataTypeId);
if (isVariableLength)
{
// Variable length string attribute
// NOTE: This section only works if the array length is 1
VariableLengthString[] value = new VariableLengthString[1];
H5A.read <VariableLengthString>(_attributeId, dataTypeId,
new H5Array <VariableLengthString>(value));
return(value[0].ToString());
}
else
{
// Make length smaller so null termination character is not read
int length = (int)H5T.getSize(dataTypeId) - 1;
// Fixed length string attribute
byte[] valueBytes = new byte[length];
H5A.read <byte>(_attributeId, dataTypeId, new H5Array <byte>(valueBytes));
string value = System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetString(valueBytes);
return(value);
}
}
