Query attribute metadata

ss_attr_describe is a function defined in ssattr.c.

Synopsis:

const char * ss_attr_describe(ss_attr_t *attr, ss_pers_t *owner, hid_t *type, size_t *nelmts)

Formal Arguments:

  • attr: The attribute to be described.
  • owner [OUT]: Optional object to which attribute belongs.
  • type [OUT]: Optional datatype of attribute data. The caller should invoke
  • nelmts [OUT]: Optional number of elements stored by the attribute.

Description: This is really just a convenience function so if the caller wants the attribute datatype they don’t need to do the work of calling H5decode on the attribute type field.

Return Value: Returns the attribute name on success; null on failure. The name is simply the ss_string_ptr value of the
name field of the attribute.

Parallel Notes: Independent

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