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package ch.systemsx.cisd.hdf5;

import ncsa.hdf.hdf5lib.exceptions.HDF5JavaException;
import ncsa.hdf.hdf5lib.exceptions.HDF5SymbolTableException;

/**
 * An interface for getting information on and handling HDF5 objects like links, groups, data sets
 * and data types.
 * 
 * @author Bernd Rinn
 */
public interface IHDF5ObjectReadWriteInfoProviderHandler extends IHDF5ObjectReadOnlyInfoProviderHandler
{
    // /////////////////////
    // Links
    // /////////////////////

    /**
     * Creates a hard link.
     * 
     * @param currentPath The name of the data set (including path information) to create a link to.
     * @param newPath The name (including path information) of the link to create.
     */
    public void createHardLink(String currentPath, String newPath);

    /**
     * Creates a soft link.
     * 
     * @param targetPath The name of the data set (including path information) to create a link to.
     * @param linkPath The name (including path information) of the link to create.
     */
    public void createSoftLink(String targetPath, String linkPath);

    /**
     * Creates or updates a soft link.
     * <p>
     * <em>Note: This method will never overwrite a data set, but only a symbolic link.</em>
     * 
     * @param targetPath The name of the data set (including path information) to create a link to.
     * @param linkPath The name (including path information) of the link to create.
     */
    public void createOrUpdateSoftLink(String targetPath, String linkPath);

    /**
     * Creates an external link, that is a link to a data set in another HDF5 file, the
     * <em>target</em> .
     * <p>
     * <em>Note: This method is only allowed when the {@link IHDF5WriterConfigurator} was not 
     * configured to enforce strict HDF5 1.6 compatibility.</em>
     * 
     * @param targetFileName The name of the file where the data set resides that should be linked.
     * @param targetPath The name of the data set (including path information) in the
     *            <var>targetFileName</var> to create a link to.
     * @param linkPath The name (including path information) of the link to create.
     * @throws IllegalStateException If the {@link IHDF5WriterConfigurator} was configured to
     *             enforce strict HDF5 1.6 compatibility.
     */
    public void createExternalLink(String targetFileName, String targetPath, String linkPath)
            throws IllegalStateException;

    /**
     * Creates or updates an external link, that is a link to a data set in another HDF5 file, the
     * <em>target</em> .
     * <p>
     * <em>Note: This method will never overwrite a data set, but only a symbolic link.</em>
     * <p>
     * <em>Note: This method is only allowed when the {@link IHDF5WriterConfigurator} was not 
     * configured to enforce strict HDF5 1.6 compatibility.</em>
     * 
     * @param targetFileName The name of the file where the data set resides that should be linked.
     * @param targetPath The name of the data set (including path information) in the
     *            <var>targetFileName</var> to create a link to.
     * @param linkPath The name (including path information) of the link to create.
     * @throws IllegalStateException If the {@link IHDF5WriterConfigurator} was configured to
     *             enforce strict HDF5 1.6 compatibility.
     */
    public void createOrUpdateExternalLink(String targetFileName, String targetPath, String linkPath)
            throws IllegalStateException;

    /**
     * Removes an object from the file. If there is more than one link to the object, only the
     * specified link will be removed.
     */
    public void delete(String objectPath);

    /**
     * Moves or renames a link in the file atomically.
     * 
     * @throws HDF5SymbolTableException If <var>oldLinkPath</var> does not exist or if
     *             <var>newLinkPath</var> already exists.
     */
    public void move(String oldLinkPath, String newLinkPath) throws HDF5SymbolTableException;

    // /////////////////////
    // Group
    // /////////////////////

    /**
     * Creates a group with path <var>objectPath</var> in the HDF5 file.
     * <p>
     * All intermediate groups will be created as well, if they do not already exist.
     * 
     * @param groupPath The path of the group to create.
     */
    public void createGroup(final String groupPath);

    /**
     * Creates a group with path <var>objectPath</var> in the HDF5 file, giving the library a hint
     * about the size (<var>sizeHint</var>). If you have this information in advance, it will be
     * more efficient to tell it the library rather than to let the library figure out itself, but
     * the hint must not be misunderstood as a limit.
     * <p>
     * All intermediate groups will be created as well, if they do not already exist.
     * <p>
     * <i>Note: This method creates an "old-style group", that is the type of group of HDF5 1.6 and
     * earlier.</i>
     * 
     * @param groupPath The path of the group to create.
     * @param sizeHint The estimated size of all group entries (in bytes).
     */
    public void createGroup(final String groupPath, final int sizeHint);

    /**
     * Creates a group with path <var>objectPath</var> in the HDF5 file, giving the library hints
     * about when to switch between compact and dense. Setting appropriate values may improve
     * performance.
     * <p>
     * All intermediate groups will be created as well, if they do not already exist.
     * <p>
     * <i>Note: This method creates a "new-style group", that is the type of group of HDF5 1.8 and
     * above. Thus it will fail, if the writer is configured to enforce HDF5 1.6 compatibility.</i>
     * 
     * @param groupPath The path of the group to create.
     * @param maxCompact When the group grows to more than this number of entries, the library will
     *            convert the group style from compact to dense.
     * @param minDense When the group shrinks below this number of entries, the library will convert
     *            the group style from dense to compact.
     */
    public void createGroup(final String groupPath, final int maxCompact, final int minDense);

    // /////////////////////
    // Data Sets
    // /////////////////////

    /**
     * Sets the data set size of a one-dimensional data set to <var>newSize</var>. Note that this
     * method can only be applied to extendable data sets.
     * 
     * @throws HDF5JavaException If the data set <var>objectPath</var> is not extendable.
     */
    public void setDataSetSize(final String objectPath, final long newSize);

    /**
     * Sets the data set size of a multi-dimensional data set to <var>newDimensions</var>. Note that
     * this method can only be applied to extendable data sets.
     * 
     * @throws HDF5JavaException If the data set <var>objectPath</var> is not extendable.
     */
    public void setDataSetDimensions(final String objectPath, final long[] newDimensions);

    // /////////////////////
    // Types
    // /////////////////////

    /**
     * Sets a <var>typeVariant</var> of object <var>objectPath</var>.
     * 
     * @param objectPath The name of the object to add the type variant to.
     * @param typeVariant The type variant to add.
     */
    public void setTypeVariant(final String objectPath, final HDF5DataTypeVariant typeVariant);

    /**
     * Sets a <var>typeVariant</var> of attribute <var>attributeName</var> of object
     * <var>objectPath</var>.
     * 
     * @param objectPath The name of the object.
     * @param attributeName The name of attribute to add the type variant to.
     * @param typeVariant The type variant to add.
     */
    public void setTypeVariant(final String objectPath, final String attributeName,
            final HDF5DataTypeVariant typeVariant);

    /**
     * Deletes the <var>typeVariant</var> from <var>objectPath</var>.
     * <p>
     * The referenced object must exist, that is it need to have been written before by one of the
     * <code>write()</code> methods.
     * 
     * @param objectPath The name of the object to delete the type variant from.
     */
    public void deleteTypeVariant(final String objectPath);

    /**
     * Deletes the <var>typeVariant</var> from <var>attributeName</var> of <var>objectPath</var>.
     * <p>
     * The referenced object must exist, that is it need to have been written before by one of the
     * <code>write()</code> methods.
     * 
     * @param objectPath The name of the object.
     * @param attributeName The name of the attribute to delete the type variant from.
     */
    public void deleteTypeVariant(final String objectPath, final String attributeName);

    // /////////////////////
    // Attributes
    // /////////////////////

    /**
     * Deletes an attribute.
     * <p>
     * The referenced object must exist, that is it need to have been written before by one of the
     * <code>write()</code> methods.
     * 
     * @param objectPath The name of the object to delete the attribute from.
     * @param name The name of the attribute to delete.
     */
    public void deleteAttribute(final String objectPath, final String name);


}
