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/* Copyright 2011-2012  ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy
 * This file is part of the Data Access Library (DAL).
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 
 * version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 
 * License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
#ifndef DAL_FILE_H
#define DAL_FILE_H

#include <string>
#include <hdf5.h>
#include "types/versiontype.h"
#include "Group.h"
#include "Attribute.h"

namespace dal {

class File: public Group {
public:
  File();

  File( const std::string &filename, FileMode mode = READ, const std::string &versionAttrName = "");

  virtual ~File();

  File& operator=(File rhs);

  friend void swap(File& first, File& second);

  virtual void open( const std::string &filename, FileMode mode = READ, const std::string &versionAttrName = "");

  virtual void close();

  void flush();

  virtual bool exists() const;

  Attribute<VersionType> version();

private:
  hid_gc openFile( const std::string &filename, FileMode mode ) const;
  void initFileNodes();
};

}

#endif