From 48cf338752b57882cc07edefeb92ee847136e4a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: akva <akva@e10b68d5-8a6e-419e-a041-bce267b0401d>
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 13:30:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] added: readstring function to the HDF5 reader

git-svn-id: http://svn.sintef.no/trondheim/IFEM/trunk@1024 e10b68d5-8a6e-419e-a041-bce267b0401d
---
 src/Utility/HDF5Writer.C | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/Utility/HDF5Writer.h |  1 +
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Utility/HDF5Writer.C b/src/Utility/HDF5Writer.C
index 2621b132..991ecc05 100644
--- a/src/Utility/HDF5Writer.C
+++ b/src/Utility/HDF5Writer.C
@@ -108,6 +108,25 @@ void HDF5Writer::readArray(int group, const std::string& name,
 #endif
 }
 
+void HDF5Writer::readString(const std::string& name, std::string& out)
+{
+#ifdef HAS_HDF5
+  openFile(0);
+  hid_t set = H5Dopen2(m_file,name.c_str(),H5P_DEFAULT);
+  hsize_t siz = H5Dget_storage_size(set);
+  char* temp = new char[siz+1];
+  out.resize(siz);
+  H5Dread(set,H5T_NATIVE_CHAR,H5S_ALL,H5S_ALL,H5P_DEFAULT,temp);
+  temp[siz] = '\0';
+  out = temp;
+  delete[] temp;
+  H5Dclose(set);
+  closeFile(0);
+#else
+  std::cout << "HDF5Writer: compiled without HDF5 support, no data read" << std::endl;
+#endif
+}
+
 void HDF5Writer::writeArray(int group, const std::string& name,
                             int len, const void* data, int type)
 {
diff --git a/src/Utility/HDF5Writer.h b/src/Utility/HDF5Writer.h
index f975ff74..b696455c 100644
--- a/src/Utility/HDF5Writer.h
+++ b/src/Utility/HDF5Writer.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ public:
 
   bool readField(int level, const std::string& name,
                  Vector& vec, SIMbase* sim, int components);
+  void readString(const std::string& name, std::string& out);
 
 protected:
   void writeArray(int group, const std::string& name,