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#ifndef RITSUKO_HDF5_OPEN_HPP
#define RITSUKO_HDF5_OPEN_HPP
 
#include "H5Cpp.h"
 
#include <filesystem>
#include <stdexcept>
#include <string>
 
namespace ritsuko {
 
namespace hdf5 {
 
template<class Path_>
inline H5::H5File open_file(const Path_& path) try {
    if (!std::filesystem::exists(path)) {
        throw std::runtime_error("no file exists");
    }
 
    if constexpr(std::is_same<Path_, std::filesystem::path>::value) {
        if constexpr(std::is_same<typename Path_::value_type, char>::value) {
            // Avoid copy on POSIX...
            return H5::H5File(path.c_str(), H5F_ACC_RDONLY);
        } else {
            // But still get it to work on Windows...
            return H5::H5File(path.string(), H5F_ACC_RDONLY);
        }
    } else {
        return H5::H5File(path, H5F_ACC_RDONLY);
    }
} catch (H5::Exception& e) {
    std::string message = "failed to open the HDF5 file at '";
    if constexpr(std::is_same<Path_, std::filesystem::path>::value) {
        message += path.string();
    } else {
        message += path;
    }
    message += "'; " + e.getDetailMsg();
    throw std::runtime_error(message);
}
 
inline H5::Group open_group(const H5::Group& handle, const char* name) {
    if (!handle.exists(name) || handle.childObjType(name) != H5O_TYPE_GROUP) {
        throw std::runtime_error("expected a group at '" + std::string(name) + "'");
    }
    return handle.openGroup(name);
}
 
inline H5::DataSet open_dataset(const H5::Group& handle, const char* name) {
    if (!handle.exists(name) || handle.childObjType(name) != H5O_TYPE_DATASET) {
        throw std::runtime_error("expected a dataset at '" + std::string(name) + "'");
    }
    return handle.openDataSet(name);
}
 
template<class Object_>
H5::Attribute open_attribute(const Object_& handle, const char* name) {
    if (!handle.attrExists(name)) {
        throw std::runtime_error("expected an attribute at '" + std::string(name) + "'");
    }
    return handle.openAttribute(name);
}
 
}
 
}
 
#endif