Name: H5Rget_object_type
Signature:
int H5Rget_object_type(hid_t id, void *ref )
Purpose:
Retrieves the type of object that an object reference points to.
Description:
[NOTE: This function is provided only to enable backward compatibility with HDF5 Releases 1.4.x. This function is enabled only if the HDF5 library is configured with the flag H5_WANT_H5_V1_4_COMPAT and is not enabled in the binaries distributed by NCSA. This function has been replaced in Release 1.6 by the function H5Rget_obj_type and will eventually be deleted from the HDF5 distribution.]

Given a reference to an object ref, H5Rget_object_type returns the type of the object pointed to.
Parameters:
hid_t id,
IN: The dataset containing the reference object or the location identifier of the object that the dataset is located within.
void *ref
IN: Reference to query.
Returns:
Returns an object type as defined in H5Gpublic.h; otherwise returns H5G_UNKNOWN.
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