Creates a reference to an object or dataset selection inside an HDF5 file.

H5Rcreate(h5loc, name, ref_type = "H5R_OBJECT", h5space = NULL)

Arguments

h5loc

An H5IdComponent object representing the location to be pointed to by the created reference.

name

Character string giving the name of the object to be referenced, relative to the location given by h5loc.

ref_type

The type of reference to create. Accepts either H5R_OBJECT or H5R_DATASET_REGION.

h5space

An object of class H5IdComponent representing a dataspace with a selection set. This argument is only used if creating a reference to a dataset region, and will be ignored otherwise.

Value

An H5Ref object storing the reference.