Reading and Writing Groups

Functions
NXstatus	NXmakegroup (NXhandle handle, CONSTCHAR *name, CONSTCHAR *NXclass)
	NeXus groups are NeXus way of structuring information into a hierarchy. More...
NXstatus	NXopengroup (NXhandle handle, CONSTCHAR *name, CONSTCHAR *NXclass)
	Step into a group. More...
NXstatus	NXclosegroup (NXhandle handle)
	Closes the currently open group and steps one step down in the NeXus file hierarchy. More...

Detailed Description

Function Documentation

NXstatus NXclosegroup

(

NXhandle

handle

)

Closes the currently open group and steps one step down in the NeXus file hierarchy.

Returns

NX_OK on success, NX_ERROR in the case of an error.

NXstatus NXmakegroup	(	NXhandle	handle,
		CONSTCHAR *	name,
		CONSTCHAR *	NXclass
	)

NeXus groups are NeXus way of structuring information into a hierarchy.

This function creates a group but does not open it.

Parameters

handle	A NeXus file handle as initialized NXopen.
name	The name of the group
NXclass	the class name of the group. Should start with the prefix NX

Returns

NX_OK on success, NX_ERROR in the case of an error.

NXstatus NXopengroup	(	NXhandle	handle,
		CONSTCHAR *	name,
		CONSTCHAR *	NXclass
	)

Step into a group.

All further access will be within the opened group.

Parameters

handle	A NeXus file handle as initialized by NXopen.
name	The name of the group
NXclass	the class name of the group. Should start with the prefix NX

Returns

NX_OK on success, NX_ERROR in the case of an error.