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.. highlight:: c
h5::array_proxy : a simple proxy to the array in file
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.. warning::
NOT operational any more ... : development needed
The principle is that `array_proxy` is a proxy to an array, possibly big, in the h5 file.
It has a domain, and can be assigned from/to an array and sliced.
This allows to read/write only parts of a large array using the same slicing syntax
as for the array class itself (which is then translated into the hyperslab technique of the HDF5 library).
Tutorial
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* Write a "big" array in the h5 file and write it slice by slice::
#include <triqs/arrays/h5/array_proxy.hpp>
using namespace triqs::arrays;
h5::H5File file( "ess.h5", H5F_ACC_TRUNC );
// first create a 'big' array in the file (no temporary is made in memory, it uses directly the HDF5 API).
const size_t N = 100;
h5::array_proxy<T,3,3> Pn( file, "Z", make_shape(N,2,2) );
// a slice...
array<double,2> the_slice (2,2); the_slice() = 1;
// write the large array slice by slice
for (int u = 0; u<N; ++u) P (u,range(), range()) = u* the_slice; // or any array expression
* Read a "big" array slice by slice::
#include <triqs/arrays/h5/array_proxy.hpp>
using namespace triqs::arrays;
h5::H5File file ("ess.h5", H5F_ACC_RDONLY );
h5::array_proxy<T,3,3> P(file, "A");
array<T,2> a_slice ;
for (int u = 0; u<N; ++u) a_slice = P (u,range(), range()) ;
Reference
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You can also get the :doxy:`full C++ documentation<triqs::arrays::h5::array_proxy>` for this class.