22 files changed, 181 insertions, 71 deletions

diff --git a/src/model/gi_type_data_init.h b/src/model/gi_type_data_init.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c45cba
--- a/dev/null
+++ b/src/model/gi_type_data_init.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#ifndef GI_TYPE_DATA_INIT_H
+#define GI_TYPE_DATA_INIT_H
+
+#include <hdf5.h>
+
+/*
+ * Initialize the structures describing the struct.  These descriptive
+ * structures are used by the HDF5 API.
+ */
+void
+gi_type_data_init (size_t *dst_size, size_t *dst_offset, size_t *dst_sizes,
+		   hid_t *field_type);
+
+#endif // GI_TYPE_DATA_INIT_H