+ static std::string CreateUniqueUID(const std::string &root = "");
+ static void SetRootUID(const std::string &root = "");
+ static const std::string &GetRootUID();
+
+ static const uint8_t *GetFileMetaInformationVersion()
+ { return FileMetaInformationVersion;}
+ static void SetFileMetaInformationVersion( uint16_t fmiv )
+ { FileMetaInformationVersion = (uint8_t *)&fmiv; }
+
+// ----------------- to be removed later --------------------------
+//To perform a full check of inline functions on all the platforms,
+// we put here the two 'static' functions
+// hifpswap and hNoifpswap in a .h
+// They will be remove ASAP
+
+ static inline void hifpswap(double *a, double *b)
+ {
+ double tmp;
+ tmp = *a;
+ *a = *b;
+ *b = tmp;
+ }
+ static void hNoifpswap(double *a, double *b)
+ {
+ double tmp;
+ tmp = *a;
+ *a = *b;
+ *b = tmp;
+ }
+// ------------ end of functions to remove --------------------