add support for CartesianRange indexing

src/HDF5.jl

@@ -710,6 +710,12 @@ function h5read(filename, name::String, indices::Tuple{Vararg{Union{Range{Int},I
     dat
 end
 
+function h5read{N}(filename, name::String, cr::CartesianRange{CartesianIndex{N}})
+    # transfer to unit range
+    ur = map((x,y)->x:y, cr.start.I, cr.stop.I)
+    h5read(filename, name, ur)
+end 
+
 function h5writeattr(filename, name::String, data::Dict)
     fid = h5open(filename, "r+")
     try
@@ -845,6 +851,12 @@ root(obj::Union{HDF5Group, HDF5Dataset}) = g_open(file(obj), "/")
 getindex(parent::Union{HDF5File, HDF5Group}, path::String) = o_open(parent, path)
 getindex(dset::HDF5Dataset, name::String) = a_open(dset, name)
 getindex(x::HDF5Attributes, name::String) = a_open(x.parent, name)
+# getindex for cartesian range
+function getindex{N}(dset::HDF5Dataset, cr::CartesianRange{CartesianIndex{N}})
+    # transfer to unit range
+    ur = map((x,y)->x:y, cr.start.I, cr.stop.I) 
+    dset[ur...]
+end 
 
 # Path manipulation
 function joinpathh5(a::String, b::String)
@@ -958,6 +970,15 @@ function setindex!(p::HDF5Properties, val, name::String)
     funcset(p, val...)
     return p
 end
+
+# cartesian range indexing 
+function setindex!{N}(dset::HDF5Dataset, val, cr::CartesianRange{CartesianIndex{N}})
+    # transfer to unit range
+    ur = map((x,y)->x:y, cr.start.I, cr.stop.I)
+    @show ur
+    dset[ur...] = val
+end 
+
 # Create a dataset with properties: obj[path, prop1, set1, ...] = val
 function setindex!(parent::Union{HDF5File, HDF5Group}, val, path::String, prop1::String, val1, pv...)
     if !iseven(length(pv))

test/cartesian_range.jl

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+using HDF5
+using Base.Test
+using Compat
+
+@testset "cartesian_range" begin 
+
+filename = "$(tempname()).h5"
+
+h5write(filename, "main", Array(1:10))
+@test h5read(filename, "main", CartesianRange((3:5,))) == [3:5;]
+f = h5open(filename,"r+")
+dset = f["main"]
+# setindex of cartesian range
+dset[CartesianRange((3:5,))] = [4:6;]
+@test dset[CartesianRange((3:5,))] == [4:6;]
+
+close(f)
+rm(filename)
+
+end # end of testset

test/runtests.jl

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using HDF5
 using Base.Test
 
 include("plain.jl")
+include("cartesian_range.jl")
 include("readremote.jl")
 include("extend_test.jl")
 include("gc.jl")