IN: Location identifier; may be a file, group, dataset, named datatype, or attribute
const char *name
IN: Map object name
hid_tkey_type_id
IN: Datatype identifier for the keys in the file
hid_tval_type_id
IN: Datatype identifier for the key values in the file
hid_tlcpl_id
IN: Link creation property list
hid_tmcpl_id
IN: Map object creation property list
hid_tmapl_id
IN: Map object access property list
Description:
H5M_CREATEcreates a new map object for storing key-value pairs. The in-file datatype for keys is defined by key_type_id and the in-file datatype for values is defined by val_type_id.loc_id specifies the location to create the the map object and name specifies the name of the link to the map object relative to loc_id.
Returns:
Returns a map object identifier if successful; otherwise returns a negative value.
