* Define base classes for reading
* Support reading datasets and attributes
* Add functions to construct ReadDatasetWrapper and ReadAttributeWrapper from BaseIO
* Add test for using the ReadDatasetWrapper
* Read ElectricalSeries.data example working
* Add example for data read
* Add user docs for data read
* Update read user docs
* Add read software design figure and more details on the design
* Implement function to allow us to get the storage object type for a given path
* Rename getObjectType to getStroageObjectType
* Fix reading of attributes and add TimeSeries.resolution read
* Add example for reading an attribute
* Add ReadDataWrapperBase as common base class for ReadDatasetWrapper and ReadAttributeWrapper
* Remove NWBFile.identifierText property
* Allow setting of value type template parameter for ReadDataWrapperBase and subtypes
* Save the std::type_index as part of the DataBlock to support runtime checking
* Fix #88 move io classes to their own module
* Refactor to add IO namespace to match folder structure
* Move HDF5RecordingData to its own hpp/cpp files
* Moved read I/O classes to new ReadIO.hpp
* Refactor the read data wrappers to use a single ReadDataWrapper class for both Attributes and Datasets
* Replace redundant ReadObjectType with StorageObjectType
* Add traits for ReadObjectWrapper to prevent instantiation for Group and Undefined types
* Update ElectrodGroup to provide standard Container constructor and move args to initalize
* Register subtypes
* Move the registry to a new RegisteredType class to also cover non-Group types, e.g., Data, VectorData etc.
* Ensure all neurodata_types are registered correctly
* Add unittest for RegisteredTrype
* Add developer docs for RegisteredTypes
* Update read test to use the registry to construct the class
* Fix getTypeName and getNamespace and use them instead of hard-coded values
* Add test for reading a TimeSeries Container back
* Add RegisteredType::create method to read a type from file
* Run test workflows on all PRs

* Fix static assert for ReadDataWrapper

* Sync add_read with main branch (#101)

* Merged main into add_read

* Fix docs build for SpikeEventSeries

* Fix code formatting

* Fix segfault due to duplicate declaration of NWBFile.io parameter

* Fix formatting and docs error after merge with main

* Fix formatting after merge

* Remove SpikeEventSeries.neurodata_type

* Register SpikeEventSeries as a type

* Updated RegisterTypes to allow overwrite of the typename to use and overwrite the typename for ElectrodeTable

* Fix code formatting

* Add missing description for DynamicTableRegion

* Fix #109 Add missing axis attribute for channel_conversion and remove extra attributes

* Remove undefined functions from Device

* Rename member variable in ElectricalSeries

* Rename member variable in SpikeEventSeries

* Added mergePaths functions and made functions in Utils.hpp static inline

* Updated ElectrodeTable to use mergePaths method

* Updated DynamicTable to use mergePaths method

* Update ElectrodeGroup to use mergePaths

* Updated ElectricalSeries to use mergePaths

* Updated TimerSeries to use mergePaths function

* Updated NWBFile to use the mergePaths function

* Updated ElectrodeTable static paths to not used trailing / for consistency

* Fix Doxygen error by extracting also static members in the docs

* Fix section level in install.dox

* Update ReadDataWrapper to use m_ member naming convention

* Updated DataBlock / DataBlockGeneric to avoid shadowing of constructor args

* Fix reference error in read.dox

* Add ReadDataWrapper isType, getPath, getIO methods and update docstrings

* Create macro DEFINE_FIELD to simplify creating access methods for fields in RegisteredType subclasses

* Replace previous field access methods in TimeSeries with DEFINE_FIELD macro calls

* Replace TimeSeries.dataLazy and resolutionLazy with DEFINE_FIELD definitions

* Update the Doxygen built to expand the DEFINE_FIELD macro to document the generated functions

* Fix spellcheck

* Fix section levels in read.dox

* Add docs for using the DEFINE_FIELD macro

* Added attributeExists method on IO and ReadDataWrapper::exists methods to check that an object actually exists

* Add TimeSeries.descriptionLazy field to test that reading string attributes works

* Added function getGroupObjects to the I/O to allow gettings all objects contained in a group

* Add BaseIO::findTypes method to search for neurodata_types in a file

* Add example for searching for typed objects

* Update ElectrodeTable to use m_ member names

* Added field definitions for TimeSeries

* Add some design docs about reading registered types

* Update read types design figure

* Minor update to docs of RegisteredType

* Update docs/pages/userdocs/read.dox

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* Update src/io/ReadIO.hpp

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* Update src/io/ReadIO.hpp

* Rename ReadDataWrapper.is_dataset

* Update src/io/hdf5/HDF5IO.hpp

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* Remove duplicate code in NWBFile

* Remove outdated ToDo item

* Apply suggestions on docs from code review

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* Fix build error after merge

* Fix build error due to error during merge with base branch

* Apply suggestions from code review

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* Fix read.dox figure based on suggestion

* Fix docs based on code review

* update getAttribute method to detect object type

* update read example

* add file mode options and readonly mode to io

* update example to use readonly

* add getter functions to Container classes with attributes

* fix formatting

* update lint workflow

* add NWBFile fields

* update filenames

* remove duplicate file mode checks

* Fix spelling and complete merge

* Fix missing merge in file

* Install Boost multi-array in windows action

* Use std::vector instead of variable-length arrays to avoid Windows built errors

* Add note to docs to clarify non-virtual DEFINE_FIELD

* Add HDF5IO tests for add_read PR (#118)

* Add unit test for HDFIO::getH5ObjectType

* Fix behavior of HDF5IO::getH5ObjectType when object does not exist

* Add unit tests for HDF5IO::getNativeType

* Add unit test for HDF5IO::getH5Type

* Add unit test for HDF5IO::objectExists

* Add unit tests for HDF5IO::attributeExists

* add unit test for HDF5IO::getGroupObjects

* Add unit test for HDF5IO::getStorageObjectType

* Fix reading of arrays and select dtypes for HDF5IO::readAttribute

* Add initial unit tests for HDF5IO::readAttribute

* Fix reading of string array attributes via HDF5IO::readAttribute

* Fix reading of reference attributes

* Add HDF5IO::readAttribute unit test for invalid and double attribute

* Add HDF5IO::readAttriute unit test for reading attribute from a dataset

* Fix handling of non-existent file ReadOnly and ReadWrite mode

* Add unit tests for HDF5IO::open for file modes

* Add additonal unit tests for HDF5IO::readDataset

* Fix element selection in HDF5IO::readDataset

* Add unit test for reading hyperslap with HDF5IO::readDataset

* Fix hyperslap selection with block in HDF5IO::readDataset

* Expand unit tests for HDF5IO::readDataset with hyperslaps

* Add note with TODO item to the tests

* Improve coverage of numeric types in readDataset

* Fix determining string size on read

* Set string size when creating the dataset

* Fix error in commmented unit test

* Fix writing of fixed length string datasets

* Add test writing fixed length string data

* Fix reading of fixed length strings

* Fix writing of variable length string datasets

* Fix writing of variable length string datasets

* Fix reading of variable length string dataset

* Fix reading of empty string datasets

* Minor enhancement to check for address santizer

* Create RecordingData::writeStrinData to simplify writing of strings

* Update tests/testHDF5IO.cpp

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* Update tests/testHDF5IO.cpp

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* Fix formatting

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* Update read example

* Add missing offset attriubte for TimeSeries.data

* Add basic unit test for TimeSeries read

* Add more REQUIRE checks

* Add missing TimeSerires.conitnuity field for write. Move timeseries-specific write method from BaseIO to TimeSeries

* Fix spellcheck errors

* Add read test for timestamps.unit and timestamps.interval

* Support using starting_time and rate with TimeSeries

* Add missing timeseries control and control description. Fix chunking of timestamps

* Move neurodata_type and namespace attributes to Container

* address validation errors in add_read (#125)

* use writeStringDataBlock function

* update SES test to use multiple channels

* update filename to avoid access errors

* fix formatting

* Fix #126 Initiallization of VectorData

* Renamed testBase to testTimeSeries

* Add initial unit tests for VectorData

* Add additional unit tests for VectorData

* Add write/read test for Data

* Add write/read test for ElementIdentifiers

* Add unit test for Device

* Remove extra comment

* Remove extra comments

* Update src/io/hdf5/HDF5IO.cpp

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* Update tests/testTimeSeries.cpp

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* Move test to RegisteredType

* Update writing of control_description

* Fix code linting

* Add pass-through for control to RecordingContainers::write.. methods

* Minor updates to the example

* Fix file name collision in tests

* Make calling io->open() explicit

* Adjust slice to check if it fixes Windows error

* Add output to help debug Windows issue

* Add debug output in HDF5IO to debug Windows issue

* Update NWBFile.hpp

* Fix code formatting

* Some more debug ouput for Windows

* Fix read path to avoid potentially reading from different series

* Clean up deug output

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