diff --git a/src/bindings/C++/H5Fed.cc b/src/bindings/C++/H5Fed.cc
index e69de29..0d3cc92 100644
--- a/src/bindings/C++/H5Fed.cc
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+/*
+  Implementation file for implementing the H5Fed application programming
+  interface (API) in the C++ language.
+  
+  Copyright 2006-2007
+ 	Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland;
+ 	Benedikt Oswald;
+ 	Achim Gsell
+ 	All rights reserved.
+ 
+  Authors
+ 	Benedikt Oswald, Achim Gsell
+  
+  Warning
+	This code is under development.
+ 
+ */
+
+/*!
+  Some conventions:
+	Functions:
+		Name:
+			ThisIsAFunction()
+		Return values:
+			-1 or NULL signals an error
+
+  \note
+  In function names we use the words \b get and \b store insteed of
+  \b read and \b write, because no I/O is actually done in these
+  functions.
+*/
+
+
+/** include proprietary header files */
+#include <H5Fed.hh>
+
+
+/** activate namespaces */
+using namespace H5Fed;
+using namespace std;
+
+
+/** \brief implement constructor without arguments */
+H5Fed::H5Fed()
+{
+	/** initialize internal variables */
+	filename_.erase();
+}
+
+
+/** \brief implement constructor without arguments */
+H5Fed::H5Fed(std::string filename)
+{
+	/** initialize internal variables */
+	filename_.erase();
+	filename_.append(filename);
+}
+
+
+/** \brief Set name of H5Fed file to be accessed */
+int H5Fed::filename(std::string filename)
+{
+	/** initialize internal variables */
+	filename_.erase();
+	filename_.append(filename);
+	
+	return(OKCODE);
+}
+
+
+/** \brief retrieve name of H5Fed file to be accessed */
+std::string filename()
+{
+	return(filename_);
+}
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diff --git a/src/bindings/C++/H5Fed.hh b/src/bindings/C++/H5Fed.hh
index e69de29..53599b4 100644
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+/*
+  Header file for declaring the H5Fed application programming
+  interface (API) in the C++ language. The header files follows
+  the declaration of the C application programming interface.
+  
+  Copyright 2006-2007
+ 	Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland;
+ 	Benedikt Oswald;
+ 	Achim Gsell
+ 	All rights reserved.
+ 
+  Authors
+ 	Benedikt Oswald, Achim Gsell
+  
+  Warning
+	This code is under development.
+ 
+ */
+
+/*!
+  Some conventions:
+	Functions:
+		Name:
+			ThisIsAFunction()
+		Return values:
+			-1 or NULL signals an error
+
+  \note
+  In function names we use the words \b get and \b store insteed of
+  \b read and \b write, because no I/O is actually done in these
+  functions.
+*/
+
+
+/** include standard header files */
+#include <iostream>
+#include <ostream>
+#include <iterator>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <vector>   
+#include <iomanip>
+#include <string>
+#include <complex>
+
+
+#ifndef H5FED_HH
+#define H5FED_HH
+
+namespace H5Fed
+{
+	const int ERRORCODE		=	-1;
+	const int OKCODE			=	0;
+
+
+	class H5Fed
+	{
+	public:
+		
+		/** \brief infrastructure routines */
+		H5Fed();													/** \brief Constructor without argument */
+		H5Fed(std::string filename);			/** \brief Constructor without argument */
+		~H5Fed();													/** \brief Class destructor */
+		
+		int filename(std::string filename);		/** \brief Set name of H5Fed file to be accessed */
+		std::string filename();								/** \brief retrieve name of H5Fed file to be accessed */
+		
+		/** \brief book keeping */
+		
+		
+	protected:
+		
+		
+		
+		
+		
+		
+	private:
+		/** book keeping */
+		std::string filename_;
+		
+		
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+		
+		
+		
+	};
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+}
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+#endif /** H5FED_HH */
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