somewere stuck with virtual template overloading

slsReceiverSoftware/include/File.h

@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@
 #include "sls_receiver_defs.h"
 #include "logger.h"
 
+#ifdef HDF5C
+//#ifndef HDF5DEFINED
+//#define HDF5DEFINED
+#include "H5Cpp.h"
+#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
+    using namespace H5;
+#endif
+#endif
+//#endif
 
 #include <string>
 
@@ -58,6 +67,15 @@ class File : private virtual slsReceiverDefs {
 	 */
 	virtual fileFormat GetFileType() = 0;
 
+	/**
+	 * Get File Handle pointer
+	 * @returns file handle pointer
+	 */
+	virtual FILE* GetBinaryFileHandle() {return NULL;};
+#ifdef HDF5C
+	virtual H5File* GetHDF5FileHandle() {return NULL;};
+#endif
+
 	/**
 	 * Get Member Pointer Values before the object is destroyed
 	 * @param nd pointer to number of detectors in each dimension