Public Shared Sub readScalar(Of Type) ( _
	dataSetId As H5DataSetId, _
	memTypeId As H5DataTypeId, _
	memSpaceId As H5DataSpaceId, _
	fileSpaceId As H5DataSpaceId, _
	xferPropListId As H5PropertyListId, _
	ByRef data As Type _
)

public static void readScalar<Type>(
	H5DataSetId dataSetId,
	H5DataTypeId memTypeId,
	H5DataSpaceId memSpaceId,
	H5DataSpaceId fileSpaceId,
	H5PropertyListId xferPropListId,
	ref Type data
)

public:
generic<typename Type>
static void readScalar(
	H5DataSetId^ dataSetId, 
	H5DataTypeId^ memTypeId, 
	H5DataSpaceId^ memSpaceId, 
	H5DataSpaceId^ fileSpaceId, 
	H5PropertyListId^ xferPropListId, 
	Type% data
)

JavaScript does not support generic types or methods.