1 /**
2 * collectd - src/utils_fbhash.h
3 * Copyright (C) 2009 Florian octo Forster
4 *
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23 * Authors:
24 * Florian octo Forster <octo at collectd.org>
25 **/
27 #ifndef UTILS_FBHASH_H
28 #define UTILS_FBHASH_H 1
30 /*
31 * File-backed hash
32 *
33 * This module reads a file of the form
34 * key: value
35 * into a hash, which can then be queried. The file is given to `fbh_create',
36 * the hash is queried using `fbh_get'. If the file is changed during runtime,
37 * it will automatically be re-read.
38 */
40 struct fbhash_s;
41 typedef struct fbhash_s fbhash_t;
43 fbhash_t *fbh_create (const char *file);
44 void fbh_destroy (fbhash_t *h);
46 /* Returns the value as a newly allocated `char *'. It's the caller's
47 * responsibility to free this memory. */
48 char *fbh_get (fbhash_t *h, const char *key);
50 #endif /* UTILS_FBHASH_H */
52 /* vim: set sw=2 sts=2 et fdm=marker : */