index b657486b794b16cdb9bc00560cb0b2f4ab2090dc..879af9087db92d7346fee2109326df55eaf25dfc 100644 (file)
--- a/src/include/core/data.h
+++ b/src/include/core/data.h
/*
* SysDB - src/include/core/data.h
- * Copyright (C) 2012 Sebastian 'tokkee' Harl <sh@tokkee.org>
+ * Copyright (C) 2012-2014 Sebastian 'tokkee' Harl <sh@tokkee.org>
* All rights reserved.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
SDB_TYPE_BINARY,
};
+#define SDB_TYPE_TO_STRING(t) \
+ (((t) == SDB_TYPE_INTEGER) \
+ ? "INTEGER" \
+ : ((t) == SDB_TYPE_DECIMAL) \
+ ? "DECIMAL" \
+ : ((t) == SDB_TYPE_STRING) \
+ ? "STRING" \
+ : ((t) == SDB_TYPE_DATETIME) \
+ ? "DATETIME" \
+ : ((t) == SDB_TYPE_BINARY) \
+ ? "BINARY" \
+ : "UNKNOWN")
+
/*
* sdb_data_t:
* A datum retrieved from an arbitrary data source.
- *
- * The string and binary objects are managed by whoever creates the data
- * object, thus, they must not be freed or modified. If you want to keep them,
- * make sure to make a copy.
*/
typedef struct {
int type;
} data;
} sdb_data_t;
+/*
+ * sdb_data_copy:
+ * Copy the datum stored in 'src' to the memory location pointed to by 'dst'.
+ * Any dynamic data (strings, binary data) is copied to newly allocated
+ * memory. Use, for example, sdb_data_free_datum() to free any dynamic memory
+ * stored in a datum.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * - 0 on success
+ * - a negative value else
+ */
+int
+sdb_data_copy(sdb_data_t *dst, const sdb_data_t *src);
+
+/*
+ * sdb_data_free_datum:
+ * Free any dynamic memory referenced by the specified datum. Does not free
+ * the memory allocated by the sdb_data_t object itself. This function must
+ * not be used if any static or stack memory is referenced from the data
+ * object.
+ */
+void
+sdb_data_free_datum(sdb_data_t *datum);
+
+/*
+ * sdb_data_cmp:
+ * Compare two data points. A NULL datum is considered less than any non-NULL
+ * datum. On data-type mismatch, the function always returns a negative value.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * - a value less than zero if d1 compares less than d2
+ * - zero if d1 compares equal to d2
+ * - a value greater than zero if d1 compares greater than d2
+ */
+int
+sdb_data_cmp(sdb_data_t *d1, sdb_data_t *d2);
+
+/*
+ * sdb_data_strlen:
+ * Returns a (worst-case) estimate for the number of bytes required to format
+ * the datum as a string. Does not take the terminating null byte into
+ * account.
+ */
+size_t
+sdb_data_strlen(const sdb_data_t *datum);
+
+enum {
+ SDB_UNQUOTED = 0,
+ SDB_SINGLE_QUOTED,
+ SDB_DOUBLE_QUOTED,
+};
+
+/*
+ * sdb_data_format:
+ * Output the specified datum to the specified string using a default format.
+ * The value of 'quoted' determines whether and how non-integer and
+ * non-decimal values are quoted. If the buffer size is less than the return
+ * value of sdb_data_strlen, the datum may be truncated. The buffer will
+ * always be nul-terminated after calling this function.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * - the number of characters written to the buffer (excluding the terminated
+ * null byte) or the number of characters which would have been written in
+ * case the output was truncated
+ * - a negative value else
+ */
+int
+sdb_data_format(const sdb_data_t *datum, char *buf, size_t buflen, int quoted);
+
#ifdef __cplusplus
} /* extern "C" */
#endif