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+/**
+ * collectd - src/utils_match.h
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Florian octo Forster
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
+ * option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ * Florian octo Forster <octo at verplant.org>
+ **/
+
+#ifndef UTILS_MATCH_H
+#define UTILS_MATCH_H 1
+
+#include "plugin.h"
+
+/*
+ * Defines
+ */
+#define UTILS_MATCH_DS_TYPE_GAUGE 0
+#define UTILS_MATCH_DS_TYPE_COUNTER_SET 1
+#define UTILS_MATCH_DS_TYPE_COUNTER_ADD 2
+#define UTILS_MATCH_DS_TYPE_COUNTER_INC 3
+
+/*
+ * Data types
+ */
+struct cu_match_s;
+typedef struct cu_match_s cu_match_t;
+
+struct cu_match_value_s
+{
+ int ds_type;
+ value_t value;
+};
+typedef struct cu_match_value_s cu_match_value_t;
+
+/*
+ * Prototypes
+ */
+/*
+ * NAME
+ * match_create_callback
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION
+ * Creates a new `cu_match_t' object which will use the regular expression
+ * `regex' to match lines, see the `match_apply' method below. If the line
+ * matches, the callback passed in `callback' will be called along with the
+ * pointer `user_pointer'.
+ * The string that's passed to the callback depends on the regular expression:
+ * If the regular expression includes a sub-match, i. e. something like
+ * "value=([0-9][0-9]*)"
+ * then only the submatch (the part in the parenthesis) will be passed to the
+ * callback. If there is no submatch, then the entire string is passed to the
+ * callback.
+ */
+cu_match_t *match_create_callback (const char *regex,
+ int (*callback) (const char *str, void *user_data),
+ void *user_data);
+
+/*
+ * NAME
+ * match_create_callback
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION
+ * Creates a new `cu_match_t' with a default callback. The user data for that
+ * default callback will be a `cu_match_value_t' structure, with
+ * `ds_type' copied to the structure. The default callback will handle the
+ * string as containing a number (see strtoll(3) and strtod(3)) and store that
+ * number in the `value' member. How that is done depends on `ds_type':
+ *
+ * UTILS_MATCH_DS_TYPE_GAUGE
+ * The function will search for a floating point number in the string and
+ * store it in value.gauge.
+ * UTILS_MATCH_DS_TYPE_COUNTER_SET
+ * The function will search for an integer in the string and store it in
+ * value.counter.
+ * UTILS_MATCH_DS_TYPE_COUNTER_ADD
+ * The function will search for an integer in the string and add it to the
+ * value in value.counter.
+ * UTILS_MATCH_DS_TYPE_COUNTER_INC
+ * The function will not search for anything in the string and increase
+ * value.counter by one.
+ */
+cu_match_t *match_create_default (const char *regex, int ds_type);
+
+/*
+ * NAME
+ * match_destroy
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION
+ * Destroys the object and frees all internal resources.
+ */
+void match_destroy (cu_match_t *obj);
+
+/*
+ * NAME
+ * match_apply
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION
+ * Tries to match the string `str' with the regular expression of `obj'. If
+ * the string matches, calls the callback in `obj' with the (sub-)match.
+ *
+ * The user_data pointer passed to `match_create_callback' is NOT freed
+ * automatically. The `cu_match_value_t' structure allocated by
+ * `match_create_callback' is freed automatically.
+ */
+int match_apply (cu_match_t *obj, const char *str);
+
+/*
+ * NAME
+ * match_get_user_data
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION
+ * Returns the pointer passed to `match_create_callback' or a pointer to the
+ * `cu_match_value_t' structure allocated by `match_create_callback'.
+ */
+void *match_get_user_data (cu_match_t *obj);
+
+#endif /* UTILS_MATCH_H */
+
+/* vim: set sw=2 sts=2 ts=8 : */