From abddd8616349bc2a18e96f1efcb16a5af57401da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Harl <sh@tokkee.org>
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 22:21:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] data: Added sdb_data_sizeof().

This function returns the size of the data-type for a given type.
---
 src/core/data.c         | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/include/core/data.h | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/core/data.c b/src/core/data.c
index f489367..9890aaf 100644
--- a/src/core/data.c
+++ b/src/core/data.c
@@ -646,5 +646,24 @@ sdb_data_parse(char *str, int type, sdb_data_t *data)
 	return 0;
 } /* sdb_data_parse */
 
+size_t
+sdb_data_sizeof(int type)
+{
+	sdb_data_t v;
+	if (type == SDB_TYPE_INTEGER)
+		return sizeof(v.data.integer);
+	else if (type == SDB_TYPE_DECIMAL)
+		return sizeof(v.data.decimal);
+	else if (type == SDB_TYPE_STRING)
+		return sizeof(v.data.string);
+	else if (type == SDB_TYPE_DATETIME)
+		return sizeof(v.data.datetime);
+	else if (type == SDB_TYPE_BINARY)
+		return sizeof(v.data.binary);
+	else if (type == SDB_TYPE_REGEX)
+		return sizeof(v.data.re);
+	return 0;
+} /* sdb_data_sizeof */
+
 /* vim: set tw=78 sw=4 ts=4 noexpandtab : */
 
diff --git a/src/include/core/data.h b/src/include/core/data.h
index 514c4d5..c8c7482 100644
--- a/src/include/core/data.h
+++ b/src/include/core/data.h
@@ -257,6 +257,17 @@ sdb_data_format(const sdb_data_t *datum, char *buf, size_t buflen, int quoted);
 int
 sdb_data_parse(char *str, int type, sdb_data_t *data);
 
+/*
+ * sdb_data_sizeof:
+ * Return the size of the data-type identified by the specified type.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *  - the size of the data-type on success
+ *  - 0 else
+ */
+size_t
+sdb_data_sizeof(int type);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 } /* extern "C" */
 #endif
-- 
2.30.2