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+/**
+ * collectd - src/utils_fbhash.h
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Florian octo Forster
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+ * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+ * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+ * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+ * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+ * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+ * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+ * DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ * Florian octo Forster <octo at collectd.org>
+ **/
+
+#ifndef UTILS_FBHASH_H
+#define UTILS_FBHASH_H 1
+
+/*
+ * File-backed hash
+ *
+ * This module reads a file of the form
+ * key: value
+ * into a hash, which can then be queried. The file is given to `fbh_create',
+ * the hash is queried using `fbh_get'. If the file is changed during runtime,
+ * it will automatically be re-read.
+ */
+
+struct fbhash_s;
+typedef struct fbhash_s fbhash_t;
+
+fbhash_t *fbh_create (const char *file);
+void fbh_destroy (fbhash_t *h);
+
+/* Returns the value as a newly allocated `char *'. It's the caller's
+ * responsibility to free this memory. */
+char *fbh_get (fbhash_t *h, const char *key);
+
+#endif /* UTILS_FBHASH_H */
+
+/* vim: set sw=2 sts=2 et fdm=marker : */