unixsock, data: Moved sdb_unixsock_parse_cell() to sdb_data_parse().

[sysdb.git] / src / include / core / data.h

diff --git a/src/include/core/data.h b/src/include/core/data.h
index 879af9087db92d7346fee2109326df55eaf25dfc..4d7fda31c11d590a865fc6aff0665292249f0014 100644 (file)
--- a/src/include/core/data.h
+++ b/src/include/core/data.h
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ typedef struct {
  * 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.
+ * stored in a datum. On error, 'dst' is unchanged. Else, any dynamic memory
+ * in 'dst' will be freed.
  *
  * Returns:
  *  - 0 on success
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ sdb_data_free_datum(sdb_data_t *datum);
  *  - 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_cmp(const sdb_data_t *d1, const sdb_data_t *d2);
 
 /*
  * sdb_data_strlen:
@@ -145,6 +146,26 @@ enum {
 int
 sdb_data_format(const sdb_data_t *datum, char *buf, size_t buflen, int quoted);
 
+/*
+ * sdb_data_parse:
+ * Parse the specified string into a datum using the specified type. The
+ * string value is expected to be a raw value of the specified type. Integer
+ * and decimal numbers may be signed or unsigned octal (base 8, if the first
+ * character of the string is "0"), sedecimal (base 16, if the string includes
+ * the "0x" prefix), or decimal. Decimal numbers may also be "infinity" or
+ * "NaN" or may use a decimal exponent. Date-time values are expected to be
+ * specified as (floating point) number of seconds since the epoch. For string
+ * and binary data, the input string is passed to the datum. The function does
+ * not allocate new memory for that purpose. Use sdb_data_copy() if you want
+ * to do that.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *  - 0 on success
+ *  - a negative value else
+ */
+int
+sdb_data_parse(char *str, int type, sdb_data_t *data);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 } /* extern "C" */
 #endif