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27.Dd November 9, 2011
28.Os
29.Dt DWARF_ATTRLIST 3
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm dwarf_attrlist
32.Nd retrieve DWARF attribute descriptors
33.Sh LIBRARY
34.Lb libdwarf
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In libdwarf.h
37.Ft int
38.Fo dwarf_attrlist
39.Fa "Dwarf_Die die"
40.Fa "Dwarf_Attribute **attrbuf"
41.Fa "Dwarf_Signed *attrcount"
42.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
43.Fc
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45Function
46.Fn dwarf_attrlist
47retrieves the DWARF attribute descriptors associated with a
48debugging information entry descriptor in argument
49.Ar die .
50The descriptors are returned as an array of values of the opaque type
51.Vt Dwarf_Attribute .
52The data associated with each returned attribute descriptor may be
53queried using the form query functions in the
54.Xr dwarf 3
55API set.
56.Pp
57Argument
58.Ar attrbuf
59points to a location that will hold a pointer to the returned
60array of DWARF attribute descriptors.
61Argument
62.Ar attrcount
63points to a location that will hold the number of descriptors in
64the returned array.
65.Pp
66If argument
67.Ar err
68is non-NULL, it is used to return an error descriptor in case of an
69error.
70.Ss Memory Management
71In the current implementation, the memory allocated for each DWARF
72attribute descriptor and for the returned array of descriptors is
73managed by the library and the application does not need to explicitly
74free the returned pointers.
75However, for compatibility with other implementations of the
76.Xr dwarf 3
77API, the application is permitted to pass the pointers returned by to
78the
79.Fn dwarf_dealloc
80function.
81.Sh RETURN VALUES
82Function
83.Fn dwarf_attrlist
84returns
85.Dv DW_DLV_OK on success.
86.Pp
87If the debugging information entry descriptor denoted by argument
88.Ar die
89does not contain any attribute, the function returns
90.Dv DW_DLV_NO_ENTRY
91and sets argument
92.Ar err .
93For other errors, it returns
94.Dv DW_DLV_ERROR
95and sets argument
96.Ar err .
97.Sh EXAMPLES
98To retrieve the attribute list for a DWARF debugging information
99entry use:
100.Bd -literal -offset indent
101Dwarf_Die dw_die;
102Dwarf_Error dw_e;
103Dwarf_Unsigned dw_count;
104Dwarf_Attribute *dw_attributes;
105int error, i;
106
107\&... variable dw_die contains a reference to the DIE of interest ...
108
109/* Retrieve the attribute list from the DIE. */
110if ((error = dwarf_attrlist(dw_die, &dw_attributes, &dw_count,
111	&dw_e)) != DW_DLV_OK)
112	errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "dwarf_attrlist: %s", dwarf_errmsg(dw_e));
113
114/* Process the attribute list. */
115for (i = 0; i < dw_count; ++i) {
116	/* Use the returned pointers in dw_attributes[i] here. */
117}
118.Ed
119.Sh ERRORS
120Function
121.Fn dwarf_diename
122can fail with the following errors:
123.Bl -tag -width ".Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT"
124.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
125Arguments
126.Ar die ,
127.Ar attrbuf ,
128or
129.Ar attrcount
130were NULL.
131.It Bq Er DW_DLE_NO_ENTRY
132Argument
133.Ar die
134had no attributes.
135.It Bq Er DW_DLE_MEMORY
136An out of memory condition was encountered during the execution of the
137function.
138.El
139.Sh SEE ALSO
140.Xr dwarf 3 ,
141.Xr dwarf_attr 3 ,
142.Xr dwarf_dealloc 3 ,
143.Xr dwarf_hasattr 3 ,
144.Xr dwarf_hasform 3 ,
145.Xr dwarf_whatattr 3 ,
146.Xr dwarf_whatform 3
147