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28.Dd August 27, 2016
29.Dt CNV 9
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm cnvlist_get,
33.Nm cnvlist_take,
34.Nm cnvlist_free,
35.Nd "API for managing name/value pairs by cookie."
36.Sh LIBRARY
37.Lb libnv
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.In sys/cnv.h
40.Ft bool
41.Fn cnvlist_get_bool "void *cookiep"
42.Ft uint64_t
43.Fn cnvlist_get_number "void *cookiep"
44.Ft "const char *"
45.Fn cnvlist_get_string "void *cookiep"
46.Ft "const nvlist_t *"
47.Fn cnvlist_get_nvlist "void *cookiep"
48.Ft "const void *"
49.Fn cnvlist_get_binary "void *cookiep" "size_t *sizep"
50.Ft "const bool *"
51.Fn cnvlist_get_bool_array "void *cookiep" "size_t *nitemsp"
52.Ft "const uint64_t *"
53.Fn cnvlist_get_number_array "void *cookiep" "size_t *nitemsp"
54.Ft "const char * const *"
55.Fn cnvlist_get_string_array "void *cookiep" "size_t *nitemsp"
56.Ft "const nvlist_t * const *"
57.Fn cnvlist_get_nvlist_array "void *cookiep" "size_t *nitemsp"
58.Ft int
59.Fn cnvlist_get_descriptor "void *cookiep"
60.Ft "const int *"
61.Fn cnvlist_get_descriptor_array "void *cookiep" "size_t *nitemsp"
62.\"
63.Ft bool
64.Fn cnvlist_take_bool "void *cookiep"
65.Ft uint64_t
66.Fn cnvlist_take_number "void *cookiep"
67.Ft "const char *"
68.Fn cnvlist_take_string "void *cookiep"
69.Ft "const nvlist_t *"
70.Fn cnvlist_take_nvlist "void *cookiep"
71.Ft "const void *"
72.Fn cnvlist_take_binary "void *cookiep" "size_t *sizep"
73.Ft "const bool *"
74.Fn cnvlist_take_bool_array "void *cookiep" "size_t *nitemsp"
75.Ft "const uint64_t *"
76.Fn cnvlist_take_number_array "void *cookiep" "size_t *nitemsp"
77.Ft "const char * const *"
78.Fn cnvlist_take_string_array "void *cookiep" "size_t *nitemsp"
79.Ft "const nvlist_t * const *"
80.Fn cnvlist_take_nvlist_array "void *cookiep" "size_t *nitemsp"
81.Ft int
82.Fn cnvlist_take_descriptor "void *cookiep"
83.Ft "const int *'
84.Fn cnvlist_take_descriptor_array "void *cookiep" "size_t *nitemsp"
85.\"
86.Ft void
87.Fn cnvlist_free_null "nvlist_t *nvl" "void *cookiep"
88.Ft void
89.Fn cnvlist_free_bool "nvlist_t *nvl" "void *cookiep"
90.Ft void
91.Fn cnvlist_free_number "nvlist_t *nvl" "void *cookiep"
92.Ft void
93.Fn cnvlist_free_string "nvlist_t *nvl" "void *cookiep"
94.Ft void
95.Fn cnvlist_free_nvlist "nvlist_t *nvl" "void *cookiep"
96.Ft void
97.Fn cnvlist_free_descriptor "nvlist_t *nvl" "void *cookiep"
98.Ft void
99.Fn cnvlist_free_binary "nvlist_t *nvl" "void *cookiep"
100.Ft void
101.Fn cnvlist_free_bool_array "nvlist_t *nvl" "void *cookiep"
102.Ft void
103.Fn cnvlist_free_number_array "nvlist_t *nvl" "void *cookiep"
104.Ft void
105.Fn cnvlist_free_string_array "nvlist_t *nvl" "void *cookiep"
106.Ft void
107.Fn cnvlist_free_nvlist_array "nvlist_t *nvl" "void *cookiep"
108.Ft void
109.Fn cnvlist_free_descriptor_array "nvlist_t *nvl" "void *cookiep"
110.Sh DESCRIPTION
111The
112.Nm libnv
113library permits easy management of name/value pairs and can send and receive
114them over sockets.
115For more information, also see
116.Xr nv 9 .
117.Pp
118The concept of cookies is explained in
119.Fn nvlist_next ,
120.Fn nvlist_get_parent ,
121and
122.Fn nvlist_get_pararr
123from
124.Xr nv 9 .
125.Pp
126The
127.Nm cnvlist_get
128family of functions obtains the value associated with the given cookie.
129Returned strings, nvlists, descriptors, binaries, or arrays must not be modified
130by the user, since they still belong to the nvlist.
131The nvlist must not be in an error state.
132.Pp
133The
134.Nm cnvlist_take
135family of functions returns the value associated with the given cookie and
136removes the element from the nvlist.
137When the value is a string, binary, or array value, the caller is responsible
138for freeing the returned memory with
139.Fn free 3 .
140When the value is an nvlist, the caller is responsible for destroying the
141returned nvlist with
142.Fn nvlist_destroy .
143When the value is a descriptor, the caller is responsible for closing the
144returned descriptor with the
145.Fn close 2 .
146.Pp
147The
148.Nm cnvlist_free
149family of functions removes an element of the supplied cookie and frees all
150resources.
151If an element of the given cookie has the wrong type or does not exist, the
152program
153is aborted.
154.Sh EXAMPLE
155The following example demonstrates how to deal with cnvlist API.
156.Bd -literal
157int type;
158void *cookie, *scookie, *bcookie;
159nvlist_t *nvl;
160char *name;
161
162nvl = nvlist_create(0);
163nvlist_add_bool(nvl, "test", 1 == 2);
164nvlist_add_string(nvl, "test2", "cnvlist");
165cookie = NULL;
166
167while (nvlist_next(nvl, &type, &cookie) != NULL) {
168        switch (type) {
169        case NV_TYPE_BOOL:
170                printf("test: %d\\n", cnvlist_get_bool(cookie));
171                bcookie = cookie;
172                break;
173        case NV_TYPE_STRING:
174                printf("test2: %s\\n", cnvlist_get_string(cookie));
175                scookie = cookie;
176                break;
177        }
178}
179
180name = cnvlist_take_string(nvl, scookie);
181cnvlist_free_bool(nvl, bcookie);
182
183printf("test2: %s\\n", name);
184free(name);
185
186printf("nvlist_empty = %d\\n", nvlist_empty(nvl));
187nvlist_destroy(nvl);
188
189return (0);
190.Ed
191.Sh SEE ALSO
192.Xr nv 9 ,
193.Xr close 2 ,
194.Xr free 3
195.Sh AUTHORS
196.An -nosplit
197The
198.Nm cnv
199API was created during the Google Summer Of Code 2016 by
200