xref: /illumos-gate/usr/src/man/man3lib/libnvpair.3lib (revision 427a21b56415a2c5048627d491e6e8da8d953bf1)
te
Copyright (c) 2008, Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the Common Development and Distribution License (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You can obtain a copy of the license at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE or http://www.opensolaris.org/os/licensing. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
When distributing Covered Code, include this CDDL HEADER in each file and include the License file at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE. If applicable, add the following below this CDDL HEADER, with the fields enclosed by brackets "[]" replaced with your own identifying information: Portions Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]
LIBNVPAIR 3LIB "Aug 1, 2008"
NAME
libnvpair - name-value pair library
SYNOPSIS

cc [ flag... ] file... -lnvpair [ library... ]
#include <libnvpair.h>
DESCRIPTION

The libnvpair library exports a set of functions for managing name-value pairs.

The library defines four opaque handles: nvpair_t

handle to a name-value pair

nvlist_t

handle to a list of name-value pairs

nv_alloc_t

handle to a pluggable allocator

nv_alloc_ops_t

handle to pluggable allocator operations

The library supports the following operations:

Allocate and free an nvlist_t.

Specify the allocater to be used when manipulating an nvlist_t.

Add and remove an nvpair_t from a list.

Search nvlist_t for a specified name pair.

Pack an nvlist_t into a contiguous buffer.

Expand a packed nvlist into a searchable nvlist_t.

INTERFACES

The shared object libnvpair.so.1 provides the public interfaces defined below. See Intro(3) for additional information on shared object interfaces.

nvlist_add_boolean nvlist_add_boolean_value
nvlist_add_boolean_array nvlist_add_byte
nvlist_add_byte_array nvlist_add_double
nvlist_add_int8 nvlist_add_int8_array
nvlist_add_int16 nvlist_add_int16_array
nvlist_add_int32 nvlist_add_int32_array
nvlist_add_int64 nvlist_add_int64_array
nvlist_add_nvlist nvlist_add_nvlist_array
nvlist_add_nvpair nvlist_add_string
nvlist_add_string_array nvlist_add_uint8
nvlist_add_uint8_array nvlist_add_uint16
nvlist_add_uint16_array nvlist_add_uint32
nvlist_add_uint32_array nvlist_add_uint64
nvlist_add_uint64_array nvlist_alloc
nvlist_dup nvlist_exists
nvlist_free nvlist_lookup_boolean
nvlist_lookup_boolean_value nvlist_lookup_boolean_array
nvlist_lookup_byte nvlist_lookup_byte_array
nvlist_lookup_double nvlist_lookup_int8
nvlist_lookup_int8_array nvlist_lookup_int16
nvlist_lookup_int16_array nvlist_lookup_int32
nvlist_lookup_int32_array nvlist_lookup_int64
nvlist_lookup_int64_array nvlist_lookup_nvlist
nvlist_lookup_nvlist_array nvlist_lookup_nv_alloc
nvlist_lookup_nvpair nvlist_lookup_pairs
nvlist_lookup_string nvlist_lookup_string_array
nvlist_lookup_uint8 nvlist_lookup_uint8_array
nvlist_lookup_uint16 nvlist_lookup_uint16_array
nvlist_lookup_uint32 nvlist_lookup_uint32_array
nvlist_lookup_uint64 nvlist_lookup_uint64_array
nvlist_merge nvlist_next_nvpair
nvlist_pack nvlist_remove
nvlist_remove_all nvlist_size
nvlist_unpack nvlist_xalloc
nvlist_xdup nvlist_xpack
nvlist_xunpack nvpair_name
nvpair_type nvpair_value_boolean_array
nvpair_value_boolean_value nvpair_value_byte
nvpair_value_byte_array nvpair_value_double
nvpair_value_int8 nvpair_value_int8_array
nvpair_value_int16 nvpair_value_int16_array
nvpair_value_int32 nvpair_value_int32_array
nvpair_value_int64 nvpair_value_int64_array
nvpair_value_nvlist nvpair_value_nvlist_array
nvpair_value_string nvpair_value_string_array
nvpair_value_uint8 nvpair_value_uint8_array
nvpair_value_uint16 nvpair_value_uint16_array
nvpair_value_uint32 nvpair_value_uint32_array
nvpair_value_uint64 nvpair_value_uint64_array
nv_alloc_init nv_alloc_fini
nv_alloc_reset
FILES
/lib/libnvpair.so.1

shared object

/lib/64/libnvpair.so.1

64-bit shared object

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for description of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability Committed
MT-Level MT-Safe
SEE ALSO

Intro(3), attributes(5)