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15.Dd June 1, 2017
16.Dt OFMT 3OFMT
17.Os
18.Sh NAME
19.Nm ofmt_open ,
20.Nm ofmt_print ,
21.Nm ofmt_update_winsize ,
22.Nm ofmt_strerror ,
23.Nm ofmt_close
24.Nd data structures and routines for printing output
25.Sh LIBRARY
26.Lb libofmt
27.Sh SYNOPSIS
28.In ofmt.h
29.Ft ofmt_status_t
30.Fo ofmt_open
31.Fa "const char *fields"
32.Fa "const ofmt_field_t *template"
33.Fa "uint_t flags"
34.Fa "uint_t maxcols"
35.Fa "ofmt_handle_t *ofmt"
36.Fc
37.Ft void
38.Fo ofmt_print
39.Fa "ofmt_handle_t ofmt"
40.Fa "void *cbarg"
41.Fc
42.Ft void
43.Fo ofmt_update_winsize
44.Fa "ofmt_handle_t ofmt"
45.Fc
46.Ft "char *"
47.Fo ofmt_strerror
48.Fa "ofmt_handle_t ofmt"
49.Fa "ofmt_status_t error"
50.Fa "char *buf"
51.Fa "uint_t bufsize"
52.Fc
53.Ft void
54.Fo ofmt_close
55.Fa "ofmt_handle_t ofmt"
56.Fc
57.Sh DESCRIPTION
58The
59.Nm libofmt
60library provides data structures and routines for printing output.
61.Pp
62Currently this is an internal interface.
63The interface can and will change without notice as the project needs, at any
64time.
65.Pp
66All output is assumed to be in a columnar format, where each column represents
67a field to be printed out.
68Multiple fields in parsable output are separated by
69.Sq \&: ,
70with the
71.Sq \&:
72character itself escaped by a
73.Sq \e
74.Po e.g., IPv6 addresses  may be printed as
75.Qq fe80\e:\e:1
76.Pc ;
77single field output is printed as-is.
78In multiline mode, every
79.Bq field,value
80pair is printed in a line of its own, thus:
81.Qq field: value .
82.Ss Data Structures
83The
84.Vt ofmt_field_t
85data structure used in
86.Sx ofmt_open
87is defined as follows:
88.Bd -literal
89typedef struct ofmt_field_s {
90	char	*of_name;	/* column name */
91	uint_t	of_width;	/* output column width */
92	uint_t	of_id;		/* implementation specific cookie */
93	ofmt_cb_t *of_cb;	/* callback function defined by caller */
94} ofmt_field_t;
95.Ed
96.Pp
97The
98.Vt ofmt_arg_t
99data structure which is passed to callback function is defined as follows:
100.Bd -literal
101typedef struct ofmt_arg_s {
102	uint_t	ofmt_id;	/* implementation specific cookie */
103	uint_t	ofmt_width;	/* output column width */
104	uint_t	ofmt_index;	/* unused */
105	void	*ofmt_cbarg;	/* argument passed to ofmt_print() */
106} ofmt_arg_t;
107.Ed
108.Ss Fn ofmt_open
109The
110.Fn ofmt_open
111function opens a handle returned in
112.Fa ofmt
113for each set of fields to be printed.
114.Pp
115.Fa fields
116is a comma-separated list of the fields that have been selected for output
117.Po typically the string passed to
118.Fl o
119in the command-line
120.Pc .
121Columns selected for output are identified by a match between the
122.Va of_name
123value in the
124.Fa template
125and the
126.Fa fields
127requested.
128In human-friendly
129.Pq non machine-parsable
130mode,
131.Dv NULL
132.Fa fields ,
133or a value of
134.Qq all
135is treated as a request to print all allowable fields that fit other applicable
136constraints.
137.Pp
138.Fa template
139specifies the list of supported fields, along with formatting information
140.Pq e.g., field width ,
141and a pointer to a callback function that can provide a string representation of
142the value to be printed out.
143The set of supported fields must be a
144.Dv NULL
145terminated array of type
146.Vt ofmt_field_t ,
147described in
148.Sx Data Structures ,
149as follows:
150.Bd -literal -offset indent
151{<of_name>, <of_width>, <of_id>, <of_cb> },
152\&.\&.\&.
153{<of_name>, <of_width>, <of_id>, <of_cb> },
154{NULL, 0, 0, NULL}
155.Ed
156.Pp
157.Va of_cb
158is the application-specified callback function with the following prototype that
159provides a string representation of the value to be printed for the field:
160.Bd -literal -offset indent
161(*of_cb)(ofmt_arg_t *ofmt_arg, char *buf, uint_t bufsize)
162.Ed
163.Pp
164The interpretation of the
165.Va of_id
166field is completely private to the caller, and can be optionally used by the
167callback function as a cookie to identify the field being printed when a single
168callback function is shared between multiple
169.Fa template
170entries.
171.Pp
172The
173.Fa flags
174can be any valid combination of the following:
175.Pp
176.Bl -tag -width "OFMT_MULTILINE" -compact
177.It Dv OFMT_PARSABLE
178Machine-parsable mode.
179Specifying a null or empty
180.Va fields
181in the machine-parsable mode will result in a returned error value of
182.Dv OFMT_EPARSENONE .
183An attempt to create a handle in machine-parsable mode with the
184.Fa fields
185set to
186.Qq all
187will result in a returned error value of
188.Dv OFMT_EPARSEALL .
189.It Dv OFMT_WRAP
190Wrap output if field width is exceeded.
191Currently output is wrapped at whitespace or comma characters.
192.It Dv OFMT_MULTILINE
193Multiline mode.
194Specifying both
195.Dv OFMT_MULTILINE
196and
197.Dv OFMT_PARSABLE
198will result in
199.Dv OFMT_EPARSEMULTI .
200.It Dv OFMT_RIGHTJUST
201Right justified output.
202.El
203.Pp
204The non-zero
205.Fa maxcols
206limits the number of output columns.
207.Ss Fn ofmt_print
208The
209.Fn ofmt_print
210function prints a row of output.
211.Pp
212.Fa cbarg
213points at the arguments to be passed to the callback function for each column in
214the row.
215The call to
216.Fn ofmt_print
217will result in the callback function of each selected field invoked with
218.Va of_id ,
219.Va of_width
220and
221.Fa cbarg
222embedded in
223.Fa ofmt_arg ,
224described in
225.Sx Data Structures .
226.Pp
227The callback function should fill
228.Fa buf
229with the string to be printed for the field using the data in
230.Fa cbarg .
231.Ss Fn ofmt_update_winsize
232The
233.Fn ofmt_update_winsize
234function updates the window size information
235.Pq which is initially computed when the handle is created
236in the
237.Fa ofmt .
238If the
239.Dv TIOCGWINSZ
240ioctl fails, the window size is set to 80x24.
241.Ss Fn ofmt_strerror
242The
243.Fn ofmt_strerror
244function returns error diagnostics in
245.Fa buf
246using the information in the
247.Fa ofmt
248and
249.Fa error .
250.Pp
251Using a
252.Fa buf
253size of
254.Dv OFMT_BUFSIZE
255is recommended.
256.Ss Fn ofmt_close
257The
258.Fn ofmt_close
259function frees any resources allocated for the handle after printing is
260completed.
261.Sh RETURN VALUES
262If successful, the
263.Fn ofmt_open
264function will return
265.Dv OFMT_SUCCESS ,
266with a non-null
267.Fa ofmt_handle .
268The function returns one of the failure codes
269.Po enumerated in
270.Vt ofmt_status_t
271.Pc
272listed below otherwise:
273.Pp
274.Bl -tag -width "OFMT_ENOTEMPLATE" -compact
275.It Dv OFMT_ENOMEM
276out of memory
277.It Dv OFMT_EBADFIELDS
278one or more bad fields with good fields
279.It Dv OFMT_ENOFIELDS
280no valid output fields
281.It Dv OFMT_EPARSEALL
282"all" is invalid in parsable mode
283.It Dv OFMT_EPARSENONE
284output fields missing in parsable mode
285.It Dv OFMT_EPARSEWRAP
286parsable mode incompatible with wrap mode
287.It Dv OFMT_ENOTEMPLATE
288no template provided for fields
289.It Dv OFMT_EPARSEMULTI
290parsable and multiline don't mix
291.El
292.Pp
293More information about the type of failure can be obtained by calling
294.Fn ofmt_strerror .
295.Pp
296The
297.Fn ofmt_strerror
298function returns the
299.Fa buf .
300.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
301.Sy Private .
302.Sh SEE ALSO
303.Xr ioctl 2 ,
304.Xr strerror 3C ,
305.Xr attributes 5
306