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1 /*
2 Copyright © 1995-2001, The AROS Development Team. All rights reserved.
3 $Id$
5 Desc: FindNamedObject() - find a NamedObject in a given NameSpace.
6 Lang: english
7 */
8 #include <proto/exec.h>
9 #include "intern.h"
11 /*****************************************************************************
13 NAME */
14 #include <utility/name.h>
15 #include <proto/utility.h>
17 AROS_LH3(struct NamedObject *, FindNamedObject,
19 /* SYNOPSIS */
20 AROS_LHA(struct NamedObject *, nameSpace, A0),
21 AROS_LHA(CONST_STRPTR , name, A1),
22 AROS_LHA(struct NamedObject *, lastObject, A2),
24 /* LOCATION */
25 struct UtilityBase *, UtilityBase, 40, Utility)
27 /* FUNCTION
28 This function will search through a given NameSpace, or the
29 system global NameSpace to find a NamedObject with the name
30 requested. Optionally you can have the search start from a
31 specific NamedObject. This way you can look for each occurence
32 of a specifically named NamedObject in a NameSpace that allows
33 for duplicates.
35 INPUTS
36 nameSpace - The NameSpace to search through. If NULL will use
37 the system default NameSpace.
38 name - The name of the object to search for. If NULL,
39 any and all NamedObjects will be matched.
40 lastObject - The (optional) last NamedObject to start the search
41 from.
43 RESULT
44 If a NamedObject with the name supplied exists, it will be returned.
45 Otherwise will return NULL.
47 When you have finised with this NamedObject, you should call
48 ReleaseNamedObject( NamedObject ).
50 NOTES
51 If you are going to use a returned NamedObject to be the starting
52 point for another search you must call ReleaseNamedObject() AFTER
53 searching, as the ReleaseNamedObject() call can cause the NamedObject
54 to be freed, leaving you with an invalid pointer.
56 EXAMPLE
58 BUGS
60 SEE ALSO
61 ReleaseNamedObject()
63 INTERNALS
64 Could we implement named objects with hash chains perhaps?
65 Possibly not as then NextObject handling would be quite tricky.
67 HISTORY
68 29-10-95 digulla automatically created from
69 utility_lib.fd and clib/utility_protos.h
70 11-08-96 iaint Wrote based on AmigaOS 3.0 function.
71 07-02-97 iaint Corrected handling of NULL name.
73 *****************************************************************************/
75 AROS_LIBFUNC_INIT
77 struct NamedObject *foundObj = NULL;
78 struct IntNamedObject *no;
79 struct Node *StartObj;
80 struct NameSpace *ns;
82 ns = GetNameSpace( nameSpace, UtilityBase);
83 ObtainSemaphore( &ns->ns_Lock );
85 /* It is a bit stupid to do something with a NULL name */
86 if( name )
89 if the user supplied a lastObject, then we shall use that
90 to get the index of the starting object. Otherwise we shall
91 extract the address of the first node in the NameSpace.
93 if(lastObject)
94 StartObj = (GetIntNamedObject(lastObject))->no_Node.ln_Succ;
95 else
96 StartObj = (struct Node *)ns->ns_List.mlh_Head;
98 if((no = IntFindNamedObj(ns, StartObj, name, UtilityBase)))
100 no->no_UseCount++;
101 foundObj = GetNamedObject(no);
104 } /* if( name ) */
105 else /* if(name == NULL) */
107 if(lastObject)
108 foundObj = (struct NamedObject *)(
109 (GetIntNamedObject(lastObject))->no_Node.ln_Succ
111 else
112 foundObj = (struct NamedObject *)ns->ns_List.mlh_Head;
114 ReleaseSemaphore( &ns->ns_Lock );
116 return foundObj;
118 AROS_LIBFUNC_EXIT
120 } /* FindNamedObject */