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18 * sdbm - ndbm work-alike hashed database library
19 * based on Per-Ake Larson's Dynamic Hashing algorithms. BIT 18 (1978).
20 * author: oz@nexus.yorku.ca
21 * status: ex-public domain
24 #ifndef APR_SDBM_H
25 #define APR_SDBM_H
27 #include "apu.h"
28 #include "apr_errno.h"
29 #include "apr_file_io.h" /* for apr_fileperms_t */
31 /**
32 * @file apr_sdbm.h
33 * @brief apr-util SDBM library
35 /**
36 * @defgroup APR_Util_DBM_SDBM SDBM library
37 * @ingroup APR_Util_DBM
38 * @{
41 /**
42 * Structure for referencing an sdbm
44 typedef struct apr_sdbm_t apr_sdbm_t;
46 /**
47 * Structure for referencing the datum record within an sdbm
49 typedef struct {
50 /** pointer to the data stored/retrieved */
51 char *dptr;
52 /** size of data */
53 /* apr_ssize_t for release 2.0??? */
54 int dsize;
55 } apr_sdbm_datum_t;
57 /* The extensions used for the database files */
58 /** SDBM Directory file extension */
59 #define APR_SDBM_DIRFEXT ".dir"
60 /** SDBM page file extension */
61 #define APR_SDBM_PAGFEXT ".pag"
63 /* flags to sdbm_store */
64 #define APR_SDBM_INSERT 0 /**< Insert */
65 #define APR_SDBM_REPLACE 1 /**< Replace */
66 #define APR_SDBM_INSERTDUP 2 /**< Insert with duplicates */
68 /**
69 * Open an sdbm database by file name
70 * @param db The newly opened database
71 * @param name The sdbm file to open
72 * @param mode The flag values (APR_READ and APR_BINARY flags are implicit)
73 * <PRE>
74 * APR_WRITE open for read-write access
75 * APR_CREATE create the sdbm if it does not exist
76 * APR_TRUNCATE empty the contents of the sdbm
77 * APR_EXCL fail for APR_CREATE if the file exists
78 * APR_DELONCLOSE delete the sdbm when closed
79 * APR_SHARELOCK support locking across process/machines
80 * </PRE>
81 * @param perms Permissions to apply to if created
82 * @param p The pool to use when creating the sdbm
83 * @remark The sdbm name is not a true file name, as sdbm appends suffixes
84 * for seperate data and index files.
86 APU_DECLARE(apr_status_t) apr_sdbm_open(apr_sdbm_t **db, const char *name,
87 apr_int32_t mode,
88 apr_fileperms_t perms, apr_pool_t *p);
90 /**
91 * Close an sdbm file previously opened by apr_sdbm_open
92 * @param db The database to close
94 APU_DECLARE(apr_status_t) apr_sdbm_close(apr_sdbm_t *db);
96 /**
97 * Lock an sdbm database for concurency of multiple operations
98 * @param db The database to lock
99 * @param type The lock type
100 * <PRE>
101 * APR_FLOCK_SHARED
102 * APR_FLOCK_EXCLUSIVE
103 * </PRE>
104 * @remark Calls to apr_sdbm_lock may be nested. All apr_sdbm functions
105 * perform implicit locking. Since an APR_FLOCK_SHARED lock cannot be
106 * portably promoted to an APR_FLOCK_EXCLUSIVE lock, apr_sdbm_store and
107 * apr_sdbm_delete calls will fail if an APR_FLOCK_SHARED lock is held.
108 * The apr_sdbm_lock call requires the database to be opened with the
109 * APR_SHARELOCK mode value.
111 APU_DECLARE(apr_status_t) apr_sdbm_lock(apr_sdbm_t *db, int type);
114 * Release an sdbm lock previously aquired by apr_sdbm_lock
115 * @param db The database to unlock
117 APU_DECLARE(apr_status_t) apr_sdbm_unlock(apr_sdbm_t *db);
120 * Fetch an sdbm record value by key
121 * @param db The database
122 * @param value The value datum retrieved for this record
123 * @param key The key datum to find this record
125 APU_DECLARE(apr_status_t) apr_sdbm_fetch(apr_sdbm_t *db,
126 apr_sdbm_datum_t *value,
127 apr_sdbm_datum_t key);
130 * Store an sdbm record value by key
131 * @param db The database
132 * @param key The key datum to store this record by
133 * @param value The value datum to store in this record
134 * @param opt The method used to store the record
135 * <PRE>
136 * APR_SDBM_INSERT return an error if the record exists
137 * APR_SDBM_REPLACE overwrite any existing record for key
138 * </PRE>
140 APU_DECLARE(apr_status_t) apr_sdbm_store(apr_sdbm_t *db, apr_sdbm_datum_t key,
141 apr_sdbm_datum_t value, int opt);
144 * Delete an sdbm record value by key
145 * @param db The database
146 * @param key The key datum of the record to delete
147 * @remark It is not an error to delete a non-existent record.
149 APU_DECLARE(apr_status_t) apr_sdbm_delete(apr_sdbm_t *db,
150 const apr_sdbm_datum_t key);
153 * Retrieve the first record key from a dbm
154 * @param db The database
155 * @param key The key datum of the first record
156 * @remark The keys returned are not ordered. To traverse the list of keys
157 * for an sdbm opened with APR_SHARELOCK, the caller must use apr_sdbm_lock
158 * prior to retrieving the first record, and hold the lock until after the
159 * last call to apr_sdbm_nextkey.
161 APU_DECLARE(apr_status_t) apr_sdbm_firstkey(apr_sdbm_t *db, apr_sdbm_datum_t *key);
164 * Retrieve the next record key from an sdbm
165 * @param db The database
166 * @param key The key datum of the next record
168 APU_DECLARE(apr_status_t) apr_sdbm_nextkey(apr_sdbm_t *db, apr_sdbm_datum_t *key);
171 * Returns true if the sdbm database opened for read-only access
172 * @param db The database to test
174 APU_DECLARE(int) apr_sdbm_rdonly(apr_sdbm_t *db);
175 /** @} */
176 #endif /* APR_SDBM_H */