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553 <div id="header">
554 <h1>hash API</h1>
555 </div>
556 <div id="content">
557 <div id="preamble">
558 <div class="sectionbody">
559 <div class="paragraph"><p>The hash API is a collection of simple hash table functions. Users are expected
560 to implement their own hashing.</p></div>
561 </div>
562 </div>
563 <h2 id="_data_structures">Data Structures</h2>
564 <div class="sectionbody">
565 <div class="dlist"><dl>
566 <dt class="hdlist1">
567 <tt>struct hash_table</tt>
568 </dt>
569 <dd>
571 The hash table structure. The <tt>array</tt> member points to the hash table
572 entries. The <tt>size</tt> member counts the total number of valid and invalid
573 entries in the table. The <tt>nr</tt> member keeps track of the number of
574 valid entries.
575 </p>
576 </dd>
577 <dt class="hdlist1">
578 <tt>struct hash_table_entry</tt>
579 </dt>
580 <dd>
582 An opaque structure representing an entry in the hash table. The <tt>hash</tt>
583 member is the entry&#8217;s hash key and the <tt>ptr</tt> member is the entry&#8217;s
584 value.
585 </p>
586 </dd>
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588 </div>
589 <h2 id="_functions">Functions</h2>
590 <div class="sectionbody">
591 <div class="dlist"><dl>
592 <dt class="hdlist1">
593 <tt>init_hash</tt>
594 </dt>
595 <dd>
597 Initialize the hash table.
598 </p>
599 </dd>
600 <dt class="hdlist1">
601 <tt>free_hash</tt>
602 </dt>
603 <dd>
605 Release memory associated with the hash table.
606 </p>
607 </dd>
608 <dt class="hdlist1">
609 <tt>insert_hash</tt>
610 </dt>
611 <dd>
613 Insert a pointer into the hash table. If an entry with that hash
614 already exists, a pointer to the existing entry&#8217;s value is returned.
615 Otherwise NULL is returned. This allows callers to implement
616 chaining, etc.
617 </p>
618 </dd>
619 <dt class="hdlist1">
620 <tt>lookup_hash</tt>
621 </dt>
622 <dd>
624 Lookup an entry in the hash table. If an entry with that hash exists
625 the entry&#8217;s value is returned. Otherwise NULL is returned.
626 </p>
627 </dd>
628 <dt class="hdlist1">
629 <tt>for_each_hash</tt>
630 </dt>
631 <dd>
633 Call a function for each entry in the hash table. The function is
634 expected to take the entry&#8217;s value as its only argument and return an
635 int. If the function returns a negative int the loop is aborted
636 immediately. Otherwise, the return value is accumulated and the sum
637 returned upon completion of the loop.
638 </p>
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