STRUCTS_TYPE_STRUCT(3)

NAME
structs_type_struct - structs types for C structures

LIBRARY
PDEL Library (libpdel, -lpdel)

SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <stddef.h>
#include <pdel/structs/structs.h>
#include <pdel/structs/type/struct.h>
STRUCTS_STRUCT_TYPE(struct_name, field_list);
STRUCTS_STRUCT_FIELD(struct_name, field_name, field_type);
STRUCTS_STRUCT_FIELD2(struct_name, field_name, display_name, field_type);

DESCRIPTION
The STRUCTS_STRUCT_TYPE() macro defines a structs(3) type (i.e., a struct structs_type) for describing the C structure struct struct_name. The field_list parameter must point to an array of struct structs_field structures describing the fields:

    /* This structure describes one field in a structure */
    struct structs_field {
        const char                  *name;      /* field name */
        const struct structs_type   *type;      /* field type */
        u_int16_t                   size;       /* field size */
        u_int16_t                   offset;     /* field offset */
    };

The fields need not be listed in the array in the same order as they are declared in the C structure. However, the array must be terminated with an entry have name equal to NULL.

The STRUCTS_STRUCT_FIELD() macro should be used to define an entry in the field array: field_name is the name of the field and field_type is a pointer to the structs(3) type describing the field.

To define a field and give it a different structs(3) name than its name in the C structure, use STRUCTS_STRUCT_FIELD2() with the desired display_name in double quotes.

SEE ALSO
libpdel(3), structs(3), structs_type(3), structs_type_union(3)

EXAMPLES
The program below prints out the contents (as an ASCII string) of the field specified on the command line:

    #include <sys/types.h>
    #include <sys/socket.h>
    #include <netinet/in.h>
    #include <arpa/inet.h>
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    #include <err.h>
    #include <pdel/structs/structs.h>
    #include <pdel/structs/type/struct.h>
    #include <pdel/structs/type/string.h>
    #include <pdel/structs/type/ip4.h>
    #include <pdel/util/typed_mem.h>
    /* My structure */
    struct foobar {
            char            *name;
            u_int16_t       index;
            struct in_addr  ipaddr;
    };
    /* Structs type describing a 'struct foobar' */
    static const struct structs_field foobar_fields = {
            STRUCTS_STRUCT_FIELD(foobar, name, &structs_type_string),
            STRUCTS_STRUCT_FIELD(foobar, index, &structs_type_uint16),
            STRUCTS_STRUCT_FIELD(foobar, ipaddr, &structs_type_ip4),
            { NULL }
    };
    static const struct structs_type foobar_type =
            STRUCTS_STRUCT_TYPE(foobar, &foobar_fields);
    int
    main(int argc, char **argv)
    {
    	struct foobar f;
    	const char *fieldname;
    	char *fieldvalue;
    	/* Initialize our structure with some contents */
    	if (structs_init(&foobar_type, NULL, &f) == -1)
    		err(1, "structs_init");
    	f.index = 123;
    	(void)inet_aton("12.34.56.78", &f.ipaddr);
    	if (structs_set_string(&foobar_type, "name",
    	    "this is a string", &f, NULL, 0) == -1)
    		err(1, "structs_set_string");
    	/* Get the requested field's name from the command line */
    	if (argc != 2)
    		err(1, "usage: getfield <fieldname>");
    	fieldname = argv[1];
    	/* Display the requested field's value */
    	if ((fieldvalue = structs_get_string(&foobar_type,
    	    fieldname, &f, TYPED_MEM_TEMP)) == NULL)
    		err(1, "%s", fieldname);
    	printf("The value of field \"%s\" is: %s\n",
    	    fieldname, fieldvalue);
    	/* Done, clean up */
    	FREE(TYPED_MEM_TEMP, fieldvalue);
    	structs_free(&foobar_type, NULL, &f);
    	return (0);
    }

HISTORY
The PDEL library was developed at Packet Design, LLC. http://www.packetdesign.com/

AUTHORS
Archie Cobbs <archie@packetdesign.com>