X-Git-Url: http://info.iut-bm.univ-fcomte.fr/pub/gitweb/simgrid.git/blobdiff_plain/2f810149832a2d855c33d0df5b02d736c2081e41..d8a58294b59b5660e91410d5c9e5a48e44c67005:/include/xbt/lib.h

diff --git a/include/xbt/lib.h b/include/xbt/lib.h
index ec5db54cee..15553e30a0 100644
--- a/include/xbt/lib.h
+++ b/include/xbt/lib.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* xbt/lib.h - api to a generic library                                     */
 
-/* Copyright (c) 2011. The SimGrid Team.
+/* Copyright (c) 2011, 2013-2014. The SimGrid Team.
  * All rights reserved.                                                     */
 
 /* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -13,21 +13,60 @@
 
 SG_BEGIN_DECL()
 
-typedef struct s_xbt_lib {
+/** Container for all the objects of a given type
+ *
+ *  * each item is identified by a string name/identifier;
+ *
+ *  * the lib itself is a dictionary from the element id to the element;
+ *
+ *  * the element itself is represented aby the xbt_dictelm_t;
+ *
+ *  * the element can store any number of associated facets/data structures (corresponding to the different layers of
+ *    SimGrid or its extensions) in ((void**)dictelt->content)[level];
+ *
+ *  * each level is allocated in the lib with `xbt_lib_add_level`.
+ *
+ *  <pre>
+ *  // Define a collection for the foo objects and two associated facets:
+ *  typedef xbt_dictelm_t foo_t;
+ *  xbt_lib_t foo_lib = xbt_lib_new();
+ *  int BAR_FOO_LEVEL  = xbt_lib_add_level(foo_lib, free_bar);
+ *  int AUTH_FOO_LEVEL = xbt_lib_add_level(foo_lib, free_auth);
+ *
+ *  // Store a bar:
+ *  bar_t bar = bar_new();
+ *  char* id = bar_name(bar);
+ *  xbt_lib_set(id, id, BAR_FOO_LEVEL, bar);
+ *
+ *  // Find the corresponding foo and the facet again:
+ *  foo_t foo = xbt_lib_get_elm_or_null(foo_lib, id);
+ *  bar_t bar2 = (bar_t) xbt_lib_get_level(foo, BAR_FOO_LEVEL);
+ *  assert(bar == bar2);
+ *
+ *  // Add authentication facet for the previous object:
+ *  auth_t auth = auth_new();
+ *  xbt_lib_set(foo_lib, id, AUTH_FOO_LEVEL, auth);
+ *  </pre>
+ */
+struct s_xbt_lib {
   xbt_dict_t dict;
   int levels;
   void_f_pvoid_t *free_f;       /* This is actually a table */
-} s_xbt_lib_t, *xbt_lib_t;
+};
+typedef struct s_xbt_lib  s_xbt_lib_t;
+typedef struct s_xbt_lib* xbt_lib_t;
 
 #define xbt_lib_cursor_t xbt_dict_cursor_t
 
 XBT_PUBLIC(xbt_lib_t) xbt_lib_new(void);
 XBT_PUBLIC(void) xbt_lib_free(xbt_lib_t * lib);
 XBT_PUBLIC(int) xbt_lib_add_level(xbt_lib_t lib, void_f_pvoid_t free_f);
-XBT_PUBLIC(void) xbt_lib_set(xbt_lib_t lib, const char *name, int level,
-                             void *obj);
-XBT_PUBLIC(void *) xbt_lib_get_or_null(xbt_lib_t lib, const char *name,
-                                       int level);
+XBT_PUBLIC(void) xbt_lib_set(xbt_lib_t lib, const char *name, int level, void *obj);
+XBT_PUBLIC(void) xbt_lib_unset(xbt_lib_t lib, const char *key, int level, int invoke_callback);
+XBT_PUBLIC(void *) xbt_lib_get_or_null(xbt_lib_t lib, const char *name, int level);
+XBT_PUBLIC(xbt_dictelm_t) xbt_lib_get_elm_or_null(xbt_lib_t lib, const char *key);
+XBT_PUBLIC(void *) xbt_lib_get_level(xbt_dictelm_t elm, int level);
+XBT_PUBLIC(void) xbt_lib_remove(xbt_lib_t lib, const char *key);
 
 #define xbt_lib_length(lib) xbt_dict_length((lib)->dict)
 
@@ -37,4 +76,5 @@ XBT_PUBLIC(void *) xbt_lib_get_or_null(xbt_lib_t lib, const char *name,
   xbt_dict_foreach((lib)->dict, cursor, key, data)
 
 SG_END_DECL()
+
 #endif                          /* _XBT_LIB_H */