man Methods for Making Tests (3): Methods to do various tests on Keys.

Functions

int keyCmp (const Key *k1, const Key *k2)

int keyNeedSync (const Key *key)

int keyIsSystem (const Key *key)

int keyIsUser (const Key *key)

int keyIsBelow (const Key *key, const Key *check)

int keyIsDirectBelow (const Key *key, const Key *check)

int keyRel (const Key *key, const Key *check)

int keyIsInactive (const Key *key)

int keyIsDir (const Key *key)

int keyIsBinary (const Key *key)

int keyIsString (const Key *key)

keyswitch_t keyCompare (const Key *key1, const Key *key2)

Detailed Description

Methods to do various tests on Keys.

To use them:

#include <kdb.h>

Function Documentation

int keyCmp (const Key k1, const Key k2)

Compare the name of two keys.

Returns:

: a number less than, equal to or greater than zero if k1 is found, respectively, to be less than, to match, or be greater than k2.

The comparison is based on a strcmp of the keynames, and iff they match a strcmp of the owner will be used to distuingish. If even this matches the keys are found to be exactly the same and 0 is returned. These two keys can't be used in the same KeySet.

keyCmp() defines the sorting order for a KeySet.

The following 3 points are the rules for null values. They only take account when none of the preceding rules matched.

A null pointer will be found to be smaller than every other key. If both are null pointers, 0 is returned.
A null name will be found to be smaller than every other name. If both are null names, 0 is returned.
No owner will be found to be smaller then every other owner. If both don't have a owner, 0 is returned.

Note:

: the owner will only be used if the names are equal.

Often is enough to know if the other key is less then or greater then the other one. But Sometimes you need more precise information, see keyRel().

Given any Keys k1 and k2 constructed with keyNew(), following equation hold true:

// keyCmp(0,0) == 0
// keyCmp(k1,0) ==  1
// keyCmp(0,k2) == -1

You can write similar equation for the other rules.

Here are some more examples with equation:

Key *k1 = keyNew("user/a", KEY_END);
Key *k2 = keyNew("user/b", KEY_END);
// keyCmp(k1,k2) < 0
// keyCmp(k2,k1) > 0

Key *k1 = keyNew("user/a", KEY_OWNER, "markus", KEY_END);
Key *k2 = keyNew("user/a", KEY_OWNER, "max", KEY_END);
// keyCmp(k1,k2) < 0
// keyCmp(k2,k1) > 0

Warning:

: Do not try to strcmp the keyName() yourself because the used strcmp implementation is allowed to differ from simple ascii comparison.

Parameters:

: k1 the first key object to compare with
k2 the second key object to compare with

See also:

: ksAppendKey(), ksAppend() will compare keys when appending
ksLookup() will compare keys during searching

keyswitch_t keyCompare (const Key key1, const Key key2)

Compare 2 keys.

The returned flags bit array has 1s (differ) or 0s (equal) for each key meta info compared, that can be logically ORed using keyswitch_t flags. KEY_NAME , KEY_VALUE , KEY_OWNER , KEY_COMMENT , KEY_UID , KEY_GID , KEY_MODE and

A very simple example would be

Key *key1, *key;
uint32_t changes;
// omited key1 and key2 initialization and manipulation
changes=keyCompare(key1,key2);
if (changes == 0) printf("key1 and key2 are identicall);
if (changes & KEY_VALUE)
        printf("key1 and key2 have different values);
 
if (changes & KEY_UID)
        printf("key1 and key2 have different UID);

Example of very powerful specific Key lookup in a KeySet:

KDB *handle = kdbOpen();
KeySet *ks=ksNew(0);
Key *base = keyNew ("user/sw/MyApp/something", KEY_END);
Key *current;
uint32_t match;
uint32_t interests;
kdbGetByName(handle, ks, "user/sw/MyApp", 0);
// we are interested only in key type and access permissions
interests=(KEY_TYPE | KEY_MODE);
ksRewind(ks);   // put cursor in the beginning
while ((curren=ksNext(ks))) {
        match=keyCompare(current,base);
        
        if ((~match & interests) == interests)
                printf("Key %s has same type and permissions of base key",keyName(current));
        // continue walking in the KeySet....
}
// now we want same name and/or value
interests=(KEY_NAME | KEY_VALUE);
// we don't really need ksRewind(), since previous loop achieved end of KeySet
ksRewind(ks);
while ((current=ksNext(ks))) {
        match=keyCompare(current,base);
        if ((~match & interests) == interests) {
                printf("Key %s has same name, value, and sync status
                        of base key",keyName(current));
        }
        // continue walking in the KeySet....
}
keyDel(base);
ksDel(ks);
kdbClose (handle);

Returns:

: a bit array pointing the differences

Parameters:

: key1 first key
key2 second key

See also:

: keyswitch_t

int keyIsBelow (const Key key, const Key check)

Check if the key check is below the key key or not.

Example:

key user/sw/app
check user/sw/app/key

returns true because check is below key

Example:

key user/sw/app
check user/sw/app/folder/key

returns also true because check is indirect below key

Parameters:

: key the key object to work with
check the key to find the relative position of

Returns:

: 1 if check is below key
0 if it is not below or if it is the same key

See also:

: keySetName(), keyGetName(), keyIsDirectBelow()

int keyIsBinary (const Key *key)

Check if a key is binary type.

The function checks if the key is a binary. Opposed to string values binary values can have '\0' inside the value and may not be terminated by a null character. Their disadvantage is that you need to pass their size.

Make sure to use this function and don't test the binary type another way to ensure compatibility and to write less error prone programs.

Returns:

1 if it is binary

0 if it is not

-1 on NULL pointer

See also:

: keyGetBinary(), keySetBinary()

Parameters:

: key the key to check

int keyIsDir (const Key *key)

Check if the mode for the key has access privileges.

In the filesys backend a key represented through a file has the mode 664, but a key represented through a folder 775. keyIsDir() checks if all 3 executeable bits are set.

If any executable bit is set it will be recognized as a directory.

Note:

: keyIsDir may return true even though you can't access the directory.

To know if you can access the directory, you need to check, if your

user ID is equal the key's user ID and the mode & 100 is true
group ID is equal the key's group ID and the mode & 010 is true
mode & 001 is true

Accessing does not mean that you can get any value or comments below, see Modes for more information.

Note:

: currently mountpoints can only where keyIsDir() is true (0.7.0) but this is likely to change.

Parameters:

: key the key object to work with

Returns:

: 1 if key is a directory, 0 otherwise
-1 on NULL pointer

See also:

: keySetDir(), keySetMode()

int keyIsDirectBelow (const Key key, const Key check)

Check if the key check is direct below the key key or not.

Example:
key user/sw/app
check user/sw/app/key
returns true because check is below key
Example:
key user/sw/app
check user/sw/app/folder/key
does not return true, because there is only a indirect relation

Parameters:

: key the key object to work with
check the key to find the relative position of

Returns:

1 if check is below key

0 if it is not below or if it is the same key

-1 on null pointer

See also:

: keyIsBelow(), keySetName(), keyGetName()

int keyIsInactive (const Key *key)

Check whether a key is inactive or not.

In elektra terminology any key is inactive if the it's basename starts with '.'. Inactive keys must not have any meaning to applications, they are reserved for users and administrators.

To remove a whole hierarchy in elektra, don't forget to pass option_t::KDB_O_INACTIVE to kdbGet() to receive the inactive keys in order to remove them.

Otherwise you should not fetch these keys.

Parameters:

: key the key object to work with

Returns:

: 1 if the key is inactive, 0 otherwise
-1 on NULL pointer or when key has no name

int keyIsString (const Key *key)

Check if a key is string type.

String values are null terminated and are not allowed to have any '\0' characters inside the string.

Make sure to use this function and don't test the string type another way to ensure compatibility and to write less error prone programs.

Returns:

1 if it is string

0 if it is not

-1 on NULL pointer

See also:

: keyGetString(), keySetString()

Parameters:

: key the key to check

int keyIsSystem (const Key *key)

Check whether a key is under the system namespace or not

Parameters:

: key the key object to work with

Returns:

: 1 if key name begins with system, 0 otherwise
-1 on NULL pointer

See also:

: keyIsUser(), keySetName(), keyName()

int keyIsUser (const Key *key)

Check whether a key is under the user namespace or not.

Parameters:

: key the key object to work with

Returns:

: 1 if key name begins with user, 0 otherwise
-1 on NULL pointer

See also:

: keyIsSystem(), keySetName(), keyName()

int keyNeedSync (const Key *key)

Test if a key needs to be synced to backend storage.

If any key modification took place the key will be flagged with KEY_FLAG_SYNC so that kdbSet() knows which keys were modified and which not.

After keyNew() the flag will normally be set, but after kdbGet() and kdbSet() the flag will be removed. When you modify the key the flag will be set again.

In your application you can make use of that flag to know if you changed something in a key after a kdbGet() or kdbSet().

Note:

: Note that also changes in the meta data will set that flag.

See also:

: keyNew()

Parameters:

: key the key object to work with

Returns:

: 1 if key was changed in memory, 0 otherwise
-1 on NULL pointer

int keyRel (const Key key, const Key check)

Information about the relation in the hierarchy between two keys.

Unlike keyCmp() the number gives information about hierarchical information.

If the keys are the same 0 is returned. So it is the key itself.

user/key
user/key

keySetName (key, "user/key/folder");
keySetName (check, "user/key/folder");
succeed_if (keyRel (key, check) == 0, "should be same");

Note:

: this relation can be checked with keyCmp() too.

If the key is direct below the other one 1 is returned. That means that, in terms of hierarchy, no other key is between them - it is a direct child.

user/key/folder
user/key/folder/child

keySetName (key, "user/key/folder");
keySetName (check, "user/key/folder/child");
succeed_if (keyRel (key, check) == 1, "should be direct below");

If the key is below the other one, but not directly 2 is returned. This is also called grand-child.

user/key/folder
user/key/folder/any/depth/deeper/grand-child

keySetName (key, "user/key/folder");
keySetName (check, "user/key/folder/any/depth/deeper/grand-child");
succeed_if (keyRel (key, check) >= 2, "should be below (but not direct)");
succeed_if (keyRel (key, check) > 0, "should be below");
succeed_if (keyRel (key, check) >= 0, "should be the same or below");

If a invalid or null ptr key is passed, -1 is returned
If the keys have no relations, but are not invalid, -2 is returned.
If the keys are in the same hierarchy, a value smaller then -2 is returned. It means that the key is not below.

user/key/myself
user/key/sibling

keySetName (key, "user/key/folder");
keySetName (check, "user/notsame/folder");
succeed_if (keyRel (key, check) < -2, "key is not below, but same namespace");

TODO Below is an idea how it could be extended: It could continue the search into the other direction if any (grand-)parents are equal.

If the keys are direct below a key which is next to the key, -2 is returned. This is also called nephew. (TODO not implemented)

user/key/myself
user/key/sibling

If the keys are direct below a key which is next to the key, -2 is returned. This is also called nephew. (TODO not implemented)

user/key/myself
user/key/sibling/nephew

If the keys are below a key which is next to the key, -3 is returned. This is also called grand-nephew. (TODO not implemented)

user/key/myself
user/key/sibling/any/depth/deeper/grand-nephew

The same holds true for the other direction, but with negative values. For no relation INT_MIN is returned.

Note:

: to check if the keys are the same, you must use keyCmp() == 0! keyRel() does not give you the information if it did not find a relation or if it is the same key.

Returns:

: dependend on the relation: 2.. if below 1.. if direct below 0.. if the same -1.. on null or invalid keys -2.. if none of any other relation -3.. if same hierarchy (none of those below) -4.. if sibling (in same hierarchy) -5.. if nephew (in same hierarchy)

Parameters:

: key the key object to work with
check the second key object to check the relation with

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Functions

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Function Documentation

int keyCmp (const Key *k1, const Key *k2)

keyswitch_t keyCompare (const Key *key1, const Key *key2)

int keyIsBelow (const Key *key, const Key *check)

int keyIsBinary (const Key *key)

int keyIsDir (const Key *key)

int keyIsDirectBelow (const Key *key, const Key *check)

int keyIsInactive (const Key *key)

int keyIsString (const Key *key)

int keyIsSystem (const Key *key)

int keyIsUser (const Key *key)

int keyNeedSync (const Key *key)

int keyRel (const Key *key, const Key *check)

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int keyCmp (const Key k1, const Key k2)

keyswitch_t keyCompare (const Key key1, const Key key2)

int keyIsBelow (const Key key, const Key check)

int keyIsDirectBelow (const Key key, const Key check)

int keyRel (const Key key, const Key check)