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authorGravatar Nikias Bassen2021-12-22 03:17:26 +0100
committerGravatar Nikias Bassen2021-12-22 03:17:26 +0100
commit70f4a422e01910cdb783aac81f13c11223c3acbd (patch)
tree1279c0edd8b84b91d6a9bc757ea5dc8232f4d78f /include/plist
parent810e1a5936867a9f2c9f07df3a33a9d02fc03466 (diff)
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Add a return value to plist_to_* and plist_from_* functions
This way it can be easier determined why an import/export operation failed instead of just having a NULL result.
Diffstat (limited to 'include/plist')
-rw-r--r--include/plist/plist.h24
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/plist/plist.h b/include/plist/plist.h
index 0f69d40..21fd8bd 100644
--- a/include/plist/plist.h
+++ b/include/plist/plist.h
@@ -117,6 +117,15 @@ extern "C"
PLIST_NONE /**< No type */
} plist_type;
+ typedef enum
+ {
+ PLIST_ERR_SUCCESS = 0, /**< operation successful */
+ PLIST_ERR_INVALID_ARG = -1, /**< one or more of the parameters are invalid */
+ PLIST_ERR_FORMAT = -2, /**< the plist contains nodes not compatible with the output format */
+ PLIST_ERR_PARSE = -3, /**< parsing of the input format failed */
+ PLIST_ERR_NO_MEM = -4, /**< not enough memory to handle the operation */
+ PLIST_ERR_UNKNOWN = -255 /**< an unspecified error occurred */
+ } plist_err_t;
/********************************************
* *
@@ -655,9 +664,10 @@ extern "C"
* @param plist_xml a pointer to a C-string. This function allocates the memory,
* caller is responsible for freeing it. Data is UTF-8 encoded.
* @param length a pointer to an uint32_t variable. Represents the length of the allocated buffer.
+ * @return PLIST_ERR_SUCCESS on success or a #plist_error on failure
* @note Use plist_mem_free() to free the allocated memory.
*/
- void plist_to_xml(plist_t plist, char **plist_xml, uint32_t * length);
+ plist_err_t plist_to_xml(plist_t plist, char **plist_xml, uint32_t * length);
/**
* Export the #plist_t structure to binary format.
@@ -666,9 +676,10 @@ extern "C"
* @param plist_bin a pointer to a char* buffer. This function allocates the memory,
* caller is responsible for freeing it.
* @param length a pointer to an uint32_t variable. Represents the length of the allocated buffer.
+ * @return PLIST_ERR_SUCCESS on success or a #plist_error on failure
* @note Use plist_mem_free() to free the allocated memory.
*/
- void plist_to_bin(plist_t plist, char **plist_bin, uint32_t * length);
+ plist_err_t plist_to_bin(plist_t plist, char **plist_bin, uint32_t * length);
/**
* Import the #plist_t structure from XML format.
@@ -676,8 +687,9 @@ extern "C"
* @param plist_xml a pointer to the xml buffer.
* @param length length of the buffer to read.
* @param plist a pointer to the imported plist.
+ * @return PLIST_ERR_SUCCESS on success or a #plist_error on failure
*/
- void plist_from_xml(const char *plist_xml, uint32_t length, plist_t * plist);
+ plist_err_t plist_from_xml(const char *plist_xml, uint32_t length, plist_t * plist);
/**
* Import the #plist_t structure from binary format.
@@ -685,8 +697,9 @@ extern "C"
* @param plist_bin a pointer to the xml buffer.
* @param length length of the buffer to read.
* @param plist a pointer to the imported plist.
+ * @return PLIST_ERR_SUCCESS on success or a #plist_error on failure
*/
- void plist_from_bin(const char *plist_bin, uint32_t length, plist_t * plist);
+ plist_err_t plist_from_bin(const char *plist_bin, uint32_t length, plist_t * plist);
/**
* Import the #plist_t structure from memory data.
@@ -696,8 +709,9 @@ extern "C"
* @param plist_data a pointer to the memory buffer containing plist data.
* @param length length of the buffer to read.
* @param plist a pointer to the imported plist.
+ * @return PLIST_ERR_SUCCESS on success or a #plist_error on failure
*/
- void plist_from_memory(const char *plist_data, uint32_t length, plist_t * plist);
+ plist_err_t plist_from_memory(const char *plist_data, uint32_t length, plist_t * plist);
/**
* Test if in-memory plist data is binary or XML