+unsigned long long ntohll (unsigned long long n);
+unsigned long long htonll (unsigned long long n);
+
+int format_name (char *ret, int ret_len,
+ const char *hostname,
+ const char *plugin, const char *plugin_instance,
+ const char *type, const char *type_instance);
+#define FORMAT_VL(ret, ret_len, vl, ds) \
+ format_name (ret, ret_len, (vl)->host, (vl)->plugin, (vl)->plugin_instance, \
+ (ds)->type, (vl)->type_instance)
+
+int parse_identifier (char *str, char **ret_host,
+ char **ret_plugin, char **ret_plugin_instance,
+ char **ret_type, char **ret_type_instance);
+int parse_values (char *buffer, value_list_t *vl, const data_set_t *ds);
+