* failure. */
int cf_util_get_port_number (const oconfig_item_t *ci);
+/* Assures that the config option is either a service name (a string) or a port
+ * number (an integer in the appropriate range) and returns a newly allocated
+ * string. If ret_string points to a non-NULL pointer, it is freed before
+ * assigning a new value. */
+int cf_util_get_service (const oconfig_item_t *ci, char **ret_string);
+
int cf_util_get_cdtime (const oconfig_item_t *ci, cdtime_t *ret_value);
#endif /* defined(CONFIGFILE_H) */