src/configfile.[ch]: Implement "cf_util_get_port_number".

[collectd.git] / src / configfile.h

diff --git a/src/configfile.h b/src/configfile.h
index aca5877..74d074e 100644 (file)
--- a/src/configfile.h
+++ b/src/configfile.h
@@ -91,4 +91,9 @@ const char *global_option_get (const char *option);
  * success. */
 int cf_util_get_string (const oconfig_item_t *ci, char **ret_string);
 
+/* Assures that the config option is a string. The string is then converted to
+ * a port number using `service_name_to_port_number' and returned. Returns the
+ * port number in the range [1-65535] or less than zero upon failure. */
+int cf_util_get_port_number (const oconfig_item_t *ci);
+
 #endif /* defined(CONFIGFILE_H) */