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+/**
+ * collectd - src/utils_cmds.h
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Sebastian 'tokkee' Harl
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+ * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+ * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+ * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+ * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+ * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+ * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+ * DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ * Sebastian 'tokkee' Harl <sh at tokkee.org>
+ **/
+
+#ifndef UTILS_CMDS_H
+#define UTILS_CMDS_H 1
+
+#include "plugin.h"
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+
+typedef enum {
+ CMD_UNKNOWN = 0,
+ CMD_PUTVAL = 1,
+} cmd_type_t;
+#define CMD_TO_STRING(type) \
+ ((type) == CMD_PUTVAL) ? "PUTVAL" \
+ : "UNKNOWN"
+
+typedef struct {
+ /* The raw identifier as provided by the user. */
+ char *identifier;
+
+ /* An array of the fully parsed identifier and all value lists, and their
+ * options as provided by the user. */
+ value_list_t *vl;
+ size_t vl_num;
+} cmd_putval_t;
+
+/*
+ * NAME
+ * cmd_t
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION
+ * The representation of a fully parsed command.
+ */
+typedef struct {
+ cmd_type_t type;
+ union {
+ cmd_putval_t putval;
+ } cmd;
+} cmd_t;
+
+/*
+ * NAME
+ * cmd_status_t
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION
+ * Status codes describing the parse result.
+ */
+typedef enum {
+ CMD_OK = 0,
+ CMD_ERROR = -1,
+ CMD_PARSE_ERROR = -2,
+ CMD_UNKNOWN_COMMAND = -3,
+} cmd_status_t;
+
+/*
+ * NAME
+ * cmd_error_handler_t
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION
+ * An error handler describes a callback to be invoked when the parser
+ * encounters an error. The user data pointer will be passed to the callback
+ * as the first argument.
+ */
+typedef struct {
+ void (*cb) (void *, cmd_status_t, const char *, va_list);
+ void *ud;
+} cmd_error_handler_t;
+
+/*
+ * NAME:
+ * cmd_error
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION
+ * Reports an error via the specified error handler (if set).
+ */
+void cmd_error (cmd_status_t status, cmd_error_handler_t *err,
+ const char *format, ...);
+
+/*
+ * NAME
+ * cmd_parse
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION
+ * Parse a command string and populate a command object.
+ *
+ * PARAMETERS
+ * `buffer' The command string to be parsed.
+ * `ret_cmd' The parse result will be stored at this location.
+ * `err' An optional error handler to invoke on error.
+ *
+ * RETURN VALUE
+ * CMD_OK on success or the respective error code otherwise.
+ */
+cmd_status_t cmd_parse (char *buffer,
+ cmd_t *ret_cmd, cmd_error_handler_t *err);
+
+void cmd_destroy (cmd_t *cmd);
+
+/*
+ * NAME
+ * cmd_error_fh
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION
+ * An error callback writing the message to an open file handle using the
+ * format expected by the unixsock or exec plugins.
+ *
+ * PARAMETERS
+ * `ud' Error handler user-data pointer. This must be an open
+ * file-handle (FILE *).
+ * `status' The error status code.
+ * `format' Printf-style format string.
+ * `ap' Variable argument list providing the arguments for the format
+ * string.
+ */
+void cmd_error_fh (void *ud, cmd_status_t status,
+ const char *format, va_list ap);
+
+#endif /* UTILS_CMDS_H */