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diff --git a/src/daemon/common.h b/src/daemon/common.h
index 2a0b9ee7..8947c575 100644
--- a/src/daemon/common.h
+++ b/src/daemon/common.h
@@ -145,10 +145,12 @@ int strsplit(char *string, char **fields, size_t size);
  *   is equivalent to the Perl built-in `join'.
  *
  * PARAMETERS
- *   `dst'         Buffer where the result is stored.
+ *   `dst'         Buffer where the result is stored. Can be NULL if you need to
+ *                 determine the required buffer size only.
  *   `dst_len'     Length of the destination buffer. No more than this many
  *                 bytes will be written to the memory pointed to by `dst',
- *                 including the trailing null-byte.
+ *                 including the trailing null-byte. Must be zero if dst is
+ *                 NULL.
  *   `fields'      Array of strings to be joined.
  *   `fields_num'  Number of elements in the `fields' array.
  *   `sep'         String to be inserted between any two elements of `fields'.
@@ -156,9 +158,10 @@ int strsplit(char *string, char **fields, size_t size);
  *                 Instead of passing "" (empty string) one can pass NULL.
  *
  * RETURN VALUE
- *   Returns the number of characters in `dst', NOT including the trailing
- *   null-byte. If an error occurred (empty array or `dst' too small) a value
- *   smaller than zero will be returned.
+ *   Returns the number of characters in the resulting string, excluding a
+ *   tailing null byte. If this value is greater than or equal to "dst_len", the
+ *   result in "dst" is truncated (but still null terminated). On error a
+ *   negative value is returned.
  */
 int strjoin(char *dst, size_t dst_len, char **fields, size_t fields_num,
             const char *sep);
@@ -314,11 +317,17 @@ int format_values(char *ret, size_t ret_len, const data_set_t *ds,
 
 int parse_identifier(char *str, char **ret_host, char **ret_plugin,
                      char **ret_plugin_instance, char **ret_type,
-                     char **ret_type_instance);
+                     char **ret_type_instance, char *default_host);
 int parse_identifier_vl(const char *str, value_list_t *vl);
 int parse_value(const char *value, value_t *ret_value, int ds_type);
 int parse_values(char *buffer, value_list_t *vl, const data_set_t *ds);
 
+/* parse_value_file reads "path" and parses its content as an integer or
+ * floating point, depending on "ds_type". On success, the value is stored in
+ * "ret_value" and zero is returned. On failure, a non-zero value is returned.
+ */
+int parse_value_file(char const *path, value_t *ret_value, int ds_type);
+
 #if !HAVE_GETPWNAM_R
 int getpwnam_r(const char *name, struct passwd *pwbuf, char *buf, size_t buflen,
                struct passwd **pwbufp);