Module: sip-router Branch: master Commit: 249df0253d2ef8fa3948ce50a4a76ba8f256fd1e URL: http://git.sip-router.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/sip-router/?a=commit;h=249df02… Author: Miklos Tirpak &lt;miklos(a)iptel.org&gt; Committer: Miklos Tirpak &lt;miklos(a)iptel.org&gt; Date: Wed Jul 1 14:23:09 2009 +0200 cfg framework: documentation for cfg_read_var* - How to read the variables of another module, core, or the script is documented. - cfg_read_var() fixed -- it did not allow reading the variables that had a fixup function. --- cfg/cfg_select.c | 7 ------- doc/cfg.txt | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/cfg/cfg_select.c b/cfg/cfg_select.c index 45aeb94..4374aa6 100644 --- a/cfg/cfg_select.c +++ b/cfg/cfg_select.c @@ -274,13 +274,6 @@ int read_cfg_var_fixup(char *gname, char *vname, struct cfg_read_handle *read_ha return 0; } - if (var->def->on_change_cb) { - /* fixup function is defined -- safer to return an error - than an incorrect value */ - LOG(L_ERR, "ERROR: read_cfg_var_fixup(): variable cannot be retrieved\n"); - return -1; - } - read_handle->group = (void *)group; read_handle->var = (void *)var; return 1; diff --git a/doc/cfg.txt b/doc/cfg.txt index 19b0e53..93d2c77 100644 --- a/doc/cfg.txt +++ b/doc/cfg.txt @@ -166,6 +166,45 @@ cfg_get(foo, cfg_handle, s) cfg_get(foo, cfg_handle, p) +It is also possible to access the variables of other modules or the core in two +different ways: + +1) Include the header file of the other module/core that declares the cfg_group_* +structure and the handle for it. Than use the handle of that module/core to access +the variable: + +cfg_get(bar, cfg_handle_of_bar, j); + +2) Access the variables by their group and variable name: + +#include "../../cfg/cfg_select.h" + +struct cfg_read_handle var_bar_j; + +in the module init function: +static int mod_init(void) +{ + if ((read_cfg_var_fixup("bar", "j", &var_bar_j)) < 0) + return -1; + /* Note that the variable may or may not exist at this point + * depending on the module loading order. The fixup will still + * be successful but the variable cannot be read if it has not been + * declared yet. If the variable will not be declared at all + * SER will fail to start + */ +} + +int j; +if ((cfg_read_var_int(&var_bar_j, &j)) < 0) { error... } + +or similarly, +str s; +if ((cfg_read_var_str(&var_bar_j, &s)) < 0) { error... } + +2) is a bit slower than 1) because the first solution returns the pointer directly +to the variable, but 2) supports also the variables declared in the script that are +not known at compile time. + 3. Using the framework in the core ===============================================================================