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21 Array API introduction for the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS).
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41
42<h2 class='title'>Introduction</h2>
43
44<p>The CUPS array API provides a high-performance generic array
45container. The contents of the array container can be sorted and
46the container itself is designed for optimal speed and memory
47usage under a wide variety of conditions.</p>
48
49<p>The CUPS scheduler (<tt>cupsd</tt>) and many of the CUPS API
50functions use the array API to efficiently manage large lists of
51data.</p>
52
53<h2 class='title'>General Usage</h2>
54
55<p>The <var>&lt;cups/array.h&gt;</var> header file must be
56included to use the <tt>cupsArray</tt> functions.</p>
57
58<p>Programs using these functions must be linked to the CUPS
59library: <var>libcups.a</var>, <var>libcups.so.2</var>,
60<var>libcups.2.dylib</var>, <var>libcups_s.a</var>, or
61<var>libcups2.lib</var> depending on the platform. The following
62command compiles <var>myprogram.c</var> using GCC and the CUPS
63library:</p>
64
65<pre class='command'>
66<kbd>gcc -o myprogram myprogram.c -lcups</kbd>
67</pre>
68
69<h2 class='title'>Compatibility</h2>
70
71<p>All of these functions require CUPS 1.2 or higher.</p>
72<h2 class='title'>Contents</h2>
73<ul>
74 <li><a href='#FUNCTIONS'>Functions</a></li>
75 <li><a href='#TYPES'>Types</a></li>
76</ul>
77<!-- NEW PAGE -->
78<h2 class='title'><a name='FUNCTIONS'>Functions</a></h2>
79<ul>
80 <li><a href='#cupsArrayAdd'><tt>cupsArrayAdd()</tt></a> </li>
81 <li><a href='#cupsArrayClear'><tt>cupsArrayClear()</tt></a> </li>
82 <li><a href='#cupsArrayCount'><tt>cupsArrayCount()</tt></a> </li>
83 <li><a href='#cupsArrayCurrent'><tt>cupsArrayCurrent()</tt></a> </li>
84 <li><a href='#cupsArrayDelete'><tt>cupsArrayDelete()</tt></a> </li>
85 <li><a href='#cupsArrayDup'><tt>cupsArrayDup()</tt></a> </li>
86 <li><a href='#cupsArrayFind'><tt>cupsArrayFind()</tt></a> </li>
87 <li><a href='#cupsArrayFirst'><tt>cupsArrayFirst()</tt></a> </li>
f7deaa1a 88 <li><a href='#cupsArrayGetIndex'><tt>cupsArrayGetIndex()</tt></a> <span class='info'>&nbsp;CUPS 1.3&nbsp;</span></li>
89 <li><a href='#cupsArrayGetInsert'><tt>cupsArrayGetInsert()</tt></a> <span class='info'>&nbsp;CUPS 1.3&nbsp;</span></li>
ecdc0628 90 <li><a href='#cupsArrayIndex'><tt>cupsArrayIndex()</tt></a> </li>
91 <li><a href='#cupsArrayInsert'><tt>cupsArrayInsert()</tt></a> </li>
ef416fc2 92 <li><a href='#cupsArrayLast'><tt>cupsArrayLast()</tt></a> </li>
93 <li><a href='#cupsArrayNew'><tt>cupsArrayNew()</tt></a> </li>
94 <li><a href='#cupsArrayNext'><tt>cupsArrayNext()</tt></a> </li>
95 <li><a href='#cupsArrayPrev'><tt>cupsArrayPrev()</tt></a> </li>
96 <li><a href='#cupsArrayRemove'><tt>cupsArrayRemove()</tt></a> </li>
97 <li><a href='#cupsArrayRestore'><tt>cupsArrayRestore()</tt></a> </li>
98 <li><a href='#cupsArraySave'><tt>cupsArraySave()</tt></a> </li>
80ca4592 99 <li><a href='#cupsArrayUserData'><tt>cupsArrayUserData()</tt></a> </li>
ef416fc2 100</ul>
101<!-- NEW PAGE -->
102<h3 class='title'><a name='cupsArrayAdd'>cupsArrayAdd()</a></h3>
103<h4>Description</h4>
ecdc0628 104<p>Add an element to the array.
105
106When adding an element to a sorted array, non-unique elements are
107appended at the end of the run. For unsorted arrays, the element
108is inserted at the end of the array.</p>
ef416fc2 109<h4>Syntax</h4>
110<pre>
111int
112cupsArrayAdd(
113 <a href='#cups_array_t'>cups_array_t</a> * a,
114 void * e);
115</pre>
116<h4>Arguments</h4>
117<div class='table'><table align='center' border='1' width='80%' cellpadding='5' cellspacing='0'>
118<thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead>
119<tbody>
120<tr><td><tt>a</tt></td><td>Array</td></tr>
121<tr><td><tt>e</tt></td><td>Element</td></tr>
122</tbody></table></div>
123<h4>Returns</h4>
124<p>1 on success, 0 on failure</p>
125<!-- NEW PAGE -->
126<h3 class='title'><a name='cupsArrayClear'>cupsArrayClear()</a></h3>
127<h4>Description</h4>
128<p>Clear the array.</p>
129<h4>Syntax</h4>
130<pre>
131void
132cupsArrayClear(
133 <a href='#cups_array_t'>cups_array_t</a> * a);
134</pre>
135<h4>Arguments</h4>
136<div class='table'><table align='center' border='1' width='80%' cellpadding='5' cellspacing='0'>
137<thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead>
138<tbody>
139<tr><td><tt>a</tt></td><td>Array</td></tr>
140</tbody></table></div>
141<h4>Returns</h4>
142<p>Nothing.</p>
143<!-- NEW PAGE -->
144<h3 class='title'><a name='cupsArrayCount'>cupsArrayCount()</a></h3>
145<h4>Description</h4>
146<p>Get the number of elements in the array.</p>
147<h4>Syntax</h4>
148<pre>
149int
150cupsArrayCount(
151 <a href='#cups_array_t'>cups_array_t</a> * a);
152</pre>
153<h4>Arguments</h4>
154<div class='table'><table align='center' border='1' width='80%' cellpadding='5' cellspacing='0'>
155<thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead>
156<tbody>
157<tr><td><tt>a</tt></td><td>Array</td></tr>
158</tbody></table></div>
159<h4>Returns</h4>
160<p>Number of elements</p>
161<!-- NEW PAGE -->
162<h3 class='title'><a name='cupsArrayCurrent'>cupsArrayCurrent()</a></h3>
163<h4>Description</h4>
164<p>Return the current element in the array.</p>
165<h4>Syntax</h4>
166<pre>
167void *
168cupsArrayCurrent(
169 <a href='#cups_array_t'>cups_array_t</a> * a);
170</pre>
171<h4>Arguments</h4>
172<div class='table'><table align='center' border='1' width='80%' cellpadding='5' cellspacing='0'>
173<thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead>
174<tbody>
175<tr><td><tt>a</tt></td><td>Array</td></tr>
176</tbody></table></div>
177<h4>Returns</h4>
178<p>Element</p>
179<!-- NEW PAGE -->
180<h3 class='title'><a name='cupsArrayDelete'>cupsArrayDelete()</a></h3>
181<h4>Description</h4>
182<p>Free all memory used by the array.</p>
183<h4>Syntax</h4>
184<pre>
185void
186cupsArrayDelete(
187 <a href='#cups_array_t'>cups_array_t</a> * a);
188</pre>
189<h4>Arguments</h4>
190<div class='table'><table align='center' border='1' width='80%' cellpadding='5' cellspacing='0'>
191<thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead>
192<tbody>
193<tr><td><tt>a</tt></td><td>Array</td></tr>
194</tbody></table></div>
195<h4>Returns</h4>
196<p>Nothing.</p>
197<!-- NEW PAGE -->
198<h3 class='title'><a name='cupsArrayDup'>cupsArrayDup()</a></h3>
199<h4>Description</h4>
200<p>Duplicate the array.</p>
201<h4>Syntax</h4>
202<pre>
203<a href='#cups_array_t'>cups_array_t</a> *
204cupsArrayDup(
205 <a href='#cups_array_t'>cups_array_t</a> * a);
206</pre>
207<h4>Arguments</h4>
208<div class='table'><table align='center' border='1' width='80%' cellpadding='5' cellspacing='0'>
209<thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead>
210<tbody>
211<tr><td><tt>a</tt></td><td>Array</td></tr>
212</tbody></table></div>
213<h4>Returns</h4>
214<p>Duplicate array</p>
215<!-- NEW PAGE -->
216<h3 class='title'><a name='cupsArrayFind'>cupsArrayFind()</a></h3>
217<h4>Description</h4>
218<p>Find an element in the array.</p>
219<h4>Syntax</h4>
220<pre>
221void *
222cupsArrayFind(
223 <a href='#cups_array_t'>cups_array_t</a> * a,
224 void * e);
225</pre>
226<h4>Arguments</h4>
227<div class='table'><table align='center' border='1' width='80%' cellpadding='5' cellspacing='0'>
228<thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead>
229<tbody>
230<tr><td><tt>a</tt></td><td>Array</td></tr>
231<tr><td><tt>e</tt></td><td>Element</td></tr>
232</tbody></table></div>
233<h4>Returns</h4>
234<p>Element found or NULL</p>
235<!-- NEW PAGE -->
236<h3 class='title'><a name='cupsArrayFirst'>cupsArrayFirst()</a></h3>
237<h4>Description</h4>
238<p>Get the first element in the array.</p>
239<h4>Syntax</h4>
240<pre>
241void *
242cupsArrayFirst(
243 <a href='#cups_array_t'>cups_array_t</a> * a);
244</pre>
245<h4>Arguments</h4>
246<div class='table'><table align='center' border='1' width='80%' cellpadding='5' cellspacing='0'>
247<thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead>
248<tbody>
249<tr><td><tt>a</tt></td><td>Array</td></tr>
250</tbody></table></div>
251<h4>Returns</h4>
252<p>First element or NULL</p>
253<!-- NEW PAGE -->
f7deaa1a 254<h3 class='title'><span class='info'>&nbsp;CUPS 1.3&nbsp;</span><a name='cupsArrayGetIndex'>cupsArrayGetIndex()</a></h3>
255<h4>Description</h4>
256<p>Get the index of the current element.
257
258</p>
259<h4>Syntax</h4>
260<pre>
261int
262cupsArrayGetIndex(
263 <a href='#cups_array_t'>cups_array_t</a> * a);
264</pre>
265<h4>Arguments</h4>
266<div class='table'><table align='center' border='1' width='80%' cellpadding='5' cellspacing='0'>
267<thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead>
268<tbody>
269<tr><td><tt>a</tt></td><td>Array</td></tr>
270</tbody></table></div>
271<h4>Returns</h4>
272<p>Index of the current element</p>
273<!-- NEW PAGE -->
274<h3 class='title'><span class='info'>&nbsp;CUPS 1.3&nbsp;</span><a name='cupsArrayGetInsert'>cupsArrayGetInsert()</a></h3>
275<h4>Description</h4>
276<p>Get the index of the last inserted element.
277
278</p>
279<h4>Syntax</h4>
280<pre>
281int
282cupsArrayGetInsert(
283 <a href='#cups_array_t'>cups_array_t</a> * a);
284</pre>
285<h4>Arguments</h4>
286<div class='table'><table align='center' border='1' width='80%' cellpadding='5' cellspacing='0'>
287<thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead>
288<tbody>
289<tr><td><tt>a</tt></td><td>Array</td></tr>
290</tbody></table></div>
291<h4>Returns</h4>
292<p>Index of the last inserted element</p>
293<!-- NEW PAGE -->
ecdc0628 294<h3 class='title'><a name='cupsArrayIndex'>cupsArrayIndex()</a></h3>
295<h4>Description</h4>
296<p>Get the N-th element in the array.</p>
297<h4>Syntax</h4>
298<pre>
299void *
300cupsArrayIndex(
301 <a href='#cups_array_t'>cups_array_t</a> * a,
302 int n);
303</pre>
304<h4>Arguments</h4>
305<div class='table'><table align='center' border='1' width='80%' cellpadding='5' cellspacing='0'>
306<thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead>
307<tbody>
308<tr><td><tt>a</tt></td><td>Array</td></tr>
309<tr><td><tt>n</tt></td><td>Index into array, starting at 0</td></tr>
310</tbody></table></div>
311<h4>Returns</h4>
312<p>N-th element or NULL</p>
313<!-- NEW PAGE -->
314<h3 class='title'><a name='cupsArrayInsert'>cupsArrayInsert()</a></h3>
315<h4>Description</h4>
316<p>Insert an element in the array.
317
318When inserting an element in a sorted array, non-unique elements are
319inserted at the beginning of the run. For unsorted arrays, the element
320is inserted at the beginning of the array.</p>
321<h4>Syntax</h4>
322<pre>
323int
324cupsArrayInsert(
325 <a href='#cups_array_t'>cups_array_t</a> * a,
326 void * e);
327</pre>
328<h4>Arguments</h4>
329<div class='table'><table align='center' border='1' width='80%' cellpadding='5' cellspacing='0'>
330<thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead>
331<tbody>
332<tr><td><tt>a</tt></td><td>Array</td></tr>
333<tr><td><tt>e</tt></td><td>Element</td></tr>
334</tbody></table></div>
335<h4>Returns</h4>
336<p>0 on failure, 1 on success</p>
337<!-- NEW PAGE -->
ef416fc2 338<h3 class='title'><a name='cupsArrayLast'>cupsArrayLast()</a></h3>
339<h4>Description</h4>
340<p>Get the last element in the array.</p>
341<h4>Syntax</h4>
342<pre>
343void *
344cupsArrayLast(
345 <a href='#cups_array_t'>cups_array_t</a> * a);
346</pre>
347<h4>Arguments</h4>
348<div class='table'><table align='center' border='1' width='80%' cellpadding='5' cellspacing='0'>
349<thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead>
350<tbody>
351<tr><td><tt>a</tt></td><td>Array</td></tr>
352</tbody></table></div>
353<h4>Returns</h4>
354<p>Last element or NULL</p>
355<!-- NEW PAGE -->
356<h3 class='title'><a name='cupsArrayNew'>cupsArrayNew()</a></h3>
357<h4>Description</h4>
358<p>Create a new array.</p>
359<h4>Syntax</h4>
360<pre>
361<a href='#cups_array_t'>cups_array_t</a> *
362cupsArrayNew(
363 <a href='#cups_array_func_t'>cups_array_func_t</a> f,
364 void * d);
365</pre>
366<h4>Arguments</h4>
367<div class='table'><table align='center' border='1' width='80%' cellpadding='5' cellspacing='0'>
368<thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead>
369<tbody>
370<tr><td><tt>f</tt></td><td>Comparison function</td></tr>
371<tr><td><tt>d</tt></td><td>User data</td></tr>
372</tbody></table></div>
373<h4>Returns</h4>
374<p>Array</p>
375<!-- NEW PAGE -->
376<h3 class='title'><a name='cupsArrayNext'>cupsArrayNext()</a></h3>
377<h4>Description</h4>
378<p>Get the next element in the array.</p>
379<h4>Syntax</h4>
380<pre>
381void *
382cupsArrayNext(
383 <a href='#cups_array_t'>cups_array_t</a> * a);
384</pre>
385<h4>Arguments</h4>
386<div class='table'><table align='center' border='1' width='80%' cellpadding='5' cellspacing='0'>
387<thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead>
388<tbody>
389<tr><td><tt>a</tt></td><td>Array</td></tr>
390</tbody></table></div>
391<h4>Returns</h4>
392<p>Next element or NULL</p>
393<!-- NEW PAGE -->
394<h3 class='title'><a name='cupsArrayPrev'>cupsArrayPrev()</a></h3>
395<h4>Description</h4>
396<p>Get the previous element in the array.</p>
397<h4>Syntax</h4>
398<pre>
399void *
400cupsArrayPrev(
401 <a href='#cups_array_t'>cups_array_t</a> * a);
402</pre>
403<h4>Arguments</h4>
404<div class='table'><table align='center' border='1' width='80%' cellpadding='5' cellspacing='0'>
405<thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead>
406<tbody>
407<tr><td><tt>a</tt></td><td>Array</td></tr>
408</tbody></table></div>
409<h4>Returns</h4>
410<p>Previous element or NULL</p>
411<!-- NEW PAGE -->
412<h3 class='title'><a name='cupsArrayRemove'>cupsArrayRemove()</a></h3>
413<h4>Description</h4>
414<p>Remove an element from the array.</p>
415<h4>Syntax</h4>
416<pre>
417int
418cupsArrayRemove(
419 <a href='#cups_array_t'>cups_array_t</a> * a,
420 void * e);
421</pre>
422<h4>Arguments</h4>
423<div class='table'><table align='center' border='1' width='80%' cellpadding='5' cellspacing='0'>
424<thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead>
425<tbody>
426<tr><td><tt>a</tt></td><td>Array</td></tr>
427<tr><td><tt>e</tt></td><td>Element</td></tr>
428</tbody></table></div>
429<h4>Returns</h4>
430<p>1 on success, 0 on failure</p>
431<!-- NEW PAGE -->
432<h3 class='title'><a name='cupsArrayRestore'>cupsArrayRestore()</a></h3>
433<h4>Description</h4>
434<p>Reset the current element to the last cupsArraySave.</p>
435<h4>Syntax</h4>
436<pre>
437void *
438cupsArrayRestore(
439 <a href='#cups_array_t'>cups_array_t</a> * a);
440</pre>
441<h4>Arguments</h4>
442<div class='table'><table align='center' border='1' width='80%' cellpadding='5' cellspacing='0'>
443<thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead>
444<tbody>
445<tr><td><tt>a</tt></td><td>Array</td></tr>
446</tbody></table></div>
447<h4>Returns</h4>
448<p>New current element</p>
449<!-- NEW PAGE -->
450<h3 class='title'><a name='cupsArraySave'>cupsArraySave()</a></h3>
451<h4>Description</h4>
452<p>Mark the current element for a later cupsArrayRestore.
453
454The save/restore stack is guaranteed to be at least 32 elements deep.</p>
455<h4>Syntax</h4>
456<pre>
457int
458cupsArraySave(
459 <a href='#cups_array_t'>cups_array_t</a> * a);
460</pre>
461<h4>Arguments</h4>
462<div class='table'><table align='center' border='1' width='80%' cellpadding='5' cellspacing='0'>
463<thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead>
464<tbody>
465<tr><td><tt>a</tt></td><td>Array</td></tr>
466</tbody></table></div>
467<h4>Returns</h4>
468<p>1 on success, 0 on failure</p>
469<!-- NEW PAGE -->
80ca4592 470<h3 class='title'><a name='cupsArrayUserData'>cupsArrayUserData()</a></h3>
471<h4>Description</h4>
472<p>Return the user data for an array.</p>
473<h4>Syntax</h4>
474<pre>
475void *
476cupsArrayUserData(
477 <a href='#cups_array_t'>cups_array_t</a> * a);
478</pre>
479<h4>Arguments</h4>
480<div class='table'><table align='center' border='1' width='80%' cellpadding='5' cellspacing='0'>
481<thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead>
482<tbody>
483<tr><td><tt>a</tt></td><td>Array</td></tr>
484</tbody></table></div>
485<h4>Returns</h4>
486<p>User data</p>
487<!-- NEW PAGE -->
ef416fc2 488<h2 class='title'><a name='TYPES'>Types</a></h2>
489<ul>
490 <li><a href='#cups_array_func_t'><tt>cups_array_func_t</tt></a> </li>
491 <li><a href='#cups_array_t'><tt>cups_array_t</tt></a> </li>
492</ul>
493<!-- NEW PAGE -->
494<h3 class='title'><a name='cups_array_func_t'>cups_array_func_t</a></h3>
495<h4>Description</h4>
496<p>Array comparison function</p>
497<h4>Definition</h4>
498<pre>
499typedef int (*cups_array_func_t)(void *first, void *second, void *data);
500</pre>
501<!-- NEW PAGE -->
502<h3 class='title'><a name='cups_array_t'>cups_array_t</a></h3>
503<h4>Description</h4>
504<p>CUPS array type</p>
505<h4>Definition</h4>
506<pre>
507typedef struct _cups_array_s cups_array_t;
508</pre>
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