<!-- "$Id: api-array.shtml 6649 2007-07-11 21:46:42Z mike $" Array API introduction for the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS). Copyright 2007 by Apple Inc. Copyright 1997-2006 by Easy Software Products, all rights reserved. These coded instructions, statements, and computer programs are the property of Apple Inc. and are protected by Federal copyright law. Distribution and use rights are outlined in the file "LICENSE.txt" which should have been included with this file. If this file is file is missing or damaged, see the license at "http://www.cups.org/". --> <h2 class='title'>Introduction</h2> <p>The CUPS array API provides a high-performance generic array container. The contents of the array container can be sorted and the container itself is designed for optimal speed and memory usage under a wide variety of conditions.</p> <p>The CUPS scheduler (<tt>cupsd</tt>) and many of the CUPS API functions use the array API to efficiently manage large lists of data.</p> <h2 class='title'>General Usage</h2> <p>The <var><cups/array.h></var> header file must be included to use the <tt>cupsArray</tt> functions.</p> <p>Programs using these functions must be linked to the CUPS library: <var>libcups.a</var>, <var>libcups.so.2</var>, <var>libcups.2.dylib</var>, <var>libcups_s.a</var>, or <var>libcups2.lib</var> depending on the platform. The following command compiles <var>myprogram.c</var> using GCC and the CUPS library:</p> <pre class='command'> <kbd>gcc -o myprogram myprogram.c -lcups</kbd> </pre> <h2 class='title'>Compatibility</h2> <p>All of these functions require CUPS 1.2 or higher.</p>