genlist.h   [plain text]


/* $Id: genlist.h,v 1.2 2004/07/12 20:43:50 ludvigm Exp $ */

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2004 SuSE Linux AG, Nuernberg, Germany.
 * Contributed by: Michal Ludvig <mludvig@suse.cz>, SUSE Labs
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#ifndef _GENLIST_H
#define _GENLIST_H

#include <sys/queue.h>

/* See the bottom of genlist.c for example use. */

/* This declares 'struct genlist' */
TAILQ_HEAD(genlist, genlist_entry);

/* This is where the data are actually stored. */
struct genlist_entry {
	void *data;
	TAILQ_ENTRY(genlist_entry) chain;
};

/* This function returns an initialized list head. */
struct genlist *genlist_init (void);

/* Insert an entry at the beginning/end og the list. */
struct genlist_entry *genlist_insert (struct genlist *head, void *data);
struct genlist_entry *genlist_append (struct genlist *head, void *data);

/* Create a function with this prototype for use with genlist_foreach().
 * See genlist_foreach() description below for details. */
typedef void *(genlist_func_t)(void *entry, void *arg);

/* Traverse the list and call 'func' for each entry.  As long as func() returns
 * NULL the list traversal continues, once it returns non-NULL (usually the
 * 'entry' arg), the list traversal exits and the return value is returned
 * further from genlist_foreach(). Optional 'arg' may be passed to func(), e.g.
 * for some lookup purposes, etc. */
void *genlist_foreach (struct genlist *head, genlist_func_t func, void *arg);

/* Get first entry in list if head is not NULL, otherwise get next
 * entry based on saved position in list from previous call as stored in buf.
 * If buf is NULL no position is saved */
void *genlist_next (struct genlist *head, struct genlist_entry **buf);

/* Create a function with this prototype for use with genlist_free()
 * to free any storage associated with genlist_entry.data */
typedef void (genlist_freedata_t)(void *entry);

/* Free all storage associated with list at head using func to free any
 * alloc()d data in data field of genlist_entry */
void genlist_free (struct genlist *head, genlist_freedata_t func);

#endif /* _GENLIST_H */