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8 Property Functions

gsasl_property_free

Function: void gsasl_property_free (Gsasl_session * sctx, Gsasl_property prop)

sctx: session handle.

prop: enumerated value of Gsasl_property type to clear

Deallocate associated data with property prop in session handle. After this call, gsasl_property_fast( sctx , prop ) will always return NULL.

Since: 2.0.0

gsasl_property_set

Function: int gsasl_property_set (Gsasl_session * sctx, Gsasl_property prop, const char * data)

sctx: session handle.

prop: enumerated value of Gsasl_property type, indicating the type of data in data .

data: zero terminated character string to store.

Make a copy of data and store it in the session handle for the indicated property prop .

You can immediately deallocate data after calling this function, without affecting the data stored in the session handle.

Return value: GSASL_OK iff successful, otherwise GSASL_MALLOC_ERROR .

Since: 0.2.0

gsasl_property_set_raw

Function: int gsasl_property_set_raw (Gsasl_session * sctx, Gsasl_property prop, const char * data, size_t len)

sctx: session handle.

prop: enumerated value of Gsasl_property type, indicating the type of data in data .

data: character string to store.

len: length of character string to store.

Make a copy of len sized data and store a zero terminated version of it in the session handle for the indicated property prop .

You can immediately deallocate data after calling this function, without affecting the data stored in the session handle.

Except for the length indicator, this function is identical to gsasl_property_set.

Return value: GSASL_OK iff successful, otherwise GSASL_MALLOC_ERROR .

Since: 0.2.0

gsasl_property_fast

Function: const char * gsasl_property_fast (Gsasl_session * sctx, Gsasl_property prop)

sctx: session handle.

prop: enumerated value of Gsasl_property type, indicating the type of data in data .

Retrieve the data stored in the session handle for given property prop .

The pointer is to live data, and must not be deallocated or modified in any way.

This function will not invoke the application callback.

Return value: Return property value, if known, or NULL if no value known.

Since: 0.2.0

gsasl_property_get

Function: const char * gsasl_property_get (Gsasl_session * sctx, Gsasl_property prop)

sctx: session handle.

prop: enumerated value of Gsasl_property type, indicating the type of data in data .

Retrieve the data stored in the session handle for given property prop , possibly invoking the application callback to get the value.

The pointer is to live data, and must not be deallocated or modified in any way.

This function will invoke the application callback, using gsasl_callback() , when a property value is not known.

Return value: Return data for property, or NULL if no value known.

Since: 0.2.0


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