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1 /*
2 * libuci - Library for the Unified Configuration Interface
3 * Copyright (C) 2008 Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
4 *
5 * this program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
6 * it under the terms of the gnu lesser general public license version 2.1
7 * as published by the free software foundation
8 *
9 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 * GNU General Public License for more details.
13 */
14
15 #ifndef __LIBUCI_H
16 #define __LIBUCI_H
17
18 #include <setjmp.h>
19 #include <stdio.h>
20
21 #define UCI_CONFDIR "/etc/config"
22
23 enum
24 {
25 UCI_OK = 0,
26 UCI_ERR_MEM,
27 UCI_ERR_INVAL,
28 UCI_ERR_NOTFOUND,
29 UCI_ERR_IO,
30 UCI_ERR_PARSE,
31 UCI_ERR_UNKNOWN,
32 UCI_ERR_LAST
33 };
34
35 struct uci_list
36 {
37 void *next;
38 void *prev;
39 };
40
41 struct uci_config;
42 struct uci_section;
43 struct uci_option;
44 struct uci_parse_context;
45
46
47 /**
48 * uci_alloc: Allocate a new uci context
49 */
50 extern struct uci_context *uci_alloc(void);
51
52 /**
53 * uci_free: Free the uci context including all of its data
54 */
55 extern void uci_free(struct uci_context *ctx);
56
57 /**
58 * uci_perror: Print the last uci error that occured
59 * @ctx: uci context
60 * @str: string to print before the error message
61 */
62 extern void uci_perror(struct uci_context *ctx, const char *str);
63
64 /**
65 * uci_import: Import uci config data from a stream
66 * @ctx: uci context
67 * @stream: file stream to import from
68 * @name: (optional) assume the config has the given name
69 * @cfg: (optional) store the last parsed config package in this variable
70 *
71 * the name parameter is for config files that don't explicitly use the 'package <...>' keyword
72 */
73 extern int uci_import(struct uci_context *ctx, FILE *stream, const char *name, struct uci_config **cfg);
74
75 /**
76 * uci_load: Parse an uci config file and store it in the uci context
77 *
78 * @ctx: uci context
79 * @name: name of the config file (relative to the config directory)
80 */
81 extern int uci_load(struct uci_context *ctx, const char *name, struct uci_config **cfg);
82
83 /**
84 * uci_unload: Unload a config file from the uci context
85 *
86 * @ctx: uci context
87 * @name: name of the config file
88 */
89 extern int uci_unload(struct uci_context *ctx, const char *name);
90
91 /**
92 * uci_cleanup: Clean up after an error
93 *
94 * @ctx: uci context
95 */
96 extern int uci_cleanup(struct uci_context *ctx);
97
98 /**
99 * uci_list_configs: List available uci config files
100 *
101 * @ctx: uci context
102 */
103 extern char **uci_list_configs();
104
105 /* UCI data structures */
106
107 struct uci_context
108 {
109 /* list of config packages */
110 struct uci_list root;
111
112 /* parser context, use for error handling only */
113 struct uci_parse_context *pctx;
114
115 /* private: */
116 int errno;
117 jmp_buf trap;
118 };
119
120 struct uci_parse_context
121 {
122 /* error context */
123 const char *reason;
124 int line;
125 int byte;
126
127 /* private: */
128 struct uci_config *cfg;
129 struct uci_section *section;
130 FILE *file;
131 const char *name;
132 char *buf;
133 int bufsz;
134 };
135
136 struct uci_config
137 {
138 struct uci_list list;
139 struct uci_list sections;
140 struct uci_context *ctx;
141 char *name;
142 /* private: */
143 int n_section;
144 };
145
146 struct uci_section
147 {
148 struct uci_list list;
149 struct uci_list options;
150 struct uci_config *config;
151 char *type;
152 char *name;
153 };
154
155 struct uci_option
156 {
157 struct uci_list list;
158 struct uci_section *section;
159 char *name;
160 char *value;
161 };
162
163 /* linked list handling */
164 #ifndef offsetof
165 #define offsetof(TYPE, MEMBER) ((size_t) &((TYPE *)0)->MEMBER)
166 #endif
167
168 /* returns true if a list is empty */
169 #define uci_list_empty(list) ((list)->next == (list))
170
171 /**
172 * uci_list_entry: casts an uci_list pointer to the containing struct.
173 * @_type: config, section or option
174 * @_ptr: pointer to the uci_list struct
175 */
176 #define uci_list_entry(_type, _ptr) \
177 ((struct uci_ ## _type *) ((char *)(_ptr) - offsetof(struct uci_ ## _type,list)))
178
179 /**
180 * uci_foreach_entry: loop through a list of configs, sections or options
181 * @_type: see uci_list_entry
182 * @_list: pointer to the uci_list struct
183 * @_ptr: iteration variable
184 *
185 * use like a for loop, e.g:
186 * uci_foreach(section, &list, p) {
187 * ...
188 * }
189 */
190 #define uci_foreach_entry(_type, _list, _ptr) \
191 for(_ptr = uci_list_entry(_type, (_list)->next); \
192 &_ptr->list != (_list); \
193 _ptr = uci_list_entry(_type, _ptr->list.next))
194
195 #endif