openssl/doc/internal/man3/DEFINE_SPARSE_ARRAY_OF.pod

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=head1 NAME

DEFINE_SPARSE_ARRAY_OF, ossl_sa_TYPE_new, ossl_sa_TYPE_free,
ossl_sa_TYPE_free_leaves, ossl_sa_TYPE_num, ossl_sa_TYPE_doall,
ossl_sa_TYPE_doall_arg, ossl_sa_TYPE_get, ossl_sa_TYPE_set
- sparse array container

=head1 SYNOPSIS

=for openssl generic

 #include "crypto/sparse_array.h"

 typedef struct sparse_array_st OPENSSL_SA;

 SPARSE_ARRAY_OF(TYPE)
 DEFINE_SPARSE_ARRAY_OF(TYPE)

 SPARSE_ARRAY_OF(TYPE) *ossl_sa_TYPE_new(void);
 void ossl_sa_TYPE_free(const SPARSE_ARRAY_OF(TYPE) *sa);
 void ossl_sa_TYPE_free_leaves(const SPARSE_ARRAY_OF(TYPE) *sa);
 size_t ossl_sa_TYPE_num(const SPARSE_ARRAY_OF(TYPE) *sa);
 void ossl_sa_TYPE_doall(const OPENSSL_SA *sa, void (*leaf)(ossl_uintmax_t,
                                                            void *));
 void ossl_sa_TYPE_doall_arg(const OPENSSL_SA *sa,
                             void (*leaf)(ossl_uintmax_t, void *, void *),
                             void *arg);
 TYPE *ossl_sa_TYPE_get(const SPARSE_ARRAY_OF(TYPE) *sa, ossl_uintmax_t idx);
 int ossl_sa_TYPE_set(SPARSE_ARRAY_OF(TYPE) *sa, ossl_uintmax_t idx,
                      TYPE *value);

=head1 DESCRIPTION

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SPARSE_ARRAY_OF() returns the name for a sparse array of the specified
B<I<TYPE>>.  DEFINE_STACK_OF() creates set of functions for a sparse
array of B<I<TYPE>>. This will mean that a pointer to type B<I<TYPE>>
is stored in each element of a sparse array, the type is referenced by
B<SPARSE_ARRAY_OF>(B<I<TYPE>>) and each function name begins with
B<ossl_sa_I<TYPE>_>. For example:

 TYPE *ossl_sa_TYPE_get(SPARSE_ARRAY_OF(TYPE) *sa, ossl_uintmax_t idx);

B<ossl_sa_I<TYPE>_num>() returns the number of elements in I<sa> or 0 if I<sa>
is NULL.

B<ossl_sa_I<TYPE>_get>() returns element I<idx> in I<sa>, where I<idx> starts
at zero. If I<idx> refers to a value that has not been set then NULL is
returned.

B<ossl_sa_I<TYPE>_set>() sets element I<idx> in I<sa> to I<value>, where I<idx>
starts at zero. The sparse array will be resized as required.

B<ossl_sa_I<TYPE>_new>() allocates a new empty sparse array.

B<ossl_sa_I<TYPE>_free>() frees up the I<sa> structure. It does I<not> free up any
elements of I<sa>. After this call I<sa> is no longer valid.

B<ossl_sa_I<TYPE>_free_leaves>() frees up the I<sa> structure and all of its
elements.  After this call I<sa> is no longer valid.

B<ossl_sa_I<TYPE>_doall>() calls the function I<leaf> for each element in I<sa>
in ascending index order. The index position, within the sparse array,
of each item is passed as the first argument to the leaf function and a
pointer to the associated value is is passed as the second argument.

B<ossl_sa_I<TYPE>_doall_arg>() calls the function I<leaf> for each element in
I<sa> in ascending index order. The index position, within the sparse
array, of each item is passed as the first argument to the leaf function,
a pointer to the associated value is passed as the second argument and
the third argument is the user supplied I<arg>.


=head1 NOTES

Sparse arrays are an internal data structure and should B<not> be used by user
applications.

Care should be taken when accessing sparse arrays in multi-threaded
environments.  The B<ossl_sa_I<TYPE>_set>() operation can cause the internal
structure of the sparse array to change which causes race conditions if the
sparse array is accessed in a different thread.

SPARSE_ARRAY_OF() and DEFINE_SPARSE_ARRAY_OF() are implemented as macros.

The underlying utility B<OPENSSL_SA_> API should not be used directly.  It
defines these functions: OPENSSL_SA_doall, OPENSSL_SA_doall_arg,
OPENSSL_SA_free, OPENSSL_SA_free_leaves, OPENSSL_SA_get, OPENSSL_SA_new,
OPENSSL_SA_num and OPENSSL_SA_set.

=head1 RETURN VALUES

B<ossl_sa_I<TYPE>_num>() returns the number of elements in the sparse array or
B<0> if the passed sparse array is NULL.

B<ossl_sa_I<TYPE>_get>() returns a pointer to a sparse array element or NULL if
the element has not be set.

B<ossl_sa_I<TYPE>_set>() return B<1> on success and B<0> on error. In the latter
case, the elements of the sparse array remain unchanged, although the internal
structures might have.

B<ossl_sa_I<TYPE>_new>() returns an empty sparse array or NULL if an error
occurs.

B<ossl_sa_I<TYPE>_doall>(), B<ossl_sa_I<TYPE>_doall_arg>(),
B<ossl_sa_I<TYPE>_free>() and B<ossl_sa_I<TYPE>_free_leaves>()
do not return values.

=head1 HISTORY

This functionality was added to OpenSSL 3.0.

=head1 COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2019 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.  Copyright
(c) 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates.  All rights reserved.

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use this
file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy in the file
LICENSE in the source distribution or at
L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.

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