Get Array

Convenience Functions

Declaration

tibrv_status tibrvMsg_Getelement_typeArray(
   tibrvMsg       message,
   const char*    fieldName,
   element_type**    value,
   tibrv_u32*     numElementsAddr)
tibrv_status tibrvMsg_Getelement_typeArrayEx(
   tibrvMsg       message,
   const char*    fieldName,
   element_type**    value,
   tibrv_u32*     numElementsAddr,
   tibrv_u16      fieldId);

Purpose

Get the value of a field as an array.

Remarks

Each convenience function in this family retrieves a field and extracts its data. If the field’s type (as it exists) is does not match the type of the convenience function, then the function attempts to convert the data (see Datatype Conversion). If conversion is not possible, the function returns TIBRV_CONVERSION_FAILED.

Pointer data extracted from the field remain valid until the message is destroyed; that is, even removing the field or updating the field’s value does not invalidate pointer data.

These functions produce values that are read-only snapshots of the field data (see Pointer Snapshot). Programs must not modify elements of the value array.

Function Name

Element Type

Type Description

tibrvMsg_GetF32Array

tibrv_f32

32-bit floating point array

tibrvMsg_GetF64Array

tibrv_i64

64-bit floating point array

tibrvMsg_GetI8Array

tibrv_i8

8-bit integer array

tibrvMsg_GetI16Array

tibrv_i16

16-bit integer array

tibrvMsg_GetI32Array

tibrv_i32

32-bit integer array

tibrvMsg_GetI64Array

tibrv_i64

64-bit integer array

tibrvMsg_GetU8Array

tibrv_u8

8-bit unsigned integer array

tibrvMsg_GetU16Array

tibrv_u16

16-bit unsigned integer array

tibrvMsg_GetU32Array

tibrv_u32

32-bit unsigned integer array

tibrvMsg_GetU64Array

tibrv_u64

64-bit unsigned integer array

tibrvMsg_GetMsgArray

tibrv_Msg

message array

tibrvMsg_GetStringArray

char*

string array

Parameter

Description

message

Get the specified field of this message.

fieldName

Get a field with this name.

value

When extracting an array type, the program supplies a location in this parameter, and the function stores a pointer to the array in that location.

numElementsAddr

When extracting an array type, the program supplies a location in this parameter, and the function stores the number of array elements in that location.

fieldId

Get the field with this identifier. Zero is a special value that signifies no field identifier. All non-zero field identifiers must be unique within each message.

See Also

Validity of Data Extracted From Messages

Field Names and Field Identifiers