Sun Microsystems 5800 manual Hcnvrgetbinary

Synchronous C API Functions

hc_nvr_get_binary

Retrieves a metadata value of type binary.

Synopsis

hcerr_t hc_nvr_get_binary(hc_nvr_t *nvr, hc_string_t name,

int *size,

unsigned char **bytes);

This function retrieves the value of type binary associated with an indicated attribute name in a name-value record. The binary data is not copied and is freed when the name-value record is freed.

Parameters

nvr

Points to a name-value-record.

name

IN: Name for the tuple.

size

OUT: Updated with the size of the data.

bytes

OUT: Updated to point to the binary data.

Return Codes

HCERR_OK

HCERR_BAD_REQUEST

HCERR_OOM

HCERR_INVALID_NVR

HCERR_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT

HCERR_ILLEGAL_VALUE_FOR_METADATA

HCERR_NO_SUCH_ATTRIBUTE

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