HP WebQoS Software manual Appendix B 141

	External Measurement API
	Sample Program
char measValue[MAX_TOKEN];	// Measurement Value as a char array
char hostname[MAX_TOKEN];	// SCI System Name
char str_timestamp[MAX_TOKEN];	// timestamp as a char array
wqStatus status = 0;	// status code
wqSocket socket;	//socket Descriptor
char flag = ‘y’;
double timestamp;
long l_timestamp;

//get the SCI system name printf(“Enter the host name:\n”); gets(hostname);

//connect to the SCI

status = wqCreateConnection(hostname, &socket);

if (status == WQ_STATUS_OK)

{

// calculate the timestamp, once the connection is set up

timestamp = (double)time(NULL); /* convert seconds to milliseconds */ l_timestamp = ceil(timestamp);

//convert the timestamp into char* ltoa(l_timestamp, str_timestamp,10);

//see the Schema file or the DTD to create an xml string.

//create the xml string with the appropriate values and tags. strcpy(xmlString,”<timeStamp>”);

strcat(xmlString, str_timestamp); strcat(xmlString, “</timeStamp>”); while(flag == ‘y’)

{

fflush(stdin);

strcat(xmlString, “<measPair><measName>”);

printf(“Enter the Measurement Name :\n”); gets(measName);

printf(“Enter the Value:\n”); gets(measValue); strcat(xmlString,measName); strcat(xmlString,”</measName><measIntegerValue>”);

strcat(xmlString,measValue);

strcat(xmlString,”</measIntegerValue></measPair>”); printf(“Do you want to Continue :(y-yes)\n”); scanf(“%c”, &flag);

}

// send the xml string to the SCI

status = wqSendMeasurement(socket, xmlString);

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