API Description

(*ncsCkptCkptArrivalCallback)()

 

 

The following table lists possible return values of this call.

Table 2-2 ncsCkptRegisterCkptArrivalCallback() Return Values

Return Value

Description

 

 

SA_AIS_OK

The function completed successfully

 

 

SA_AIS_ERR_LIBRARY

An unexpected problem

 

 

SA_AIS_ERR_BAD_HANDLE

the handle ckptHandle is invalid

 

 

SA_AIS_ERR_INVALID_PARAM

the callback function pointer is wrong

 

 

SA_AIS_ERR_NO_MEMORY

out of memory

 

 

2.1.2(*ncsCkptCkptArrivalCallback)()

Prototype

typedef void(*ncsCkptCkptArrivalCallbackT)(

Const SaCkptCheckpointHandleT checkpointHandle,

SaCkptIOVectorElementT *ioVector,

SaUnit32T numberOfElements

);

Parameters

The following table lists possible parameters.

Table 2-3 (*ncsCkptCkptArrivalCallback)() Parameters

Parameter

Description

 

 

checkpointHandle - [in]

Handle to the checkpoint that is available for reading.

 

 

ioVector - [in]

Pointer to a vector that contains elements

 

ioVector[0],…,ioVector[numberOfElements - 1].

 

Each element is of the type saCktptIOVectorElementT,

 

defined in Section 3.3.4.1 of the document SAF-AIS-

 

CKPT-B.01.01, which contains the following fields:

 

z sectionId - [in] the identifier of the section

 

available for reading.

 

z dataBuffer - [in] Always set to NULL.

 

z dataSize - [in] size of data available for reading.

 

z dataOffset - [in] offset in the section that marks

 

the start of the data that is available for reading.

 

z readSize - [in] Always set to 0.

 

 

numberOfElements - [in]

the size of the ioVector.

 

 

Description

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