Synchronous C API Functions

hc_schema_get_length

Looks up length of char and string attribute fields.

Synopsis

hcerr_t hc_schema_get_length(hc_schema_t *schema,

char *name, int *length);

Description

This function looks up the length of a char or string field associated with a given attribute name in the current metadata schema, or returns an error if the name is not known.

Parameters

schema

IN: The schema to interrogate.

name

IN: The attribute name to look up in the schema.

length

OUT: Updated to be the length of the field associated with that name in the schema.

Return Codes

HCERR_OK

HCERR_BAD_REQUEST

HCERR_INVALID_SCHEMA

HCERR_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT

hc_schema_get_count

Returns the number of name-value pairs in the metadata schema.

Synopsis

hcerr_t hc_schema_get_count(hc_schema_t *hsp,

hc_long_t *countp);

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