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diff --git a/ares/ares_data.h b/ares/ares_data.h new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ffe2aebb0 --- /dev/null +++ b/ares/ares_data.h @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +/* $Id$ */ + +/* Copyright (C) 2009 by Daniel Stenberg + * + * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this + * software and its documentation for any purpose and without + * fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright + * notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright + * notice and this permission notice appear in supporting + * documentation, and that the name of M.I.T. not be used in + * advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the + * software without specific, written prior permission. + * M.I.T. makes no representations about the suitability of + * this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" + * without express or implied warranty. + */ + +typedef enum { + ARES_DATATYPE_UNKNOWN = 1, /* unknown data type */ +#if 0 + ARES_DATATYPE_ADDR6TTL, /* struct ares_addrttl */ + ARES_DATATYPE_ADDRTTL, /* struct ares_addr6ttl */ + ARES_DATATYPE_HOSTENT, /* struct hostent */ + ARES_DATATYPE_OPTIONS, /* struct ares_options */ +#endif + ARES_DATATYPE_SRV_REPLY, /* struct ares_srv_reply */ + ARES_DATATYPE_TXT_REPLY, /* struct ares_txt_reply */ + ARES_DATATYPE_LAST /* not used */ +} ares_datatype; + +#define ARES_DATATYPE_MARK 0xbead + +/* + * ares_data struct definition is internal to c-ares and shall not + * be exposed by the public API in order to allow future changes + * and extensions to it without breaking ABI. This will be used + * internally by c-ares as the container of multiple types of data + * dynamically allocated for which a reference will be returned + * to the calling application. + * + * c-ares API functions returning a pointer to c-ares internally + * allocated data will actually be returning an interior pointer + * into this ares_data struct. + * + * All this is 'invisible' to the calling application, the only + * requirement is that this kind of data must be free'ed by the + * calling application using ares_free_data() with the pointer + * it has received from a previous c-ares function call. + */ + +struct ares_data { + ares_datatype type; /* Actual data type identifier. */ + unsigned int mark; /* Private ares_data signature. */ + union { + struct ares_txt_reply txt_reply; + struct ares_srv_reply srv_reply; + } data; +}; + +void *ares_malloc_data(ares_datatype type); + +ares_datatype ares_get_datatype(void * dataptr); |