* Returns a field instance on success, NULL on error.
*/
extern struct bt_ctf_field *bt_ctf_field_structure_get_field_by_index(
- struct bt_ctf_field *structure, size_t index);
+ struct bt_ctf_field *structure, int index);
/*
* bt_ctf_field_array_get_field: get an array's field at position "index".
extern struct bt_ctf_field *bt_ctf_field_variant_get_field(
struct bt_ctf_field *variant, struct bt_ctf_field *tag);
+/*
+ * bt_ctf_field_variant_get_current_field: get the current selected field of a
+ * variant.
+ *
+ * Return the variant's current selected field. This function, unlike
+ * bt_ctf_field_variant_get_field(), does not create any field; it
+ * returns NULL if there's no current selected field yet.
+ *
+ * @param variant Variant field instance.
+ *
+ * Returns a field instance on success, NULL on error or when there's no
+ * current selected field.
+ */
+extern struct bt_ctf_field *bt_ctf_field_variant_get_current_field(
+ struct bt_ctf_field *variant);
+
/*
* bt_ctf_field_enumeration_get_container: get an enumeration field's container.
*
extern int bt_ctf_field_string_set_value(struct bt_ctf_field *string_field,
const char *value);
+/*
+ * bt_ctf_field_string_append: append a string to a string field's
+ * current value.
+ *
+ * Append a string to the current value of a string field. If the string
+ * field was never set using bt_ctf_field_string_set_value(), it is
+ * first set to an empty string, and then the concatenation happens.
+ *
+ * @param string_field String field instance.
+ * @param value String to append to the current string field's value.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, a negative value on error.
+ */
+extern int bt_ctf_field_string_append(struct bt_ctf_field *string_field,
+ const char *value);
+
+/*
+ * bt_ctf_field_string_append_len: append a string of a given length to
+ * a string field's current value.
+ *
+ * Append a string of a given length to the current value of a string
+ * field. If the string field was never set using
+ * bt_ctf_field_string_set_value(), it is first set to an empty string,
+ * and then the concatenation happens.
+ *
+ * If a null byte is encountered before the given length, only the
+ * substring before the first null byte is appended.
+ *
+ * @param string_field String field instance.
+ * @param value String to append to the current string field's value.
+ * @param length Length of string value to append.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, a negative value on error.
+ */
+extern int bt_ctf_field_string_append_len(
+ struct bt_ctf_field *string_field, const char *value,
+ unsigned int length);
+
/*
* bt_ctf_field_get_type: get a field's type
*
extern struct bt_ctf_field_type *bt_ctf_field_get_type(
struct bt_ctf_field *field);
+/*
+ * bt_ctf_field_get_type_id: get a field's ctf_type_id.
+ *
+ * This is a helper function which avoids a call to
+ * bt_ctf_field_get_type(), followed by a call to
+ * bt_ctf_field_type_get_type_id(), followed by a call to
+ * bt_ctf_put().
+ *
+ * @param field Field instance.
+ *
+ * Returns the field's ctf_type_id, CTF_TYPE_UNKNOWN on error.
+ */
+extern enum ctf_type_id bt_ctf_field_get_type_id(struct bt_ctf_field *field);
+
+/*
+ * bt_ctf_field_copy: get a field's deep copy.
+ *
+ * Get a field's deep copy. The created field copy shares the source's
+ * associated field types.
+ *
+ * On success, the returned copy has its reference count set to 1.
+ *
+ * @param field Field instance.
+ *
+ * Returns the field copy on success, NULL on error.
+ */
+extern struct bt_ctf_field *bt_ctf_field_copy(struct bt_ctf_field *field);
+
/*
* bt_ctf_field_get and bt_ctf_field_put: increment and decrement the
* field's reference count.
*
+ * You may also use bt_ctf_get() and bt_ctf_put() with field objects.
+ *
* These functions ensure that the field won't be destroyed when it
* is in use. The same number of get and put (plus one extra put to
* release the initial reference done at creation) have to be done to