const char *bt_ctf_field_name(const struct definition *def);
/*
- * bt_ctf_get_field_decl: return the declaration of a field or NULL
- * on error
+ * bt_ctf_get_decl_from_def: return the declaration of a field from
+ * its definition or NULL on error
*/
-const struct declaration *bt_ctf_get_field_decl(const struct definition *def);
+const struct declaration *bt_ctf_get_decl_from_def(const struct definition *def);
+
+/*
+ * bt_ctf_get_decl_from_field_decl: return the declaration of a field from
+ * a field_decl or NULL on error
+ */
+const struct declaration *bt_ctf_get_decl_from_field_decl(
+ const struct bt_ctf_field_decl *field);
/*
* bt_ctf_field_type: returns the type of a field or -1 if unknown
ssize_t bt_ctf_get_int_len(const struct declaration *decl);
/*
- * bt_ctf_get_encoding: return the encoding of an int or a string.
+ * bt_ctf_get_encoding: return the encoding of an int, a string, or of
+ * the integer contained in a char array or a sequence.
* return a negative value on error
*/
enum ctf_string_encoding bt_ctf_get_encoding(const struct declaration *decl);