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><A
NAME="AEN1"
>lwres_gabn</A
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><DIV
CLASS="REFNAMEDIV"
><A
NAME="AEN8"
></A
><H2
>Name</H2
>lwres_gabnrequest_render, lwres_gabnresponse_render, lwres_gabnrequest_parse, lwres_gabnresponse_parse, lwres_gabnresponse_free, lwres_gabnrequest_free&nbsp;--&nbsp;lightweight resolver getaddrbyname message handling</DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSYNOPSISDIV"
><A
NAME="AEN16"
></A
><H2
>Synopsis</H2
><DIV
CLASS="FUNCSYNOPSIS"
><A
NAME="AEN17"
></A
><P
></P
><PRE
CLASS="FUNCSYNOPSISINFO"
>#include &lt;lwres/lwres.h&gt;</PRE
><P
><CODE
><CODE
CLASS="FUNCDEF"
>lwres_result_t
lwres_gabnrequest_render</CODE
>(lwres_context_t *ctx, lwres_gabnrequest_t *req, lwres_lwpacket_t *pkt, lwres_buffer_t *b);</CODE
></P
><P
><CODE
><CODE
CLASS="FUNCDEF"
>lwres_result_t
lwres_gabnresponse_render</CODE
>(lwres_context_t *ctx, lwres_gabnresponse_t *req, lwres_lwpacket_t *pkt, lwres_buffer_t *b);</CODE
></P
><P
><CODE
><CODE
CLASS="FUNCDEF"
>lwres_result_t
lwres_gabnrequest_parse</CODE
>(lwres_context_t *ctx, lwres_buffer_t *b, lwres_lwpacket_t *pkt, lwres_gabnrequest_t **structp);</CODE
></P
><P
><CODE
><CODE
CLASS="FUNCDEF"
>lwres_result_t
lwres_gabnresponse_parse</CODE
>(lwres_context_t *ctx, lwres_buffer_t *b, lwres_lwpacket_t *pkt, lwres_gabnresponse_t **structp);</CODE
></P
><P
><CODE
><CODE
CLASS="FUNCDEF"
>void
lwres_gabnresponse_free</CODE
>(lwres_context_t *ctx, lwres_gabnresponse_t **structp);</CODE
></P
><P
><CODE
><CODE
CLASS="FUNCDEF"
>void
lwres_gabnrequest_free</CODE
>(lwres_context_t *ctx, lwres_gabnrequest_t **structp);</CODE
></P
><P
></P
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN57"
></A
><H2
>DESCRIPTION</H2
><P
>These are low-level routines for creating and parsing
lightweight resolver name-to-address lookup request and 
response messages.</P
><P
>There are four main functions for the getaddrbyname opcode.
One render function converts a getaddrbyname request structure &mdash;
<SPAN
CLASS="TYPE"
>lwres_gabnrequest_t</SPAN
> &mdash;
to the lighweight resolver's canonical format.
It is complemented by a parse function that converts a packet in this
canonical format to a getaddrbyname request structure.
Another render function converts the getaddrbyname response structure &mdash;
<SPAN
CLASS="TYPE"
>lwres_gabnresponse_t</SPAN
> &mdash;
to the canonical format.
This is complemented by a parse function which converts a packet in
canonical format to a getaddrbyname response structure.</P
><P
>These structures are defined in
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>&lt;lwres/lwres.h&gt;</TT
>.
They are shown below.
<PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
>#define LWRES_OPCODE_GETADDRSBYNAME     0x00010001U

typedef struct lwres_addr lwres_addr_t;
typedef LWRES_LIST(lwres_addr_t) lwres_addrlist_t;

typedef struct {
        lwres_uint32_t  flags;
        lwres_uint32_t  addrtypes;
        lwres_uint16_t  namelen;
        char           *name;
} lwres_gabnrequest_t;

typedef struct {
        lwres_uint32_t          flags;
        lwres_uint16_t          naliases;
        lwres_uint16_t          naddrs;
        char                   *realname;
        char                  **aliases;
        lwres_uint16_t          realnamelen;
        lwres_uint16_t         *aliaslen;
        lwres_addrlist_t        addrs;
        void                   *base;
        size_t                  baselen;
} lwres_gabnresponse_t;</PRE
></P
><P
><TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>lwres_gabnrequest_render()</TT
>
uses resolver context
<TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>ctx</I
></TT
>
to convert getaddrbyname request structure
<TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>req</I
></TT
>
to canonical format.
The packet header structure
<TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>pkt</I
></TT
>
is initialised and transferred to
buffer
<TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>b</I
></TT
>.

The contents of
<TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>*req</I
></TT
>
are then appended to the buffer in canonical format.
<TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>lwres_gabnresponse_render()</TT
>
performs the same task, except it converts a getaddrbyname response structure
<SPAN
CLASS="TYPE"
>lwres_gabnresponse_t</SPAN
>
to the lightweight resolver's canonical format.</P
><P
><TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>lwres_gabnrequest_parse()</TT
>
uses context
<TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>ctx</I
></TT
>
to convert the contents of packet
<TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>pkt</I
></TT
>
to a
<SPAN
CLASS="TYPE"
>lwres_gabnrequest_t</SPAN
>
structure.
Buffer
<TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>b</I
></TT
>
provides space to be used for storing this structure.
When the function succeeds, the resulting
<SPAN
CLASS="TYPE"
>lwres_gabnrequest_t</SPAN
>
is made available through
<TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>*structp</I
></TT
>.

<TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>lwres_gabnresponse_parse()</TT
>
offers the same semantics as
<TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>lwres_gabnrequest_parse()</TT
>
except it yields a
<SPAN
CLASS="TYPE"
>lwres_gabnresponse_t</SPAN
>
structure.</P
><P
><TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>lwres_gabnresponse_free()</TT
>
and
<TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>lwres_gabnrequest_free()</TT
>
release the memory in resolver context
<TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>ctx</I
></TT
>
that was allocated to the
<SPAN
CLASS="TYPE"
>lwres_gabnresponse_t</SPAN
>
or
<SPAN
CLASS="TYPE"
>lwres_gabnrequest_t</SPAN
>
structures referenced via
<TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>structp</I
></TT
>.

Any memory associated with ancillary buffers and strings for those
structures is also discarded.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN93"
></A
><H2
>RETURN VALUES</H2
><P
>The getaddrbyname opcode functions
<TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>lwres_gabnrequest_render()</TT
>, 
<TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>lwres_gabnresponse_render()</TT
>
<TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>lwres_gabnrequest_parse()</TT
>
and
<TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>lwres_gabnresponse_parse()</TT
>
all return
<SPAN
CLASS="ERRORCODE"
>LWRES_R_SUCCESS</SPAN
>
on success.
They return
<SPAN
CLASS="ERRORCODE"
>LWRES_R_NOMEMORY</SPAN
>
if memory allocation fails.
<SPAN
CLASS="ERRORCODE"
>LWRES_R_UNEXPECTEDEND</SPAN
>
is returned if the available space in the buffer
<TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>b</I
></TT
>
is too small to accommodate the packet header or the
<SPAN
CLASS="TYPE"
>lwres_gabnrequest_t</SPAN
>
and
<SPAN
CLASS="TYPE"
>lwres_gabnresponse_t</SPAN
>
structures.
<TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>lwres_gabnrequest_parse()</TT
>
and
<TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>lwres_gabnresponse_parse()</TT
>
will return
<SPAN
CLASS="ERRORCODE"
>LWRES_R_UNEXPECTEDEND</SPAN
>
if the buffer is not empty after decoding the received packet.
These functions will return
<SPAN
CLASS="ERRORCODE"
>LWRES_R_FAILURE</SPAN
>
if
<TT
CLASS="STRUCTFIELD"
><I
>pktflags</I
></TT
>
in the packet header structure
<SPAN
CLASS="TYPE"
>lwres_lwpacket_t</SPAN
>
indicate that the packet is not a response to an earlier query.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN112"
></A
><H2
>SEE ALSO</H2
><P
><SPAN
CLASS="CITEREFENTRY"
><SPAN
CLASS="REFENTRYTITLE"
>lwres_packet</SPAN
>(3)</SPAN
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