zlist(3)
CZMQ Manual - CZMQ/3.0.1
Name
zlist - simple generic list container
Synopsis
// Comparison function e.g. for sorting and removing.
typedef int (zlist_compare_fn) (
void *item1, void *item2);
// Callback function for zlist_freefn method
typedef void (zlist_free_fn) (
void *data);
// Create a new list container
CZMQ_EXPORT zlist_t *
zlist_new ();
// Destroy a list container
CZMQ_EXPORT void
zlist_destroy (zlist_t **self_p);
// Return the item at the head of list. If the list is empty, returns NULL.
// Leaves cursor pointing at the head item, or NULL if the list is empty.
CZMQ_EXPORT void *
zlist_first (zlist_t *self);
// Return the next item. If the list is empty, returns NULL. To move to
// the start of the list call zlist_first (). Advances the cursor.
CZMQ_EXPORT void *
zlist_next (zlist_t *self);
// Return the item at the tail of list. If the list is empty, returns NULL.
// Leaves cursor pointing at the tail item, or NULL if the list is empty.
CZMQ_EXPORT void *
zlist_last (zlist_t *self);
// Return first item in the list, or null, leaves the cursor
CZMQ_EXPORT void *
zlist_head (zlist_t *self);
// Return last item in the list, or null, leaves the cursor
CZMQ_EXPORT void *
zlist_tail (zlist_t *self);
// Return the current item of list. If the list is empty, returns NULL.
// Leaves cursor pointing at the current item, or NULL if the list is empty.
CZMQ_EXPORT void *
zlist_item (zlist_t *self);
// Append an item to the end of the list, return 0 if OK or -1 if this
// failed for some reason (out of memory). Note that if a duplicator has
// been set, this method will also duplicate the item.
CZMQ_EXPORT int
zlist_append (zlist_t *self, void *item);
// Push an item to the start of the list, return 0 if OK or -1 if this
// failed for some reason (out of memory). Note that if a duplicator has
// been set, this method will also duplicate the item.
CZMQ_EXPORT int
zlist_push (zlist_t *self, void *item);
// Pop the item off the start of the list, if any
CZMQ_EXPORT void *
zlist_pop (zlist_t *self);
// Checks if an item already is present. Uses compare method to determine if
// items are equal. If the compare method is NULL the check will only compare
// pointers. Returns true if item is present else false.
CZMQ_EXPORT bool
zlist_exists (zlist_t *self, void *item);
// Remove the specified item from the list if present
CZMQ_EXPORT void
zlist_remove (zlist_t *self, void *item);
// Make a copy of list. If the list has autofree set, the copied list will
// duplicate all items, which must be strings. Otherwise, the list will hold
// pointers back to the items in the original list. If list is null, returns
// NULL.
// The caller is responsible for destroying the return value when finished with it.
CZMQ_EXPORT zlist_t *
zlist_dup (zlist_t *self);
// Purge all items from list
CZMQ_EXPORT void
zlist_purge (zlist_t *self);
// Return number of items in the list
CZMQ_EXPORT size_t
zlist_size (zlist_t *self);
// Sort the list by ascending key value using a straight ASCII comparison.
// The sort is not stable, so may reorder items with the same keys.
CZMQ_EXPORT void
zlist_sort (zlist_t *self, zlist_compare_fn compare);
// Set list for automatic item destruction; item values MUST be strings.
// By default a list item refers to a value held elsewhere. When you set
// this, each time you append or push a list item, zlist will take a copy
// of the string value. Then, when you destroy the list, it will free all
// item values automatically. If you use any other technique to allocate
// list values, you must free them explicitly before destroying the list.
// The usual technique is to pop list items and destroy them, until the
// list is empty.
CZMQ_EXPORT void
zlist_autofree (zlist_t *self);
// Sets a compare function for this list. The function compares two items.
// It returns an integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero if the
// first item is found, respectively, to be less than, to match, or be
// greater than the second item.
// This function is used for sorting, removal and exists checking.
CZMQ_EXPORT void
zlist_comparefn (zlist_t *self, zlist_compare_fn fn);
// Set a free function for the specified list item. When the item is
// destroyed, the free function, if any, is called on that item.
// Use this when list items are dynamically allocated, to ensure that
// you don't have memory leaks. You can pass 'free' or NULL as a free_fn.
// Returns the item, or NULL if there is no such item.
CZMQ_EXPORT void *
zlist_freefn (zlist_t *self, void *item, zlist_free_fn fn, bool at_tail);
// Self test of this class
CZMQ_EXPORT void
zlist_test (int verbose);
Description
Provides a generic container implementing a fast singly-linked list. You can use this to construct multi-dimensional lists, and other structures together with other generic containers like zhash. This is a simple class. For demanding applications we recommend using zlistx.
To iterate through a list, use zlist_first to get the first item, then loop while not null, and do zlist_next at the end of each iteration.
Example
From zlist_test method
zlist_t *list = zlist_new ();
assert (list);
assert (zlist_size (list) == 0);
// Three items we'll use as test data
// List items are void *, not particularly strings
char *cheese = "boursin";
char *bread = "baguette";
char *wine = "bordeaux";
zlist_append (list, cheese);
assert (zlist_size (list) == 1);
assert ( zlist_exists (list, cheese));
assert (!zlist_exists (list, bread));
assert (!zlist_exists (list, wine));
zlist_append (list, bread);
assert (zlist_size (list) == 2);
assert ( zlist_exists (list, cheese));
assert ( zlist_exists (list, bread));
assert (!zlist_exists (list, wine));
zlist_append (list, wine);
assert (zlist_size (list) == 3);
assert ( zlist_exists (list, cheese));
assert ( zlist_exists (list, bread));
assert ( zlist_exists (list, wine));
assert (zlist_head (list) == cheese);
assert (zlist_next (list) == cheese);
assert (zlist_first (list) == cheese);
assert (zlist_tail (list) == wine);
assert (zlist_next (list) == bread);
assert (zlist_first (list) == cheese);
assert (zlist_next (list) == bread);
assert (zlist_next (list) == wine);
assert (zlist_next (list) == NULL);
// After we reach end of list, next wraps around
assert (zlist_next (list) == cheese);
assert (zlist_size (list) == 3);
zlist_remove (list, wine);
assert (zlist_size (list) == 2);
assert (zlist_first (list) == cheese);
zlist_remove (list, cheese);
assert (zlist_size (list) == 1);
assert (zlist_first (list) == bread);
zlist_remove (list, bread);
assert (zlist_size (list) == 0);
zlist_append (list, cheese);
zlist_append (list, bread);
assert (zlist_last (list) == bread);
zlist_remove (list, bread);
assert (zlist_last (list) == cheese);
zlist_remove (list, cheese);
assert (zlist_last (list) == NULL);
zlist_push (list, cheese);
assert (zlist_size (list) == 1);
assert (zlist_first (list) == cheese);
zlist_push (list, bread);
assert (zlist_size (list) == 2);
assert (zlist_first (list) == bread);
assert (zlist_item (list) == bread);
zlist_append (list, wine);
assert (zlist_size (list) == 3);
assert (zlist_first (list) == bread);
zlist_t *sub_list = zlist_dup (list);
assert (sub_list);
assert (zlist_size (sub_list) == 3);
zlist_sort (list, s_compare);
char *item;
item = (char *) zlist_pop (list);
assert (item == bread);
item = (char *) zlist_pop (list);
assert (item == wine);
item = (char *) zlist_pop (list);
assert (item == cheese);
assert (zlist_size (list) == 0);
assert (zlist_size (sub_list) == 3);
zlist_push (list, sub_list);
zlist_t *sub_list_2 = zlist_dup (sub_list);
zlist_append (list, sub_list_2);
assert (zlist_freefn (list, sub_list, &s_zlist_free, false) == sub_list);
assert (zlist_freefn (list, sub_list_2, &s_zlist_free, true) == sub_list_2);
zlist_destroy (&list);
// Test autofree functionality
list = zlist_new ();
assert (list);
zlist_autofree (list);
// Set equals function otherwise equals will not work as autofree copies strings
zlist_comparefn (list, s_compare);
zlist_push (list, bread);
zlist_append (list, cheese);
assert (zlist_size (list) == 2);
zlist_append (list, wine);
assert (zlist_exists (list, wine));
zlist_remove (list, wine);
assert (!zlist_exists (list, wine));
assert (streq ((const char *) zlist_first (list), bread));
item = (char *) zlist_pop (list);
assert (streq (item, bread));
free (item);
item = (char *) zlist_pop (list);
assert (streq (item, cheese));
free (item);
zlist_destroy (&list); assert (list == NULL);
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