_Eina_Value_Struct_Desc Struct Reference
[Generic Value Struct management]

Describes the struct by listing its size, members and operations. More...


Data Fields

unsigned int version
 must be EINA_VALUE_STRUCT_DESC_VERSION
const
Eina_Value_Struct_Operations
ops
 operations, if NULL defaults will be used.
const Eina_Value_Struct_Membermembers
 array of member descriptions, if member_count is zero, then it must be NULL terminated.
unsigned int member_count
 if > 0, specifies number of members.
unsigned int size
 byte size to allocate, may be bigger than sum of members


Detailed Description

Describes the struct by listing its size, members and operations.

This is the root of Eina_Value knowledge about the memory it's handling as a structure. It adds introspection, saying the byte size of the structure, its members and how to manage such members.

Since:
1.2

Field Documentation

operations, if NULL defaults will be used.

You may use operations to optimize member lookup using binary search or gperf hash.

array of member descriptions, if member_count is zero, then it must be NULL terminated.

if > 0, specifies number of members.

If zero then members must be NULL terminated.