.\" 
.TH "smi_class" "3" "February 10, 2007" "" "SMI Management Information Library"
.SH "NAME"
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smiGetClass
smiGetFirstClass,
smiGetNextClass,
smiGetClassModule,
smiGetParentClass,
smiIsClassScalar
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\- SMI class
information routines
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.nf 
.B #include <smi.h>
.RS
.RE
.sp
.BI "SmiClass *smiGetClass(SmiModule *" smiModulePtr ", char *" name );
.RE
.sp
.BI "SmiClass *smiGetFirstClass(SmiModule *" smiModulePtr );
.RE
.sp
.BI "SmiClass *smiGetNextClass(SmiClass *" smiClassPtr );
.RE
.sp
.BI "SmiClass *smiGetParentClass(SmiClass *" smiClassPtr );
.RE
.sp
.BI "SmiModule *smiGetClassModule(SmiClass *" smiClassPtr );
.RE
.sp
.BI "int smiIsClassScalar(SmiClass *" smiClassPtr );
.RE

typedef struct SmiClass {
    SmiIdentifier       name;
    SmiDecl             decl;
    SmiStatus           status;
    char                *description;
    char                *reference;
} SmiClass;

.fi 
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
These functions retrieve information on a SMIng class definition (SMIng).
.PP 
\fBsmiGetClass(SmiModule *smiModulePtr,char *name)\fP returns a
pointer to \fBstruct SmiClass\fP that represents the class with the
given \fIname\fP in the given module(\fIsmiModulePtr\fP ), or NULL if
the class with the given name does not exist.
.PP 
\fBsmiGetFirstClass(SmiModule *smiModulePtr)\fP and
\fBsmiGetNextClass(SmiClass *smiClassPtr)\fP are used to iterate
through the classes of the module given by \fIsmiModulePtr\fP. They
return a pointer to \fBstruct SmiClass\fP that represents a class or
NULL if there are no classes left in the module, or error has
occurred.
.PP 
\fBsmiGetClassModule(SmiClass *smiClassPtr)\fP returns a pointer to
\fBstruct SmiModule\fP, of the module containing the given class.
.PP 
\fBsmiGetParentClass(SmiClass *smiClassPtr)\fP returns a pointer to
\fBstruct SmiClass\fP pointing to the parent of the given
\fIsmiClassPtr\fP, or NULL if the class is not derived.
.PP 
\fBsmiIsClassScalar(SmiClass *smiClassPtr)\fP returns \fBint\fP
\fI1\fP if the class is scalar(its unique statement contains an empty
list) or \fI0\fP otherwise. This method can be used in conjunction
with \fBsmiGetFirstUniqueAttribute()\fP to determine whether the class
is meant to be instantiated separately (has unique statement with
nonempty list), or if it is meant to be used as part of another class
(has no unique statement).
.SH "FILES"
.nf 
@includedir@/smi.h    SMI library header file
.fi 
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR libsmi "(3), "
.BR smi_module "(3), "
.BR smi.h
.SH "AUTHOR"
(C) 2007 Kaloyan Kanev, Jacobs University, Germany <k.kanev@jacobs-university.de>
.br