Connection API

Functions used to connect to the servers. More...

Functions
nmdb_t *	nmdb_init ()
	Create a new nmdb_t pointer, used to talk with the server.
int	nmdb_add_tipc_server (nmdb_t *db, int port)
	Add a TIPC server.
int	nmdb_add_tcp_server (nmdb_t *db, const char *addr, int port)
	Add a TCP server.
int	nmdb_add_udp_server (nmdb_t *db, const char *addr, int port)
	Add an UDP server.
int	nmdb_add_sctp_server (nmdb_t *db, const char *addr, int port)
	Add a SCTP server.
int	nmdb_free (nmdb_t *db)
	Free a nmdb_t structure created by nmdb_init().

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Detailed Description

Functions used to connect to the servers.

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Function Documentation

nmdb_t* nmdb_init

(

)

Create a new nmdb_t pointer, used to talk with the server.

Returns:

a new connection instance.

int nmdb_add_tipc_server	(	nmdb_t *	db,
		int	port
	)

Add a TIPC server.

Parameters:

	db	connection instance.
	port	TIPC port to connect to (-1 means use the default).

Returns:

1 on success, 0 on failure.

int nmdb_add_tcp_server	(	nmdb_t *	db,
		const char *	addr,
		int	port
	)

Add a TCP server.

Parameters:

	db	connection instance.
	addr	host to connect to.
	port	port to connect to (-1 means use the default).

Returns:

1 on success, 0 on failure.

int nmdb_add_udp_server	(	nmdb_t *	db,
		const char *	addr,
		int	port
	)

Add an UDP server.

Parameters:

	db	connection instance.
	addr	host to connect to.
	port	port to connect to (-1 means use the default).

Returns:

1 on success, 0 on failure.

int nmdb_add_sctp_server	(	nmdb_t *	db,
		const char *	addr,
		int	port
	)

Add a SCTP server.

Parameters:

	db	connection instance.
	addr	host to connect to.
	port	port to connect to (-1 means use the default).

Returns:

1 on success, 0 on failure.

int nmdb_free

(

nmdb_t *

db

)

Free a nmdb_t structure created by nmdb_init().

It also closes all the connections opened to the servers.

Parameters:

db

connection instance.

Returns:

1 on success, 0 on failure.