smi_class(3)						SMI Management Information Library					      smi_class(3)

NAME

       smiGetClass smiGetFirstClass, smiGetNextClass, smiGetClassModule, smiGetParentClass, smiIsClassScalar - SMI class information routines

SYNOPSIS

       #include <smi.h>

       SmiClass *smiGetClass(SmiModule *smiModulePtr, char *name);

       SmiClass *smiGetFirstClass(SmiModule *smiModulePtr);

       SmiClass *smiGetNextClass(SmiClass *smiClassPtr);

       SmiClass *smiGetParentClass(SmiClass *smiClassPtr);

       SmiModule *smiGetClassModule(SmiClass *smiClassPtr);

       int smiIsClassScalar(SmiClass *smiClassPtr);

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

DESCRIPTION

       These functions retrieve information on a SMIng class definition (SMIng).

       smiGetClass(SmiModule  *smiModulePtr,char  *name) returns a pointer to struct SmiClass that represents the class with the given name in the
       given module(smiModulePtr ), or NULL if the class with the given name does not exist.

       smiGetFirstClass(SmiModule *smiModulePtr) and smiGetNextClass(SmiClass *smiClassPtr) are used to iterate through the classes of the  module
       given by smiModulePtr. They return a pointer to struct SmiClass that represents a class or NULL if there are no classes left in the module,
       or error has occurred.

       smiGetClassModule(SmiClass *smiClassPtr) returns a pointer to struct SmiModule, of the module containing the given class.

       smiGetParentClass(SmiClass *smiClassPtr) returns a pointer to struct SmiClass pointing to the parent of the given smiClassPtr, or  NULL	if
       the class is not derived.

       smiIsClassScalar(SmiClass  *smiClassPtr)  returns int 1 if the class is scalar(its unique statement contains an empty list) or 0 otherwise.
       This method can be used in conjunction with smiGetFirstUniqueAttribute() to determine whether the class is meant to be  instantiated  sepa-
       rately (has unique statement with nonempty list), or if it is meant to be used as part of another class (has no unique statement).

FILES

       ${prefix}/include/smi.h	  SMI library header file

SEE ALSO

       libsmi(3), smi_module(3), smi.h

AUTHOR

       (C) 2007 Kaloyan Kanev, Jacobs University, Germany <k.kanev@jacobs-university.de>

								 February 10, 2007						      smi_class(3)