sd_json_dispatch_string
systemd
sd_json_dispatch_string
3
sd_json_dispatch_string
sd_json_dispatch_const_string
sd_json_dispatch_strv
sd_json_dispatch_stdbool
sd_json_dispatch_intbool
sd_json_dispatch_tristate
sd_json_dispatch_variant
sd_json_dispatch_variant_noref
sd_json_dispatch_int64
sd_json_dispatch_int32
sd_json_dispatch_int16
sd_json_dispatch_int8
sd_json_dispatch_uint64
sd_json_dispatch_uint32
sd_json_dispatch_uint16
sd_json_dispatch_uint8
sd_json_dispatch_double
sd_json_dispatch_uid_gid
sd_json_dispatch_id128
sd_json_dispatch_signal
sd_json_dispatch_unsupported
Decode JSON variant values and write them to the specified memory
#include <systemd/sd-varlink.h>
int sd_json_dispatch_string
const char *name
sd_json_variant *variant
sd_dispatch_flags flags
void *userdata
int sd_json_dispatch_const_string
const char *name
sd_json_variant *variant
sd_dispatch_flags flags
void *userdata
int sd_json_dispatch_strv
const char *name
sd_json_variant *variant
sd_dispatch_flags flags
void *userdata
int sd_json_dispatch_stdbool
const char *name
sd_json_variant *variant
sd_dispatch_flags flags
void *userdata
int sd_json_dispatch_intbool
const char *name
sd_json_variant *variant
sd_dispatch_flags flags
void *userdata
int sd_json_dispatch_tristate
const char *name
sd_json_variant *variant
sd_dispatch_flags flags
void *userdata
int sd_json_dispatch_variant
const char *name
sd_json_variant *variant
sd_dispatch_flags flags
void *userdata
int sd_json_dispatch_variant_noref
const char *name
sd_json_variant *variant
sd_dispatch_flags flags
void *userdata
int sd_json_dispatch_int64
const char *name
sd_json_variant *variant
sd_dispatch_flags flags
void *userdata
int sd_json_dispatch_int32
const char *name
sd_json_variant *variant
sd_dispatch_flags flags
void *userdata
int sd_json_dispatch_int16
const char *name
sd_json_variant *variant
sd_dispatch_flags flags
void *userdata
int sd_json_dispatch_int8
const char *name
sd_json_variant *variant
sd_dispatch_flags flags
void *userdata
int sd_json_dispatch_uint64
const char *name
sd_json_variant *variant
sd_dispatch_flags flags
void *userdata
int sd_json_dispatch_uint32
const char *name
sd_json_variant *variant
sd_dispatch_flags flags
void *userdata
int sd_json_dispatch_uint16
const char *name
sd_json_variant *variant
sd_dispatch_flags flags
void *userdata
int sd_json_dispatch_uint8
const char *name
sd_json_variant *variant
sd_dispatch_flags flags
void *userdata
int sd_json_dispatch_double
const char *name
sd_json_variant *variant
sd_dispatch_flags flags
void *userdata
int sd_json_dispatch_uid_gid
const char *name
sd_json_variant *variant
sd_dispatch_flags flags
void *userdata
int sd_json_dispatch_id128
const char *name
sd_json_variant *variant
sd_dispatch_flags flags
void *userdata
int sd_json_dispatch_signal
const char *name
sd_json_variant *variant
sd_dispatch_flags flags
void *userdata
int sd_json_dispatch_unsupported
const char *name
sd_json_variant *variant
sd_dispatch_flags flags
void *userdata
Description
The various functions described here are intended for use in the
sd_json_dispatch_field structure arrays the
sd_json_dispatch3 and
sd_varlink_dispatch3
functions accept; they decode the provided JSON variant object's value, and write it to the memory
indicated by the userdata pointer. The name parameter
contains the field name (in the JSON object it is contained in) of the value being decoded. For details
on the flags parameter see the sd_json_dispatch()
documentation.
Note that all these functions not only accept the native JSON type they are intended for, but also
accept null JSON values, in which case they assign an appropriate invalid/unset/null value, as
appropriate for the type (for details see below).
sd_json_dispatch_string() decodes a JSON string value, and allocates a
NUL terminated copy in dynamic memory. The userdata pointer
must point to a pointer to a string, which is freed if non-NULL, and then replaced
by the newly allocated one. If a JSON null value is passed, the existing string is freed and
NULL is assigned.
sd_json_dispatch_const_string() is very similar to
sd_json_dispatch_string(), but does not allocate a string in dynamic
memory. Instead, it just writes a pointer into the JSON object into the indicated memory (or
NULL in case a JSON null object is passed). The memory remains valid only as long as
the indicated variant object is kept allocated (which can happen via direct reference, or via an indirect
one via an object that references the specified variant). The memory userdata
points to on input is not freed before the new value is assigned.
sd_json_dispatch_stdbool() and sd_json_dispatch_intbool()
decode JSON boolean values and write them to the indicated memory. The former expects a variable of the
C99 bool type in the indicated memory, the latter an int (which will only
receive the values 0 and 1). The JSON null value is treated equivalent to a JSON false.
sd_json_dispatch_tristate() is very similar
tosd_json_dispatch_intbool(), but will assign -1 if a JSON null value is passed. Or
in other words, the integer will have a value > 0, == 0 or < 0, for the cases true, false or
invalid/unset/null.
sd_json_dispatch_variant() takes an additional reference to the passed JSON
object (via sd_json_variant_ref()) and writes the pointer to the indicated
memory. No decoding is done. If the indicated pointer is non-NULL on input it is
freed (via sd_json_variant_unref()) before the new pointer is written.
sd_json_dispatch_variant_noref() is similar, but does not
take a new reference to the JSON variant object. The pointer hence only remains valid as long as the
original object stays referenced. If the indicated pointer is non-NULL on input it
is not freed before the new pointer is written.
The sd_json_dispatch_int64(), sd_json_dispatch_int32(),
sd_json_dispatch_int16(), sd_json_dispatch_int8(),
sd_json_dispatch_uint64(), sd_json_dispatch_uint32(),
sd_json_dispatch_uint16() and sd_json_dispatch_uint8()
functions decode a JSON integer value, and write the value to the indicated memory. The function names
indicate the word width and signedness of the integers being parsed. If the JSON null value is passed the
functions for the unsigned integer types will assign the maximum value the type takes
(i.e. UINT64_MAX, UINT32_MAX …), and the signed versions assign
-1. Instead of a JSON integer value these functions also accept JSON strings that contain formatted
decimal numbers, in order to improve compatibility for encoding integer values that cannot be represented
in 64bit double precision floating point numbers in other programming languages that encode JSON numerals
this way.
The sd_json_dispatch_double() function decodes a 64bit double precision
floating point number. If a JSON null value is passed, assigns NaN.
The sd_json_dispatch_uid_gid() function is similar to
sd_json_dispatch_uint32(), and is intended to decode 32bit UNIX UID/GID numbers, as
used on Linux. It will decode a JSON null value as 4294967295 (i.e. (uid_t) -1), and
will refuse the values 65535 and 4294967295 when passed as JSON numerals (i.e. both the 16bit and 32bit
"invalid" UID/GID, as these values have special meaning for various UNIX syscalls, on different OSes and
file systems).
sd_json_dispatch_id128() decodes a 128bit ID formatted as a JSON string. It
supports both RFC9562 UUID formatting, as well as 64 hexadecimal characters without separators, the same
way as
sd_id128_from_string3. If
the JSON null value is passed, the all-zero ID is assigned.
sd_json_dispatch_signal() decodes a UNIX process signal specification. It
expects either an JSON string containing a signal name such as SIGINT or
SIGTERM, or an unsigned JSON integer value with the signal number (in the Linux
definition). The indicated memory must point to an int variable to write the signal number
to. If the JSON null value is passed a negative value will be written to the memory.
sd_json_dispatch_unsupported() will always fail with the
-EINVAL error.
Return Value
On success, these functions return a non-negative integer. On failure, they return a negative
errno-style error code.
Errors
Returned errors may indicate the following problems:
-EINVAL
An argument is invalid.
-ENOMEM
Memory allocation failed.
History
sd_json_dispatch_string(), sd_json_dispatch_const_string(),
sd_json_dispatch_strv(), sd_json_dispatch_stdbool(),
sd_json_dispatch_intbool(), sd_json_dispatch_tristate(),
sd_json_dispatch_variant(), sd_json_dispatch_variant_noref(),
sd_json_dispatch_int64(), sd_json_dispatch_int32(),
sd_json_dispatch_int16(), sd_json_dispatch_int8(),
sd_json_dispatch_uint64(), sd_json_dispatch_uint32(),
sd_json_dispatch_uint16(), sd_json_dispatch_uint8(),
sd_json_dispatch_double(), sd_json_dispatch_uid_gid(),
sd_json_dispatch_id128(), sd_json_dispatch_signal(),
sd_json_dispatch_unsupported() were added in version 257.
See Also
systemd1
sd-json3
sd-varlink3
sd_json_dispatch3
sd_variant_dispatch3