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1/*
2 * psql - the PostgreSQL interactive terminal
3 *
4 * Copyright (c) 2000-2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
5 *
6 * This implements a sort of variable repository. One could also think of it
7 * as a cheap version of an associative array. Each variable has a string
8 * name and a string value. The value can't be NULL, or more precisely
9 * that's not distinguishable from the variable being unset.
10 *
11 * src/bin/psql/variables.h
12 */
13#ifndef VARIABLES_H
14#define VARIABLES_H
15
16/*
17 * Variables can be given "assign hook" functions. The assign hook can
18 * prevent invalid values from being assigned, and can update internal C
19 * variables to keep them in sync with the variable's current value.
20 *
21 * An assign hook function is called before any attempted assignment, with the
22 * proposed new value of the variable (or with NULL, if an \unset is being
23 * attempted). If it returns false, the assignment doesn't occur --- it
24 * should print an error message with pg_log_error() to tell the user why.
25 *
26 * When an assign hook function is installed with SetVariableHooks(), it is
27 * called with the variable's current value (or with NULL, if it wasn't set
28 * yet). But its return value is ignored in this case. The hook should be
29 * set before any possibly-invalid value can be assigned.
30 */
31typedef bool (*VariableAssignHook) (const char *newval);
32
33/*
34 * Variables can also be given "substitute hook" functions. The substitute
35 * hook can replace values (including NULL) with other values, allowing
36 * normalization of variable contents. For example, for a boolean variable,
37 * we wish to interpret "\unset FOO" as "\set FOO off", and we can do that
38 * by installing a substitute hook. (We can use the same substitute hook
39 * for all bool or nearly-bool variables, which is why this responsibility
40 * isn't part of the assign hook.)
41 *
42 * The substitute hook is called before any attempted assignment, and before
43 * the assign hook if any, passing the proposed new value of the variable as a
44 * malloc'd string (or NULL, if an \unset is being attempted). It can return
45 * the same value, or a different malloc'd string, or modify the string
46 * in-place. It should free the passed-in value if it's not returning it.
47 * The substitute hook generally should not complain about erroneous values;
48 * that's a job for the assign hook.
49 *
50 * When a substitute hook is installed with SetVariableHooks(), it is applied
51 * to the variable's current value (typically NULL, if it wasn't set yet).
52 * That also happens before applying the assign hook.
53 */
54typedef char *(*VariableSubstituteHook) (char *newval);
55
56/*
57 * Data structure representing one variable.
58 *
59 * Note: if value == NULL then the variable is logically unset, but we are
60 * keeping the struct around so as not to forget about its hook function(s).
61 */
63{
64 char *name;
65 char *value;
68 struct _variable *next;
69};
70
71/* Data structure representing a set of variables */
72typedef struct _variable *VariableSpace;
73
74
76const char *GetVariable(VariableSpace space, const char *name);
77
78bool ParseVariableBool(const char *value, const char *name,
79 bool *result);
80
81bool ParseVariableNum(const char *value, const char *name,
82 int *result);
83
85
86bool SetVariable(VariableSpace space, const char *name, const char *value);
87bool SetVariableBool(VariableSpace space, const char *name);
88bool DeleteVariable(VariableSpace space, const char *name);
89
90void SetVariableHooks(VariableSpace space, const char *name,
92 VariableAssignHook ahook);
93bool VariableHasHook(VariableSpace space, const char *name);
94
95void PsqlVarEnumError(const char *name, const char *value, const char *suggestions);
96
97#endif /* VARIABLES_H */
#define newval
static struct @162 value
VariableSubstituteHook substitute_hook
Definition: variables.h:66
VariableAssignHook assign_hook
Definition: variables.h:67
struct _variable * next
Definition: variables.h:68
char * name
Definition: variables.h:64
char * value
Definition: variables.h:65
void PrintVariables(VariableSpace space)
Definition: variables.c:186
bool DeleteVariable(VariableSpace space, const char *name)
Definition: variables.c:404
char *(* VariableSubstituteHook)(char *newval)
Definition: variables.h:54
void SetVariableHooks(VariableSpace space, const char *name, VariableSubstituteHook shook, VariableAssignHook ahook)
Definition: variables.c:314
void PsqlVarEnumError(const char *name, const char *value, const char *suggestions)
Definition: variables.c:416
bool ParseVariableBool(const char *value, const char *name, bool *result)
Definition: variables.c:107
bool SetVariableBool(VariableSpace space, const char *name)
Definition: variables.c:392
bool ParseVariableNum(const char *value, const char *name, int *result)
Definition: variables.c:156
struct _variable * VariableSpace
Definition: variables.h:72
bool VariableHasHook(VariableSpace space, const char *name)
Definition: variables.c:367
bool(* VariableAssignHook)(const char *newval)
Definition: variables.h:31
bool SetVariable(VariableSpace space, const char *name, const char *value)
Definition: variables.c:211
const char * GetVariable(VariableSpace space, const char *name)
Definition: variables.c:71
VariableSpace CreateVariableSpace(void)
Definition: variables.c:51
const char * name