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<body class="article">
<div id="header">
<h1>tpl examples</h1>
<span id="author">Troy D. Hanson</span><br />
<span id="email"><tt>&lt;<a href="mailto:tdh@tkhanson.net">tdh@tkhanson.net</a>&gt;</tt></span><br />
<span id="revnumber">version 1.0,</span>
<span id="revdate">October 2006</span>
<div id="toc">
<div id="toctitle">Table of Contents</div>
<noscript><p><b>JavaScript must be enabled in your browser to display the table of contents.</b></p></noscript>
</div>
</div>
<div id="content">
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_examples">Examples</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p>This document is a set of representative examples demonstrating how to use
tpl. If you&#8217;re looking for a more explanatory document, please read the
<a href="userguide.html">User Guide</a>.</p></div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="_an_integer_array">An integer array</h3>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="title">Storing an array of integers to file</div>
<div class="content">
<pre><tt>#include "tpl.h"
int main() {
tpl_node *tn;
int i;
tn = tpl_map( "A(i)", &amp;i );
for( i=0; i&lt;10; i++ ) {
tpl_pack( tn, 1 );
}
tpl_dump( tn, TPL_FILE, "demo.tpl" );
tpl_free( tn );
}</tt></pre>
</div></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>A program that unpacks this tpl data file is shown below.</p></div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="title">Re-reading an array of integers from file</div>
<div class="content">
<pre><tt>#include &lt;stdio.h&gt;
#include "tpl.h"
int main() {
tpl_node *tn;
int i;
tn = tpl_map( "A(i)", &amp;i );
tpl_load( tn, TPL_FILE, "demo.tpl" );
while (tpl_unpack( tn, 1 ) &gt; 0) {
printf("%d ", i);
}
tpl_free( tn );
}</tt></pre>
</div></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>When run, this program prints:</p></div>
<div class="literalblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><tt>0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9</tt></pre>
</div></div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="_a_nested_array">A nested array</h3>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="title">Packing nested arrays</div>
<div class="content">
<pre><tt>#include "tpl.h"
int main() {
char c;
tpl_node *tn;
tn = tpl_map("A(A(c))", &amp;c);
for(c='a'; c&lt;'c'; c++) tpl_pack(tn,2);
tpl_pack(tn, 1);
for(c='1'; c&lt;'4'; c++) tpl_pack(tn,2);
tpl_pack(tn, 1);
tpl_dump(tn, TPL_FILE, "test40.tpl");
tpl_free(tn);
}</tt></pre>
</div></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>This creates a nested array in which the parent has two elements: the first
element is the two-element nested array <em>a</em>, <em>b</em>; and the second element is
the three-element nested array <em>1</em>, <em>2</em>, <em>3</em>.</p></div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="title">Unpacking nested arrays</div>
<div class="content">
<pre><tt>#include "tpl.h"
#include &lt;stdio.h&gt;
int main() {
char c;
tpl_node *tn;
tn = tpl_map("A(A(c))", &amp;c);
tpl_load(tn, TPL_FILE, "test40.tpl");
while (tpl_unpack(tn,1) &gt; 0) {
while (tpl_unpack(tn,2) &gt; 0) printf("%c ",c);
printf("\n");
}
tpl_free(tn);
}</tt></pre>
</div></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>When run, this program prints:</p></div>
<div class="literalblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><tt>a b
1 2 3</tt></pre>
</div></div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="_a_string_array">A string array</h3>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="title">Packing a string array</div>
<div class="content">
<pre><tt> #include "tpl.h"
int main() {
tpl_node *tn;
char *s;
tn = tpl_map( "A(s)", &amp;s );
s = "bob";
tpl_pack(tn, 1);
s = "betty";
tpl_pack(tn, 1);
tpl_dump(tn, TPL_FILE, "strings.tpl");
tpl_free(tn);
}</tt></pre>
</div></div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="title">Unpacking a string array</div>
<div class="content">
<pre><tt> #include &lt;stdio.h&gt;
#include "tpl.h"
int main() {
tpl_node *tn;
char *s;
tn = tpl_map( "A(s)", &amp;s );
tpl_load( tn, TPL_FILE, "strings.tpl" );
while (tpl_unpack( tn, 1 ) &gt; 0) {
printf("%s\n", s);
free(s); /* important! */
}
tpl_free(tn);
}</tt></pre>
</div></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>When run, this program prints:</p></div>
<div class="literalblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><tt>bob
betty</tt></pre>
</div></div>
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<h3 id="_integer_string_pairs">Integer/string pairs</h3>
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<div class="title">Packing integer/string pairs</div>
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<pre><tt>#include "tpl.h"
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
tpl_node *tn;
int id;
char *name, *names[] = { "joe", "bob", "mary" };
tn = tpl_map("A(is)", &amp;id, &amp;name);
for(id=0,name=names[id]; id &lt; 3; name=names[++id])
tpl_pack(tn,1);
tpl_dump(tn, TPL_FILE, "/tmp/test35.tpl");
tpl_free(tn);
}</tt></pre>
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<div class="title">Unpacking integer/string pairs</div>
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<pre><tt>#include &lt;stdio.h&gt;
#include "tpl.h"
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
tpl_node *tn;
int id;
char *name;
tn = tpl_map("A(is)", &amp;id, &amp;name);
tpl_load(tn, TPL_FILE, "/tmp/test35.tpl");
while ( tpl_unpack(tn,1) &gt; 0 )
printf("id %d, user %s\n", id, name);
tpl_free(tn);
}</tt></pre>
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<div class="paragraph"><p>When run, this program prints:</p></div>
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<pre><tt>id 0, user joe
id 1, user bob
id 2, user mary</tt></pre>
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<h3 id="_a_binary_buffer">A binary buffer</h3>
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<div class="title">Packing a binary buffer</div>
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<pre><tt> #include "tpl.h"
#include &lt;sys/time.h&gt;
int main() {
tpl_node *tn;
tpl_bin tb;
struct timeval tv; /* we'll pack this structure as raw binary */
gettimeofday(&amp;tv,NULL); /* populate the structure with some data */
tn = tpl_map( "B", &amp;tb );
tb.sz = sizeof(struct timeval);
tb.addr = &amp;tv;
tpl_pack( tn, 0 );
tpl_dump(tn, TPL_FILE, "bin.tpl");
tpl_free(tn);
}</tt></pre>
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<div class="title">Unpacking a binary buffer</div>
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<pre><tt> #include "tpl.h"
int main() {
tpl_node *tn;
tpl_bin tb;
tn = tpl_map( "B", &amp;tb );
tpl_load( tn, TPL_FILE, "bin.tpl" );
tpl_unpack( tn, 0 );
printf("binary buffer of length %d at address %p\n", tb.sz, tb.addr);
free(tb.addr); /* important! */
tpl_free(tn);
}</tt></pre>
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<h3 id="_simple_pipe_ipc">Simple pipe IPC</h3>
<div class="paragraph"><p>This is a simple example of inter-process communication (IPC) over a pipe.</p></div>
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<div class="title">IPC over a pipe</div>
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<pre><tt>int main() {
tpl_node *tn;
unsigned i, sum=0;
int fd[2], pid;
pipe(fd);
if ( (pid = fork()) == 0) { /* child */
tn = tpl_map("A(u)",&amp;i);
tpl_load(tn, TPL_FD, fd[0]);
while (tpl_unpack(tn,1) &gt; 0) sum += i;
tpl_free(tn);
printf("sum is %d\n", sum);
} else if (pid &gt; 0) { /* parent */
tn = tpl_map("A(u)",&amp;i);
for(i=0;i&lt;10000;i++) tpl_pack(tn,1);
tpl_dump(tn,TPL_FD, fd[1] );
tpl_free(tn);
waitpid(pid,NULL,0);
}
}</tt></pre>
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<div class="paragraph"><p>The child unpacks the integers in the message, and sums them, printing:</p></div>
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<pre><tt>49995000</tt></pre>
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<div class="paragraph"><p>The example above (with <tt>#include</tt> headers omitted here) is included in the
file <tt>tests/test28.c</tt>.</p></div>
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