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author | Guido Berhoerster <guido+libpws@berhoerster.name> |
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date | Fri, 13 May 2016 14:32:44 +0200 |
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<?xml version="1.0"?> <!-- Copyright (C) 2015 Guido Berhoerster <guido+libpws@berhoerster.name> Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. --> <refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:lang="en"> <info> <author> <personname> <firstname>Guido</firstname> <surname>Berhoerster</surname> </personname> <email>guido+libpws@berhoerster.name</email> <personblurb/> </author> <date>21 March, 2015</date> </info> <refmeta> <refentrytitle>libpws</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>3</manvolnum> <refmiscinfo class="source"/> <refmiscinfo class="version"/> <refmiscinfo class="manual">Library Functions</refmiscinfo> </refmeta> <refnamediv> <refname>pws_init</refname> <refname>pws_finalize</refname> <refname>pws_set_alloc_functions</refname> <refname>pws_generate_uuid</refname> <refpurpose>initalize and deinitialize libpws</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsynopsisdiv> <cmdsynopsis> <command>cc</command> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"> <option>flag</option> </arg> <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"> <option>file</option> </arg> <arg choice="plain"> <option>-lpws</option> </arg> <arg choice="plain"> <option>-lnettle</option> </arg> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"> <option>library</option> </arg> </cmdsynopsis> <funcsynopsis> <funcsynopsisinfo> #include <pws.h> </funcsynopsisinfo> <funcprototype> <funcdef>int <function>pws_init</function></funcdef> <void/> </funcprototype> <funcprototype> <funcdef>void <function>pws_finalize</function></funcdef> <void/> </funcprototype> <funcprototype> <funcdef>void <function>pws_set_alloc_functions</function></funcdef> <paramdef>void *<funcparams>*<replaceable>alloc_function</replaceable></funcparams><funcparams>size_t</funcparams></paramdef> <paramdef>void *<funcparams>*<replaceable>realloc_function</replaceable></funcparams><funcparams>void *, size_t</funcparams></paramdef> <paramdef>void <funcparams>*<replaceable>free_function</replaceable></funcparams><funcparams>void *, size_t</funcparams></paramdef> <paramdef>void *<funcparams>*<replaceable>secure_alloc_function</replaceable></funcparams><funcparams>size_t</funcparams></paramdef> <paramdef>void *<funcparams>*<replaceable>secure_realloc_function</replaceable></funcparams><funcparams>void *, size_t</funcparams></paramdef> <paramdef>void <funcparams>*<replaceable>secure_free_function</replaceable></funcparams><funcparams>void *, size_t</funcparams></paramdef> </funcprototype> <funcprototype> <funcdef>int <function>pws_generate_uuid</function></funcdef> <paramdef>unsigned char [static PWS3_UUID_SIZE]</paramdef> </funcprototype> </funcsynopsis> <synopsis> <constant>LIBPWS_VERSION_MAJOR</constant> <constant>LIBPWS_VERSION_MINOR</constant> <constant>LIBPWS_VERSION_MICRO</constant> </synopsis> </refsynopsisdiv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <para>The <function>pws_init()</function> function initializes <citerefentry><refentrytitle>libpws</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> and must be called before any other function from this library.</para> <para>The <function>pws_finalize()</function> function deinitializes <citerefentry><refentrytitle>libpws</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> after which no other function from this library may be called.</para> <para>The <function>pws_set_alloc_functions()</function> function specifies the functions which are used by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>libpws</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> to allocate, reallocate or free memory allowing for the use of custom allocators. <function>pws_secure_alloc</function>, <function>pws_secure_realloc</function>, and <function>pws_secure_free</function> are used to allocate, reallocate, and free memory containing potentially sensitive information such as passwords, this e.g. allows for wrapping the acutal allocation using operating system specific facilities to prevent memory from being paged to the swap area or to overwrite memory before deallocating it. Any argument set to <constant>NULL</constant> will result in the default function being used, these are <function>malloc</function>, <function>realloc</function>, and a wrapper around <function>free</function>. This function must be called after <function>pws_init</function> and before calling any other function from this library. It is not reentrant.</para> <para>The <function>pws_uuid_create()</function> function generates a new random UUID following RFC4122 and places it in the array passed to it.</para> <para>The macros <constant>LIBPWS_VERSION_MAJOR</constant>, <constant>LIBPWS_VERSION_MINOR</constant>, and <constant>LIBPWS_VERSION_MICRO</constant> can be used to check the major, minor, and micro version of the library.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>Return Values</title> <para>The <function>pws_init()</function> function returns <returnvalue>0</returnvalue> if the library was initialized successfully and <returnvalue>-1</returnvalue> on failure.</para> <para>The <function>pws_generate_uuid()</function> returns <returnvalue>0</returnvalue> if a new random UUID has been generated and <returnvalue>-1</returnvalue> on failure.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>See Also</title> <para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>libpws</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pws3_file_create</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, RFC4122</para> </refsect1> </refentry>