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obitools3/src/obidms.h
celinemercier 5f62cd8526 C sources modified to add the handling of OBIDM columns with the type
OBI_INT, and the handling of multiple types in general
2015-07-31 18:03:48 +02:00

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/*
* obidms.h
*
* Created on: 23 mai 2015
* Author: coissac
*/
#ifndef OBIDMS_H_
#define OBIDMS_H_
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <dirent.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include "obierrno.h"
#define OBIDMS_MAX_NAME (2048) /**< The maximum length of an OBIDMS name
*/
/** @brief A structure describing an OBIDMS instance
*
* A pointer to this structure is returned on creation
* and opening of an OBITools Data Management System (DMS)
*/
typedef struct OBIDMS {
char directory_name[OBIDMS_MAX_NAME+1]; /**< The name of the directory
* containing the DMS
*/
DIR* directory; /**< A directory entry usable to
* refer and scan the database directory
*/
} OBIDMS_t, *OBIDMS_p;
/*@
* @brief Checks if an OBIDMS exists
*
* @param dms_name a pointer to a C string containing the name of the database.
* The actual directory name used to store the DMS will be
* `<dms_name>.obidms`.
*
* @return an integer value indicating the status of the database
* @retvalue 1 the database exist
* @retvalue 0 the database does not exist
* @retvalue -1 an error occurred
*
* @see obi_close_dms()
* @since May 2015
* @author Eric Coissac (eric.coissac@metabarcoding.org)
*/
int obi_dms_exists(const char* dms_name);
/**
* @brief Creates a new OBITools Data Management instance (OBIDMS).
*
* A `DMS` is implemented as a directory. This function checks
* if a directory with this name does not already exist
* before creating the new database.
*
* @param dms_name a pointer to a C string containing the name of the database.
* The actual directory name used to store the DMS will be
* `<name>.obidms`
*
* @return a pointer to an OBIDMS structure describing the newly created DMS
* @retval NULL on error and the `obi_errno` variable is set.
*
* ###Error values
* - OBIDMS_EXIST_ERROR : a database with the same name already exists.
* - OBIDMS_LONG_NAME_ERROR : the database name exceeds the limit.
* - OBIDMS_MEMORY_ERROR : something wrong occurred during memory allocation.
*
* @see obi_close_dms()
* @since May 2015
* @author Eric Coissac (eric.coissac@metabarcoding.org)
*/
OBIDMS_p obi_create_dms(const char *dms_name);
/**
* @brief Opens an existing OBITools Data Management instance (OBIDMS).
*
* @param dms_name a pointer to a C string containing the name of the database.
* The actual directory name used to store the DMS will be
* `<name>.obidms`
*
* @return a pointer to an OBIDMS structure describing the newly created DMS
* @retval NULL on error and the `obi_errno`variable is set.
*
* ###Error values
* - OBIDMS_LONG_NAME_ERROR : the database name exceeds the limit.
* - OBIDMS_MEMORY_ERROR : something wrong occurred during memory allocation.
*
* @see obi_close_dms()
* @since May 2015
* @author Eric Coissac (eric.coissac@metabarcoding.org)
*/
OBIDMS_p obi_open_dms(const char *dms_name);
/**
* @brief Creates a new OBIDMS instance.
*
* If the database already exists, this function opens it, otherwise it
* creates a new database.
*
* @param dms_name a pointer to a C string containing the name of the database.
* The actual directory name used to store the DMS is
* `<name>.obidms`
*
* @return a pointer to an OBIDMS structure describing the newly created DMS
* @retval NULL on error and the `obi_errno`variable is set.
*
* ###Error values
* - OBIDMS_LONG_NAME_ERROR : the database name exceeds the limit.
* - OBIDMS_MEMORY_ERROR : something wrong occurred during memory allocation.
*
* @see obi_close_dms()
* @since May 2015
* @author Eric Coissac (eric.coissac@metabarcoding.org)
*/
OBIDMS_p obi_dms(const char *dms_name);
/**
* @brief Lists all the column directories in the OBIDMS, their data type and
* their latest version.
*
* @param dms a pointer as returned by obi_create_dms() or obi_open_dms().
*
* @return an integer value indicating the success of the operation.
*
* @retvalue 0 on success
* @retvalue -1 on failure and the `obi_errno` variable is set.
*
* @since July 2015
* @author Celine Mercier (celine.mercier@metabarcoding.org)
*/
int obi_list_columns(OBIDMS_p dms);
/**
* @brief Closes an opened OBITools Data Management instance (OBIDMS).
*
* @param dms a pointer as returned by obi_create_dms() or obi_open_dms()
*
* @return an integer value indicating the success of the operation. Even on
* error, the `OBIDMS` structure is freed
* @retvalue 0 on success
* @retvalue -1 on failure and the `obi_errno` variable is set.
*
* @see obi_create_dms()
* @see obi_open_dms()
* @since May 2015
* @author Eric Coissac (eric.coissac@metabarcoding.org)
*/
int obi_close_dms(OBIDMS_p dms);
#endif /* OBIDMS_H_ */