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PMADELTAINDOM(3) Library Functions Manual PMADELTAINDOM(3)
pmaDeltaInDom - generate a ``delta indom'' if two observations of an instance domain are different
#include <pcp/pmapi.h> #include <pcp/libpcp.h> #include <pcp/archive.h> int pmaDeltaInDom(__pmLogInDom *old, __pmLogInDom *new, __pmLogInDom *new_delta); cc ... -lpcp_archive -lpcp
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Checks if two observations of the same instance domain are identi‐ cal, and if they are not, tries to generate a ``delta indom'' to describe the differences. The code assumes (a) old->indom == new->indom and (b) both the in‐ stance domains are sorted in ascending internal instance identifi‐ er sequence; see pmaSortInDom(3) to see how to make the second condition true. The ``delta indom'' format is only supported for Version 3 archives and it is the caller's responsibility to determine if calling pmaDeltaInDom is appropriate, rather than calling pmaSameInDom(3) which is the preferred method for V2 archives. pmaDeltaInDom returns 0 if the old and new instance domains are the same. A return value of 1 indicates that the instance domains are dif‐ ferent and the ``delta indom'' format is not more efficient; in this case new_delta is not modified. A return value of 2 indicates that the instance domains are dif‐ ferent and new_delta has been set up to describe the ``delta in‐ dom'' encoding of the differences; in this case the caller is re‐ sponsible for freeing new_delta->instlist and new_delta->namelist. The instance domains are considered different if any of the fol‐ lowing hold: 1. old->numinst != new->numinst 2. For some i, old->instlist[i] != new->instlist[i] 3. For some i, the strings pointed to by old->namelist[i] and new->instlist[i] are not identical
As for a regular instance domain, new_delta->numinst defines the number of instance specifications. If new_delta->namelist[i] == NULL then the instance identified by new_delta->instlist[i] has been deleted from the instance domain. If new_delta->namelist[i] != NULL then the instance identified by new_delta->instlist[i] has been added to the instance domain. Because the ``delta indom'' is only likely to have short-term rel‐ evance to the caller, the new_delta->namelist[i] entries that are not NULL will point back into old->namelist[j] or new->namelist[k] and so old and new should not be freed until the caller has fin‐ ished with new_delta.
PMAPI(3), pmaSortInDom(3) and pmaSameInDom(3).
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