libfyaml-core(3)

LIBFYAML-CORE(3) libfyaml LIBFYAML-CORE(3)

NAME

libfyaml-core - libfyaml core API

CORE

This is the single top-level include for the entire libfyaml public API. Including it pulls in all subsystem headers:

  • Core YAML parser, document tree, emitter, and diagnostics (libfyaml/libfyaml-core.h)
  • General-purpose utilities and portability macros (libfyaml/libfyaml-util.h)
  • YAML path expression parser and executor (libfyaml/libfyaml-path-exec.h)
  • Document builder: event-stream to tree conversion (libfyaml/libfyaml-docbuild.h)
  • Document iterator: tree traversal and event replay (libfyaml/libfyaml-dociter.h)
  • Composer: callback-driven, path-aware event processing (libfyaml/libfyaml-composer.h)
  • Pluggable memory allocators (libfyaml/libfyaml-allocator.h)
  • Thread pool for parallel work (libfyaml/libfyaml-thread.h)
  • BLAKE3 cryptographic hashing (libfyaml/libfyaml-blake3.h)
  • Alignment macros and helpers (libfyaml/libfyaml-align.h)
  • Portable endian detection (libfyaml/libfyaml-endian.h)
  • Portable atomic operations (libfyaml/libfyaml-atomics.h)
  • Variable-length size encoding (libfyaml/libfyaml-vlsize.h)

For faster compilation you may include only the subsystem headers you need. All public symbols are prefixed with fy_ (functions/types) or FY_ (macros and constants).

YAML PARSER, DOCUMENT AND EMITTER

This header provides the complete YAML 1.2 / JSON parser, document tree, and emitter API — the core of libfyaml. It is the largest and most frequently used part of the public interface.

Three complementary APIs cover the full lifecycle of a YAML document:

Event-based parsing (fy_parser_*): A streaming interface similar to libyaml’s. The parser produces a sequence of typed events (stream-start, document-start, scalar, sequence-start, …) without building an in-memory tree. Ideal for large documents, filters, and transcoding pipelines.

Document tree (fy_document_*, fy_node_*): Builds a fully navigable in-memory tree from a YAML or JSON source. Nodes can be queried, modified, merged, and serialised. Path-expression helpers (fy_document_scanf(), fy_document_insert_at(), …) provide XPath-like access into the tree.

Emitter (fy_emitter_*): Serialises documents or raw event streams back to YAML or JSON with full control over formatting style, indentation, and quoting. Supports streaming output to files, memory buffers, or user-supplied callbacks.

Diagnostics (fy_diag_*): A structured error-reporting subsystem that attributes messages to precise source locations and integrates with IDE/compiler toolchains via a standard file:line:col: level: text format.

All types are opaque pointers (struct fy_parser *, struct fy_document *, struct fy_node *, …) so the ABI is stable across minor releases.

struct fy_version

struct fy_version
The YAML version

Definition

struct fy_version {

int major;
int minor; }


Members

major
Major version number
minor
Major version number

Description

The parser fills it according to the %YAML directive found in the document.

fy_version_compare

int fy_version_compare(const struct fy_version *va, const struct fy_version *vb)
Compare two yaml versions
Parameters
  • va (const struct fy_version*) – The first version, if NULL use default version
  • vb (const struct fy_version*) – The second version, if NULL use default version



Description

Compare the versions

Return

0 if versions are equal, > 0 if version va is higher than vb < 0 if version va is lower than vb

fy_version_default

const struct fy_version *fy_version_default(void)
Get the default version of the library
Parameters
void – no arguments



Description

Return the default version of the library, i.e. the highest stable version that is supported.

Return

The default YAML version of this library

fy_version_is_supported

bool fy_version_is_supported(const struct fy_version *vers)
Check if supported version
Parameters
vers (const struct fy_version*) – The version to check, NULL means default version.



Description

Check if the given YAML version is supported.

Return

true if version supported, false otherwise.

fy_version_supported_iterate

const struct fy_version *fy_version_supported_iterate(void **prevp)
Iterate over the supported YAML versions
Parameters
prevp (void**) – The previous version iterator



Description

This method iterates over the supported YAML versions of this ibrary. The start of the iteration is signalled by a NULL in *prevp.

Return

The next node in sequence or NULL at the end of the sequence.

fy_shutdown

void fy_shutdown(void)
Final cleanup before exit
Parameters
void – no arguments



Description

Some libraries cough*libclang* need explicit cleanup calls at the end of program execution, even if you’ve never called any of their functions.

This method will make sure it calls their cleanup functions so that no memory leaks are reported in valgrind etc.

struct fy_tag

struct fy_tag
The YAML tag structure.

Definition

struct fy_tag {

const char *handle;
const char *prefix; }


Members

handle
Handle of the tag (i.e. “!!”)
prefix
The prefix of the tag (i.e. “tag:yaml.org,2002:”) The parser fills it according to the %TAG directives encountered during parsing.

struct fy_mark

struct fy_mark
marker holding information about a location in a struct fy_input

Definition

struct fy_mark {

size_t input_pos;
int line;
int column; }


Members

input_pos
Position of the mark (from the start of the current input)
line
Line position (0 index based)
column
Column position (0 index based)

enum fy_error_type

enum fy_error_type
The supported diagnostic/error types

Definition

enum fy_error_type {

FYET_DEBUG,
FYET_INFO,
FYET_NOTICE,
FYET_WARNING,
FYET_ERROR,
FYET_MAX };


Constants

FYET_DEBUG
Debug level (disabled if library is not compiled in debug mode)
FYET_INFO
Informational level
FYET_NOTICE
Notice level
FYET_WARNING
Warning level
FYET_ERROR
Error level - error reporting is using this level
FYET_MAX
Non inclusive maximum fy_error_type value

enum fy_error_module

enum fy_error_module
Module which generated the diagnostic/error

Definition

enum fy_error_module {

FYEM_UNKNOWN,
FYEM_ATOM,
FYEM_SCAN,
FYEM_PARSE,
FYEM_DOC,
FYEM_BUILD,
FYEM_INTERNAL,
FYEM_SYSTEM,
FYEM_EMIT,
FYEM_TYPESET,
FYEM_DECODE,
FYEM_ENCODE,
FYEM_REFLECTION,
FYEM_MAX };


Constants

FYEM_UNKNOWN
Unknown, default if not specific
FYEM_ATOM
Atom module, used by atom chunking
FYEM_SCAN
Scanner module
FYEM_PARSE
Parser module
FYEM_DOC
Document module
FYEM_BUILD
Build document module (after tree is constructed)
FYEM_INTERNAL
Internal error/diagnostic module
FYEM_SYSTEM
System error/diagnostic module
FYEM_EMIT
Emitter module
FYEM_TYPESET
Prepare types module (C reflection)
FYEM_DECODE
Decode, serialization -> internal form module
FYEM_ENCODE
Encode, internal form -> serialized form module
FYEM_REFLECTION
Generic reflection module messages
FYEM_MAX
Non inclusive maximum fy_error_module value

enum fy_parse_cfg_flags

enum fy_parse_cfg_flags
Parse configuration flags

Definition

enum fy_parse_cfg_flags {

FYPCF_QUIET,
FYPCF_COLLECT_DIAG,
FYPCF_RESOLVE_DOCUMENT,
FYPCF_DISABLE_MMAP_OPT,
FYPCF_DISABLE_RECYCLING,
FYPCF_PARSE_COMMENTS,
FYPCF_DISABLE_DEPTH_LIMIT,
FYPCF_DISABLE_ACCELERATORS,
FYPCF_DISABLE_BUFFERING,
FYPCF_DEFAULT_VERSION_AUTO,
FYPCF_DEFAULT_VERSION_1_1,
FYPCF_DEFAULT_VERSION_1_2,
FYPCF_DEFAULT_VERSION_1_3,
FYPCF_SLOPPY_FLOW_INDENTATION,
FYPCF_PREFER_RECURSIVE,
FYPCF_JSON_AUTO,
FYPCF_JSON_NONE,
FYPCF_JSON_FORCE,
FYPCF_YPATH_ALIASES,
FYPCF_ALLOW_DUPLICATE_KEYS };


Constants

FYPCF_QUIET
Quiet, do not output any information messages
FYPCF_COLLECT_DIAG
Collect diagnostic/error messages
FYPCF_RESOLVE_DOCUMENT
When producing documents, automatically resolve them
FYPCF_DISABLE_MMAP_OPT
Disable mmap optimization
FYPCF_DISABLE_RECYCLING
Disable recycling optimization
FYPCF_PARSE_COMMENTS
Enable parsing of comments (experimental)
FYPCF_DISABLE_DEPTH_LIMIT
Disable depth limit check, use with enlarged stack
FYPCF_DISABLE_ACCELERATORS
Disable use of access accelerators (saves memory)
FYPCF_DISABLE_BUFFERING
Disable use of buffering where possible
FYPCF_DEFAULT_VERSION_AUTO
Automatically use the most recent version the library supports
FYPCF_DEFAULT_VERSION_1_1
Default version is YAML 1.1
FYPCF_DEFAULT_VERSION_1_2
Default version is YAML 1.2
FYPCF_DEFAULT_VERSION_1_3
Default version is YAML 1.3 (experimental)
FYPCF_SLOPPY_FLOW_INDENTATION
Allow sloppy indentation in flow mode
FYPCF_PREFER_RECURSIVE
Prefer recursive algorighms instead of iterative whenever possible
FYPCF_JSON_AUTO
Automatically enable JSON mode (when extension is .json)
FYPCF_JSON_NONE
Never enable JSON input mode
FYPCF_JSON_FORCE
Force JSON mode always
FYPCF_YPATH_ALIASES
Enable YPATH aliases mode
FYPCF_ALLOW_DUPLICATE_KEYS
Allow duplicate keys on mappings

Description

These flags control the operation of the parse and the debugging output/error reporting via filling in the fy_parse_cfg->flags member.

struct fy_parse_cfg

struct fy_parse_cfg
parser configuration structure.

Definition

struct fy_parse_cfg {

const char *search_path;
enum fy_parse_cfg_flags flags;
void *userdata;
struct fy_diag *diag; }


Members

search_path
Search path when accessing files, seperate with ‘:’
flags
Configuration flags
userdata
Opaque user data pointer
diag
Optional diagnostic interface to use

Description

Argument to the fy_parser_create() method which perform parsing of YAML files.

enum fy_event_type

enum fy_event_type
Event types

Definition

enum fy_event_type {

FYET_NONE,
FYET_STREAM_START,
FYET_STREAM_END,
FYET_DOCUMENT_START,
FYET_DOCUMENT_END,
FYET_MAPPING_START,
FYET_MAPPING_END,
FYET_SEQUENCE_START,
FYET_SEQUENCE_END,
FYET_SCALAR,
FYET_ALIAS };


Constants

FYET_NONE
No event
FYET_STREAM_START
Stream start event
FYET_STREAM_END
Stream end event
FYET_DOCUMENT_START
Document start event
FYET_DOCUMENT_END
Document end event
FYET_MAPPING_START
YAML mapping start event
FYET_MAPPING_END
YAML mapping end event
FYET_SEQUENCE_START
YAML sequence start event
FYET_SEQUENCE_END
YAML sequence end event
FYET_SCALAR
YAML scalar event
FYET_ALIAS
YAML alias event

fy_event_type_get_text

const char *fy_event_type_get_text(enum fy_event_type type)
Return text of an event type
Parameters
type (enum fy_event_type) – The event type to get text from



Return

A pointer to a text, i.e for FYET_SCALAR “=VAL”.

enum fy_collection_style

enum fy_collection_style
Collection styles supported by the parser/emitter

Definition

enum fy_collection_style {

FYCS_ANY,
FYCS_BLOCK,
FYCS_FLOW,
FYCS_MAX };


Constants

FYCS_ANY
Any collection style, not generated by the parser. Lets the emitter to choose
FYCS_BLOCK
Block style (not {}[])
FYCS_FLOW
Flow style {}[]
FYCS_MAX
marks end of scalar styles

enum fy_scalar_style

enum fy_scalar_style
Scalar styles supported by the parser/emitter

Definition

enum fy_scalar_style {

FYSS_ANY,
FYSS_PLAIN,
FYSS_SINGLE_QUOTED,
FYSS_DOUBLE_QUOTED,
FYSS_LITERAL,
FYSS_FOLDED,
FYSS_MAX };


Constants

FYSS_ANY
Any scalar style, not generated by the parser. Lets the emitter to choose
FYSS_PLAIN
Plain scalar style
FYSS_SINGLE_QUOTED
Single quoted style
FYSS_DOUBLE_QUOTED
Double quoted style
FYSS_LITERAL
YAML literal block style
FYSS_FOLDED
YAML folded block style
FYSS_MAX
marks end of scalar styles

struct fy_event_stream_start_data

struct fy_event_stream_start_data
stream start event data

Definition

struct fy_event_stream_start_data {

struct fy_token *stream_start; }


Members

stream_start
The token that started the stream

struct fy_event_stream_end_data

struct fy_event_stream_end_data
stream end event data

Definition

struct fy_event_stream_end_data {

struct fy_token *stream_end; }


Members

stream_end
The token that ended the stream

struct fy_event_document_start_data

struct fy_event_document_start_data
doument start event data

Definition

struct fy_event_document_start_data {

struct fy_token *document_start;
struct fy_document_state *document_state;
bool implicit; }


Members

document_start
The token that started the document, or NULL if the document was implicitly started.
document_state
The state of the document (i.e. information about the YAML version and configured tags)
implicit
True if the document started implicitly

struct fy_event_document_end_data

struct fy_event_document_end_data
doument end event data

Definition

struct fy_event_document_end_data {

struct fy_token *document_end;
bool implicit; }


Members

document_end
The token that ended the document, or NULL if the document was implicitly ended
implicit
True if the document ended implicitly

struct fy_event_alias_data

struct fy_event_alias_data
alias event data

Definition

struct fy_event_alias_data {

struct fy_token *anchor; }


Members

anchor
The anchor token definining this alias.

struct fy_event_scalar_data

struct fy_event_scalar_data
scalar event data

Definition

struct fy_event_scalar_data {

struct fy_token *anchor;
struct fy_token *tag;
struct fy_token *value;
bool tag_implicit; }


Members

anchor
anchor token or NULL
tag
tag token or NULL
value
scalar value token (cannot be NULL)
tag_implicit
true if the tag was implicit or explicit

struct fy_event_sequence_start_data

struct fy_event_sequence_start_data
sequence start event data

Definition

struct fy_event_sequence_start_data {

struct fy_token *anchor;
struct fy_token *tag;
struct fy_token *sequence_start; }


Members

anchor
anchor token or NULL
tag
tag token or NULL
sequence_start
sequence start value token or NULL if the sequence was started implicitly

struct fy_event_sequence_end_data

struct fy_event_sequence_end_data
sequence end event data

Definition

struct fy_event_sequence_end_data {

struct fy_token *sequence_end; }


Members

sequence_end
The token that ended the sequence, or NULL if the sequence was implicitly ended

struct fy_event_mapping_start_data

struct fy_event_mapping_start_data
mapping start event data

Definition

struct fy_event_mapping_start_data {

struct fy_token *anchor;
struct fy_token *tag;
struct fy_token *mapping_start; }


Members

anchor
anchor token or NULL
tag
tag token or NULL
mapping_start
mapping start value token or NULL if the mapping was started implicitly

struct fy_event_mapping_end_data

struct fy_event_mapping_end_data
mapping end event data

Definition

struct fy_event_mapping_end_data {

struct fy_token *mapping_end; }


Members

mapping_end
The token that ended the mapping, or NULL if the mapping was implicitly ended

struct fy_event

struct fy_event
Event generated by the parser

Definition

struct fy_event {

enum fy_event_type type;
union {
struct fy_event_stream_start_data stream_start;
struct fy_event_stream_end_data stream_end;
struct fy_event_document_start_data document_start;
struct fy_event_document_end_data document_end;
struct fy_event_alias_data alias;
struct fy_event_scalar_data scalar;
struct fy_event_sequence_start_data sequence_start;
struct fy_event_sequence_end_data sequence_end;
struct fy_event_mapping_start_data mapping_start;
struct fy_event_mapping_end_data mapping_end;
} ; }


Members

type
Type of the event, see enum fy_event_type
{unnamed_union}
anonymous
stream_start
Stream start information, it is valid when fy_event->type is enum FYET_STREAM_START
stream_end
Stream end information, it is valid when fy_event->type is enum FYET_STREAM_END
document_start
Document start information, it is valid when fy_event->type is enum FYET_DOCUMENT_START
document_end
Document end information, it is valid when fy_event->type is enum FYET_DOCUMENT_END
alias
Alias information, it is valid when fy_event->type is enum FYET_ALIAS
scalar
Scalar information, it is valid when fy_event->type is enum FYET_SCALAR
sequence_start
Sequence start information, it is valid when fy_event->type is enum FYET_SEQUENCE_START
sequence_end
Sequence end information, it is valid when fy_event->type is enum FYET_SEQUENCE_END
mapping_start
Mapping start information, it is valid when fy_event->type is enum FYET_MAPPING_START
mapping_end
Mapping end information, it is valid when fy_event->type is enum FYET_MAPPING_END

Description

This structure is generated by the parser by each call to fy_parser_parse() and release by fy_parser_event_free()

enum fy_event_part

enum fy_event_part
Select part of the event

Definition

enum fy_event_part {

FYEP_VALUE,
FYEP_TAG,
FYEP_ANCHOR };


Constants

FYEP_VALUE
The value of the event (the main token)
FYEP_TAG
The tag of the event
FYEP_ANCHOR
The anchor of the event

fy_event_get_type

enum fy_event_type fy_event_get_type(const struct fy_event *fye)
Get the event’s type
Parameters
fye (const struct fy_event*) – The event



Description

Return the type of the event

Return

The event type, or FYET_NONE when the event is invalid

fy_event_data

void *fy_event_data(struct fy_event *fye)
Get a pointer to the event data
Parameters
fye (struct fy_event*) – The event



Description

Some languages cough*golang*cough really don’t like unions, and anonymous unions in particular.

You should not have to use this in other language bindings.

Return

A pointer to the event data structure, or NULL if the event is invalid

fy_library_version

const char *fy_library_version(void)
Return the library version string
Parameters
void – no arguments



Return

A pointer to a version string of the form <MAJOR>.<MINOR>[[.<PATCH>][-EXTRA-VERSION-INFO]]

fy_string_to_error_type

enum fy_error_type fy_string_to_error_type(const char *str)
Return the error type from a string
Parameters
str (const char*) – The string to convert to an error type



Return

The error type if greater or equal to zero, FYET_MAX otherwise

fy_error_type_to_string

const char *fy_error_type_to_string(enum fy_error_type type)
Convert an error type to string
Parameters
type (enum fy_error_type) – The error type to convert



Return

The string value of the error type or the empty string “” on error

fy_string_to_error_module

enum fy_error_module fy_string_to_error_module(const char *str)
Return the error module from a string
Parameters
str (const char*) – The string to convert to an error module



Return

The error type if greater or equal to zero, FYEM_MAX otherwise

fy_error_module_to_string

const char *fy_error_module_to_string(enum fy_error_module module)
Convert an error module to string
Parameters
module (enum fy_error_module) – The error module to convert



Return

The string value of the error module or the empty string “” on error

fy_event_is_implicit

bool fy_event_is_implicit(struct fy_event *fye)
Check whether the given event is an implicit one
Parameters
fye (struct fy_event*) – A pointer to a struct fy_event to check.



Return

true if the event is an implicit one.

fy_document_event_is_implicit

bool fy_document_event_is_implicit(const struct fy_event *fye)
Check whether the given document event is an implicit one
Parameters
fye (const struct fy_event*) – A pointer to a struct fy_event to check. It must be either a document start or document end event.



Return

true if the event is an implicit one.

fy_parser_create

struct fy_parser *fy_parser_create(const struct fy_parse_cfg *cfg)
Create a parser.
Parameters
cfg (const struct fy_parse_cfg*) – The configuration for the parser



Description

Creates a parser with its configuration cfg The parser may be destroyed by a corresponding call to fy_parser_destroy().

Return

A pointer to the parser or NULL in case of an error.

fy_parser_destroy

void fy_parser_destroy(struct fy_parser *fyp)
Destroy the given parser
Parameters
fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser to destroy



Description

Destroy a parser created earlier via fy_parser_create().

fy_parser_get_cfg

const struct fy_parse_cfg *fy_parser_get_cfg(struct fy_parser *fyp)
Get the configuration of a parser
Parameters
fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser



Return

The configuration of the parser

fy_parser_get_diag

struct fy_diag *fy_parser_get_diag(struct fy_parser *fyp)
Get the diagnostic object of a parser
Parameters
fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser to get the diagnostic object



Description

Return a pointer to the diagnostic object of a parser object. Note that the returned diag object has a reference taken so you should fy_diag_unref() it when you’re done with it.

Return

A pointer to a ref’ed diagnostic object or NULL in case of an error.

fy_parser_set_diag

int fy_parser_set_diag(struct fy_parser *fyp, struct fy_diag *diag)
Set the diagnostic object of a parser
Parameters
  • fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser to replace the diagnostic object
  • diag (struct fy_diag*) – The parser’s new diagnostic object, NULL for default



Description

Replace the parser’s current diagnostic object with the one given as an argument. The previous diagnostic object will be unref’ed (and freed if its reference gets to 0). Also note that the diag argument shall take a reference too.

Return

0 if everything OK, -1 otherwise

fy_parser_reset

int fy_parser_reset(struct fy_parser *fyp)
Reset a parser completely
Parameters
fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser to reset



Description

Completely reset a parser, including after an error that caused a parser error to be emitted.

Return

0 if the reset was successful, -1 otherwise

fy_parser_set_input_file

int fy_parser_set_input_file(struct fy_parser *fyp, const char *file)
Set the parser to process the given file
Parameters
  • fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser
  • file (const char*) – The file to parse.



Description

Point the parser to the given file for processing. The file is located by honoring the search path of the configuration set by the earlier call to fy_parser_create(). While the parser is in use the file will must be available.

Return

zero on success, -1 on error

fy_parser_set_string

int fy_parser_set_string(struct fy_parser *fyp, const char *str, size_t len)
Set the parser to process the given string.
Parameters
  • fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser
  • str (const char*) – The YAML string to parse.
  • len (size_t) – The length of the string (or -1 if ‘0’ terminated)



Description

Point the parser to the given (NULL terminated) string. Note that while the parser is active the string must not go out of scope.

Return

zero on success, -1 on error

fy_parser_set_malloc_string

int fy_parser_set_malloc_string(struct fy_parser *fyp, char *str, size_t len)
Set the parser to process the given malloced string.
Parameters
  • fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser
  • str (char*) – The YAML string to parse (allocated).
  • len (size_t) – The length of the string (or -1 if ‘0’ terminated)



Description

Point the parser to the given (possible NULL terminated) string. Note that the string is expected to be allocated via malloc(3) and ownership is transferred to the created input. When the input is free’ed the memory will be automatically freed.

In case of an error the string is not freed.

Return

zero on success, -1 on error

fy_parser_set_input_fp

int fy_parser_set_input_fp(struct fy_parser *fyp, const char *name, FILE *fp)
Set the parser to process the given file
Parameters
  • fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser
  • name (const char*) – The label of the stream
  • fp (FILE*) – The FILE pointer, it must be open in read mode.



Description

Point the parser to use fp for processing.

Return

zero on success, -1 on error

fy_parser_set_input_callback

int fy_parser_set_input_callback(struct fy_parser *fyp, void *user, ssize_t (*callback)(void *user, void *buf, size_t count))
Set the parser to process via a callback
Parameters
  • fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser
  • user (void*) – The user data pointer
  • callback (ssize_t (*)(void *user, void *buf, size_t count)) – The callback method to request data with



Description

Point the parser to use a callback for input.

Return

zero on success, -1 on error

fy_parser_set_input_fd

int fy_parser_set_input_fd(struct fy_parser *fyp, int fd)
Set the parser to process the given file descriptor
Parameters
  • fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser
  • fd (int) – The file descriptor to use



Description

Point the parser to use fd for processing.

Return

zero on success, -1 on error

fy_parser_parse

struct fy_event *fy_parser_parse(struct fy_parser *fyp)
Parse and return the next event.
Parameters
fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser



Description

Each call to fy_parser_parse() returns the next event from the configured input of the parser, or NULL at the end of the stream. The returned event must be released via a matching call to fy_parser_event_free().

Return

The next event in the stream or NULL.

fy_parser_parse_peek

const struct fy_event *fy_parser_parse_peek(struct fy_parser *fyp)
Parse and peek at the next event.
Parameters
fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser



Description

It will return the next event that a call to fy_parser_parse would generate, but as read-only.

You must not free this event.

Return

A peek at the next event in the stream or NULL.

fy_parser_skip

int fy_parser_skip(struct fy_parser *fyp)
Skip the current scalar/collection
Parameters
fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser



Description

Skips the current scalar or collection.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_parser_count_sequence_items

int fy_parser_count_sequence_items(struct fy_parser *fyp)
Count the sequence items
Parameters
fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser



Description

Counts the number of sequence items. Parser must already be in a sequence state. Note that this uses backtracking so it might not be very efficient.

Return

The number of sequence items on success, -1 on error Note if the number of items exceeds INT_MAX, INT_MAX will be returned.

fy_parser_count_mapping_items

int fy_parser_count_mapping_items(struct fy_parser *fyp)
Count the mapping items
Parameters
fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser



Description

Counts the number of mapping items. Parser must already be in a mapping state. Note that this uses backtracking so it might not be very efficient.

Return

The number of mapping items on success, -1 on error Note if the number of items exceeds INT_MAX, INT_MAX will be returned.

fy_parser_event_free

void fy_parser_event_free(struct fy_parser *fyp, struct fy_event *fye)
Free an event
Parameters
  • fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser
  • fye (struct fy_event*) – The event to free (may be NULL)



Description

Free a previously returned event from fy_parser_parse().

fy_parser_get_stream_error

bool fy_parser_get_stream_error(struct fy_parser *fyp)
Check the parser for stream errors
Parameters
fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser



Return

true in case of a stream error, false otherwise.

fy_parser_get_mode

enum fy_parser_mode fy_parser_get_mode(struct fy_parser *fyp)
Get the parser mode
Parameters
fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser



Description

Retrieve the current mode of the parser, which indicates the YAML version or format being parsed (YAML 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, or JSON).

Return

The parser mode

fy_parser_vlog

void fy_parser_vlog(struct fy_parser *fyp, enum fy_error_type type, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
Log using the parsers diagnostics printf style (va_arg)
Parameters
  • fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser
  • type (enum fy_error_type) – The error type
  • fmt (const char*) – The printf format string
  • ap (va_list) – The argument list



Description

Output a log on the parser diagnostic output

fy_parser_log

void fy_parser_log(struct fy_parser *fyp, enum fy_error_type type, const char *fmt, ...)
Log using the parsers diagnostics printf style
Parameters
  • fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser
  • type (enum fy_error_type) – The error type
  • fmt (const char*) – The printf format string
  • ellipsis (ellipsis) – The extra arguments



Description

Output a report on the parser’s diagnostics

fy_parser_vreport

void fy_parser_vreport(struct fy_parser *fyp, enum fy_error_type type, struct fy_token *fyt, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
Report using the parsers diagnostics printf style and mark token (va_arg)
Parameters
  • fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser
  • type (enum fy_error_type) – The error type
  • fyt (struct fy_token*) – The token
  • fmt (const char*) – The printf format string
  • ap (va_list) – The argument list



Description

Output a report on the parser and indicate the token’s position

fy_parser_report

void fy_parser_report(struct fy_parser *fyp, enum fy_error_type type, struct fy_token *fyt, const char *fmt, ...)
Report using the parsers diagnostics printf style and mark token
Parameters
  • fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser
  • type (enum fy_error_type) – The error type
  • fyt (struct fy_token*) – The token
  • fmt (const char*) – The printf format string
  • ellipsis (ellipsis) – The extra arguments



Description

Output a report on the parser and indicate the token’s position

fy_token_scalar_style

enum fy_scalar_style fy_token_scalar_style(struct fy_token *fyt)
Get the style of a scalar token
Parameters
fyt (struct fy_token*) – The scalar token to get it’s style. Note that a NULL token is a enum FYSS_PLAIN.



Return

The scalar style of the token, or FYSS_PLAIN on each other case

fy_token_collection_style

enum fy_collection_style fy_token_collection_style(struct fy_token *fyt)
Get the style of a collection token
Parameters
fyt (struct fy_token*) – The collection token to get it’s style. Note that a NULL token is a enum FYCS_ANY.



Return

The collection style of the token, or FYCS_ANY

fy_token_scalar_is_null

bool fy_token_scalar_is_null(struct fy_token *fyt)
Test whether the scalar is null (content)
Parameters
fyt (struct fy_token*) – The scalar token to check for NULLity.



Description

Note that this is different than null of the YAML type system. It is null as in null content. It is also different than an empty scalar.

Return

true if is a null scalar, false otherwise

fy_token_get_text

const char *fy_token_get_text(struct fy_token *fyt, size_t *lenp)
Get text (and length of it) of a token
Parameters
  • fyt (struct fy_token*) – The token out of which the text pointer will be returned.
  • lenp (size_t*) – Pointer to a variable that will hold the returned length



Description

This method will return a pointer to the text of a token along with the length of it. Note that this text is not NULL terminated. If you need a NULL terminated pointer use fy_token_get_text0().

In case that the token is ‘simple’ enough (i.e. a plain scalar) or something similar the returned pointer is a direct pointer to the space of the input that contains the token.

That means that the pointer is not guaranteed to be valid after the parser is destroyed.

If the token is ‘complex’ enough, then space shall be allocated, filled and returned.

Note that the concept of ‘simple’ and ‘complex’ is vague, and that’s on purpose.

Return

A pointer to the text representation of the token, while lenp will be assigned the character length of said representation. NULL in case of an error.

fy_token_get_text0

const char *fy_token_get_text0(struct fy_token *fyt)
Get zero terminated text of a token
Parameters
fyt (struct fy_token*) – The token out of which the text pointer will be returned.



Description

This method will return a pointer to the text of a token which is zero terminated. It will allocate memory to hold it in the token structure so try to use fy_token_get_text() instead if possible.

Return

A pointer to a zero terminated text representation of the token. NULL in case of an error.

fy_token_get_text_length

size_t fy_token_get_text_length(struct fy_token *fyt)
Get length of the text of a token
Parameters
fyt (struct fy_token*) – The token



Description

This method will return the length of the text representation of a token.

Return

The size of the text representation of a token, -1 in case of an error. Note that the NULL token will return a length of zero.

enum fy_comment_placement

enum fy_comment_placement
Comment placement relative to token

Definition

enum fy_comment_placement {

fycp_top,
fycp_right,
fycp_bottom };


Constants

fycp_top
Comment on top of token
fycp_right
Comment to the right of the token
fycp_bottom
Comment to the bottom of the token

fy_token_get_comment

const char *fy_token_get_comment(struct fy_token *fyt, enum fy_comment_placement which)
Get zero terminated comment of a token
Parameters
  • fyt (struct fy_token*) – The token out of which the comment text will be returned.
  • which (enum fy_comment_placement) – The comment placement



Description

Get the comment that is attached at a token having the given placement.

Return

A pointer to a zero terminated text representation of the token comment. NULL in case of an error or if the token has no comment.

fy_token_get_comments

const char *fy_token_get_comments(struct fy_token *fyt)
Get all comments of a token
Parameters
fyt (struct fy_token*) – The token



Description

Get all the comments that are attached on a token

Return

A pointer to a zero terminated text representation of all the comments. The comments of all the placements are concatenated and returned as one. NULL in case of an error or if the event has no comments.

fy_token_set_comment

int fy_token_set_comment(struct fy_token *fyt, enum fy_comment_placement which, const char *text, size_t len)
Attach a comment to a token
Parameters
  • fyt (struct fy_token*) – The token out of which the comment text will be attached
  • which (enum fy_comment_placement) – The placement
  • text (const char*) – The text of the comment
  • len (size_t) – The length of the comment (FY_NT means the length of text)



Description

Attach the given comment on the token at the specified placement. If another comment is already present it will be overriden. If text is NULL the comment is removed.

Return

0 on success, -1 on failure.

fy_event_get_comments

const char *fy_event_get_comments(struct fy_event *fye)
Get all comments of an event
Parameters
fye (struct fy_event*) – The event



Return

A pointer to a zero terminated text representation of all the comments. The comments of all the placements are concatenated and returned as one. NULL in case of an error or if the event has no comments. The pointer must be free’ed if it’s not NULL via a call to free()

fy_node_get_comment

const char *fy_node_get_comment(struct fy_node *fyn, enum fy_comment_placement which)
Get comment of a node
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node
  • which (enum fy_comment_placement) – The placement of the comment



Return

A pointer to a zero terminated text representation of the comment. NULL in case of an error or if the event has no such comments.

fy_node_get_comments

const char *fy_node_get_comments(struct fy_node *fyn)
Get all comments of a node
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node



Return

A pointer to a zero terminated text representation of all the comments. The comments of all the placements are concatenated and returned as one. NULL in case of an error or if the event has no comments.

struct fy_iter_chunk

struct fy_iter_chunk
An iteration chunk

Definition

struct fy_iter_chunk {

const char *str;
size_t len; }


Members

str
Pointer to the start of the chunk
len
The size of the chunk

Description

The iterator produces a stream of chunks which cover the whole object.

fy_token_iter_create

struct fy_token_iter *fy_token_iter_create(struct fy_token *fyt)
Create a token iterator
Parameters
fyt (struct fy_token*) – The token to iterate, or NULL.



Description

Create an iterator for operating on the given token, or a generic iterator for use with fy_token_iter_start(). The iterator must be destroyed with a matching call to fy_token_iter_destroy().

Return

A pointer to the newly created iterator, or NULL in case of an error.

fy_token_iter_destroy

void fy_token_iter_destroy(struct fy_token_iter *iter)
Destroy the iterator
Parameters
iter (struct fy_token_iter*) – The iterator to destroy.



Description

Destroy the iterator created by fy_token_iter_create().

fy_token_iter_start

void fy_token_iter_start(struct fy_token *fyt, struct fy_token_iter *iter)
Start iterating over the contents of a token
Parameters
  • fyt (struct fy_token*) – The token to iterate over
  • iter (struct fy_token_iter*) – The iterator to prepare.



Description

Prepare an iterator for operating on the given token. The iterator must be created via a previous call to fy_token_iter_create() for user level API access.

fy_token_iter_finish

void fy_token_iter_finish(struct fy_token_iter *iter)
Stop iterating over the contents of a token
Parameters
iter (struct fy_token_iter*) – The iterator.



Description

Stop the iteration operation.

fy_token_iter_peek_chunk

const struct fy_iter_chunk *fy_token_iter_peek_chunk(struct fy_token_iter *iter)
Peek at the next iterator chunk
Parameters
iter (struct fy_token_iter*) – The iterator.



Description

Peek at the next iterator chunk

Return

A pointer to the next iterator chunk, or NULL in case there’s no other.

fy_token_iter_chunk_next

const struct fy_iter_chunk *fy_token_iter_chunk_next(struct fy_token_iter *iter, const struct fy_iter_chunk *curr, int *errp)
Get next iterator chunk
Parameters
  • iter (struct fy_token_iter*) – The iterator.
  • curr (const struct fy_iter_chunk*) – The current chunk, or NULL for the first one.
  • errp (int*) – Pointer to an error return value or NULL



Description

Get the next iterator chunk in sequence,

Return

A pointer to the next iterator chunk, or NULL in case there’s no other. When the return value is NULL, the errp variable will be filled with 0 for normal end, or -1 in case of an error.

fy_token_iter_advance

void fy_token_iter_advance(struct fy_token_iter *iter, size_t len)
Advance the iterator position
Parameters
  • iter (struct fy_token_iter*) – The iterator.
  • len (size_t) – Number of bytes to advance the iterator position



Description

Advance the read pointer of the iterator. Note that mixing calls of this with any call of fy_token_iter_ungetc() / fy_token_iter_utf8_unget() in a single iterator sequence leads to undefined behavior.

fy_token_iter_read

ssize_t fy_token_iter_read(struct fy_token_iter *iter, void *buf, size_t count)
Read a block from an iterator
Parameters
  • iter (struct fy_token_iter*) – The iterator.
  • buf (void*) – Pointer to a block of memory to receive the data. Must be at least count bytes long.
  • count (size_t) – Amount of bytes to read.



Description

Read a block from an iterator. Note than mixing calls of this and any of the ungetc methods leads to undefined behavior.

Return

The amount of data read, or -1 in case of an error.

fy_token_iter_getc

int fy_token_iter_getc(struct fy_token_iter *iter)
Get a single character from an iterator
Parameters
iter (struct fy_token_iter*) – The iterator.



Description

Reads a single character from an iterator. If the iterator is finished, it will return -1. If any calls to ungetc have pushed a character in the iterator it shall return that.

Return

The next character in the iterator, or -1 in case of an error, or end of stream.

fy_token_iter_ungetc

int fy_token_iter_ungetc(struct fy_token_iter *iter, int c)
Ungets a single character from an iterator
Parameters
  • iter (struct fy_token_iter*) – The iterator.
  • c (int) – The character to push back, or -1 to reset the pushback buffer.



Description

Pushes back a single character to an iterator stream. It will be returned in subsequent calls of fy_token_iter_getc(). Currently only a single character is allowed to be pushed back, and any further calls to ungetc will return an error.

Return

The pushed back character given as argument, or -1 in case of an error. If the pushed back character was -1, then 0 will be returned.

fy_token_iter_peekc

int fy_token_iter_peekc(struct fy_token_iter *iter)
Peeks at single character from an iterator
Parameters
iter (struct fy_token_iter*) – The iterator.



Description

Peeks at the next character to get from an iterator. If the iterator is finished, it will return -1. If any calls to ungetc have pushed a character in the iterator it shall return that. The character is not removed from the iterator stream.

Return

The next character in the iterator, or -1 in case of an error, or end of stream.

fy_token_iter_utf8_get

int fy_token_iter_utf8_get(struct fy_token_iter *iter)
Get a single utf8 character from an iterator
Parameters
iter (struct fy_token_iter*) – The iterator.



Description

Reads a single utf8 character from an iterator. If the iterator is finished, it will return -1. If any calls to ungetc have pushed a character in the iterator it shall return that.

Return

The next utf8 character in the iterator, or -1 in case of an error, or end of stream.

fy_token_iter_utf8_unget

int fy_token_iter_utf8_unget(struct fy_token_iter *iter, int c)
Ungets a single utf8 character from an iterator
Parameters
  • iter (struct fy_token_iter*) – The iterator.
  • c (int) – The character to push back, or -1 to reset the pushback buffer.



Description

Pushes back a single utf8 character to an iterator stream. It will be returned in subsequent calls of fy_token_iter_utf8_getc(). Currently only a single character is allowed to be pushed back, and any further calls to ungetc will return an error.

Return

The pushed back utf8 character given as argument, or -1 in case of an error. If the pushed back utf8 character was -1, then 0 will be returned.

fy_token_iter_utf8_peek

int fy_token_iter_utf8_peek(struct fy_token_iter *iter)
Peeks at single utf8 character from an iterator
Parameters
iter (struct fy_token_iter*) – The iterator.



Description

Peeks at the next utf8 character to get from an iterator. If the iterator is finished, it will return -1. If any calls to ungetc have pushed a character in the iterator it shall return that. The character is not removed from the iterator stream.

Return

The next utf8 character in the iterator, or -1 in case of an error, or end of stream.

fy_parse_load_document

struct fy_document *fy_parse_load_document(struct fy_parser *fyp)
Parse the next document from the parser stream
Parameters
fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser



Description

This method performs parsing on a parser stream and returns the next document. This means that for a compound document with multiple documents, each call will return the next document.

Return

The next document from the parser stream.

fy_parse_document_destroy

void fy_parse_document_destroy(struct fy_parser *fyp, struct fy_document *fyd)
Destroy a document created by fy_parse_load_document()
Parameters
  • fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document to destroy



fy_document_resolve

int fy_document_resolve(struct fy_document *fyd)
Resolve anchors and merge keys
Parameters
fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document to resolve



Description

This method performs resolution of the given document, by replacing references to anchors with their contents and handling merge keys (<<)

Return

zero on success, -1 on error

fy_document_has_directives

bool fy_document_has_directives(const struct fy_document *fyd)
Document directive check
Parameters
fyd (const struct fy_document*) – The document to check for directives existence



Description

Checks whether the given document has any directives, i.e. TAG or VERSION.

Return

true if directives exist, false if not

fy_document_has_explicit_document_start

bool fy_document_has_explicit_document_start(const struct fy_document *fyd)
Explicit document start check
Parameters
fyd (const struct fy_document*) – The document to check for explicit start marker



Description

Checks whether the given document has an explicit document start marker, i.e. —

Return

true if document has an explicit document start marker, false if not

fy_document_has_explicit_document_end

bool fy_document_has_explicit_document_end(const struct fy_document *fyd)
Explicit document end check
Parameters
fyd (const struct fy_document*) – The document to check for explicit end marker



Description

Checks whether the given document has an explicit document end marker, i.e. …

Return

true if document has an explicit document end marker, false if not

fy_node_document

struct fy_document *fy_node_document(struct fy_node *fyn)
Retreive the document the node belong to
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node to retreive it’s document



Description

Returns the document of the node; note that while the node may not be reachable via a path expression, it may still be member of a document.

Return

The document of the node, or NULL in case of an error, or when the node has no document attached.

enum fy_emitter_write_type

enum fy_emitter_write_type
Type of the emitted output

Definition

enum fy_emitter_write_type {

fyewt_document_indicator,
fyewt_tag_directive,
fyewt_version_directive,
fyewt_indent,
fyewt_indicator,
fyewt_whitespace,
fyewt_plain_scalar,
fyewt_single_quoted_scalar,
fyewt_double_quoted_scalar,
fyewt_literal_scalar,
fyewt_folded_scalar,
fyewt_anchor,
fyewt_tag,
fyewt_linebreak,
fyewt_alias,
fyewt_terminating_zero,
fyewt_plain_scalar_key,
fyewt_single_quoted_scalar_key,
fyewt_double_quoted_scalar_key,
fyewt_comment,
fyewt_indicator_question_mark,
fyewt_indicator_colon,
fyewt_indicator_dash,
fyewt_indicator_left_bracket,
fyewt_indicator_right_bracket,
fyewt_indicator_left_brace,
fyewt_indicator_right_brace,
fyewt_indicator_comma,
fyewt_indicator_bar,
fyewt_indicator_greater,
fyewt_indicator_single_quote_start,
fyewt_indicator_single_quote_end,
fyewt_indicator_double_quote_start,
fyewt_indicator_double_quote_end,
fyewt_indicator_ambersand,
fyewt_indicator_star,
fyewt_indicator_chomp,
fyewt_indicator_explicit_indent };


Constants

fyewt_document_indicator
Output chunk is a document indicator
fyewt_tag_directive
Output chunk is a tag directive
fyewt_version_directive
Output chunk is a version directive
fyewt_indent
Output chunk is a document indicator
fyewt_indicator
Output chunk is an indicator
fyewt_whitespace
Output chunk is white space
fyewt_plain_scalar
Output chunk is a plain scalar
fyewt_single_quoted_scalar
Output chunk is a single quoted scalar
fyewt_double_quoted_scalar
Output chunk is a double quoted scalar
fyewt_literal_scalar
Output chunk is a literal block scalar
fyewt_folded_scalar
Output chunk is a folded block scalar
fyewt_anchor
Output chunk is an anchor
fyewt_tag
Output chunk is a tag
fyewt_linebreak
Output chunk is a linebreak
fyewt_alias
Output chunk is an alias
fyewt_terminating_zero
Output chunk is a terminating zero
fyewt_plain_scalar_key
Output chunk is an plain scalar key
fyewt_single_quoted_scalar_key
Output chunk is an single quoted scalar key
fyewt_double_quoted_scalar_key
Output chunk is an double quoted scalar key
fyewt_comment
Output chunk is a comment
fyewt_indicator_question_mark
? indicator
fyewt_indicator_colon
: indicator
fyewt_indicator_dash
indicator

fyewt_indicator_left_bracket
[ indicator
fyewt_indicator_right_bracket
] indicator
fyewt_indicator_left_brace
{ indicator
fyewt_indicator_right_brace
} indicator
fyewt_indicator_comma
, indicator
fyewt_indicator_bar
indicator

fyewt_indicator_greater
> indicator
fyewt_indicator_single_quote_start
‘ indicator
fyewt_indicator_single_quote_end
‘ indicator
fyewt_indicator_double_quote_start
“ indicator
fyewt_indicator_double_quote_end
“ indicator
fyewt_indicator_ambersand
& indicator
fyewt_indicator_star
indicator

fyewt_indicator_chomp
chomp indicator (- or +)
fyewt_indicator_explicit_indent
explicit indent indicator (0-9)

Description

Describes the kind of emitted output, which makes it possible to colorize the output, or do some other content related filtering.

enum fy_emitter_cfg_flags

enum fy_emitter_cfg_flags
Emitter configuration flags

Definition

enum fy_emitter_cfg_flags {

FYECF_SORT_KEYS,
FYECF_OUTPUT_COMMENTS,
FYECF_STRIP_LABELS,
FYECF_STRIP_TAGS,
FYECF_STRIP_DOC,
FYECF_NO_ENDING_NEWLINE,
FYECF_STRIP_EMPTY_KV,
FYECF_EXTENDED_CFG,
FYECF_INDENT_DEFAULT,
FYECF_INDENT_1,
FYECF_INDENT_2,
FYECF_INDENT_3,
FYECF_INDENT_4,
FYECF_INDENT_5,
FYECF_INDENT_6,
FYECF_INDENT_7,
FYECF_INDENT_8,
FYECF_INDENT_9,
FYECF_WIDTH_DEFAULT,
FYECF_WIDTH_80,
FYECF_WIDTH_132,
FYECF_WIDTH_INF,
FYECF_MODE_ORIGINAL,
FYECF_MODE_BLOCK,
FYECF_MODE_FLOW,
FYECF_MODE_FLOW_ONELINE,
FYECF_MODE_JSON,
FYECF_MODE_JSON_TP,
FYECF_MODE_JSON_ONELINE,
FYECF_MODE_DEJSON,
FYECF_MODE_PRETTY,
FYECF_MODE_MANUAL,
FYECF_MODE_FLOW_COMPACT,
FYECF_MODE_JSON_COMPACT,
FYECF_DOC_START_MARK_AUTO,
FYECF_DOC_START_MARK_OFF,
FYECF_DOC_START_MARK_ON,
FYECF_DOC_END_MARK_AUTO,
FYECF_DOC_END_MARK_OFF,
FYECF_DOC_END_MARK_ON,
FYECF_VERSION_DIR_AUTO,
FYECF_VERSION_DIR_OFF,
FYECF_VERSION_DIR_ON,
FYECF_TAG_DIR_AUTO,
FYECF_TAG_DIR_OFF,
FYECF_TAG_DIR_ON,
FYECF_DEFAULT };


Constants

FYECF_SORT_KEYS
Sort key when emitting
FYECF_OUTPUT_COMMENTS
Output comments (experimental)
FYECF_STRIP_LABELS
Strip labels when emitting
FYECF_STRIP_TAGS
Strip tags when emitting
FYECF_STRIP_DOC
Strip document tags and markers when emitting
FYECF_NO_ENDING_NEWLINE
Do not output ending new line (useful for single line mode)
FYECF_STRIP_EMPTY_KV
Remove all keys with empty values from the output (not available in streaming mode)
FYECF_EXTENDED_CFG
Extend configuration, this config structure is embedded in a fy_emitter_xcfg.
FYECF_INDENT_DEFAULT
Default emit output indent
FYECF_INDENT_1
Output indent is 1
FYECF_INDENT_2
Output indent is 2
FYECF_INDENT_3
Output indent is 3
FYECF_INDENT_4
Output indent is 4
FYECF_INDENT_5
Output indent is 5
FYECF_INDENT_6
Output indent is 6
FYECF_INDENT_7
Output indent is 7
FYECF_INDENT_8
Output indent is 8
FYECF_INDENT_9
Output indent is 9
FYECF_WIDTH_DEFAULT
Default emit output width
FYECF_WIDTH_80
Output width is 80
FYECF_WIDTH_132
Output width is 132
FYECF_WIDTH_INF
Output width is infinite
FYECF_MODE_ORIGINAL
Emit using the same flow mode as the original
FYECF_MODE_BLOCK
Emit using only the block mode
FYECF_MODE_FLOW
Emit using only the flow mode
FYECF_MODE_FLOW_ONELINE
Emit using only the flow mode (in one line)
FYECF_MODE_JSON
Emit using JSON mode (non type preserving)
FYECF_MODE_JSON_TP
Emit using JSON mode (type preserving)
FYECF_MODE_JSON_ONELINE
Emit using JSON mode (non type preserving, one line)
FYECF_MODE_DEJSON
Emit YAML trying to pretify JSON
FYECF_MODE_PRETTY
Emit YAML that tries to look good
FYECF_MODE_MANUAL
Emit YAML respecting all manual style hints (reformats if needed)
FYECF_MODE_FLOW_COMPACT
Emit using only the flow mode in as much as possible compact form
FYECF_MODE_JSON_COMPACT
Emit using JSON compact form
FYECF_DOC_START_MARK_AUTO
Automatically generate document start markers if required
FYECF_DOC_START_MARK_OFF
Do not generate document start markers
FYECF_DOC_START_MARK_ON
Always generate document start markers
FYECF_DOC_END_MARK_AUTO
Automatically generate document end markers if required
FYECF_DOC_END_MARK_OFF
Do not generate document end markers
FYECF_DOC_END_MARK_ON
Always generate document end markers
FYECF_VERSION_DIR_AUTO
Automatically generate version directive
FYECF_VERSION_DIR_OFF
Never generate version directive
FYECF_VERSION_DIR_ON
Always generate version directive
FYECF_TAG_DIR_AUTO
Automatically generate tag directives
FYECF_TAG_DIR_OFF
Never generate tag directives
FYECF_TAG_DIR_ON
Always generate tag directives
FYECF_DEFAULT
The default emitter configuration

Description

These flags control the operation of the emitter

struct fy_emitter_cfg

struct fy_emitter_cfg
emitter configuration structure.

Definition

struct fy_emitter_cfg {

enum fy_emitter_cfg_flags flags;
int (*output)(struct fy_emitter *emit, enum fy_emitter_write_type type, const char *str, int len, void *userdata);
void *userdata;
struct fy_diag *diag; }


Members

flags
Configuration flags
output
Pointer to the method that will perform output.
userdata
Opaque user data pointer
diag
Diagnostic interface

Description

Argument to the fy_emitter_create() method which is the way to convert a runtime document structure back to YAML.

enum fy_emitter_xcfg_flags

enum fy_emitter_xcfg_flags
Emitter extended configuration flags

Definition

enum fy_emitter_xcfg_flags {

FYEXCF_COLOR_AUTO,
FYEXCF_COLOR_NONE,
FYEXCF_COLOR_FORCE,
FYEXCF_OUTPUT_STDOUT,
FYEXCF_OUTPUT_STDERR,
FYEXCF_OUTPUT_FILE,
FYEXCF_OUTPUT_FD,
FYEXCF_NULL_OUTPUT,
FYEXCF_OUTPUT_FILENAME,
FYEXCF_VISIBLE_WS,
FYEXCF_EXTENDED_INDICATORS,
FYEXCF_INDENTED_SEQ_IN_MAP,
FYEXCF_PRESERVE_FLOW_LAYOUT };


Constants

FYEXCF_COLOR_AUTO
Automatically colorize if on a terminal
FYEXCF_COLOR_NONE
Do not colorize output
FYEXCF_COLOR_FORCE
Force color generation
FYEXCF_OUTPUT_STDOUT
Output to stdout (default)
FYEXCF_OUTPUT_STDERR
Output to stderr, instead of stdout
FYEXCF_OUTPUT_FILE
Output to the fp FILE pointer
FYEXCF_OUTPUT_FD
Output to the fd file descriptor
FYEXCF_NULL_OUTPUT
No output
FYEXCF_OUTPUT_FILENAME
Output to the given filename
FYEXCF_VISIBLE_WS
Make white space visible
FYEXCF_EXTENDED_INDICATORS
Extend the indicators generated
FYEXCF_INDENTED_SEQ_IN_MAP
Indent block sequences that are mapping values
FYEXCF_PRESERVE_FLOW_LAYOUT
Preserve oneline flow collections in streaming mode

Description

These flags control the operation of the emitter. If no extended configuration mode is enabled all the flags are assumed 0.

struct fy_emitter_xcfg

struct fy_emitter_xcfg
emitter extended configuration structure.

Definition

struct fy_emitter_xcfg {

struct fy_emitter_cfg cfg;
enum fy_emitter_xcfg_flags xflags;
const char *colors[FYEWT_COUNT];
union {
FILE *output_fp;
int output_fd;
const char *output_filename;
} ; }


Members

cfg
The standard emitter configuration
xflags
Extra configuration flags
colors
ANSI color overrides for the default output method
{unnamed_union}
anonymous
output_fp
The output FILE *, FYEXCF_FILE_OUTPUT must be set
output_fd
The output file descriptor, FYEXCF_FD_OUTPUT must be set
output_filename
The output filename, FYEXCF_FILENAME_OUTPUT must be set

Description

Argument to the fy_emitter create when FYECF_EXTENDED_CFG bit is set.

fy_emitter_create

struct fy_emitter *fy_emitter_create(const struct fy_emitter_cfg *cfg)
Create an emitter
Parameters
cfg (const struct fy_emitter_cfg*) – The emitter configuration



Description

Creates an emitter using the supplied configuration

Return

The newly created emitter or NULL on error.

fy_emitter_destroy

void fy_emitter_destroy(struct fy_emitter *emit)
Destroy an emitter
Parameters
emit (struct fy_emitter*) – The emitter to destroy



Description

Destroy an emitter previously created by fy_emitter_create()

fy_emitter_get_cfg

const struct fy_emitter_cfg *fy_emitter_get_cfg(struct fy_emitter *emit)
Get the configuration of an emitter
Parameters
emit (struct fy_emitter*) – The emitter



Return

The configuration of the emitter

fy_emitter_get_diag

struct fy_diag *fy_emitter_get_diag(struct fy_emitter *emit)
Get the diagnostic object of an emitter
Parameters
emit (struct fy_emitter*) – The emitter to get the diagnostic object



Description

Return a pointer to the diagnostic object of an emitter object. Note that the returned diag object has a reference taken so you should fy_diag_unref() it when you’re done with it.

Return

A pointer to a ref’ed diagnostic object or NULL in case of an error.

fy_emitter_set_diag

int fy_emitter_set_diag(struct fy_emitter *emit, struct fy_diag *diag)
Set the diagnostic object of an emitter
Parameters
  • emit (struct fy_emitter*) – The emitter to replace the diagnostic object
  • diag (struct fy_diag*) – The emitter’s new diagnostic object, NULL for default



Description

Replace the emitters’s current diagnostic object with the one given as an argument. The previous diagnostic object will be unref’ed (and freed if its reference gets to 0). Also note that the diag argument shall take a reference too.

Return

0 if everything OK, -1 otherwise

fy_emitter_set_finalizer

void fy_emitter_set_finalizer(struct fy_emitter *emit, void (*finalizer)(struct fy_emitter *emit))
Set emitter finalizer
Parameters
  • emit (struct fy_emitter*) – The emitter to replace the diagnostic object
  • finalizer (void (*)(struct fy_emitter *emit)) – The finalizer callback



Description

Set a method callback to be called when the emitter is disposed of. If finalizer is NULL, then the method is removed.

struct fy_emitter_default_output_data

struct fy_emitter_default_output_data
emitter default output configuration

Definition

struct fy_emitter_default_output_data {

FILE *fp;
bool colorize;
bool visible; }


Members

fp
File where the output is directed to
colorize
Use ANSI color sequences to colorize the output
visible
Make whitespace visible (requires a UTF8 capable terminal)

Description

This is the argument to the default output method of the emitter.

fy_emitter_default_output

int fy_emitter_default_output(struct fy_emitter *fye, enum fy_emitter_write_type type, const char *str, int len, void *userdata)
The default colorizing output method
Parameters
  • fye (struct fy_emitter*) – The emitter
  • type (enum fy_emitter_write_type) – Type of the emitted output
  • str (const char*) – Pointer to the string to output
  • len (int) – Length of the string
  • userdata (void*) – Must point to a fy_emitter_default_output_data structure



Description

This is the default colorizing output method. Will be used when the output field of the emitter configuration is NULL.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_document_default_emit_to_fp

int fy_document_default_emit_to_fp(struct fy_document *fyd, FILE *fp)
Emit a document to a file, using defaults
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document to emit
  • fp (FILE*) – The file where the output is sent



Description

Simple one shot emitter to a file, using the default emitter output. The output will be colorized if the the file points to a tty.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_emit_event

int fy_emit_event(struct fy_emitter *emit, struct fy_event *fye)
Queue (and possibly emit) an event
Parameters
  • emit (struct fy_emitter*) – The emitter to use
  • fye (struct fy_event*) – The event to queue for emission



Description

Queue and output using the emitter. This is the streaming output method which does not require creating a document.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_emit_vevent

int fy_emit_vevent(struct fy_emitter *emit, enum fy_event_type type, va_list ap)
Queue (and possibly emit) an event using varargs
Parameters
  • emit (struct fy_emitter*) – The emitter to use
  • type (enum fy_event_type) – The event type to create
  • ap (va_list) – The variable argument list pointer.



Description

Queue and output using the emitter. The format is identical to the one used in fy_emit_event_vcreate().

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_emit_eventf

int fy_emit_eventf(struct fy_emitter *emit, enum fy_event_type type, ...)
Queue (and possibly emit) an event using variable args
Parameters
  • emit (struct fy_emitter*) – The emitter to use
  • type (enum fy_event_type) – The event type to create
  • ellipsis (ellipsis) – The optional extra arguments



Description

Queue and output using the emitter. The format is identical to the one used in fy_emit_event_create().

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_emit_scalar_write

int fy_emit_scalar_write(struct fy_emitter *fye, enum fy_scalar_style style, const char *anchor, const char *tag, const char *buf, size_t count)
Emit a scalar with write semantics
Parameters
  • fye (struct fy_emitter*) – The emitter to use
  • style (enum fy_scalar_style) – The scalar style to use
  • anchor (const char*) – The anchor or NULL
  • tag (const char*) – The tag or NULL
  • buf (const char*) – Pointer to the buffer
  • count (size_t) – The number of bytes to write



Description

Queue and output using the emitter a scalar using a standard write interface.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_emit_scalar_vprintf

int fy_emit_scalar_vprintf(struct fy_emitter *fye, enum fy_scalar_style style, const char *anchor, const char *tag, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
Emit a scalar with vprintf semantics
Parameters
  • fye (struct fy_emitter*) – The emitter to use
  • style (enum fy_scalar_style) – The scalar style to use
  • anchor (const char*) – The anchor or NULL
  • tag (const char*) – The tag or NULL
  • fmt (const char*) – The printf like format string
  • ap (va_list) – The argument list



Description

Queue and output using the emitter a scalar using a standard vprintf interface.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_emit_scalar_printf

int fy_emit_scalar_printf(struct fy_emitter *fye, enum fy_scalar_style style, const char *anchor, const char *tag, const char *fmt, ...)
Emit a scalar with printf semantics
Parameters
  • fye (struct fy_emitter*) – The emitter to use
  • style (enum fy_scalar_style) – The scalar style to use
  • anchor (const char*) – The anchor or NULL
  • tag (const char*) – The tag or NULL
  • fmt (const char*) – The printf like format string
  • ellipsis (ellipsis) – The extra arguments



Description

Queue and output using the emitter a scalar using a standard printf interface.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_emit_event_from_parser

int fy_emit_event_from_parser(struct fy_emitter *emit, struct fy_parser *fyp, struct fy_event *fye)
Queue (and possibly emit) an event generated by the parser.
Parameters
  • emit (struct fy_emitter*) – The emitter to use
  • fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser that generated the event
  • fye (struct fy_event*) – The event to queue for emission



Description

Queue and output using the emitter. This is the streaming output method which does not require creating a document. Similar to fy_emit_event() but it is more efficient.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_emit_document

int fy_emit_document(struct fy_emitter *emit, struct fy_document *fyd)
Emit the document using the emitter
Parameters
  • emit (struct fy_emitter*) – The emitter
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document to emit



Description

Emits a document in YAML format using the emitter.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_emit_document_start

int fy_emit_document_start(struct fy_emitter *emit, struct fy_document *fyd, struct fy_node *fyn)
Emit document start using the emitter
Parameters
  • emit (struct fy_emitter*) – The emitter
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document to use for emitting it’s start
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The root (or NULL for using the document’s root)



Description

Emits a document start using the emitter. This is used in case you need finer control over the emitting output.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_emit_document_end

int fy_emit_document_end(struct fy_emitter *emit)
Emit document end using the emitter
Parameters
emit (struct fy_emitter*) – The emitter



Description

Emits a document end using the emitter. This is used in case you need finer control over the emitting output.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_emit_node

int fy_emit_node(struct fy_emitter *emit, struct fy_node *fyn)
Emit a single node using the emitter
Parameters
  • emit (struct fy_emitter*) – The emitter
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node to emit



Description

Emits a single node using the emitter. This is used in case you need finer control over the emitting output.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_emit_root_node

int fy_emit_root_node(struct fy_emitter *emit, struct fy_node *fyn)
Emit a single root node using the emitter
Parameters
  • emit (struct fy_emitter*) – The emitter
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The root node to emit



Description

Emits a single root node using the emitter. This is used in case you need finer control over the emitting output.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_emit_body_node

int fy_emit_body_node(struct fy_emitter *emit, struct fy_node *fyn)
Emit a single body node using the emitter
Parameters
  • emit (struct fy_emitter*) – The emitter
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The body node to emit



Description

Emits a single body node using the emitter. This is used in case you need finer control over the emitting output. No stream and document events will be generated at all.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_emit_explicit_document_end

int fy_emit_explicit_document_end(struct fy_emitter *emit)
Emit an explicit document end
Parameters
emit (struct fy_emitter*) – The emitter



Description

Emits an explicit document end, i.e. … . Use this if you you need finer control over the emitting output.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_emit_document_to_fp

int fy_emit_document_to_fp(struct fy_document *fyd, enum fy_emitter_cfg_flags flags, FILE *fp)
Emit a document to an file pointer
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document to emit
  • flags (enum fy_emitter_cfg_flags) – The emitter flags to use
  • fp (FILE*) – The file pointer to output to



Description

Emits a document from the root to the given file pointer.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_emit_document_to_file

int fy_emit_document_to_file(struct fy_document *fyd, enum fy_emitter_cfg_flags flags, const char *filename)
Emit a document to file
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document to emit
  • flags (enum fy_emitter_cfg_flags) – The emitter flags to use
  • filename (const char*) – The filename to output to, or NULL for stdout



Description

Emits a document from the root to the given file. The file will be fopen’ed using a “wa” mode.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_emit_document_to_fd

int fy_emit_document_to_fd(struct fy_document *fyd, enum fy_emitter_cfg_flags flags, int fd)
Emit a document to a file descriptor
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document to emit
  • flags (enum fy_emitter_cfg_flags) – The emitter flags to use
  • fd (int) – The file descriptor to output to



Description

Emits a document from the root to the given file descriptor

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_emit_document_to_buffer

int fy_emit_document_to_buffer(struct fy_document *fyd, enum fy_emitter_cfg_flags flags, char *buf, size_t size)
Emit a document to a buffer
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document to emit
  • flags (enum fy_emitter_cfg_flags) – The emitter flags to use
  • buf (char*) – Pointer to the buffer area to fill
  • size (size_t) – Size of the buffer



Description

Emits an document from the root to the given buffer. If the document does not fit, an error will be returned.

Return

A positive number, which is the size of the emitted document on the buffer on success, -1 on error

fy_emit_document_to_string

char *fy_emit_document_to_string(struct fy_document *fyd, enum fy_emitter_cfg_flags flags)
Emit a document to an allocated string
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document to emit
  • flags (enum fy_emitter_cfg_flags) – The emitter flags to use



Description

Emits an document from the root to a string which will be dynamically allocated.

Return

A pointer to the allocated string, or NULL in case of an error

fy_emit_node_to_buffer

int fy_emit_node_to_buffer(struct fy_node *fyn, enum fy_emitter_cfg_flags flags, char *buf, size_t size)
Emit a node (recursively) to a buffer
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node to emit
  • flags (enum fy_emitter_cfg_flags) – The emitter flags to use
  • buf (char*) – Pointer to the buffer area to fill
  • size (size_t) – Size of the buffer



Description

Emits a node recursively to the given buffer. If the document does not fit, an error will be returned.

Return

A positive number, which is the size of the emitted node on the buffer on success, -1 on error

fy_emit_node_to_string

char *fy_emit_node_to_string(struct fy_node *fyn, enum fy_emitter_cfg_flags flags)
Emit a node to an allocated string
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node to emit
  • flags (enum fy_emitter_cfg_flags) – The emitter flags to use



Description

Emits a node recursively to a string which will be dynamically allocated.

Return

A pointer to the allocated string, or NULL in case of an error

fy_emit_to_buffer

struct fy_emitter *fy_emit_to_buffer(enum fy_emitter_cfg_flags flags, char *buf, size_t size)
Create an emitter for buffer output.
Parameters
  • flags (enum fy_emitter_cfg_flags) – The emitter flags to use
  • buf (char*) – Pointer to the buffer area to fill
  • size (size_t) – Size of the buffer



Description

Creates a special purpose emitter for buffer output. Calls to fy_emit_event() populate the buffer. The contents are retreived by a call to fy_emit_to_buffer_collect()

Return

The newly created emitter or NULL on error.

fy_emit_to_buffer_collect

char *fy_emit_to_buffer_collect(struct fy_emitter *emit, size_t *sizep)
Collect the buffer emitter output
Parameters
  • emit (struct fy_emitter*) – The emitter
  • sizep (size_t*) – Pointer to the size to be filled



Description

Collects the output of the emitter which was created by fy_emit_to_buffer() and populated using fy_emit_event() calls. The NULL terminated returned buffer is the same as the one used in the fy_emit_to_buffer() call and the sizep argument will be filled with the size of the buffer.

Return

The buffer or NULL in case of an error.

fy_emit_to_string

struct fy_emitter *fy_emit_to_string(enum fy_emitter_cfg_flags flags)
Create an emitter to create a dynamically allocated string.
Parameters
flags (enum fy_emitter_cfg_flags) – The emitter flags to use



Description

Creates a special purpose emitter for output to a dynamically allocated string. Calls to fy_emit_event() populate the buffer. The contents are retreived by a call to fy_emit_to_string_collect()

Return

The newly created emitter or NULL on error.

fy_emit_to_string_collect

char *fy_emit_to_string_collect(struct fy_emitter *emit, size_t *sizep)
Collect the string emitter output
Parameters
  • emit (struct fy_emitter*) – The emitter
  • sizep (size_t*) – Pointer to the size to be filled



Description

Collects the output of the emitter which was created by fy_emit_to_string() and populated using fy_emit_event() calls. The NULL terminated returned buffer is dynamically allocated and must be freed via a call to free(). The sizep argument will be filled with the size of the buffer.

Return

The dynamically allocated string or NULL in case of an error.

fy_node_copy

struct fy_node *fy_node_copy(struct fy_document *fyd, struct fy_node *fyn_from)
Copy a node, associating the new node with the given document
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document which the resulting node will be associated with
  • fyn_from (struct fy_node*) – The source node to recursively copy



Description

Make a deep copy of a node, associating the copy with the given document. Note that no content copying takes place as the contents of the nodes are reference counted. This means that the operation is relatively inexpensive.

Note that the copy includes all anchors contained in the subtree of the source, so this call will register them with the document.

Return

The copied node on success, NULL on error

fy_document_clone

struct fy_document *fy_document_clone(struct fy_document *fydsrc)
Clones a document
Parameters
fydsrc (struct fy_document*) – The source document to clone



Description

Clone a document, by making a deep copy of the source. Note that no content copying takes place as the contents of the nodes are reference counted. This means that the operation is relatively inexpensive.

Return

The newly created clone document, or NULL in case of an error

fy_node_insert

int fy_node_insert(struct fy_node *fyn_to, struct fy_node *fyn_from)
Insert a node to the given node
Parameters
  • fyn_to (struct fy_node*) – The target node
  • fyn_from (struct fy_node*) – The source node



Description

Insert a node to another node. If fyn_from is NULL then this operation will delete the fyn_to node.

The operation varies according to the types of the arguments

from: scalar

to: another-scalar -> scalar to: { key: value } -> scalar to: [ seq0, seq1 ] -> scalar

from: [ seq2 ] to: scalar -> [ seq2 ] to: { key: value } -> [ seq2 ] to: [ seq0, seq1 ] -> [ seq0, seq1, sec2 ]

from: { another-key: another-value } to: scalar -> { another-key: another-value } to: { key: value } -> { key: value, another-key: another-value } to: [ seq0, seq1 ] -> { another-key: another-value }

from: { key: another-value } to: scalar -> { key: another-value } to: { key: value } -> { key: another-value } to: [ seq0, seq1 ] -> { key: another-value }

The rules are

  • If target node changes type, source ovewrites target.
  • If source or target node are scalars, source it overwrites target.
  • If target and source are sequences the items of the source sequence are appended to the target sequence.
  • If target and source are maps the key, value pairs of the source are appended to the target map. If the target map contains a key-value pair that is present in the source map, it is overwriten by it.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_node_delete

int fy_node_delete(struct fy_node *fyn)
Delete a node from a document
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node to delete.



Description

Delete the given node. If it’s part of a sequence it will be removed from it. If it’s the value of a node key value pair, it will be removed from the mapping.

This is an alias for fy_document_insert_at(fyn, NULL)

Note that it is expected this node is attached to a document. Do not call this to free a node, because if it’s part of a collection it will not be properly removed.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_document_insert_at

int fy_document_insert_at(struct fy_document *fyd, const char *path, size_t pathlen, struct fy_node *fyn)
Insert a node to the given path in the document
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document
  • path (const char*) – The path where the insert operation will target
  • pathlen (size_t) – The length of the path (or -1 if ‘0’ terminated)
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The source node



Description

Insert a node to a given point in the document. If fyn is NULL then this operation will delete the target node.

Please see fy_node_insert for details of operation.

Note that in any case the fyn node will be unref’ed. So if the operation fails, and the reference is 0 the node will be freed. If you want it to stick around take a reference before.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

enum fy_node_type

enum fy_node_type
Node type

Definition

enum fy_node_type {

FYNT_SCALAR,
FYNT_SEQUENCE,
FYNT_MAPPING };


Constants

FYNT_SCALAR
Node is a scalar
FYNT_SEQUENCE
Node is a sequence
FYNT_MAPPING
Node is a mapping

Description

Each node may be one of the following types

enum fy_node_style

enum fy_node_style
Node style

Definition

enum fy_node_style {

FYNS_ANY,
FYNS_FLOW,
FYNS_BLOCK,
FYNS_PLAIN,
FYNS_SINGLE_QUOTED,
FYNS_DOUBLE_QUOTED,
FYNS_LITERAL,
FYNS_FOLDED,
FYNS_ALIAS };


Constants

FYNS_ANY
No hint, let the emitter decide
FYNS_FLOW
Prefer flow style (for sequence/mappings)
FYNS_BLOCK
Prefer block style (for sequence/mappings)
FYNS_PLAIN
Plain style preferred
FYNS_SINGLE_QUOTED
Single quoted style preferred
FYNS_DOUBLE_QUOTED
Double quoted style preferred
FYNS_LITERAL
Literal style preferred (valid in block context)
FYNS_FOLDED
Folded style preferred (valid in block context)
FYNS_ALIAS
It’s an alias

Description

A node may contain a hint of how it should be rendered, encoded as a style.

enum fy_node_walk_flags

enum fy_node_walk_flags
Node walk flags

Definition

enum fy_node_walk_flags {

FYNWF_DONT_FOLLOW,
FYNWF_FOLLOW,
FYNWF_PTR_YAML,
FYNWF_PTR_JSON,
FYNWF_PTR_RELJSON,
FYNWF_PTR_YPATH,
FYNWF_URI_ENCODED,
FYNWF_MAXDEPTH_DEFAULT,
FYNWF_MARKER_DEFAULT,
FYNWF_PTR_DEFAULT };


Constants

FYNWF_DONT_FOLLOW
Don’t follow aliases during pathwalk
FYNWF_FOLLOW
Follow aliases during pathwalk
FYNWF_PTR_YAML
YAML pointer path walks
FYNWF_PTR_JSON
JSON pointer path walks
FYNWF_PTR_RELJSON
Relative JSON pointer path walks
FYNWF_PTR_YPATH
YPATH pointer path walks
FYNWF_URI_ENCODED
The path is URI encoded
FYNWF_MAXDEPTH_DEFAULT
Max follow depth is automatically determined
FYNWF_MARKER_DEFAULT
Default marker to use when scanning
FYNWF_PTR_DEFAULT
Default path type

fy_node_style_from_scalar_style

enum fy_node_style fy_node_style_from_scalar_style(enum fy_scalar_style sstyle)
Convert from scalar to node style
Parameters
sstyle (enum fy_scalar_style) – The input scalar style



Description

Convert a scalar style to a node style.

Return

The matching node style

typedef fy_node_mapping_sort_fn

int fy_node_mapping_sort_fn(const struct fy_node_pair *fynp_a, const struct fy_node_pair *fynp_b, void *arg)
Mapping sorting method function
Parameters
  • fynp_a (const struct fy_node_pair*) – The first node_pair used in the comparison
  • fynp_b (const struct fy_node_pair*) – The second node_pair used in the comparison
  • arg (void*) – The opaque user provided pointer to the sort operation



Return

<0 if fynp_a is less than fynp_b 0 if fynp_a is equal to fynp_b >0 if fynp_a is greater than fynp_b

typedef fy_node_scalar_compare_fn

int fy_node_scalar_compare_fn(struct fy_node *fyn_a, struct fy_node *fyn_b, void *arg)
Node compare method function for scalars
Parameters
  • fyn_a (struct fy_node*) – The first scalar node used in the comparison
  • fyn_b (struct fy_node*) – The second scalar node used in the comparison
  • arg (void*) – The opaque user provided pointer to the compare operation



Return

<0 if fyn_a is less than fyn_b 0 if fyn_a is equal to fyn_b >0 if fyn_a is greater than fyn_b

fy_node_compare

bool fy_node_compare(struct fy_node *fyn1, struct fy_node *fyn2)
Compare two nodes for equality
Parameters
  • fyn1 (struct fy_node*) – The first node to use in the comparison
  • fyn2 (struct fy_node*) – The second node to use in the comparison



Description

Compare two nodes for equality. The comparison is ‘deep’, i.e. it recurses in subnodes, and orders the keys of maps using default libc strcmp ordering. For scalar the comparison is performed after any escaping so it’s a true content comparison.

Return

true if the nodes contain the same content, false otherwise

fy_node_compare_user

bool fy_node_compare_user(struct fy_node *fyn1, struct fy_node *fyn2, fy_node_mapping_sort_fn sort_fn, void *sort_fn_arg, fy_node_scalar_compare_fn cmp_fn, void *cmp_fn_arg)
Compare two nodes for equality using user supplied sort and scalar compare methods
Parameters
  • fyn1 (struct fy_node*) – The first node to use in the comparison
  • fyn2 (struct fy_node*) – The second node to use in the comparison
  • sort_fn (fy_node_mapping_sort_fn) – The method to use for sorting maps, or NULL for the default
  • sort_fn_arg (void*) – The extra user supplied argument to the sort_fn
  • cmp_fn (fy_node_scalar_compare_fn) – The method to use for comparing scalars, or NULL for the default
  • cmp_fn_arg (void*) – The extra user supplied argument to the cmp_fn



Description

Compare two nodes for equality using user supplied sot and scalar compare methods. The comparison is ‘deep’, i.e. it recurses in subnodes, and orders the keys of maps using the supplied mapping sort method for ordering. For scalars the comparison is performed using the supplied scalar node compare methods.

Return

true if the nodes contain the same content, false otherwise

fy_node_compare_string

bool fy_node_compare_string(struct fy_node *fyn, const char *str, size_t len)
Compare a node for equality with a YAML string
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node to use in the comparison
  • str (const char*) – The YAML string to compare against
  • len (size_t) – The length of the string (or -1 if ‘0’ terminated)



Description

Compare a node for equality with a YAML string. The comparison is performed using fy_node_compare() with the first node supplied as an argument and the second being generated by calling fy_document_build_from_string with the YAML string.

Return

true if the node and the string are equal.

fy_node_compare_token

bool fy_node_compare_token(struct fy_node *fyn, struct fy_token *fyt)
Compare a node for equality against a token
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node to use in the comparison
  • fyt (struct fy_token*) – The scalar token



Description

Compare a node for equality with a token. Both the node and the tokens must be a scalars.

Return

true if the node and the token are equal.

fy_node_compare_text

bool fy_node_compare_text(struct fy_node *fyn, const char *text, size_t len)
Compare a node for equality with a raw C text
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node to use in the comparison
  • text (const char*) – The raw C text to compare against
  • len (size_t) – The length of the text (or -1 if ‘0’ terminated)



Description

Compare a node for equality with a raw C string. The node must be a scalar.

Return

true if the node and the text are equal.

fy_document_create

struct fy_document *fy_document_create(const struct fy_parse_cfg *cfg)
Create an empty document
Parameters
cfg (const struct fy_parse_cfg*) – The parse configuration to use or NULL for the default.



Description

Create an empty document using the provided parser configuration. If NULL use the default parse configuration.

Return

The created empty document, or NULL on error.

fy_document_destroy

void fy_document_destroy(struct fy_document *fyd)
Destroy a document previously created via fy_document_create()
Parameters
fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document to destroy



Description

Destroy a document (along with all children documents)

fy_document_get_cfg

const struct fy_parse_cfg *fy_document_get_cfg(struct fy_document *fyd)
Get the configuration of a document
Parameters
fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document



Return

The configuration of the document

fy_document_get_diag

struct fy_diag *fy_document_get_diag(struct fy_document *fyd)
Get the diagnostic object of a document
Parameters
fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document to get the diagnostic object



Description

Return a pointer to the diagnostic object of a document object. Note that the returned diag object has a reference taken so you should fy_diag_unref() it when you’re done with it.

Return

A pointer to a ref’ed diagnostic object or NULL in case of an error.

fy_document_set_diag

int fy_document_set_diag(struct fy_document *fyd, struct fy_diag *diag)
Set the diagnostic object of a document
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document to replace the diagnostic object
  • diag (struct fy_diag*) – The document’s new diagnostic object, NULL for default



Description

Replace the documents’s current diagnostic object with the one given as an argument. The previous diagnostic object will be unref’ed (and freed if its reference gets to 0). Also note that the diag argument shall take a reference too.

Return

0 if everything OK, -1 otherwise

fy_document_set_parent

int fy_document_set_parent(struct fy_document *fyd, struct fy_document *fyd_child)
Make a document a child of another
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The parent document
  • fyd_child (struct fy_document*) – The child document



Description

Set the parent of fyd_child document to be fyd

Return

0 if all OK, -1 on error.

fy_document_build_from_string

struct fy_document *fy_document_build_from_string(const struct fy_parse_cfg *cfg, const char *str, size_t len)
Create a document using the provided YAML source.
Parameters
  • cfg (const struct fy_parse_cfg*) – The parse configuration to use or NULL for the default.
  • str (const char*) – The YAML source to use.
  • len (size_t) – The length of the string (or -1 if ‘0’ terminated)



Description

Create a document parsing the provided string as a YAML source.

Return

The created document, or NULL on error.

fy_document_build_from_malloc_string

struct fy_document *fy_document_build_from_malloc_string(const struct fy_parse_cfg *cfg, char *str, size_t len)
Create a document using the provided YAML source which was malloced.
Parameters
  • cfg (const struct fy_parse_cfg*) – The parse configuration to use or NULL for the default.
  • str (char*) – The YAML source to use.
  • len (size_t) – The length of the string (or -1 if ‘0’ terminated)



Description

Create a document parsing the provided string as a YAML source. The string is expected to have been allocated by malloc(3) and when the document is destroyed it will be automatically freed.

Return

The created document, or NULL on error.

fy_document_build_from_file

struct fy_document *fy_document_build_from_file(const struct fy_parse_cfg *cfg, const char *file)
Create a document parsing the given file
Parameters
  • cfg (const struct fy_parse_cfg*) – The parse configuration to use or NULL for the default.
  • file (const char*) – The name of the file to parse



Description

Create a document parsing the provided file as a YAML source.

Return

The created document, or NULL on error.

fy_document_build_from_fp

struct fy_document *fy_document_build_from_fp(const struct fy_parse_cfg *cfg, FILE *fp)
Create a document parsing the given file pointer
Parameters
  • cfg (const struct fy_parse_cfg*) – The parse configuration to use or NULL for the default.
  • fp (FILE*) – The file pointer



Description

Create a document parsing the provided file pointer as a YAML source.

Return

The created document, or NULL on error.

fy_document_vbuildf

struct fy_document *fy_document_vbuildf(const struct fy_parse_cfg *cfg, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
Create a document using the provided YAML via vprintf formatting
Parameters
  • cfg (const struct fy_parse_cfg*) – The parse configuration to use or NULL for the default.
  • fmt (const char*) – The format string creating the YAML source to use.
  • ap (va_list) – The va_list argument pointer



Description

Create a document parsing the provided string as a YAML source. The string is created by applying vprintf formatting.

Return

The created document, or NULL on error.

fy_document_buildf

struct fy_document *fy_document_buildf(const struct fy_parse_cfg *cfg, const char *fmt, ...)
Create a document using the provided YAML source via printf formatting
Parameters
  • cfg (const struct fy_parse_cfg*) – The parse configuration to use or NULL for the default.
  • fmt (const char*) – The format string creating the YAML source to use.
  • ellipsis (ellipsis) – The printf arguments



Description

Create a document parsing the provided string as a YAML source. The string is created by applying printf formatting.

Return

The created document, or NULL on error.

fy_flow_document_build_from_string

struct fy_document *fy_flow_document_build_from_string(const struct fy_parse_cfg *cfg, const char *str, size_t len, size_t *consumed)
Create a document using the provided YAML source.
Parameters
  • cfg (const struct fy_parse_cfg*) – The parse configuration to use or NULL for the default.
  • str (const char*) – The YAML source to use.
  • len (size_t) – The length of the string (or -1 if ‘0’ terminated)
  • consumed (size_t*) – A pointer to the consumed amount



Description

Create a document parsing the provided string as a YAML source.

The document is a flow document, i.e. does not contain any block content and is usually laid out in a single line.

Example of flow documents

plain-scalar “double-quoted-scalar” ‘single-quoted-scalar’ { foo: bar } [ 0, 1, 2 ]

A flow document is important because parsing stops at the end of it, and so can be placed in other non-yaml content.

Return

The created document, or NULL on error.

fy_block_document_build_from_string

struct fy_document *fy_block_document_build_from_string(const struct fy_parse_cfg *cfg, const char *str, size_t len, size_t *consumed)
Create a document using the provided YAML source.
Parameters
  • cfg (const struct fy_parse_cfg*) – The parse configuration to use or NULL for the default.
  • str (const char*) – The YAML source to use.
  • len (size_t) – The length of the string (or -1 if ‘0’ terminated)
  • consumed (size_t*) – A pointer to the consumed amount



Description

Create a document parsing the provided string as a YAML source.

The document is a block document, and it terminates when indentation appears to do so.

Example of block documents:

this-is-yaml

foo: bar <- starts here
baz: [1, 2] this-is-yaml-no-more


Return

The created document, or NULL on error.

fy_document_root

struct fy_node *fy_document_root(struct fy_document *fyd)
Return the root node of the document
Parameters
fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document



Description

Returns the root of the document. If the document is empty NULL will be returned instead.

Return

The root of the document, or NULL if the document is empty.

fy_document_set_root

int fy_document_set_root(struct fy_document *fyd, struct fy_node *fyn)
Set the root of the document
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The new root of the document.



Description

Set the root of a document. If the document was not empty the old root will be freed. If fyn is NULL then the document is set to empty.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_node_get_type

enum fy_node_type fy_node_get_type(struct fy_node *fyn)
Get the node type
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node



Description

Retrieve the node type. It is one of FYNT_SCALAR, FYNT_SEQUENCE or FYNT_MAPPING. A NULL node argument is a FYNT_SCALAR.

Return

The node type

fy_node_get_style

enum fy_node_style fy_node_get_style(struct fy_node *fyn)
Get the node style
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node



Description

Retrieve the node rendering style. If the node is NULL then the style is FYNS_PLAIN.

Return

The node style

fy_node_set_style

enum fy_node_style fy_node_set_style(struct fy_node *fyn, enum fy_node_style style)
Set the node style
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node
  • style (enum fy_node_style) – The requested node rendering style



Description

Try to set the node rendering style of a node. If the style of node is illegal (for example you can’t set an arbitrary scalar that contains zeroes to plain) then the actual style that was set will be returned.

Return

The final node style

fy_node_get_start_token

struct fy_token *fy_node_get_start_token(struct fy_node *fyn)
Get the node start token
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node



Description

Retrieve the node start token.

For scalars, this is the same as the end token.

Return

The node start token

fy_node_get_end_token

struct fy_token *fy_node_get_end_token(struct fy_node *fyn)
Get the node end token
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node



Description

Retrieve the node end token.

For scalars, this is the same as the start token.

Return

The node end token

fy_node_is_scalar

bool fy_node_is_scalar(struct fy_node *fyn)
Check whether the node is a scalar
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node



Description

Convenience method for checking whether a node is a scalar.

Return

true if the node is a scalar, false otherwise

fy_node_is_sequence

bool fy_node_is_sequence(struct fy_node *fyn)
Check whether the node is a sequence
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node



Description

Convenience method for checking whether a node is a sequence.

Return

true if the node is a sequence, false otherwise

fy_node_is_mapping

bool fy_node_is_mapping(struct fy_node *fyn)
Check whether the node is a mapping
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node



Description

Convenience method for checking whether a node is a mapping.

Return

true if the node is a mapping, false otherwise

fy_node_is_alias

bool fy_node_is_alias(struct fy_node *fyn)
Check whether the node is an alias
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node



Description

Convenience method for checking whether a node is an alias.

Return

true if the node is an alias, false otherwise

fy_node_is_null

bool fy_node_is_null(struct fy_node *fyn)
Check whether the node is a NULL
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node



Description

Convenience method for checking whether a node is a NULL scalar.. Note that a NULL node argument returns true…

Return

true if the node is a NULL scalar, false otherwise

fy_node_is_attached

bool fy_node_is_attached(struct fy_node *fyn)
Check whether the node is attached
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node



Description

Checks whether a node is attached in a document structure. An attached node may not be freed, before being detached. Note that there is no method that explicitly detaches a node, since this is handled internaly by the sequence and mapping removal methods.

Return

true if the node is attached, false otherwise

fy_node_get_tag_token

struct fy_token *fy_node_get_tag_token(struct fy_node *fyn)
Gets the tag token of a node (if it exists)
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node which has the tag token to be returned



Description

Gets the tag token of a node, if it exists

Return

The tag token of the given node, or NULL if the tag does not exist.

fy_node_get_scalar_token

struct fy_token *fy_node_get_scalar_token(struct fy_node *fyn)
Gets the scalar token of a node (if it exists)
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node which has the scalar token to be returned



Description

Gets the scalar token of a node, if it exists and the node is a valid scalar node. Note that aliases are scalars, so if this call is issued on an alias node the return shall be of an alias token.

Return

The scalar token of the given node, or NULL if the node is not a scalar.

fy_node_resolve_alias

struct fy_node *fy_node_resolve_alias(struct fy_node *fyn)
Resolve an alias node
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The alias node to be resolved



Description

Resolve an alias node, following any subsequent aliases until a non alias node has been found. This call performs cycle detection and excessive redirections checks so it’s safe to call in any context.

Return

The resolved alias node, or NULL if either fyn is not an alias, or resolution fails due to a graph cycle.

fy_node_dereference

struct fy_node *fy_node_dereference(struct fy_node *fyn)
Dereference a single alias node
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The alias node to be dereferenced



Description

Dereference an alias node. This is different than resolution in that will only perform a single alias follow call and it will fail if the input is not an alias. This call performs cycle detection and excessive redirections checks so it’s safe to call in any context.

Return

The dereferenced alias node, or NULL if either fyn is not an alias, or resolution fails due to a graph cycle.

fy_node_free

int fy_node_free(struct fy_node *fyn)
Free a node
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node to free



Description

Recursively frees the given node releasing the memory it uses, removing any anchors on the document it contains, and releasing references on the tokens it contains.

This method will return an error if the node is attached, or if not NULL it is not a member of a document.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error.

fy_node_build_from_string

struct fy_node *fy_node_build_from_string(struct fy_document *fyd, const char *str, size_t len)
Create a node using the provided YAML source.
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document
  • str (const char*) – The YAML source to use.
  • len (size_t) – The length of the string (or -1 if ‘0’ terminated)



Description

Create a node parsing the provided string as a YAML source. The node created will be associated with the provided document.

Return

The created node, or NULL on error.

fy_node_build_from_malloc_string

struct fy_node *fy_node_build_from_malloc_string(struct fy_document *fyd, char *str, size_t len)
Create a node using the provided YAML source which was malloced.
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document
  • str (char*) – The YAML source to use.
  • len (size_t) – The length of the string (or -1 if ‘0’ terminated)



Description

Create a node parsing the provided string as a YAML source. The node created will be associated with the provided document. The string is expected to have been allocated by malloc(3) and when the document is destroyed it will be automatically freed.

Return

The created node, or NULL on error.

fy_node_build_from_file

struct fy_node *fy_node_build_from_file(struct fy_document *fyd, const char *file)
Create a node using the provided YAML file.
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document
  • file (const char*) – The name of the file to parse



Description

Create a node parsing the provided file as a YAML source. The node created will be associated with the provided document.

Return

The created node, or NULL on error.

fy_node_build_from_fp

struct fy_node *fy_node_build_from_fp(struct fy_document *fyd, FILE *fp)
Create a node using the provided file pointer.
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document
  • fp (FILE*) – The file pointer



Description

Create a node parsing the provided file pointer as a YAML source. The node created will be associated with the provided document.

Return

The created node, or NULL on error.

fy_node_vbuildf

struct fy_node *fy_node_vbuildf(struct fy_document *fyd, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
Create a node using the provided YAML source via vprintf formatting
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document
  • fmt (const char*) – The format string creating the YAML source to use.
  • ap (va_list) – The va_list argument pointer



Description

Create a node parsing the resulting string as a YAML source. The string is created by applying vprintf formatting.

Return

The created node, or NULL on error.

fy_node_buildf

struct fy_node *fy_node_buildf(struct fy_document *fyd, const char *fmt, ...)
Create a node using the provided YAML source via printf formatting
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document
  • fmt (const char*) – The format string creating the YAML source to use.
  • ellipsis (ellipsis) – The printf arguments



Description

Create a node parsing the resulting string as a YAML source. The string is created by applying printf formatting.

Return

The created node, or NULL on error.

fy_node_by_path

struct fy_node *fy_node_by_path(struct fy_node *fyn, const char *path, size_t len, enum fy_node_walk_flags flags)
Retrieve a node using the provided path spec.
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node to use as start of the traversal operation
  • path (const char*) – The path spec to use in the traversal operation
  • len (size_t) – The length of the path (or -1 if ‘0’ terminated)
  • flags (enum fy_node_walk_flags) – The extra path walk flags



Description

This method will retrieve a node relative to the given node using the provided path spec.

Path specs are comprised of keys seperated by slashes ‘/’. Keys are either regular YAML expressions in flow format for traversing mappings, or indexes in brackets for traversing sequences. Path specs may start with ‘/’ which is silently ignored.

A few examples will make this clear:

fyn = { foo: bar } - fy_node_by_path(fyn, "/foo") -> bar
fyn = [ foo, bar ] - fy_node_by_path(fyn, "1") -> bar
fyn = { { foo: bar }: baz } - fy_node_by_path(fyn, "{foo: bar}") -> baz
fyn = [ foo, { bar: baz } } - fy_node_by_path(fyn, "1/bar") -> baz


Note that the special characters /{}[] are not escaped in plain style, so you will not be able to use them as path traversal keys. In that case you can easily use either the single, or double quoted forms:

fyn = { foo/bar: baz } - fy_node_by_path(fyn, "'foo/bar'") -> baz


Return

The retrieved node, or NULL if not possible to be found.

fy_node_get_path

char *fy_node_get_path(struct fy_node *fyn)
Get the path of this node
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node



Description

Retrieve the given node’s path address relative to the document root. The address is dynamically allocated and should be freed when you’re done with it.

Return

The node’s address, or NULL if fyn is the root.

fy_node_get_parent

struct fy_node *fy_node_get_parent(struct fy_node *fyn)
Get the parent node of a node
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node



Description

Get the parent node of a node. The parent of a document’s root is NULL, and so is the parent of the root of a key node’s of a mapping. This is because the nodes of a key may not be addressed using a path expression.

Return

The node’s parent, or NULL if fyn is the root, or the root of a key mapping.

fy_node_get_document_parent

struct fy_node *fy_node_get_document_parent(struct fy_node *fyn)
Get the document parent node of a node
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node



Description

Get the document parent node of a node. The document parent differs than the regular parent in that a key’s root node of a mapping is not NULL, rather it points to the actual node parent.

Return

The node’s document parent, or NULL if fyn is the root

fy_node_get_parent_address

char *fy_node_get_parent_address(struct fy_node *fyn)
Get the path address of this node’s parent
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node



Description

Retrieve the given node’s parent path address The address is dynamically allocated and should be freed when you’re done with it.

Return

The parent’s address, or NULL if fyn is the root.

fy_node_get_path_relative_to

char *fy_node_get_path_relative_to(struct fy_node *fyn_parent, struct fy_node *fyn)
Get a path address of a node relative to one of it’s parents
Parameters
  • fyn_parent (struct fy_node*) – The node parent/grandparent…
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node



Description

Retrieve the given node’s path address relative to an arbitrary parent in the tree. The address is dynamically allocated and should be freed when you’re done with it.

Return

The relative address from the parent to the node

fy_node_get_short_path

char *fy_node_get_short_path(struct fy_node *fyn)
Get a path address of a node in the shortest path possible
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node



Description

Retrieve the given nodes short path address relative to the closest anchor (either on this node, or its parent). If no such parent is found then returns the absolute path from the start of the document.

Example:

--- &foo
foo: &bar

bar baz - The short path of /foo is \*foo - The short path of /foo/bar is \*bar - The short path of /baz is \*foo/baz


The address is dynamically allocated and should be freed when you’re done with it.

Return

The shortest path describing the node

fy_node_get_reference

char *fy_node_get_reference(struct fy_node *fyn)
Get a textual reference to a node
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node



Description

Retrieve the given node’s textual reference. If the node contains an anchor the expression that references the anchor will be returned, otherwise an absolute path reference relative to the root of the document will be returned.

The address is dynamically allocated and should be freed when you’re done with it.

Return

The node’s text reference.

fy_node_create_reference

struct fy_node *fy_node_create_reference(struct fy_node *fyn)
Create an alias reference node
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node



Description

Create an alias node reference. If the node contains an anchor the expression that references the alias will use the anchor, otherwise an absolute path reference relative to the root of the document will be created.

Return

An alias node referencing the argument node

fy_node_get_relative_reference

char *fy_node_get_relative_reference(struct fy_node *fyn_base, struct fy_node *fyn)
Get a textual reference to a node relative to a base node.
Parameters
  • fyn_base (struct fy_node*) – The base node
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node



Description

Retrieve the given node’s textual reference as generated using another parent (or grand parent) as a base. If the node contains an anchor the expression that references the anchor will be returned. If the base node contains an anchor the reference will be relative to it otherwise an absolute path reference will be returned.

The address is dynamically allocated and should be freed when you’re done with it.

Return

The node’s text reference.

fy_node_create_relative_reference

struct fy_node *fy_node_create_relative_reference(struct fy_node *fyn_base, struct fy_node *fyn)
Create an alias reference node
Parameters
  • fyn_base (struct fy_node*) – The base node
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node



Description

Create a relative alias node reference using another parent (or grand parent) as a base. If the node contains an anchor the alias will reference the anchor. If the base node contains an anchor the alias will be relative to it otherwise an absolute path reference will be created.

Return

An alias node referencing the argument node relative to the base

fy_node_create_scalar

struct fy_node *fy_node_create_scalar(struct fy_document *fyd, const char *data, size_t size)
Create a scalar node.
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document which the resulting node will be associated with
  • data (const char*) – Pointer to the data area
  • size (size_t) – Size of the data area, or (size_t)-1 for ‘0’ terminated data.



Description

Create a scalar node using the provided memory area as input. The input is expected to be regular utf8 encoded. It may contain escaped characters in which case the style of the scalar will be set to double quoted.

Note that the data are not copied, merely a reference is taken, so it must be available while the node is in use.

Return

The created node, or NULL on error.

fy_node_create_scalar_copy

struct fy_node *fy_node_create_scalar_copy(struct fy_document *fyd, const char *data, size_t size)
Create a scalar node copying the data.
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document which the resulting node will be associated with
  • data (const char*) – Pointer to the data area
  • size (size_t) – Size of the data area, or (size_t)-1 for ‘0’ terminated data.



Description

Create a scalar node using the provided memory area as input. The input is expected to be regular utf8 encoded. It may contain escaped characters in which case the style of the scalar will be set to double quoted.

A copy of the data will be made, so it is safe to free the data after the call.

Return

The created node, or NULL on error.

fy_node_create_vscalarf

struct fy_node *fy_node_create_vscalarf(struct fy_document *fyd, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
vprintf interface for creating scalars
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document which the resulting node will be associated with
  • fmt (const char*) – The printf based format string
  • ap (va_list) – The va_list containing the arguments



Description

Create a scalar node using a vprintf interface. The input is expected to be regular utf8 encoded. It may contain escaped characters in which case the style of the scalar will be set to double quoted.

Return

The created node, or NULL on error.

fy_node_create_scalarf

struct fy_node *fy_node_create_scalarf(struct fy_document *fyd, const char *fmt, ...)
printf interface for creating scalars
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document which the resulting node will be associated with
  • fmt (const char*) – The printf based format string
  • ellipsis (ellipsis) – The arguments



Description

Create a scalar node using a printf interface. The input is expected to be regular utf8 encoded. It may contain escaped characters in which case the style of the scalar will be set to double quoted.

Return

The created node, or NULL on error.

fy_node_create_sequence

struct fy_node *fy_node_create_sequence(struct fy_document *fyd)
Create an empty sequence node.
Parameters
fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document which the resulting node will be associated with



Description

Create an empty sequence node associated with the given document.

Return

The created node, or NULL on error.

fy_node_create_mapping

struct fy_node *fy_node_create_mapping(struct fy_document *fyd)
Create an empty mapping node.
Parameters
fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document which the resulting node will be associated with



Description

Create an empty mapping node associated with the given document.

Return

The created node, or NULL on error.

fy_node_set_tag

int fy_node_set_tag(struct fy_node *fyn, const char *data, size_t len)
Set the tag of node
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node to set it’s tag.
  • data (const char*) – Pointer to the tag data.
  • len (size_t) – Size of the tag data, or (size_t)-1 for ‘0’ terminated.



Description

Manually set the tag of a node. The tag must be a valid one for the document the node belongs to.

Note that the data are not copied, merely a reference is taken, so it must be available while the node is in use.

If the node already contains a tag it will be overwriten.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error.

fy_node_remove_tag

int fy_node_remove_tag(struct fy_node *fyn)
Remove the tag of node
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node to remove it’s tag.



Description

Remove the tag of a node.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error.

fy_node_get_tag

const char *fy_node_get_tag(struct fy_node *fyn, size_t *lenp)
Get the tag of the node
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node
  • lenp (size_t*) – Pointer to a variable that will hold the returned length



Description

This method will return a pointer to the text of a tag along with the length of it. Note that this text is not NULL terminated.

Return

A pointer to the tag of the node, while lenp will be assigned the length of said tag. A NULL will be returned in case of an error.

fy_node_get_tag0

const char *fy_node_get_tag0(struct fy_node *fyn)
Get the tag of the node
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node



Description

This method will return a pointer to the text of a tag, which will be NULL terminated.

Return

A pointer to the null terminated tag of the node. A NULL will be returned in case of an error.

fy_node_get_tag_length

size_t fy_node_get_tag_length(struct fy_node *fyn)
Get the length of the tag of the node
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The tagged node



Description

This method will return the size of the tag of the node. If the node is not tagged it will return 0.

Return

The size of the tag, or 0 if node is not tagged.

fy_node_get_scalar

const char *fy_node_get_scalar(struct fy_node *fyn, size_t *lenp)
Get the scalar content of the node
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The scalar node
  • lenp (size_t*) – Pointer to a variable that will hold the returned length



Description

This method will return a pointer to the text of the scalar content of a node along with the length of it. Note that this pointer is not NULL terminated.

Return

A pointer to the scalar content of the node, while lenp will be assigned the length of said content. A NULL will be returned in case of an error, i.e. the node is not a scalar.

fy_node_get_scalar0

const char *fy_node_get_scalar0(struct fy_node *fyn)
Get the scalar content of the node
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The scalar node



Description

This method will return a pointer to the text of the scalar content of a node as a null terminated string. Note that this call will allocate memory to hold the null terminated string so if possible use fy_node_get_scalar()

Return

A pointer to the scalar content of the node or NULL in returned in case of an error.

fy_node_get_scalar_length

size_t fy_node_get_scalar_length(struct fy_node *fyn)
Get the length of the scalar content
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The scalar node



Description

This method will return the size of the scalar content of the node. If the node is not a scalar it will return 0.

Return

The size of the scalar content, or 0 if node is not scalar.

fy_node_get_scalar_utf8_length

size_t fy_node_get_scalar_utf8_length(struct fy_node *fyn)
Get the length of the scalar content in utf8 characters
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The scalar node



Description

This method will return the size of the scalar content of the node in utf8 characters. If the node is not a scalar it will return 0.

Return

The size of the scalar content in utf8 characters, or 0 if node is not scalar.

fy_node_sequence_iterate

struct fy_node *fy_node_sequence_iterate(struct fy_node *fyn, void **prevp)
Iterate over a sequence node
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The sequence node
  • prevp (void**) – The previous sequence iterator



Description

This method iterates over all the item nodes in the sequence node. The start of the iteration is signalled by a NULL in *prevp.

Return

The next node in sequence or NULL at the end of the sequence.

fy_node_sequence_reverse_iterate

struct fy_node *fy_node_sequence_reverse_iterate(struct fy_node *fyn, void **prevp)
Iterate over a sequence node in reverse
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The sequence node
  • prevp (void**) – The previous sequence iterator



Description

This method iterates in reverse over all the item nodes in the sequence node. The start of the iteration is signalled by a NULL in *prevp.

Return

The next node in reverse sequence or NULL at the end of the sequence.

fy_node_sequence_item_count

int fy_node_sequence_item_count(struct fy_node *fyn)
Return the item count of the sequence
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The sequence node



Description

Get the item count of the sequence.

Return

The count of items in the sequence or -1 in case of an error.

fy_node_sequence_is_empty

bool fy_node_sequence_is_empty(struct fy_node *fyn)
Check whether the sequence is empty
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The sequence node



Description

Check whether the sequence contains items.

Return

true if the node is a sequence containing items, false otherwise

fy_node_sequence_get_by_index

struct fy_node *fy_node_sequence_get_by_index(struct fy_node *fyn, int index)
Return a sequence item by index
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The sequence node
  • index (int) – The index of the node to retrieve. - >= 0 counting from the start - < 0 counting from the end



Description

Retrieve a node in the sequence using it’s index. If index is positive or zero the count is from the start of the sequence, while if negative from the end. I.e. -1 returns the last item in the sequence.

Return

The node at the specified index or NULL if no such item exist.

fy_node_sequence_append

int fy_node_sequence_append(struct fy_node *fyn_seq, struct fy_node *fyn)
Append a node item to a sequence
Parameters
  • fyn_seq (struct fy_node*) – The sequence node
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node item to append



Description

Append a node item to a sequence.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_node_sequence_prepend

int fy_node_sequence_prepend(struct fy_node *fyn_seq, struct fy_node *fyn)
Append a node item to a sequence
Parameters
  • fyn_seq (struct fy_node*) – The sequence node
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node item to prepend



Description

Prepend a node item to a sequence.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_node_sequence_insert_before

int fy_node_sequence_insert_before(struct fy_node *fyn_seq, struct fy_node *fyn_mark, struct fy_node *fyn)
Insert a node item before another
Parameters
  • fyn_seq (struct fy_node*) – The sequence node
  • fyn_mark (struct fy_node*) – The node item which the node will be inserted before.
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node item to insert in the sequence.



Description

Insert a node item before another in the sequence.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_node_sequence_insert_after

int fy_node_sequence_insert_after(struct fy_node *fyn_seq, struct fy_node *fyn_mark, struct fy_node *fyn)
Insert a node item after another
Parameters
  • fyn_seq (struct fy_node*) – The sequence node
  • fyn_mark (struct fy_node*) – The node item which the node will be inserted after.
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node item to insert in the sequence.



Description

Insert a node item after another in the sequence.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_node_sequence_remove

struct fy_node *fy_node_sequence_remove(struct fy_node *fyn_seq, struct fy_node *fyn)
Remove an item from a sequence
Parameters
  • fyn_seq (struct fy_node*) – The sequence node
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node item to remove from the sequence.



Description

Remove a node item from a sequence and return it.

Return

The removed node item fyn, or NULL in case of an error.

typedef fy_node_sequence_sort_fn

int fy_node_sequence_sort_fn(struct fy_node *fyn_a, struct fy_node *fyn_b, void *arg)
Sequence sorting method function
Parameters
  • fyn_a (struct fy_node*) – The first node used in the comparison
  • fyn_b (struct fy_node*) – The second node used in the comparison
  • arg (void*) – The opaque user provided pointer to the sort operation



Return

<0 if fyn_a is less than fyn_b 0 if fyn_a is equal to fyn_b >0 if fyn_a is greater than fyn_b

fy_node_sequence_sort

int fy_node_sequence_sort(struct fy_node *fyn_seq, fy_node_sequence_sort_fn cmp, void *arg)
Sort a sequence’s items
Parameters
  • fyn_seq (struct fy_node*) – The sequence node to sort
  • cmp (fy_node_sequence_sort_fn) – The comparison method
  • arg (void*) – An opaque user pointer for the comparison method



Description

Sort the items of a sequence node using the given comparison method.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_node_mapping_iterate

struct fy_node_pair *fy_node_mapping_iterate(struct fy_node *fyn, void **prevp)
Iterate over a mapping node
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The mapping node
  • prevp (void**) – The previous sequence iterator



Description

This method iterates over all the node pairs in the mapping node. The start of the iteration is signalled by a NULL in *prevp.

Note that while a mapping is an unordered collection of key/values the order of which they are created is important for presentation purposes.

Return

The next node pair in the mapping or NULL at the end of the mapping.

fy_node_mapping_reverse_iterate

struct fy_node_pair *fy_node_mapping_reverse_iterate(struct fy_node *fyn, void **prevp)
Iterate over a mapping node in reverse
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The mapping node
  • prevp (void**) – The previous sequence iterator



Description

This method iterates in reverse over all the node pairs in the mapping node. The start of the iteration is signalled by a NULL in *prevp.

Note that while a mapping is an unordered collection of key/values the order of which they are created is important for presentation purposes.

Return

The next node pair in reverse sequence in the mapping or NULL at the end of the mapping.

fy_node_mapping_item_count

int fy_node_mapping_item_count(struct fy_node *fyn)
Return the node pair count of the mapping
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The mapping node



Description

Get the count of the node pairs in the mapping.

Return

The count of node pairs in the mapping or -1 in case of an error.

fy_node_mapping_is_empty

bool fy_node_mapping_is_empty(struct fy_node *fyn)
Check whether the mapping is empty
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The mapping node



Description

Check whether the mapping contains any node pairs.

Return

true if the node is a mapping containing node pairs, false otherwise

fy_node_mapping_get_by_index

struct fy_node_pair *fy_node_mapping_get_by_index(struct fy_node *fyn, int index)
Return a node pair by index
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The mapping node
  • index (int) – The index of the node pair to retrieve. - >= 0 counting from the start - < 0 counting from the end



Description

Retrieve a node pair in the mapping using its index. If index is positive or zero the count is from the start of the sequence, while if negative from the end. I.e. -1 returns the last node pair in the mapping.

Return

The node pair at the specified index or NULL if no such item exist.

fy_node_mapping_lookup_pair_by_string

struct fy_node_pair *fy_node_mapping_lookup_pair_by_string(struct fy_node *fyn, const char *key, size_t len)
Lookup a node pair in mapping by string
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The mapping node
  • key (const char*) – The YAML source to use as key
  • len (size_t) – The length of the key (or -1 if ‘0’ terminated)



Description

This method will return the node pair that contains the same key from the YAML node created from the key argument. The comparison of the node is using fy_node_compare()

Return

The value matching the given key, or NULL if not found.

fy_node_mapping_lookup_by_string

struct fy_node *fy_node_mapping_lookup_by_string(struct fy_node *fyn, const char *key, size_t len)
Lookup a node value in mapping by string
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The mapping node
  • key (const char*) – The YAML source to use as key
  • len (size_t) – The length of the key (or -1 if ‘0’ terminated)



Description

This method will return the value of node pair that contains the same key from the YAML node created from the key argument. The comparison of the node is using fy_node_compare()

Return

The value matching the given key, or NULL if not found.

fy_node_mapping_lookup_value_by_string

struct fy_node *fy_node_mapping_lookup_value_by_string(struct fy_node *fyn, const char *key, size_t len)
Lookup a node value in mapping by string
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The mapping node
  • key (const char*) – The YAML source to use as key
  • len (size_t) – The length of the key (or -1 if ‘0’ terminated)



Description

This method will return the value of node pair that contains the same key from the YAML node created from the key argument. The comparison of the node is using fy_node_compare()

It is synonymous with fy_node_mapping_lookup_by_string().

Return

The value matching the given key, or NULL if not found.

fy_node_mapping_lookup_key_by_string

struct fy_node *fy_node_mapping_lookup_key_by_string(struct fy_node *fyn, const char *key, size_t len)
Lookup a node key in mapping by string
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The mapping node
  • key (const char*) – The YAML source to use as key
  • len (size_t) – The length of the key (or -1 if ‘0’ terminated)



Description

This method will return the key of node pair that contains the same key from the YAML node created from the key argument. The comparison of the node is using fy_node_compare()

Return

The key matching the given key, or NULL if not found.

fy_node_mapping_lookup_pair_by_simple_key

struct fy_node_pair *fy_node_mapping_lookup_pair_by_simple_key(struct fy_node *fyn, const char *key, size_t len)
Lookup a node pair in mapping by simple string
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The mapping node
  • key (const char*) – The string to use as key
  • len (size_t) – The length of the key (or -1 if ‘0’ terminated)



Description

This method will return the node pair that contains the same key from the YAML node created from the key argument. The comparison of the node is using by comparing the strings for identity.

Return

The node pair matching the given key, or NULL if not found.

fy_node_mapping_lookup_value_by_simple_key

struct fy_node *fy_node_mapping_lookup_value_by_simple_key(struct fy_node *fyn, const char *key, size_t len)
Lookup a node value in mapping by simple string
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The mapping node
  • key (const char*) – The string to use as key
  • len (size_t) – The length of the key (or -1 if ‘0’ terminated)



Description

This method will return the value of node pair that contains the same key from the YAML node created from the key argument. The comparison of the node is using by comparing the strings for identity.

Return

The value matching the given key, or NULL if not found.

fy_node_mapping_lookup_pair_by_null_key

struct fy_node_pair *fy_node_mapping_lookup_pair_by_null_key(struct fy_node *fyn)
Lookup a node pair in mapping that has a NULL key
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The mapping node



Description

This method will return the node pair that has a NULL key. Note this method is not using the mapping accelerator and arguably NULL keys should not exist. Alas…

Return

The node pair with a NULL key, NULL otherwise

fy_node_mapping_lookup_value_by_null_key

struct fy_node *fy_node_mapping_lookup_value_by_null_key(struct fy_node *fyn)
Lookup a node value with a NULL key.
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The mapping node



Description

Return the value of a node pair that has a NULL key.

Return

The value matching the null key, NULL otherwise. Note that the value may be NULL too, but for that pathological case use the node pair method instead.

fy_node_mapping_lookup_scalar_by_simple_key

const char *fy_node_mapping_lookup_scalar_by_simple_key(struct fy_node *fyn, size_t *lenp, const char *key, size_t keylen)
Lookup a scalar in mapping by simple string
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The mapping node
  • lenp (size_t*) – Pointer to a variable that will hold the returned length
  • key (const char*) – The string to use as key
  • keylen (size_t) – The length of the key (or -1 if ‘0’ terminated)



Description

This method will return the scalar contents that contains the same key from the YAML node created from the key argument. The comparison of the node is using by comparing the strings for identity.

Return

The scalar contents matching the given key, or NULL if not found.

fy_node_mapping_lookup_scalar0_by_simple_key

const char *fy_node_mapping_lookup_scalar0_by_simple_key(struct fy_node *fyn, const char *key, size_t keylen)
Lookup a scalar in mapping by simple string returning a ‘0’ terminated scalar
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The mapping node
  • key (const char*) – The string to use as key
  • keylen (size_t) – The length of the key (or -1 if ‘0’ terminated)



Description

This method will return the NUL terminated scalar contents that contains the same key from the YAML node created from the key argument. The comparison of the node is using by comparing the strings for identity.

Return

The NUL terminated scalar contents matching the given key, or NULL if not found.

fy_node_mapping_lookup_pair

struct fy_node_pair *fy_node_mapping_lookup_pair(struct fy_node *fyn, struct fy_node *fyn_key)
Lookup a node pair matching the provided key
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The mapping node
  • fyn_key (struct fy_node*) – The node to use as key



Description

This method will return the node pair that matches the provided fyn_key

Return

The node pair matching the given key, or NULL if not found.

fy_node_mapping_lookup_value_by_key

struct fy_node *fy_node_mapping_lookup_value_by_key(struct fy_node *fyn, struct fy_node *fyn_key)
Lookup a node pair’s value matching the provided key
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The mapping node
  • fyn_key (struct fy_node*) – The node to use as key



Description

This method will return the node pair that matches the provided fyn_key The key may be collection and a content match check is performed recursively in order to find the right key.

Return

The node value matching the given key, or NULL if not found.

fy_node_mapping_lookup_key_by_key

struct fy_node *fy_node_mapping_lookup_key_by_key(struct fy_node *fyn, struct fy_node *fyn_key)
Lookup a node pair’s key matching the provided key
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The mapping node
  • fyn_key (struct fy_node*) – The node to use as key



Description

This method will return the node pair that matches the provided fyn_key The key may be collection and a content match check is performed recursively in order to find the right key.

Return

The node key matching the given key, or NULL if not found.

fy_node_mapping_get_pair_index

int fy_node_mapping_get_pair_index(struct fy_node *fyn, const struct fy_node_pair *fynp)
Return the node pair index in the mapping
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The mapping node
  • fynp (const struct fy_node_pair*) – The node pair



Description

This method will return the node pair index in the mapping of the given node pair argument.

Return

The index of the node pair in the mapping or -1 in case of an error.

fy_node_pair_key

struct fy_node *fy_node_pair_key(struct fy_node_pair *fynp)
Return the key of a node pair
Parameters
fynp (struct fy_node_pair*) – The node pair



Description

This method will return the node pair’s key. Note that this may be NULL, which is returned also in case the node pair argument is NULL, so you should protect against such a case.

Return

The node pair key

fy_node_pair_value

struct fy_node *fy_node_pair_value(struct fy_node_pair *fynp)
Return the value of a node pair
Parameters
fynp (struct fy_node_pair*) – The node pair



Description

This method will return the node pair’s value. Note that this may be NULL, which is returned also in case the node pair argument is NULL, so you should protect against such a case.

Return

The node pair value

fy_node_pair_set_key

int fy_node_pair_set_key(struct fy_node_pair *fynp, struct fy_node *fyn)
Sets the key of a node pair
Parameters
  • fynp (struct fy_node_pair*) – The node pair
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The key node



Description

This method will set the key part of the node pair. It will ovewrite any previous key.

Note that no checks for duplicate keys are going to be performed.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_node_pair_set_value

int fy_node_pair_set_value(struct fy_node_pair *fynp, struct fy_node *fyn)
Sets the value of a node pair
Parameters
  • fynp (struct fy_node_pair*) – The node pair
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The value node



Description

This method will set the value part of the node pair. It will ovewrite any previous value.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_node_mapping_append

int fy_node_mapping_append(struct fy_node *fyn_map, struct fy_node *fyn_key, struct fy_node *fyn_value)
Append a node item to a mapping
Parameters
  • fyn_map (struct fy_node*) – The mapping node
  • fyn_key (struct fy_node*) – The node pair’s key
  • fyn_value (struct fy_node*) – The node pair’s value



Description

Append a node pair to a mapping.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_node_mapping_prepend

int fy_node_mapping_prepend(struct fy_node *fyn_map, struct fy_node *fyn_key, struct fy_node *fyn_value)
Prepend a node item to a mapping
Parameters
  • fyn_map (struct fy_node*) – The mapping node
  • fyn_key (struct fy_node*) – The node pair’s key
  • fyn_value (struct fy_node*) – The node pair’s value



Description

Prepend a node pair to a mapping.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_node_mapping_remove

int fy_node_mapping_remove(struct fy_node *fyn_map, struct fy_node_pair *fynp)
Remove a node pair from a mapping
Parameters
  • fyn_map (struct fy_node*) – The mapping node
  • fynp (struct fy_node_pair*) – The node pair to remove



Description

Remove node pair from a mapping.

Return

0 on success, -1 on failure.

fy_node_mapping_sort

int fy_node_mapping_sort(struct fy_node *fyn_map, fy_node_mapping_sort_fn key_cmp, void *arg)
Sort a single mapping’s keys
Parameters
  • fyn_map (struct fy_node*) – The mapping node to sort
  • key_cmp (fy_node_mapping_sort_fn) – The comparison method
  • arg (void*) – An opaque user pointer for the comparison method



Description

Sort the keys of a single mapping node using the given comparison method (if NULL use the default one). Unlike fy_node_sort(), this does not recurse into child nodes.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_node_mapping_remove_by_key

struct fy_node *fy_node_mapping_remove_by_key(struct fy_node *fyn_map, struct fy_node *fyn_key)
Remove a node pair from a mapping returning the value
Parameters
  • fyn_map (struct fy_node*) – The mapping node
  • fyn_key (struct fy_node*) – The node pair’s key



Description

Remove node pair from a mapping using the supplied key.

Return

The value part of removed node pair, or NULL in case of an error.

fy_node_sort

int fy_node_sort(struct fy_node *fyn, fy_node_mapping_sort_fn key_cmp, void *arg)
Recursively sort node
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node to sort
  • key_cmp (fy_node_mapping_sort_fn) – The comparison method
  • arg (void*) – An opaque user pointer for the comparison method



Description

Recursively sort all mappings of the given node, using the given comparison method (if NULL use the default one).

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_node_vscanf

int fy_node_vscanf(struct fy_node *fyn, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
Retrieve data via vscanf
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node to use as a pathspec root
  • fmt (const char*) – The scanf based format string
  • ap (va_list) – The va_list containing the arguments



Description

This method easily retrieves data using a familiar vscanf interface. The format string is a regular scanf format string with the following format.

“pathspec opt pathspec opt…”


Each pathspec is separated with space from the scanf option

For example

fyn = { foo: 3 } -> fy_node_scanf(fyn, “/foo d“, struct var) -> var = 3

Return

The number of scanned arguments, or -1 on error.

fy_node_scanf

int fy_node_scanf(struct fy_node *fyn, const char *fmt, ...)
Retrieve data via scanf
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node to use as a pathspec root
  • fmt (const char*) – The scanf based format string
  • ellipsis (ellipsis) – The arguments



Description

This method easily retrieves data using a familiar vscanf interface. The format string is a regular scanf format string with the following format.

“pathspec opt pathspec opt…”


Each pathspec is separated with space from the scanf option

For example

fyn = { foo: 3 } -> fy_node_scanf(fyn, “/foo d“, struct var) -> var = 3

Return

The number of scanned arguments, or -1 on error.

fy_document_vscanf

int fy_document_vscanf(struct fy_document *fyd, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
Retrieve data via vscanf relative to document root
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document
  • fmt (const char*) – The scanf based format string
  • ap (va_list) – The va_list containing the arguments



Description

This method easily retrieves data using a familiar vscanf interface. The format string is a regular scanf format string with the following format.

“pathspec opt pathspec opt…”


Each pathspec is separated with space from the scanf option

For example

fyd = { foo: 3 } -> fy_document_scanf(fyd, “/foo d“, struct var) -> var = 3

Return

The number of scanned arguments, or -1 on error.

fy_document_scanf

int fy_document_scanf(struct fy_document *fyd, const char *fmt, ...)
Retrieve data via scanf relative to document root
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document
  • fmt (const char*) – The scanf based format string
  • ellipsis (ellipsis) – The arguments



Description

This method easily retrieves data using a familiar vscanf interface. The format string is a regular scanf format string with the following format.

“pathspec opt pathspec opt…”


Each pathspec is separated with space from the scanf option

For example

fyn = { foo: 3 } -> fy_node_scanf(fyd, “/foo d“, struct var) -> var = 3

Return

The number of scanned arguments, or -1 on error.

fy_document_tag_directive_iterate

struct fy_token *fy_document_tag_directive_iterate(struct fy_document *fyd, void **prevp)
Iterate over a document’s tag directives
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document
  • prevp (void**) – The previous state of the iterator



Description

This method iterates over all the documents tag directives. The start of the iteration is signalled by a NULL in *prevp.

Return

The next tag directive token in the document or NULL at the end of them.

fy_document_tag_directive_lookup

struct fy_token *fy_document_tag_directive_lookup(struct fy_document *fyd, const char *handle)
Retreive a document’s tag directive
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document
  • handle (const char*) – The handle to look for



Description

Retreives the matching tag directive token of the document matching the handle.

Return

The tag directive token with the given handle or NULL if not found

fy_tag_directive_token_handle

const char *fy_tag_directive_token_handle(struct fy_token *fyt, size_t *lenp)
Get a tag directive handle
Parameters
  • fyt (struct fy_token*) – The tag directive token
  • lenp (size_t*) – Pointer to a variable that will hold the returned length



Description

Retreives the tag directives token handle value. Only valid on tag directive tokens.

Return

A pointer to the tag directive’s handle, while lenp will be assigned the length of said handle. A NULL will be returned in case of an error.

fy_tag_directive_token_prefix

const char *fy_tag_directive_token_prefix(struct fy_token *fyt, size_t *lenp)
Get a tag directive prefix
Parameters
  • fyt (struct fy_token*) – The tag directive token
  • lenp (size_t*) – Pointer to a variable that will hold the returned length



Description

Retreives the tag directives token prefix value. Only valid on tag directive tokens.

Return

A pointer to the tag directive’s prefix, while lenp will be assigned the length of said prefix. A NULL will be returned in case of an error.

fy_document_tag_directive_add

int fy_document_tag_directive_add(struct fy_document *fyd, const char *handle, const char *prefix)
Add a tag directive to a document
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document
  • handle (const char*) – The handle of the tag directive
  • prefix (const char*) – The prefix of the tag directive



Description

Add tag directive to the document.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_document_tag_directive_remove

int fy_document_tag_directive_remove(struct fy_document *fyd, const char *handle)
Remove a tag directive
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document
  • handle (const char*) – The handle of the tag directive to remove.



Description

Remove a tag directive from a document. Note that removal is prohibited if any node is still using this tag directive.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_document_lookup_anchor

struct fy_anchor *fy_document_lookup_anchor(struct fy_document *fyd, const char *anchor, size_t len)
Lookup an anchor
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document
  • anchor (const char*) – The anchor to look for
  • len (size_t) – The length of the anchor (or -1 if ‘0’ terminated)



Description

Lookup for an anchor having the name provided

Return

The anchor if found, NULL otherwise

fy_document_lookup_anchor_by_token

struct fy_anchor *fy_document_lookup_anchor_by_token(struct fy_document *fyd, struct fy_token *anchor)
Lookup an anchor by token text
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document
  • anchor (struct fy_token*) – The token contains the anchor text to look for



Description

Lookup for an anchor having the name provided from the text of the token

Return

The anchor if found, NULL otherwise

fy_document_lookup_anchor_by_node

struct fy_anchor *fy_document_lookup_anchor_by_node(struct fy_document *fyd, struct fy_node *fyn)
Lookup an anchor by node
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node



Description

Lookup for an anchor located in the given node

Return

The anchor if found, NULL otherwise

fy_anchor_get_text

const char *fy_anchor_get_text(struct fy_anchor *fya, size_t *lenp)
Get the text of an anchor
Parameters
  • fya (struct fy_anchor*) – The anchor
  • lenp (size_t*) – Pointer to a variable that will hold the returned length



Description

This method will return a pointer to the text of an anchor along with the length of it. Note that this text is not NULL terminated.

Return

A pointer to the text of the anchor, while lenp will be assigned the length of said anchor. A NULL will be returned in case of an error.

fy_anchor_node

struct fy_node *fy_anchor_node(struct fy_anchor *fya)
Get the node of an anchor
Parameters
fya (struct fy_anchor*) – The anchor



Description

This method returns the node associated with the anchor.

Return

The node of the anchor, or NULL in case of an error.

fy_document_anchor_iterate

struct fy_anchor *fy_document_anchor_iterate(struct fy_document *fyd, void **prevp)
Iterate over a document’s anchors
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document
  • prevp (void**) – The previous state of the iterator



Description

This method iterates over all the documents anchors. The start of the iteration is signalled by a NULL in *prevp.

Return

The next anchor in the document or NULL at the end of them.

fy_document_set_anchor

int fy_document_set_anchor(struct fy_document *fyd, struct fy_node *fyn, const char *text, size_t len)
Place an anchor
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node to set the anchor to
  • text (const char*) – Pointer to the anchor text
  • len (size_t) – Size of the anchor text, or (size_t)-1 for ‘0’ terminated.



Description

Places an anchor to the node with the give text name.

Note that the data are not copied, merely a reference is taken, so it must be available while the node is in use.

Also not that this method is deprecated; use fy_node_set_anchor() instead.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error.

fy_node_set_anchor

int fy_node_set_anchor(struct fy_node *fyn, const char *text, size_t len)
Place an anchor to the node
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node to set the anchor to
  • text (const char*) – Pointer to the anchor text
  • len (size_t) – Size of the anchor text, or (size_t)-1 for ‘0’ terminated.



Description

Places an anchor to the node with the give text name.

Note that the data are not copied, merely a reference is taken, so it must be available while the node is in use.

This is similar to fy_document_set_anchor() with the document set to the document of the fyn node.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error.

fy_node_set_anchor_copy

int fy_node_set_anchor_copy(struct fy_node *fyn, const char *text, size_t len)
Place an anchor to the node copying the text
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node to set the anchor to
  • text (const char*) – Pointer to the anchor text
  • len (size_t) – Size of the anchor text, or (size_t)-1 for ‘0’ terminated.



Description

Places an anchor to the node with the give text name, which will be copied, so it’s safe to dispose the text after the call.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error.

fy_node_set_vanchorf

int fy_node_set_vanchorf(struct fy_node *fyn, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
Place an anchor to the node using a vprintf interface.
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node to set the anchor to
  • fmt (const char*) – Pointer to the anchor format string
  • ap (va_list) – The argument list.



Description

Places an anchor to the node with the give text name as created via vprintf’ing the arguments.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error.

fy_node_set_anchorf

int fy_node_set_anchorf(struct fy_node *fyn, const char *fmt, ...)
Place an anchor to the node using a printf interface.
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node to set the anchor to
  • fmt (const char*) – Pointer to the anchor format string
  • ellipsis (ellipsis) – The extra arguments.



Description

Places an anchor to the node with the give text name as created via printf’ing the arguments.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error.

fy_node_remove_anchor

int fy_node_remove_anchor(struct fy_node *fyn)
Remove an anchor
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node to remove anchors from



Description

Remove an anchor for the given node (if it exists)

Return

0 on success, -1 on error.

fy_node_get_anchor

struct fy_anchor *fy_node_get_anchor(struct fy_node *fyn)
Get the anchor of a node
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node



Description

Retrieve the anchor of the given node (if it exists)

Return

The anchor if there’s one at the node, or NULL otherwise

fy_node_get_nearest_anchor

struct fy_anchor *fy_node_get_nearest_anchor(struct fy_node *fyn)
Get the nearest anchor of the node
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node



Description

Retrieve the anchor of the nearest parent of the given node or the given node if it has one.

Return

The nearest anchor if there’s one, or NULL otherwise

fy_node_get_nearest_child_of

struct fy_node *fy_node_get_nearest_child_of(struct fy_node *fyn_base, struct fy_node *fyn)
Get the nearest node which is a child of the base
Parameters
  • fyn_base (struct fy_node*) – The base node
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node to start from



Description

Retrieve the nearest node which is a child of fyn_base starting at fyn and working upwards.

Return

The nearest child of the base if there’s one, or NULL otherwise

fy_node_create_alias

struct fy_node *fy_node_create_alias(struct fy_document *fyd, const char *alias, size_t len)
Create an alias node
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document
  • alias (const char*) – The alias text
  • len (size_t) – The length of the alias (or -1 if ‘0’ terminated)



Description

Create an alias on the given document

Note that the data are not copied, merely a reference is taken, so it must be available while the node is in use.

Return

The created alias node, or NULL in case of an error

fy_node_create_alias_copy

struct fy_node *fy_node_create_alias_copy(struct fy_document *fyd, const char *alias, size_t len)
Create an alias node copying the data
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document
  • alias (const char*) – The alias text
  • len (size_t) – The length of the alias (or -1 if ‘0’ terminated)



Description

Create an alias on the given document

A copy of the data will be made, so it is safe to free the data after the call.

Return

The created alias node, or NULL in case of an error

fy_node_get_meta

void *fy_node_get_meta(struct fy_node *fyn)
Get the meta pointer of a node
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node to get meta data from



Description

Return the meta pointer of a node.

Return

The stored meta data pointer

fy_node_set_meta

int fy_node_set_meta(struct fy_node *fyn, void *meta)
Set the meta pointer of a node
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node to set meta data
  • meta (void*) – The meta data pointer



Description

Set the meta pointer of a node. If meta is NULL then clear the meta data.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_node_clear_meta

void fy_node_clear_meta(struct fy_node *fyn)
Clear the meta data of a node
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node to clear meta data



Description

Clears the meta data of a node.

typedef fy_node_meta_clear_fn

void fy_node_meta_clear_fn(struct fy_node *fyn, void *meta, void *user)
Meta data clear method
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node which the meta data is being cleared
  • meta (void*) – The meta data of the node assigned via fy_node_set_meta()
  • user (void*) – The user pointer of fy_document_register_meta()



Description

This is the callback called when meta data are cleared.

fy_document_register_meta

int fy_document_register_meta(struct fy_document *fyd, fy_node_meta_clear_fn clear_fn, void *user)
Register a meta cleanup hook
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document which the hook is registered to
  • clear_fn (fy_node_meta_clear_fn) – The clear hook method
  • user (void*) – Opaque user provided pointer to the clear method



Description

Register a meta data cleanup hook, to be called when the node is freed via a final call to fy_node_free(). The hook is active for all nodes belonging to the document.

Return

0 on success, -1 if another hook is already registered.

fy_document_unregister_meta

void fy_document_unregister_meta(struct fy_document *fyd)
Unregister a meta cleanup hook
Parameters
fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document to unregister it’s meta cleanup hook.



Description

Unregister the currently active meta cleanup hook. The previous cleanup hook will be called for every node in the document.

fy_node_set_marker

bool fy_node_set_marker(struct fy_node *fyn, unsigned int marker)
Set a marker of a node
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node
  • marker (unsigned int) – The marker to set



Description

Sets the marker of the given node, while returning the previous state of the marker. Note that the markers use the same space as the node follow markers.

Return

The previous value of the marker

fy_node_clear_marker

bool fy_node_clear_marker(struct fy_node *fyn, unsigned int marker)
Clear a marker of a node
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node
  • marker (unsigned int) – The marker to clear



Description

Clears the marker of the given node, while returning the previous state of the marker. Note that the markers use the same space as the node follow markers.

Return

The previous value of the marker

fy_node_is_marker_set

bool fy_node_is_marker_set(struct fy_node *fyn, unsigned int marker)
Checks whether a marker is set
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node
  • marker (unsigned int) – The marker index (must be less that FYNWF_MAX_USER_MARKER)



Description

Check the state of the given marker.

Return

The value of the marker (invalid markers return false)

fy_node_vreport

void fy_node_vreport(struct fy_node *fyn, enum fy_error_type type, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
Report about a node vprintf style
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node
  • type (enum fy_error_type) – The error type
  • fmt (const char*) – The printf format string
  • ap (va_list) – The argument list



Description

Output a report about the given node via the specific error type, and using the reporting configuration of the node’s document.

fy_node_report

void fy_node_report(struct fy_node *fyn, enum fy_error_type type, const char *fmt, ...)
Report about a node printf style
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node
  • type (enum fy_error_type) – The error type
  • fmt (const char*) – The printf format string
  • ellipsis (ellipsis) – The extra arguments.



Description

Output a report about the given node via the specific error type, and using the reporting configuration of the node’s document.

fy_node_override_vreport

void fy_node_override_vreport(struct fy_node *fyn, enum fy_error_type type, const char *file, int line, int column, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
Report about a node vprintf style, overriding file, line and column info
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node
  • type (enum fy_error_type) – The error type
  • file (const char*) – The file override
  • line (int) – The line override
  • column (int) – The column override
  • fmt (const char*) – The printf format string
  • ap (va_list) – The argument list



Description

Output a report about the given node via the specific error type, and using the reporting configuration of the node’s document. This method will use the overrides provided in order to massage the reporting information. If file is NULL, no file location will be reported. If either line or column is negative no location will be reported.

fy_node_override_report

void fy_node_override_report(struct fy_node *fyn, enum fy_error_type type, const char *file, int line, int column, const char *fmt, ...)
Report about a node printf style, overriding file, line and column info
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node
  • type (enum fy_error_type) – The error type
  • file (const char*) – The file override
  • line (int) – The line override
  • column (int) – The column override
  • fmt (const char*) – The printf format string
  • ellipsis (ellipsis) – The extra arguments.



Description

Output a report about the given node via the specific error type, and using the reporting configuration of the node’s document. This method will use the overrides provided in order to massage the reporting information. If file is NULL, no file location will be reported. If either line or column is negative no location will be reported.

fy_event_vreport

void fy_event_vreport(struct fy_parser *fyp, struct fy_event *fye, enum fy_event_part fyep, enum fy_error_type type, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
Report about an event vprintf style
Parameters
  • fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser of which the event was generated from
  • fye (struct fy_event*) – The event
  • fyep (enum fy_event_part) – The event part which the report is about
  • type (enum fy_error_type) – The error type
  • fmt (const char*) – The printf format string
  • ap (va_list) – The argument list



Description

Output a report about the given event via the specific error type, focusing at the given event part.

fy_event_report

void fy_event_report(struct fy_parser *fyp, struct fy_event *fye, enum fy_event_part fyep, enum fy_error_type type, const char *fmt, ...)
Report about an event printf style
Parameters
  • fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser of which the event was generated from
  • fye (struct fy_event*) – The event
  • fyep (enum fy_event_part) – The event part which the report is about
  • type (enum fy_error_type) – The error type
  • fmt (const char*) – The printf format string
  • ellipsis (ellipsis) – The extra arguments.



Description

Output a report about the given event via the specific error type, focusing at the given event part.

struct fy_diag_cfg

struct fy_diag_cfg
The diagnostics configuration

Definition

struct fy_diag_cfg {

FILE *fp;
fy_diag_output_fn output_fn;
void *user;
enum fy_error_type level;
unsigned int module_mask;
bool colorize : 1;
bool show_source : 1;
bool show_position : 1;
bool show_type : 1;
bool show_module : 1;
int source_width;
int position_width;
int type_width;
int module_width; }


Members

fp
File descriptor of the error output
output_fn
Callback to use when fp is NULL
user
User pointer to pass to the output_fn
level
The minimum debugging level
module_mask
A bitmask of the enabled modules
colorize
true if output should be colorized using ANSI sequences
show_source
true if source location should be displayed
show_position
true if position should be displayed
show_type
true if the type should be displayed
show_module
true if the module should be displayed
source_width
Width of the source field
position_width
Width of the position field
type_width
Width of the type field
module_width
Width of the module field

Description

This structure contains the configuration of the diagnostic object.

struct fy_diag_error

struct fy_diag_error
A collected diagnostic error

Definition

struct fy_diag_error {

enum fy_error_type type;
enum fy_error_module module;
struct fy_token *fyt;
const char *msg;
const char *file;
int line;
int column; }


Members

type
Error type
module
The module
fyt
The token (may be NULL)
msg
The message to be output alongside
file
The file which contained the input
line
The line at the error
column
The column at the error

Description

This structure contains information about an error being collected by the diagnostic object.

fy_diag_create

struct fy_diag *fy_diag_create(const struct fy_diag_cfg *cfg)
Create a diagnostic object
Parameters
cfg (const struct fy_diag_cfg*) – The configuration for the diagnostic object (NULL is default)



Description

Creates a diagnostic object using the provided configuration.

Return

A pointer to the diagnostic object or NULL in case of an error.

fy_diag_destroy

void fy_diag_destroy(struct fy_diag *diag)
Destroy a diagnostic object
Parameters
diag (struct fy_diag*) – The diagnostic object to destroy



Description

Destroy a diagnostic object; note that the actual destruction only occurs when no more references to the object are present. However no output will be generated after this call.

fy_diag_get_cfg

const struct fy_diag_cfg *fy_diag_get_cfg(struct fy_diag *diag)
Get a diagnostic object’s configuration
Parameters
diag (struct fy_diag*) – The diagnostic object



Description

Return the current configuration of a diagnostic object

Return

A const pointer to the diagnostic object configuration, or NULL in case where diag is NULL

fy_diag_set_cfg

void fy_diag_set_cfg(struct fy_diag *diag, const struct fy_diag_cfg *cfg)
Set a diagnostic object’s configuration
Parameters
  • diag (struct fy_diag*) – The diagnostic object
  • cfg (const struct fy_diag_cfg*) – The diagnostic configuration



Description

Replace the current diagnostic configuration with the given configuration passed as an argument.

fy_diag_set_level

void fy_diag_set_level(struct fy_diag *diag, enum fy_error_type level)
Set a diagnostic object’s debug error level
Parameters
  • diag (struct fy_diag*) – The diagnostic object
  • level (enum fy_error_type) – The debugging level to set



fy_diag_set_colorize

void fy_diag_set_colorize(struct fy_diag *diag, bool colorize)
Set a diagnostic object’s colorize option
Parameters
  • diag (struct fy_diag*) – The diagnostic object
  • colorize (bool) – The colorize option



fy_diag_ref

struct fy_diag *fy_diag_ref(struct fy_diag *diag)
Increment that reference counter of a diagnostic object
Parameters
diag (struct fy_diag*) – The diagnostic object to reference



Description

Increment the reference.

Return

Always returns the diag argument

fy_diag_unref

void fy_diag_unref(struct fy_diag *diag)
Take away a ref from a diagnostic object
Parameters
diag (struct fy_diag*) – The diagnostic object to unref



Description

Take away a reference, if it gets to 0, the diagnostic object is freed.

fy_diag_got_error

bool fy_diag_got_error(struct fy_diag *diag)
Test whether an error level diagnostic has been produced
Parameters
diag (struct fy_diag*) – The diagnostic object



Description

Tests whether an error diagnostic has been produced.

Return

true if an error has been produced, false otherwise

fy_diag_set_error

void fy_diag_set_error(struct fy_diag *diag, bool on_error)
Sets the error produced state
Parameters
  • diag (struct fy_diag*) – The diagnostic object
  • on_error (bool) – The set error state



Description

Sets the error produced state

fy_diag_reset_error

void fy_diag_reset_error(struct fy_diag *diag)
Reset the error flag of the diagnostic object
Parameters
diag (struct fy_diag*) – The diagnostic object



Description

Clears the error flag which was set by an output of an error level diagnostic

fy_diag_set_collect_errors

void fy_diag_set_collect_errors(struct fy_diag *diag, bool collect_errors)
Collect errors instead of outputting
Parameters
  • diag (struct fy_diag*) – The diagnostic object
  • collect_errors (bool) – The collect errors mode



Description

Set the collect errors mode. When true instead of outputting to the diagnostic interface, errors are collected for later retrieval.

fy_diag_get_collect_errors

bool fy_diag_get_collect_errors(struct fy_diag *diag)
Get collect errors state
Parameters
diag (struct fy_diag*) – The diagnostic object



Description

Get the collect errors mode.

Return

true collecting errors, false otherwise

fy_diag_cfg_default

void fy_diag_cfg_default(struct fy_diag_cfg *cfg)
Fill in the configuration structure with defaults
Parameters
cfg (struct fy_diag_cfg*) – The diagnostic configuration structure



Description

Fills the configuration structure with defaults. The default always associates the file descriptor to stderr.

fy_diag_cfg_from_parser_flags

void fy_diag_cfg_from_parser_flags(struct fy_diag_cfg *cfg, enum fy_parse_cfg_flags pflags)
Fill partial diagnostic config structure from parser config flags
Parameters
  • cfg (struct fy_diag_cfg*) – The diagnostic configuration structure
  • pflags (enum fy_parse_cfg_flags) – The parser flags



Description

Fills in part of the configuration structure using parser flags. Since the parser flags do not contain debugging flags anymore this method is deprecated.

fy_diag_vprintf

int fy_diag_vprintf(struct fy_diag *diag, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
vprintf raw interface to diagnostics
Parameters
  • diag (struct fy_diag*) – The diagnostic object to use
  • fmt (const char*) – The vprintf format string
  • ap (va_list) – The arguments



Description

Raw output to the diagnostic object using a standard vprintf interface. Note that this is the lowest level interface, and as such is not recommended for use, since no formatting or coloring will take place.

Return

The number of characters output, or -1 in case of an error Note that 0 shall be returned if the diagnostic object has been destroyed but not yet freed.

fy_diag_printf

int fy_diag_printf(struct fy_diag *diag, const char *fmt, ...)
printf raw interface to diagnostics
Parameters
  • diag (struct fy_diag*) – The diagnostic object to use
  • fmt (const char*) – The printf format string
  • ellipsis (ellipsis) – The arguments



Description

Raw output to the diagnostic object using a standard printf interface. Note that this is the lowest level interface, and as such is not recommended for use, since no formatting or coloring will take place.

Return

The number of characters output, or -1 in case of an error Note that 0 shall be returned if the diagnostic object has been destroyed but not yet freed.

struct fy_diag_ctx

struct fy_diag_ctx
The diagnostics context

Definition

struct fy_diag_ctx {

enum fy_error_type level;
enum fy_error_module module;
const char *source_func;
const char *source_file;
int source_line;
const char *file;
int line;
int column; }


Members

level
The level of the diagnostic
module
The module of the diagnostic
source_func
The source function
source_file
The source file
source_line
The source line
file
The file that caused the error
line
The line where the diagnostic occured
column
The column where the diagnostic occured

Description

This structure contains the diagnostic context

fy_vdiag

int fy_vdiag(struct fy_diag *diag, const struct fy_diag_ctx *fydc, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
context aware diagnostic output like vprintf
Parameters
  • diag (struct fy_diag*) – The diagnostic object to use
  • fydc (const struct fy_diag_ctx*) – The diagnostic context
  • fmt (const char*) – The vprintf format string
  • ap (va_list) – The arguments



Description

Context aware output to the diagnostic object using a standard vprintf interface.

Return

The number of characters output, or -1 in case of an error Note that 0 shall be returned if the diagnostic object has been destroyed but not yet freed.

fy_diagf

int fy_diagf(struct fy_diag *diag, const struct fy_diag_ctx *fydc, const char *fmt, ...)
context aware diagnostic output like printf
Parameters
  • diag (struct fy_diag*) – The diagnostic object to use
  • fydc (const struct fy_diag_ctx*) – The diagnostic context
  • fmt (const char*) – The vprintf format string
  • ellipsis (ellipsis) – variable arguments



Description

Context aware output to the diagnostic object using a standard printf interface.

Return

The number of characters output, or -1 in case of an error Note that 0 shall be returned if the diagnostic object has been destroyed but not yet freed.

fy_diag_token_vreport

void fy_diag_token_vreport(struct fy_diag *diag, struct fy_token *fyt, enum fy_error_type type, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
Report about a token vprintf style using the given diagnostic object
Parameters
  • diag (struct fy_diag*) – The diag object
  • fyt (struct fy_token*) – The token
  • type (enum fy_error_type) – The error type
  • fmt (const char*) – The printf format string
  • ap (va_list) – The argument list



Description

Output a report about the given token via the specific error type, and using the reporting configuration of the token’s document.

fy_diag_token_report

void fy_diag_token_report(struct fy_diag *diag, struct fy_token *fye, enum fy_error_type type, const char *fmt, ...)
Report about a token printf style using the given diagnostic object
Parameters
  • diag (struct fy_diag*) – The diag object
  • fye (struct fy_token*) – The token
  • type (enum fy_error_type) – The error type
  • fmt (const char*) – The printf format string
  • ellipsis (ellipsis) – The extra arguments.



Description

Output a report about the given token via the specific error type, and using the reporting configuration of the token’s document.

fy_diag_token_override_vreport

void fy_diag_token_override_vreport(struct fy_diag *diag, struct fy_token *fyt, enum fy_error_type type, const char *file, int line, int column, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
Report about a token vprintf style, overriding file, line and column info using the given diagnostic object
Parameters
  • diag (struct fy_diag*) – The diag object
  • fyt (struct fy_token*) – The token
  • type (enum fy_error_type) – The error type
  • file (const char*) – The file override
  • line (int) – The line override
  • column (int) – The column override
  • fmt (const char*) – The printf format string
  • ap (va_list) – The argument list



Description

Output a report about the given token via the specific error type, and using the reporting configuration of the token’s document. This method will use the overrides provided in order to massage the reporting information. If file is NULL, no file location will be reported. If either line or column is negative no location will be reported.

fy_diag_token_override_report

void fy_diag_token_override_report(struct fy_diag *diag, struct fy_token *fyt, enum fy_error_type type, const char *file, int line, int column, const char *fmt, ...)
Report about a token printf style, overriding file, line and column info using the given diagnostic object
Parameters
  • diag (struct fy_diag*) – The diag object
  • fyt (struct fy_token*) – The token
  • type (enum fy_error_type) – The error type
  • file (const char*) – The file override
  • line (int) – The line override
  • column (int) – The column override
  • fmt (const char*) – The printf format string
  • ellipsis (ellipsis) – The extra arguments.



Description

Output a report about the given token via the specific error type, and using the reporting configuration of the token’s document. This method will use the overrides provided in order to massage the reporting information. If file is NULL, no file location will be reported. If either line or column is negative no location will be reported.

fy_diag_node_vreport

void fy_diag_node_vreport(struct fy_diag *diag, struct fy_node *fyn, enum fy_error_type type, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
Report about a node vprintf style using the given diagnostic object
Parameters
  • diag (struct fy_diag*) – The diag object
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node
  • type (enum fy_error_type) – The error type
  • fmt (const char*) – The printf format string
  • ap (va_list) – The argument list



Description

Output a report about the given node via the specific error type, and using the reporting configuration of the node’s document.

fy_diag_node_report

void fy_diag_node_report(struct fy_diag *diag, struct fy_node *fyn, enum fy_error_type type, const char *fmt, ...)
Report about a node printf style using the given diagnostic object
Parameters
  • diag (struct fy_diag*) – The diag object
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node
  • type (enum fy_error_type) – The error type
  • fmt (const char*) – The printf format string
  • ellipsis (ellipsis) – The extra arguments.



Description

Output a report about the given node via the specific error type, and using the reporting configuration of the node’s document.

fy_diag_node_override_vreport

void fy_diag_node_override_vreport(struct fy_diag *diag, struct fy_node *fyn, enum fy_error_type type, const char *file, int line, int column, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
Report about a node vprintf style, overriding file, line and column info using the given diagnostic object
Parameters
  • diag (struct fy_diag*) – The diag object
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node
  • type (enum fy_error_type) – The error type
  • file (const char*) – The file override
  • line (int) – The line override
  • column (int) – The column override
  • fmt (const char*) – The printf format string
  • ap (va_list) – The argument list



Description

Output a report about the given node via the specific error type, and using the reporting configuration of the node’s document. This method will use the overrides provided in order to massage the reporting information. If file is NULL, no file location will be reported. If either line or column is negative no location will be reported.

fy_diag_node_override_report

void fy_diag_node_override_report(struct fy_diag *diag, struct fy_node *fyn, enum fy_error_type type, const char *file, int line, int column, const char *fmt, ...)
Report about a node printf style, overriding file, line and column info using the given diagnostic object
Parameters
  • diag (struct fy_diag*) – The diag object
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node
  • type (enum fy_error_type) – The error type
  • file (const char*) – The file override
  • line (int) – The line override
  • column (int) – The column override
  • fmt (const char*) – The printf format string
  • ellipsis (ellipsis) – The extra arguments.



Description

Output a report about the given node via the specific error type, and using the reporting configuration of the node’s document. This method will use the overrides provided in order to massage the reporting information. If file is NULL, no file location will be reported. If either line or column is negative no location will be reported.

fy_diag_event_vreport

void fy_diag_event_vreport(struct fy_diag *diag, struct fy_event *fye, enum fy_event_part fyep, enum fy_error_type type, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
Report about an event vprintf style using the given diagnostic object
Parameters
  • diag (struct fy_diag*) – The diag object
  • fye (struct fy_event*) – The event
  • fyep (enum fy_event_part) – The event part
  • type (enum fy_error_type) – The error type
  • fmt (const char*) – The printf format string
  • ap (va_list) – The argument list



Description

Output a report about the given event part via the specific error type.

fy_diag_event_report

void fy_diag_event_report(struct fy_diag *diag, struct fy_event *fye, enum fy_event_part fyep, enum fy_error_type type, const char *fmt, ...)
Report about a event printf style using the given diagnostic object
Parameters
  • diag (struct fy_diag*) – The diag object
  • fye (struct fy_event*) – The event
  • fyep (enum fy_event_part) – The event part
  • type (enum fy_error_type) – The error type
  • fmt (const char*) – The printf format string
  • ellipsis (ellipsis) – The extra arguments.



Description

Output a report about the given event part via the specific error type.

fy_diag_errors_iterate

struct fy_diag_error *fy_diag_errors_iterate(struct fy_diag *diag, void **prevp)
Iterate over the errors of a diagnostic object
Parameters
  • diag (struct fy_diag*) – The diagnostic object
  • prevp (void**) – The previous result iterator



Description

This method iterates over all the errors collected on the diagnostic object. The start of the iteration is signalled by a NULL in *prevp.

Return

The next errors or NULL when there are not any more.

fy_parser_checkpoint_create

struct fy_parser_checkpoint *fy_parser_checkpoint_create(struct fy_parser *fyp)
Create a parser checkpoint
Parameters
fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser



Description

Create a checkpoint of the parser’s current state. This allows you to save the parser state and potentially roll back to it later using fy_parser_rollback(). The checkpoint must be destroyed via fy_parser_checkpoint_destroy() when no longer needed.

Return

A pointer to the checkpoint, or NULL in case of an error

fy_parser_checkpoint_destroy

void fy_parser_checkpoint_destroy(struct fy_parser_checkpoint *fypchk)
Destroy a parser checkpoint
Parameters
fypchk (struct fy_parser_checkpoint*) – The checkpoint to destroy



Description

Destroy a checkpoint created earlier via fy_parser_checkpoint_create().

fy_parser_rollback

int fy_parser_rollback(struct fy_parser *fyp, struct fy_parser_checkpoint *fypc)
Roll back the parser to a checkpoint
Parameters
  • fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser
  • fypc (struct fy_parser_checkpoint*) – The checkpoint to roll back to



Description

Roll back the parser state to a previously created checkpoint. This allows you to revert the parser to an earlier state and re-parse from that point. The checkpoint remains valid after rollback and can be used again or destroyed via fy_parser_checkpoint_destroy().

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

enum fy_token_type

enum fy_token_type
Token types

Definition

enum fy_token_type {

FYTT_NONE,
FYTT_STREAM_START,
FYTT_STREAM_END,
FYTT_VERSION_DIRECTIVE,
FYTT_TAG_DIRECTIVE,
FYTT_DOCUMENT_START,
FYTT_DOCUMENT_END,
FYTT_BLOCK_SEQUENCE_START,
FYTT_BLOCK_MAPPING_START,
FYTT_BLOCK_END,
FYTT_FLOW_SEQUENCE_START,
FYTT_FLOW_SEQUENCE_END,
FYTT_FLOW_MAPPING_START,
FYTT_FLOW_MAPPING_END,
FYTT_BLOCK_ENTRY,
FYTT_FLOW_ENTRY,
FYTT_KEY,
FYTT_VALUE,
FYTT_ALIAS,
FYTT_ANCHOR,
FYTT_TAG,
FYTT_SCALAR,
FYTT_INPUT_MARKER,
FYTT_PE_SLASH,
FYTT_PE_ROOT,
FYTT_PE_THIS,
FYTT_PE_PARENT,
FYTT_PE_MAP_KEY,
FYTT_PE_SEQ_INDEX,
FYTT_PE_SEQ_SLICE,
FYTT_PE_SCALAR_FILTER,
FYTT_PE_COLLECTION_FILTER,
FYTT_PE_SEQ_FILTER,
FYTT_PE_MAP_FILTER,
FYTT_PE_UNIQUE_FILTER,
FYTT_PE_EVERY_CHILD,
FYTT_PE_EVERY_CHILD_R,
FYTT_PE_ALIAS,
FYTT_PE_SIBLING,
FYTT_PE_COMMA,
FYTT_PE_BARBAR,
FYTT_PE_AMPAMP,
FYTT_PE_LPAREN,
FYTT_PE_RPAREN,
FYTT_PE_EQEQ,
FYTT_PE_NOTEQ,
FYTT_PE_LT,
FYTT_PE_GT,
FYTT_PE_LTE,
FYTT_PE_GTE,
FYTT_SE_PLUS,
FYTT_SE_MINUS,
FYTT_SE_MULT,
FYTT_SE_DIV,
FYTT_PE_METHOD,
FYTT_SE_METHOD,
FYTT_PE_BANG,
FYTT_PE_AT };


Constants

FYTT_NONE
No token
FYTT_STREAM_START
Stream start token
FYTT_STREAM_END
Stream end token
FYTT_VERSION_DIRECTIVE
Version directive token
FYTT_TAG_DIRECTIVE
Tag directive token
FYTT_DOCUMENT_START
Document start token
FYTT_DOCUMENT_END
Document end token
FYTT_BLOCK_SEQUENCE_START
Block sequence start token
FYTT_BLOCK_MAPPING_START
Block mapping start token
FYTT_BLOCK_END
Block end token
FYTT_FLOW_SEQUENCE_START
Flow sequence start token
FYTT_FLOW_SEQUENCE_END
Flow sequence end token
FYTT_FLOW_MAPPING_START
Flow mapping start token
FYTT_FLOW_MAPPING_END
Flow mapping end token
FYTT_BLOCK_ENTRY
Block entry token
FYTT_FLOW_ENTRY
Flow entry token
FYTT_KEY
Key token
FYTT_VALUE
Value token
FYTT_ALIAS
Alias token
FYTT_ANCHOR
Anchor token
FYTT_TAG
Tag token
FYTT_SCALAR
Scalar token
FYTT_INPUT_MARKER
Input marker token
FYTT_PE_SLASH
Path expression slash token
FYTT_PE_ROOT
Path expression root token
FYTT_PE_THIS
Path expression this token
FYTT_PE_PARENT
Path expression parent token
FYTT_PE_MAP_KEY
Path expression map key token
FYTT_PE_SEQ_INDEX
Path expression sequence index token
FYTT_PE_SEQ_SLICE
Path expression sequence slice token
FYTT_PE_SCALAR_FILTER
Path expression scalar filter token
FYTT_PE_COLLECTION_FILTER
Path expression collection filter token
FYTT_PE_SEQ_FILTER
Path expression sequence filter token
FYTT_PE_MAP_FILTER
Path expression map filter token
FYTT_PE_UNIQUE_FILTER
Path expression unique filter token
FYTT_PE_EVERY_CHILD
Path expression every child token
FYTT_PE_EVERY_CHILD_R
Path expression every child recursive token
FYTT_PE_ALIAS
Path expression alias token
FYTT_PE_SIBLING
Path expression sibling token
FYTT_PE_COMMA
Path expression comma token
FYTT_PE_BARBAR
Path expression || token
FYTT_PE_AMPAMP
Path expression && token
FYTT_PE_LPAREN
Path expression ( token
FYTT_PE_RPAREN
Path expression ) token
FYTT_PE_EQEQ
Path expression == token
FYTT_PE_NOTEQ
Path expression != token
FYTT_PE_LT
Path expression < token
FYTT_PE_GT
Path expression > token
FYTT_PE_LTE
Path expression <= token
FYTT_PE_GTE
Path expression >= token
FYTT_SE_PLUS
Scalar expression + token
FYTT_SE_MINUS
Scalar expression - token
FYTT_SE_MULT
Scalar expression * token
FYTT_SE_DIV
Scalar expression / token
FYTT_PE_METHOD
Path expression method token
FYTT_SE_METHOD
Scalar expression method token
FYTT_PE_BANG
Path expression ! token
FYTT_PE_AT
Path expression @ token

fy_token_type_is_valid

bool fy_token_type_is_valid(enum fy_token_type type)
Check token type validity
Parameters
type (enum fy_token_type) – The token type



Description

Check if argument token type is a valid one.

Return

true if the token type is valid, false otherwise

fy_token_type_is_yaml

bool fy_token_type_is_yaml(enum fy_token_type type)
Check if token type is valid for YAML
Parameters
type (enum fy_token_type) – The token type



Description

Check if argument token type is a valid YAML one.

Return

true if the token type is a valid YAML one, false otherwise

fy_token_type_is_content

bool fy_token_type_is_content(enum fy_token_type type)
Check if token type is valid for YAML content
Parameters
type (enum fy_token_type) – The token type



Description

Check if argument token type is a valid YAML content one.

Return

true if the token type is a valid YAML content one, false otherwise

fy_token_type_is_path_expr

bool fy_token_type_is_path_expr(enum fy_token_type type)
Check if token type is valid for a YPATH expression
Parameters
type (enum fy_token_type) – The token type



Description

Check if argument token type is a valid YPATH parse expression token

Return

true if the token type is a valid YPATH one, false otherwise

fy_token_type_is_scalar_expr

bool fy_token_type_is_scalar_expr(enum fy_token_type type)
Check if token type is valid for a YPATH scalar expression
Parameters
type (enum fy_token_type) – The token type



Description

Check if argument token type is a valid YPATH parse scalar expression token

Return

true if the token type is a valid YPATH scalar one, false otherwise

fy_token_get_type

enum fy_token_type fy_token_get_type(struct fy_token *fyt)
Return the token’s type
Parameters
fyt (struct fy_token*) – The token



Description

Return the token’s type; if NULL then FYTT_NONE is returned

Return

The token’s type; FYTT_NONE if not a valid token (or NULL)

fy_token_start_mark

const struct fy_mark *fy_token_start_mark(struct fy_token *fyt)
Get token’s start marker
Parameters
fyt (struct fy_token*) – The token to get its start marker



Description

Return the token’s start marker if it exists. Note it is permissable for some token types to have no start marker because they are without content.

Return

The token’s start marker, NULL if not available.

fy_token_end_mark

const struct fy_mark *fy_token_end_mark(struct fy_token *fyt)
Get token’s end marker
Parameters
fyt (struct fy_token*) – The token to get its end marker



Description

Return the token’s end marker if it exists. Note it is permissable for some token types to have no end marker because they are without content.

Return

The token’s end marker, NULL if not available.

fy_token_style_start_mark

const struct fy_mark *fy_token_style_start_mark(struct fy_token *fyt)
Get token’s start marker (style)
Parameters
fyt (struct fy_token*) – The token to get its style start marker



Description

Return the token’s start marker if it exists, including the style indicators. Note it is permissable for some token types to have no start marker because they are without content.

Return

The token’s style start marker, NULL if not available.

fy_token_style_end_mark

const struct fy_mark *fy_token_style_end_mark(struct fy_token *fyt)
Get token’s end marker (style
Parameters
fyt (struct fy_token*) – The token to get its style end marker



Description

Return the token’s end marker if it exists, including the style indicators. Note it is permissable for some token types to have no end marker because they are without content.

Return

The token’s style end marker, NULL if not available.

fy_scan

struct fy_token *fy_scan(struct fy_parser *fyp)
Low level access to the scanner
Parameters
fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser to get the next token from.



Description

Return the next scanner token. Note this is a very low level interface, intended for users that want/need to implement their own YAML parser. The returned token is expected to be disposed using fy_scan_token_free()

Return

The next token, or NULL if no more tokens are available.

fy_scan_token_free

void fy_scan_token_free(struct fy_parser *fyp, struct fy_token *fyt)
Free the token returned by fy_scan()
Parameters
  • fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser of which the token was returned by fy_scan()
  • fyt (struct fy_token*) – The token to free



Description

Free the token returned by fy_scan().

fy_tag_directive_token_prefix0

const char *fy_tag_directive_token_prefix0(struct fy_token *fyt)
Get the prefix contained in the tag directive token as zero terminated string
Parameters
fyt (struct fy_token*) – The tag directive token out of which the prefix pointer will be returned.



Description

Retrieve the tag directive’s prefix contents as a zero terminated string. It is similar to fy_tag_directive_token_prefix(), with the difference that the returned string is zero terminated and memory may be allocated to hold it associated with the token.

Return

A pointer to the zero terminated text representation of the prefix token. NULL in case of an error.

fy_tag_directive_token_handle0

const char *fy_tag_directive_token_handle0(struct fy_token *fyt)
Get the handle contained in the tag directive token as zero terminated string
Parameters
fyt (struct fy_token*) – The tag directive token out of which the handle pointer will be returned.



Description

Retrieve the tag directive’s handle contents as a zero terminated string. It is similar to fy_tag_directive_token_handle(), with the difference that the returned string is zero terminated and memory may be allocated to hold it associated with the token.

Return

A pointer to the zero terminated text representation of the handle token. NULL in case of an error.

fy_tag_token_handle

const char *fy_tag_token_handle(struct fy_token *fyt, size_t *lenp)
Get the handle contained in the tag token
Parameters
  • fyt (struct fy_token*) – The tag token out of which the handle pointer will be returned.
  • lenp (size_t*) – Pointer to a variable that will hold the returned length



Description

Retrieve the tag handle contents. Will fail if token is not a tag token, or if a memory error happens.

Return

A pointer to the text representation of the handle token, while lenp will be assigned the character length of said representation. NULL in case of an error.

fy_tag_token_suffix

const char *fy_tag_token_suffix(struct fy_token *fyt, size_t *lenp)
Get the suffix contained in the tag token
Parameters
  • fyt (struct fy_token*) – The tag token out of which the suffix pointer will be returned.
  • lenp (size_t*) – Pointer to a variable that will hold the returned length



Description

Retrieve the tag suffix contents. Will fail if token is not a tag token, or if a memory error happens.

Return

A pointer to the text representation of the suffix token, while lenp will be assigned the character length of said representation. NULL in case of an error.

fy_tag_token_short

const char *fy_tag_token_short(struct fy_token *fyt, size_t *lenp)
Get the short tag of the tag token
Parameters
  • fyt (struct fy_token*) – The tag token out of which the short pointer will be returned.
  • lenp (size_t*) – Pointer to a variable that will hold the returned length



Description

Retrieve the short tag contents. The short tag is the same one that will need to be emitted. Will fail if token is not a tag token, or if a memory error happens.

Return

A pointer to the text representation of the short tag, while lenp will be assigned the character length of said representation. NULL in case of an error.

fy_tag_token_handle0

const char *fy_tag_token_handle0(struct fy_token *fyt)
Get the handle contained in the tag token as zero terminated string
Parameters
fyt (struct fy_token*) – The tag token out of which the handle pointer will be returned.



Description

Retrieve the tag handle contents as a zero terminated string. It is similar to fy_tag_token_handle(), with the difference that the returned string is zero terminated and memory may be allocated to hold it associated with the token.

Return

A pointer to the zero terminated text representation of the handle token. NULL in case of an error.

fy_tag_token_short0

const char *fy_tag_token_short0(struct fy_token *fyt)
Get the short tag of the tag token as zero terminated string.
Parameters
fyt (struct fy_token*) – The tag token out of which the short pointer will be returned.



Description

Retrieve the short tag contents. The short tag is the same one that will need to be emitted. Will fail if token is not a tag token, or if a memory error happens.

Return

A pointer to the null terminated text representation of the short tag. NULL in case of an error.

fy_tag_token_suffix0

const char *fy_tag_token_suffix0(struct fy_token *fyt)
Get the suffix contained in the tag token as zero terminated string
Parameters
fyt (struct fy_token*) – The tag token out of which the suffix pointer will be returned.



Description

Retrieve the tag suffix contents as a zero terminated string. It is similar to fy_tag_token_suffix(), with the difference that the returned string is zero terminated and memory may be allocated to hold it associated with the token.

Return

A pointer to the zero terminated text representation of the suffix token. NULL in case of an error.

fy_version_directive_token_version

const struct fy_version *fy_version_directive_token_version(struct fy_token *fyt)
Return the version of a version directive token
Parameters
fyt (struct fy_token*) – The version directive token



Description

Retrieve the version stored in a version directive token.

Return

A pointer to the version stored in the version directive token, or NULL in case of an error, or the token not being a version directive token.

fy_scalar_token_get_style

enum fy_scalar_style fy_scalar_token_get_style(struct fy_token *fyt)
Return the style of a scalar token
Parameters
fyt (struct fy_token*) – The scalar token



Description

Retrieve the style of a scalar token.

Return

The scalar style of the token, or FYSS_ANY for an error

fy_tag_token_tag

const struct fy_tag *fy_tag_token_tag(struct fy_token *fyt)
Get tag of a tag token
Parameters
fyt (struct fy_token*) – The tag token



Description

Retrieve the tag of a tag token.

Return

A pointer to the tag or NULL in case of an error

fy_tag_directive_token_tag

const struct fy_tag *fy_tag_directive_token_tag(struct fy_token *fyt)
Get tag of a tag directive token
Parameters
fyt (struct fy_token*) – The tag directive token



Description

Retrieve the tag of a tag directive token.

Return

A pointer to the tag or NULL in case of an error

fy_event_get_token

struct fy_token *fy_event_get_token(struct fy_event *fye)
Return the main token of an event
Parameters
fye (struct fy_event*) – The event to get its main token



Description

Retrieve the main token (i.e. not the tag or the anchor) of an event. It may be NULL in case of an implicit event.

Return

The main token if it exists, NULL otherwise or in case of an error

fy_event_get_anchor_token

struct fy_token *fy_event_get_anchor_token(struct fy_event *fye)
Return the anchor token of an event
Parameters
fye (struct fy_event*) – The event to get its anchor token



Description

Retrieve the anchor token if it exists. Only valid for mapping/sequence start and scalar events.

Return

The anchor token if it exists, NULL otherwise or in case of an error

fy_event_get_tag_token

struct fy_token *fy_event_get_tag_token(struct fy_event *fye)
Return the tag token of an event
Parameters
fye (struct fy_event*) – The event to get its tag token



Description

Retrieve the tag token if it exists. Only valid for mapping/sequence start and scalar events.

Return

The tag token if it exists, NULL otherwise or in case of an error

fy_event_start_mark

const struct fy_mark *fy_event_start_mark(struct fy_event *fye)
Get event’s start marker
Parameters
fye (struct fy_event*) – The event to get its start marker



Description

Return the event’s start marker if it exists. The start marker is the one of the event’s main token.

Return

The event’s start marker, NULL if not available.

fy_event_end_mark

const struct fy_mark *fy_event_end_mark(struct fy_event *fye)
Get event’s end marker
Parameters
fye (struct fy_event*) – The event to get its end marker



Description

Return the event’s end marker if it exists. The end marker is the one of the event’s main token.

Return

The event’s end marker, NULL if not available.

fy_event_style_start_mark

const struct fy_mark *fy_event_style_start_mark(struct fy_event *fye)
Get event’s start marker (style)
Parameters
fye (struct fy_event*) – The event to get its style start marker



Description

Return the event’s style start marker if it exists. The start marker is the one of the event’s main token, including the style marks. But if the event contains a tag then the start mark is the start of the tag token.

Return

The event’s start marker, NULL if not available.

fy_event_style_end_mark

const struct fy_mark *fy_event_style_end_mark(struct fy_event *fye)
Get event’s end marker (style)
Parameters
fye (struct fy_event*) – The event to get its end marker



Description

Return the event’s style end marker if it exists. The end marker is the one of the event’s main token.

Return

The event’s end marker, NULL if not available.

fy_event_get_node_style

enum fy_node_style fy_event_get_node_style(struct fy_event *fye)
Get the node style of an event
Parameters
fye (struct fy_event*) – The event to get it’s node style



Description

Return the node style (FYNS_*) of an event. May return FYNS_ANY if the event is implicit. For collection start events the only possible values is FYNS_ANY, FYNS_FLOW, FYNS_BLOCK. A scalar event may return any.

Return

The event’s end marker, NULL if not available.

fy_document_start_event_version

const struct fy_version *fy_document_start_event_version(struct fy_event *fye)
Return the version of a document start event
Parameters
fye (struct fy_event*) – The document start event



Description

Retrieve the version stored in a document start event

Return

A pointer to the version, or NULL in case of an error, or the event not being a document start event.

fy_document_state_version

const struct fy_version *fy_document_state_version(struct fy_document_state *fyds)
Return the version of a document state object
Parameters
fyds (struct fy_document_state*) – The document state object



Description

Retrieve the version stored in a document state object

Return

A pointer to the version, or NULL in case of an error

fy_document_state_start_mark

const struct fy_mark *fy_document_state_start_mark(struct fy_document_state *fyds)
Get document state’s start mark
Parameters
fyds (struct fy_document_state*) – The document state object



Description

Return the document state’s start mark (if it exists). Note that purely synthetic documents do not contain one

Return

The document’s start marker, NULL if not available.

fy_document_state_end_mark

const struct fy_mark *fy_document_state_end_mark(struct fy_document_state *fyds)
Get document state’s end mark
Parameters
fyds (struct fy_document_state*) – The document state object



Description

Return the document state’s end mark (if it exists). Note that purely synthetic documents do not contain one

Return

The document’s end marker, NULL if not available.

fy_document_state_version_explicit

bool fy_document_state_version_explicit(struct fy_document_state *fyds)
Version explicit?
Parameters
fyds (struct fy_document_state*) – The document state object



Description

Find out if a document state object’s version was explicitly set in the document. Note that for synthetic documents this method returns false.

Return

true if version was set explicitly, false otherwise

fy_document_state_tags_explicit

bool fy_document_state_tags_explicit(struct fy_document_state *fyds)
Tags explicit?
Parameters
fyds (struct fy_document_state*) – The document state object



Description

Find out if a document state object’s tags were explicitly set in the document. Note that for synthetic documents this method returns false.

Return

true if document had tags set explicitly, false otherwise

fy_document_state_start_implicit

bool fy_document_state_start_implicit(struct fy_document_state *fyds)
Started implicitly?
Parameters
fyds (struct fy_document_state*) – The document state object



Description

Find out if a document state object’s document was started implicitly. Note that for synthetic documents this method returns false.

Return

true if document was started implicitly, false otherwise

fy_document_state_end_implicit

bool fy_document_state_end_implicit(struct fy_document_state *fyds)
Started implicitly?
Parameters
fyds (struct fy_document_state*) – The document state object



Description

Find out if a document state object’s document was ended implicitly. Note that for synthetic documents this method returns false.

Return

true if document was ended implicitly, false otherwise

fy_document_state_json_mode

bool fy_document_state_json_mode(struct fy_document_state *fyds)
Input was JSON?
Parameters
fyds (struct fy_document_state*) – The document state object



Description

Find out if a document state object’s document was created by a JSON input. Note that for synthetic documents this method returns false.

Return

true if document was created in JSON mode, false otherwise

fy_document_state_tag_directive_iterate

const struct fy_tag *fy_document_state_tag_directive_iterate(struct fy_document_state *fyds, void **prevp)
Iterate over the tag directives of a document state object
Parameters
  • fyds (struct fy_document_state*) – The document state
  • prevp (void**) – The previous iterator



Description

This method iterates over all the tag directives nodes in the document state object. The start of the iteration is signalled by a NULL in *prevp.

Return

The next tag or NULL at the end of the iteration sequence.

fy_document_state_tag_directives

struct fy_tag **fy_document_state_tag_directives(struct fy_document_state *fyds)
Get all the tag directives in a malloc’ed array
Parameters
fyds (struct fy_document_state*) – The document state



Description

Return all the tag directives in a dynamically allocated area. Must be free()‘d when not in use.

Return

An array of fy_tag pointer structures, terminated with a NULL pointer NULL on error

fy_document_state_tag_is_default

bool fy_document_state_tag_is_default(struct fy_document_state *fyds, const struct fy_tag *tag)
Test whether the given tag is a default one
Parameters
  • fyds (struct fy_document_state*) – The document state
  • tag (const struct fy_tag*) – The tag to check



Description

Test whether a tag is a default (i.e. impliciticly set)

Return

true in case that the tag is a default one, false otherwise

fy_parser_get_document_state

struct fy_document_state *fy_parser_get_document_state(struct fy_parser *fyp)
Get the document state of a parser object
Parameters
fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser



Description

Retrieve the document state object of a parser. Note that this is only valid during parsing.

Return

The active document state object of the parser, NULL otherwise

fy_document_get_document_state

struct fy_document_state *fy_document_get_document_state(struct fy_document *fyd)
Get the document state of a document
Parameters
fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document



Description

Retrieve the document state object of a document.

Return

The document state object of the document, NULL otherwise

fy_document_set_document_state

int fy_document_set_document_state(struct fy_document *fyd, struct fy_document_state *fyds)
Set the document state of a document
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document
  • fyds (struct fy_document_state*) – The document state to use, or NULL for default



Description

Set the document state of a document

Return

0 if set operation was successful, -1 otherwise

fy_document_create_from_event

struct fy_document *fy_document_create_from_event(struct fy_parser *fyp, struct fy_event *fye)
Create an empty document using the event
Parameters
  • fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser
  • fye (struct fy_event*) – The event



Description

Create an empty document using the FYET_DOCUMENT_START event generated by the parser.

Return

The created empty document, or NULL on error.

fy_document_update_from_event

int fy_document_update_from_event(struct fy_document *fyd, struct fy_parser *fyp, struct fy_event *fye)
Update the document with the event
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document
  • fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser
  • fye (struct fy_event*) – The event



Description

Update the document using the FYET_DOCUMENT_END event generated by the parser.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_node_create_from_event

struct fy_node *fy_node_create_from_event(struct fy_document *fyd, struct fy_parser *fyp, struct fy_event *fye)
Create a node using the event
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document
  • fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser
  • fye (struct fy_event*) – The event



Description

Create a new node using the supplied event. Allowed events are FYET_SCALAR, FYET_ALIAS, FYET_MAPPING_START & FYET_SEQUENCE_START

Return

The newly created node, or NULL on error

fy_node_update_from_event

int fy_node_update_from_event(struct fy_node *fyn, struct fy_parser *fyp, struct fy_event *fye)
Update a node using the event
Parameters
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node
  • fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser
  • fye (struct fy_event*) – The event



Description

Update information of node created using fy_node_create_from_event() Allowed events are FYET_MAPPING_END & FYET_SEQUENCE_END

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_node_pair_create_with_key

struct fy_node_pair *fy_node_pair_create_with_key(struct fy_document *fyd, struct fy_node *fyn_parent, struct fy_node *fyn)
Create a new node pair and set it’s key
Parameters
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document
  • fyn_parent (struct fy_node*) – The mapping
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node pair key



Description

Create a new node pair using the supplied fyn_parent mapping and fyn node as a key. Note that the nodes _must_ have been created by fy_node_create_from_event and they are not interchangeable with other node pair methods.

The node pair will be added to the fyn_parent mapping with a subsequent call to fy_node_pair_update_with_value().

Return

The newly created node pair, or NULL on error

fy_node_pair_update_with_value

int fy_node_pair_update_with_value(struct fy_node_pair *fynp, struct fy_node *fyn)
Update a node pair with a value and add it to the parent mapping
Parameters
  • fynp (struct fy_node_pair*) – The node pair
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node pair value



Description

Update the node pair with the given value and add it to the parent mapping. Note that the fyn node _must_ have been created by fy_node_create_from_event and the node pair created by fy_node_pair_create_with_key(). Do not intermix other node pair manipulation methods.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_node_sequence_add_item

int fy_node_sequence_add_item(struct fy_node *fyn_parent, struct fy_node *fyn)
Add an item node to a sequence node
Parameters
  • fyn_parent (struct fy_node*) – The parent sequence node
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node pair item



Description

Add an item to the end of the sequence node fyn_parent. Note that the fyn_parent and fyn nodes _must_ have been created by fy_node_create_from_event. Do not intermix other sequence node manipulation methods.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_emitter_get_document_state

struct fy_document_state *fy_emitter_get_document_state(struct fy_emitter *emit)
Get the document state of an emitter object
Parameters
emit (struct fy_emitter*) – The emitter



Description

Retrieve the document state object of an emitter. Note that this is only valid during emitting.

Return

The active document state object of the emitter, NULL otherwise

fy_emit_event_create

struct fy_event *fy_emit_event_create(struct fy_emitter *emit, enum fy_event_type type, ...)
Create an emit event.
Parameters
  • emit (struct fy_emitter*) – The emitter
  • type (enum fy_event_type) – The event type to create
  • ellipsis (ellipsis) – The optional extra arguments



Description

Create an emit event to pass to fy_emit_event() The extra arguments differ according to the event to be created

FYET_STREAM_START

None



FYET_STREAM_END

None



FYET_DOCUMENT_START

int implicit
true if document start should be marked implicit false if document start should not be marked implicit

const struct fy_version *vers
Pointer to version to use for the document, or NULL for default

const struct fy_tag * const *tags
Pointer to a NULL terminated array of tag pointers (like argv) NULL if no extra tags are to be used




FYET_DOCUMENT_END

int implicit
true if document end should be marked implicit false if document end should not be marked implicit




FYET_MAPPING_START

enum fy_node_style style
Style of the mapping (one of FYNS_ANY, FYNS_BLOCK or FYNS_FLOW)

const char *anchor
Anchor to place at the mapping, or NULL for none

const char *tag
Tag to place at the mapping, or NULL for none




FYET_MAPPING_END

None



FYET_SEQUENCE_START

enum fy_node_style style
Style of the sequence (one of FYNS_ANY, FYNS_BLOCK or FYNS_FLOW)

const char *anchor
Anchor to place at the sequence, or NULL for none

const char *tag
Tag to place at the sequence, or NULL for none




FYET_SEQUENCE_END

None



FYET_SCALAR

enum fy_scalar_style style
Style of the scalar, any valid FYSS_* value Note that certain styles may not be used according to the contents of the data

const char *value
Pointer to the scalar contents.

size_t len
Length of the scalar contents, of FY_NT (-1) for strlen(value)

const char *anchor
Anchor to place at the scalar, or NULL for none

const char *tag
Tag to place at the scalar, or NULL for none




FYET_ALIAS

const char *value
Pointer to the alias.




Return

The created event or NULL in case of an error

fy_emit_event_vcreate

struct fy_event *fy_emit_event_vcreate(struct fy_emitter *emit, enum fy_event_type type, va_list ap)
Create an emit event using varargs.
Parameters
  • emit (struct fy_emitter*) – The emitter
  • type (enum fy_event_type) – The event type to create
  • ap (va_list) – The variable argument list pointer.



Description

Create an emit event to pass to fy_emit_event() The varargs analogous to fy_emit_event_create().

Return

The created event or NULL in case of an error

fy_emit_event_free

void fy_emit_event_free(struct fy_emitter *emit, struct fy_event *fye)
Free an event created via fy_emit_event_create()
Parameters
  • emit (struct fy_emitter*) – The emitter
  • fye (struct fy_event*) – The event to free



Description

Free an event previously created via fy_emit_event_create(). Note that usually you don’t have to call this method since if you pass the event to fy_emit_event() it shall be disposed properly. Only use is error recovery and cleanup.

fy_parse_event_create

struct fy_event *fy_parse_event_create(struct fy_parser *fyp, enum fy_event_type type, ...)
Create an emit event.
Parameters
  • fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser
  • type (enum fy_event_type) – The event type to create
  • ellipsis (ellipsis) – variable arguments



Description

See fy_emit_event_create()

Return

The created event or NULL in case of an error

fy_parse_event_vcreate

struct fy_event *fy_parse_event_vcreate(struct fy_parser *fyp, enum fy_event_type type, va_list ap)
Create an emit event using varargs.
Parameters
  • fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser
  • type (enum fy_event_type) – The event type to create
  • ap (va_list) – The variable argument list pointer.



Description

Create an emit event to pass to fy_emit_event() The varargs analogous to fy_parse_event_create().

Return

The created event or NULL in case of an error

PATH EXECUTION

This header provides the ypath subsystem — a JSONPath / XPath-like query language for navigating YAML document trees.

A ypath expression such as /servers/0/host is first parsed into a compiled struct fy_path_expr and then executed against a starting node in any struct fy_document to produce a result set of matching nodes. Filter predicates and wildcards are also supported.

Typical workflow:

// 1. Create a path parser
struct fy_path_parser *fypp = fy_path_parser_create(NULL);
// 2. Compile an expression
struct fy_path_expr *expr =

fy_path_parse_expr_from_string(fypp, "/servers/0/host", -1); // 3. Create an executor and run the expression struct fy_path_exec *fypx = fy_path_exec_create(NULL); fy_path_exec_execute(fypx, expr, fy_document_root(fyd)); // 4. Iterate results void *iter = NULL; struct fy_node *fyn; while ((fyn = fy_path_exec_results_iterate(fypx, &iter)) != NULL)
process(fyn); // 5. Cleanup fy_path_exec_destroy(fypx); fy_path_expr_free(expr); fy_path_parser_destroy(fypp);


For one-shot use, fy_path_expr_build_from_string() wraps steps 1 and 2 into a single call.

The executor can be reset and re-used for multiple executions against the same or different documents. The compiled expression is independent of any document and may be executed repeatedly.

enum fy_path_parse_cfg_flags

enum fy_path_parse_cfg_flags
Path parse configuration flags

Definition

enum fy_path_parse_cfg_flags {

FYPPCF_QUIET,
FYPPCF_DISABLE_RECYCLING,
FYPPCF_DISABLE_ACCELERATORS };


Constants

FYPPCF_QUIET
Quiet, do not output any information messages
FYPPCF_DISABLE_RECYCLING
Disable recycling optimization
FYPPCF_DISABLE_ACCELERATORS
Disable use of access accelerators (saves memory)

Description

These flags control the operation of the path parse

struct fy_path_parse_cfg

struct fy_path_parse_cfg
path parser configuration structure.

Definition

struct fy_path_parse_cfg {

enum fy_path_parse_cfg_flags flags;
void *userdata;
struct fy_diag *diag; }


Members

flags
Configuration flags
userdata
Opaque user data pointer
diag
Optional diagnostic interface to use

Description

Argument to the fy_path_parser_create() method which performs parsing of a ypath expression

fy_path_parser_create

struct fy_path_parser *fy_path_parser_create(const struct fy_path_parse_cfg *cfg)
Create a ypath parser.
Parameters
cfg (const struct fy_path_parse_cfg*) – The configuration for the path parser



Description

Creates a path parser with its configuration cfg The path parser may be destroyed by a corresponding call to fy_path_parser_destroy(). If cfg is NULL a default yaml parser is created.

Return

A pointer to the path parser or NULL in case of an error.

fy_path_parser_destroy

void fy_path_parser_destroy(struct fy_path_parser *fypp)
Destroy the given path parser
Parameters
fypp (struct fy_path_parser*) – The path parser to destroy



Description

Destroy a path parser created earlier via fy_path_parser_create().

fy_path_parser_reset

int fy_path_parser_reset(struct fy_path_parser *fypp)
Reset a path parser completely
Parameters
fypp (struct fy_path_parser*) – The path parser to reset



Description

Completely reset a path parser, including after an error that caused a parser error to be emitted.

Return

0 if the reset was successful, -1 otherwise

fy_path_parse_expr_from_string

struct fy_path_expr *fy_path_parse_expr_from_string(struct fy_path_parser *fypp, const char *str, size_t len)
Parse an expression from a given string
Parameters
  • fypp (struct fy_path_parser*) – The path parser to use
  • str (const char*) – The ypath source to use.
  • len (size_t) – The length of the string (or -1 if ‘0’ terminated)



Description

Create a path expression from a string using the provided path parser.

Return

The created path expression or NULL on error.

fy_path_expr_build_from_string

struct fy_path_expr *fy_path_expr_build_from_string(const struct fy_path_parse_cfg *pcfg, const char *str, size_t len)
Parse an expression from a given string
Parameters
  • pcfg (const struct fy_path_parse_cfg*) – The path parser configuration to use, or NULL for default
  • str (const char*) – The ypath source to use.
  • len (size_t) – The length of the string (or -1 if ‘0’ terminated)



Description

Create a path expression from a string using the provided path parser configuration.

Return

The created path expression or NULL on error.

fy_path_expr_free

void fy_path_expr_free(struct fy_path_expr *expr)
Free a path expression
Parameters
expr (struct fy_path_expr*) – The expression to free (may be NULL)



Description

Free a previously returned expression from any of the path parser methods like fy_path_expr_build_from_string()

fy_path_expr_dump

void fy_path_expr_dump(struct fy_path_expr *expr, struct fy_diag *diag, enum fy_error_type errlevel, int level, const char *banner)
Dump the contents of a path expression to the diagnostic object
Parameters
  • expr (struct fy_path_expr*) – The expression to dump
  • diag (struct fy_diag*) – The diagnostic object to use
  • errlevel (enum fy_error_type) – The error level which the diagnostic will use
  • level (int) – The nest level; should be set to 0
  • banner (const char*) – The banner to display on level 0



Description

Dumps the expression using the provided error level.

fy_path_expr_to_document

struct fy_document *fy_path_expr_to_document(struct fy_path_expr *expr)
Converts the path expression to a YAML document
Parameters
expr (struct fy_path_expr*) – The expression to convert to a document



Description

Converts the expression to a YAML document which is useful for understanding what the expression evaluates to.

Return

The document of the expression or NULL on error.

enum fy_path_exec_cfg_flags

enum fy_path_exec_cfg_flags
Path executor configuration flags

Definition

enum fy_path_exec_cfg_flags {

FYPXCF_QUIET,
FYPXCF_DISABLE_RECYCLING,
FYPXCF_DISABLE_ACCELERATORS };


Constants

FYPXCF_QUIET
Quiet, do not output any information messages
FYPXCF_DISABLE_RECYCLING
Disable recycling optimization
FYPXCF_DISABLE_ACCELERATORS
Disable use of access accelerators (saves memory)

Description

These flags control the operation of the path expression executor

struct fy_path_exec_cfg

struct fy_path_exec_cfg
path expression executor configuration structure.

Definition

struct fy_path_exec_cfg {

enum fy_path_exec_cfg_flags flags;
void *userdata;
struct fy_diag *diag; }


Members

flags
Configuration flags
userdata
Opaque user data pointer
diag
Optional diagnostic interface to use

Description

Argument to the fy_path_exec_create() method which performs execution of a ypath expression

fy_path_exec_create

struct fy_path_exec *fy_path_exec_create(const struct fy_path_exec_cfg *xcfg)
Create a ypath expression executor.
Parameters
xcfg (const struct fy_path_exec_cfg*) – The configuration for the executor



Description

Creates a ypath expression parser with its configuration cfg The executor may be destroyed by a corresponding call to fy_path_exec_destroy().

Return

A pointer to the executor or NULL in case of an error.

fy_path_exec_destroy

void fy_path_exec_destroy(struct fy_path_exec *fypx)
Destroy the given path expression executor
Parameters
fypx (struct fy_path_exec*) – The path parser to destroy



Description

Destroy ane executor created earlier via fy_path_exec_create().

fy_path_exec_reset

int fy_path_exec_reset(struct fy_path_exec *fypx)
Reset an executor
Parameters
fypx (struct fy_path_exec*) – The executor to reset



Description

Completely reset an executor without releasing it.

Return

0 if the reset was successful, -1 otherwise

fy_path_exec_execute

int fy_path_exec_execute(struct fy_path_exec *fypx, struct fy_path_expr *expr, struct fy_node *fyn_start)
Execute a path expression starting at the given start node
Parameters
  • fypx (struct fy_path_exec*) – The executor to use
  • expr (struct fy_path_expr*) – The expression to use
  • fyn_start (struct fy_node*) – The node on which the expression will begin.



Description

Execute the expression starting at fyn_start. If execution is successful the results are available via fy_path_exec_results_iterate()

Note that it is illegal to modify the state of the document that the results reside between this call and the results collection.

Return

0 if the execution was successful, -1 otherwise

Note that the execution may be successful but no results were produced, in which case the iterator will return NULL.

fy_path_exec_results_iterate

struct fy_node *fy_path_exec_results_iterate(struct fy_path_exec *fypx, void **prevp)
Iterate over the results of execution
Parameters
  • fypx (struct fy_path_exec*) – The executor
  • prevp (void**) – The previous result iterator



Description

This method iterates over all the results in the executor. The start of the iteration is signalled by a NULL in *prevp.

Return

The next node in the result set or NULL at the end of the results.

DOCUMENT ITERATION

This header provides struct fy_document_iterator, which traverses a document tree depth-first without using system stack recursion. Two usage modes are supported:

Node iteration — visit every node in a subtree in document order:

struct fy_document_iterator *fydi = fy_document_iterator_create();
fy_document_iterator_node_start(fydi, fy_document_root(fyd));
struct fy_node *fyn;
while ((fyn = fy_document_iterator_node_next(fydi)) != NULL)

process(fyn); fy_document_iterator_destroy(fydi);


Event replay — regenerate the YAML event stream that produced the document, suitable for feeding into a parser, emitter, or composer:

struct fy_document_iterator *fydi =

fy_document_iterator_create_on_document(fyd); struct fy_event *fye; while ((fye = fy_document_iterator_generate_next(fydi)) != NULL) {
process_event(fye);
fy_document_iterator_event_free(fydi, fye); } fy_document_iterator_destroy(fydi);


The iterator can also be attached to a struct fy_parser via fy_parser_set_document_iterator(), making a parser transparently replay the events of an existing document rather than parsing fresh input.

Events emitted by the iterator are in the same order as those that originally created the document, so round-trip fidelity is preserved.

enum fy_document_iterator_cfg_flags

enum fy_document_iterator_cfg_flags
Document iterator configuration flags

Definition

enum fy_document_iterator_cfg_flags {

FYDICF_WANT_BODY_EVENTS,
FYDICF_WANT_DOCUMENT_BODY_EVENTS,
FYDICF_WANT_STREAM_DOCUMENT_BODY_EVENTS };


Constants

FYDICF_WANT_BODY_EVENTS
Generate body events
FYDICF_WANT_DOCUMENT_BODY_EVENTS
Generate document and body events
FYDICF_WANT_STREAM_DOCUMENT_BODY_EVENTS
Generate stream, document and body events

Description

These flags control the operation of the document iterator

struct fy_document_iterator_cfg

struct fy_document_iterator_cfg
document iterator configuration structure.

Definition

struct fy_document_iterator_cfg {

enum fy_document_iterator_cfg_flags flags;
struct fy_document *fyd;
struct fy_node *iterate_root; }


Members

flags
The document iterator flags
fyd
The document to iterate on (or NULL if iterate_root is set)
iterate_root
The root of iteration (NULL when fyd is not NULL)

Description

Argument to the fy_document_iterator_create_cfg() method.

fy_document_iterator_create

struct fy_document_iterator *fy_document_iterator_create(void)
Create a document iterator
Parameters
void – no arguments



Description

Creates a document iterator, that can trawl through a document without using recursion.

Return

The newly created document iterator or NULL on error

fy_document_iterator_create_cfg

struct fy_document_iterator *fy_document_iterator_create_cfg(const struct fy_document_iterator_cfg *cfg)
Create a document iterator using config
Parameters
cfg (const struct fy_document_iterator_cfg*) – The document iterator to destroy



Description

Creates a document iterator, that can trawl through a document without using recursion. The iterator will generate all the events that created the given document starting at iterator root.

Return

The newly created document iterator or NULL on error

fy_document_iterator_create_on_document

struct fy_document_iterator *fy_document_iterator_create_on_document(struct fy_document *fyd)
Create a document iterator on document
Parameters
fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document to iterate on



Description

Creates a document iterator, starting at the root of the given document.

Return

The newly created document iterator or NULL on error

fy_document_iterator_create_on_node

struct fy_document_iterator *fy_document_iterator_create_on_node(struct fy_node *fyn)
Create a document iterator on node
Parameters
fyn (struct fy_node*) – The node to iterate on



Description

Creates a document iterator, starting at the given node

Return

The newly created document iterator or NULL on error

fy_document_iterator_destroy

void fy_document_iterator_destroy(struct fy_document_iterator *fydi)
Destroy the given document iterator
Parameters
fydi (struct fy_document_iterator*) – The document iterator to destroy



Description

Destroy a document iterator created earlier via fy_document_iterator_create().

fy_document_iterator_event_free

void fy_document_iterator_event_free(struct fy_document_iterator *fydi, struct fy_event *fye)
Free an event that was created by a document iterator
Parameters
  • fydi (struct fy_document_iterator*) – The document iterator that created the event
  • fye (struct fy_event*) – The event



Description

Free (possibly recycling) an event that was created by a document iterator.

fy_document_iterator_stream_start

struct fy_event *fy_document_iterator_stream_start(struct fy_document_iterator *fydi)
Create a stream start event using the iterator
Parameters
fydi (struct fy_document_iterator*) – The document iterator to create the event



Description

Creates a stream start event on the document iterator and advances the internal state of it accordingly.

Return

The newly created stream start event, or NULL on error.

fy_document_iterator_stream_end

struct fy_event *fy_document_iterator_stream_end(struct fy_document_iterator *fydi)
Create a stream end event using the iterator
Parameters
fydi (struct fy_document_iterator*) – The document iterator to create the event



Description

Creates a stream end event on the document iterator and advances the internal state of it accordingly.

Return

The newly created stream end event, or NULL on error.

fy_document_iterator_document_start

struct fy_event *fy_document_iterator_document_start(struct fy_document_iterator *fydi, struct fy_document *fyd)
Create a document start event using the iterator
Parameters
  • fydi (struct fy_document_iterator*) – The document iterator to create the event
  • fyd (struct fy_document*) – The document containing the document state that is used in the event



Description

Creates a document start event on the document iterator and advances the internal state of it accordingly. The document must not be released until an error, cleanup or a call to fy_document_iterator_document_end().

Return

The newly created document start event, or NULL on error.

fy_document_iterator_document_end

struct fy_event *fy_document_iterator_document_end(struct fy_document_iterator *fydi)
Create a document end event using the iterator
Parameters
fydi (struct fy_document_iterator*) – The document iterator to create the event



Description

Creates a document end event on the document iterator and advances the internal state of it accordingly. The document that was used earlier in the call of fy_document_iterator_document_start() can now be released.

Return

The newly created document end event, or NULL on error.

fy_document_iterator_body_next

struct fy_event *fy_document_iterator_body_next(struct fy_document_iterator *fydi)
Create document body events until the end
Parameters
fydi (struct fy_document_iterator*) – The document iterator to create the event



Description

Creates the next document body, depth first until the end of the document. The events are created depth first and are in same exact sequence that the original events that created the document.

That means that the finite event stream that generated the document is losslesly preserved in such a way that the document tree representation is functionally equivalent.

Repeated calls to this function will generate a stream of SCALAR, ALIAS, SEQUENCE START, SEQUENCE END, MAPPING START and MAPPING END events, returning NULL at the end of the body event stream.

Return

The newly created document body event or NULL at an error, or an end of the event stream. Use fy_document_iterator_get_error() to check if an error occured.

fy_document_iterator_node_start

void fy_document_iterator_node_start(struct fy_document_iterator *fydi, struct fy_node *fyn)
Start a document node iteration run using a starting point
Parameters
  • fydi (struct fy_document_iterator*) – The document iterator to run with
  • fyn (struct fy_node*) – The iterator root for the iteration



Description

Starts an iteration run starting at the given node.

fy_document_iterator_node_next

struct fy_node *fy_document_iterator_node_next(struct fy_document_iterator *fydi)
Return the next node in the iteration sequence
Parameters
fydi (struct fy_document_iterator*) – The document iterator to use for the iteration



Description

Returns a pointer to the next node iterating using as a start the node given at fy_document_iterator_node_start(). The first node returned will be that, followed by all the remaing nodes in the subtree.

Return

The next node in the iteration sequence or NULL at the end, or if an error occured.

fy_document_iterator_generate_next

struct fy_event *fy_document_iterator_generate_next(struct fy_document_iterator *fydi)
Create events from document iterator
Parameters
fydi (struct fy_document_iterator*) – The document iterator to create the event



Description

This is a method that will handle the complex state of generating stream, document and body events on the given iterator.

When generation is complete a NULL event will be generated.

Return

The newly created event or NULL at an error, or an end of the event stream. Use fy_document_iterator_get_error() to check if an error occured.

fy_document_iterator_get_error

bool fy_document_iterator_get_error(struct fy_document_iterator *fydi)
Get the error state of the document iterator
Parameters
fydi (struct fy_document_iterator*) – The document iterator to use for checking it’s error state.



Description

Returns the error state of the iterator. If it’s in error state, return true and reset the iterator to the state just after creation.

Return

true if it was in an error state, false otherwise.

enum fy_parser_event_generator_flags

enum fy_parser_event_generator_flags
The parser event generator flags

Definition

enum fy_parser_event_generator_flags {

FYPEGF_GENERATE_DOCUMENT_EVENTS,
FYPEGF_GENERATE_STREAM_EVENTS,
FYPEGF_GENERATE_ALL_EVENTS };


Constants

FYPEGF_GENERATE_DOCUMENT_EVENTS
generate document events
FYPEGF_GENERATE_STREAM_EVENTS
generate stream events
FYPEGF_GENERATE_ALL_EVENTS
generate all events

fy_parser_set_document_iterator

int fy_parser_set_document_iterator(struct fy_parser *fyp, enum fy_parser_event_generator_flags flags, struct fy_document_iterator *fydi)
Associate a parser with a document iterator
Parameters
  • fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser
  • flags (enum fy_parser_event_generator_flags) – The event generation flags
  • fydi (struct fy_document_iterator*) – The document iterator to associate



Description

Associate a parser with a document iterator, that is instead of parsing the events will be generated by the document iterator.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

DOCUMENT BUILDER

This header provides struct fy_document_builder, which accumulates YAML parser events and assembles them into a struct fy_document tree.

The builder supports two operating modes:

Pull mode — the builder drives a parser internally:

struct fy_document_builder *fydb =

fy_document_builder_create_on_parser(fyp); struct fy_document *fyd; while ((fyd = fy_document_builder_load_document(fydb, fyp)) != NULL) {
process(fyd);
fy_document_destroy(fyd); } fy_document_builder_destroy(fydb);


Push mode — the caller feeds events one at a time and takes ownership when the document is complete:

fy_document_builder_set_in_stream(fydb);
struct fy_event *fye;
while ((fye = get_next_event()) != NULL) {

fy_document_builder_process_event(fydb, fye);
if (fy_document_builder_is_document_complete(fydb)) {
struct fy_document *fyd =
fy_document_builder_take_document(fydb);
process(fyd);
fy_document_destroy(fyd);
} }


Push mode is useful when events arrive asynchronously or from a source other than a libfyaml parser, such as a document iterator or a network stream.

fy_parse_load_document_with_builder() provides the simplest interface: a single call that returns the next complete document from a parser.

struct fy_document_builder_cfg

struct fy_document_builder_cfg
document builder configuration structure.

Definition

struct fy_document_builder_cfg {

struct fy_parse_cfg parse_cfg;
void *userdata;
struct fy_diag *diag; }


Members

parse_cfg
Parser configuration
userdata
Opaque user data pointer
diag
Optional diagnostic interface to use

Description

Argument to the fy_document_builder_create() method

fy_document_builder_create

struct fy_document_builder *fy_document_builder_create(const struct fy_document_builder_cfg *cfg)
Create a document builder
Parameters
cfg (const struct fy_document_builder_cfg*) – The configuration for the document builder



Description

Creates a document builder with its configuration cfg The document builder may be destroyed by a corresponding call to fy_document_builder_destroy().

Return

A pointer to the document builder or NULL in case of an error.

fy_document_builder_create_on_parser

struct fy_document_builder *fy_document_builder_create_on_parser(struct fy_parser *fyp)
Create a document builder pulling state from the parser
Parameters
fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser to associate with



Description

Creates a document builder pulling state from the given parser

Return

A pointer to the document builder or NULL in case of an error.

fy_document_builder_reset

void fy_document_builder_reset(struct fy_document_builder *fydb)
Reset a document builder
Parameters
fydb (struct fy_document_builder*) – The document builder



Description

Resets a document builder without destroying it

fy_document_builder_destroy

void fy_document_builder_destroy(struct fy_document_builder *fydb)
Destroy a document builder
Parameters
fydb (struct fy_document_builder*) – The document builder



Description

Destroy a document builder

fy_document_builder_get_document

struct fy_document *fy_document_builder_get_document(struct fy_document_builder *fydb)
Get the document of a builder
Parameters
fydb (struct fy_document_builder*) – The document builder



Description

Retrieve the document of a document builder. This document may be incomplete. If you need to take ownership use fy_document_builder_take_document().

Return

The document that the builder built, or NULL in case of an error

fy_document_builder_is_in_stream

bool fy_document_builder_is_in_stream(struct fy_document_builder *fydb)
Test document builder in stream
Parameters
fydb (struct fy_document_builder*) – The document builder



Description

Find out if the document builder is in ‘stream’ state, i.e. after stream start but before stream end events are generated.

Return

true if in stream, false otherwise

fy_document_builder_is_in_document

bool fy_document_builder_is_in_document(struct fy_document_builder *fydb)
Test document builder in document
Parameters
fydb (struct fy_document_builder*) – The document builder



Description

Find out if the document builder is in ‘document’ state, i.e. after document start but before document end events are generated.

Return

true if in document, false otherwise

fy_document_builder_is_document_complete

bool fy_document_builder_is_document_complete(struct fy_document_builder *fydb)
Test document builder complete
Parameters
fydb (struct fy_document_builder*) – The document builder



Description

Find out if the document of the builder is complete. If it is complete then a call to fy_document_builder_take_document() will transfer ownership of the document to the caller.

Return

true if document complete, false otherwise

fy_document_builder_take_document

struct fy_document *fy_document_builder_take_document(struct fy_document_builder *fydb)
Take ownership the document of a builder
Parameters
fydb (struct fy_document_builder*) – The document builder



Description

Take ownership of the document of a document builder. The document builder’s document must be complete.

Return

The document that the builder built, or NULL in case of an error

fy_document_builder_peek_document

struct fy_document *fy_document_builder_peek_document(struct fy_document_builder *fydb)
Peek at the document of a builder
Parameters
fydb (struct fy_document_builder*) – The document builder



Description

Peek at the document of a document builder. Ownership still remains with the builder.

Return

A peek to the document that the builder built, or NULL in case of an error

fy_document_builder_set_in_stream

void fy_document_builder_set_in_stream(struct fy_document_builder *fydb)
Set the builders state in ‘stream’
Parameters
fydb (struct fy_document_builder*) – The document builder



Description

Set the document builders state to in ‘stream’

fy_document_builder_set_in_document

int fy_document_builder_set_in_document(struct fy_document_builder *fydb, struct fy_document_state *fyds, bool single)
Set the builders state in ‘document’
Parameters
  • fydb (struct fy_document_builder*) – The document builder
  • fyds (struct fy_document_state*) – The document state
  • single (bool) – Single document mode



Description

Set the document builders state to in ‘document’

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

fy_document_builder_load_document

struct fy_document *fy_document_builder_load_document(struct fy_document_builder *fydb, struct fy_parser *fyp)
Create a document from parser events
Parameters
  • fydb (struct fy_document_builder*) – The document builder
  • fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser



Description

Load a document by pumping the parser for events and then processing them with the builder.

Return

The document that results from the parser, or NULL in case of an error (or EOF)

fy_parse_load_document_with_builder

struct fy_document *fy_parse_load_document_with_builder(struct fy_parser *fyp)
Parse a document via built-in builder
Parameters
fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser



Description

Load a document by pumping the parser for events and then processing them with the in-parser builder.

Return

The document that results from the parser, or NULL in case of an error (or EOF)

fy_document_builder_process_event

int fy_document_builder_process_event(struct fy_document_builder *fydb, struct fy_event *fye)
Process an event with a builder
Parameters
  • fydb (struct fy_document_builder*) – The document builder
  • fye (struct fy_event*) – The event



Description

Pump an event to a document builder for processing.

Return

0 on success, -1 on error

COMPOSER

This header provides two complementary interfaces for processing YAML event streams with awareness of the current position in the document hierarchy, without committing to building a full in-memory tree.

Simple callback interfacefy_parse_compose() calls a user function for each event, passing both the event and the current struct fy_path so the callback can make intelligent decisions without maintaining its own path stack:

enum fy_composer_return my_cb(struct fy_parser *fyp,

struct fy_event *fye,
struct fy_path *path,
void *userdata) {
if (fy_path_depth(path) > 3)
return FYCR_OK_START_SKIP;
process(fye);
return FYCR_OK_CONTINUE; } fy_parse_compose(fyp, my_cb, ctx);


Object-based interfacestruct fy_composer wraps the same mechanism in a reusable object with ops callbacks, optional document builder integration, and helpers for navigating the path hierarchy.

Path inspection helpers — functions such as fy_path_in_mapping(), fy_path_depth(), fy_path_component_is_sequence(), and the user-data attach/retrieve pairs let callbacks annotate and query the live path stack without any external bookkeeping.

Callbacks control event processing by returning one of:

  • FYCR_OK_CONTINUE — consume the event and continue
  • FYCR_OK_STOP — consume the event and stop
  • FYCR_OK_START_SKIP — start skipping the current subtree
  • FYCR_OK_STOP_SKIP — stop an active skip and resume processing
  • FYCR_ERROR — abort with an error

enum fy_composer_return

enum fy_composer_return
The returns of the composer callback

Definition

enum fy_composer_return {

FYCR_OK_CONTINUE,
FYCR_OK_STOP,
FYCR_OK_START_SKIP,
FYCR_OK_STOP_SKIP,
FYCR_ERROR };


Constants

FYCR_OK_CONTINUE
continue processing, event processed
FYCR_OK_STOP
stop processing, event processed
FYCR_OK_START_SKIP
start skip object(s), event processed
FYCR_OK_STOP_SKIP
stop skipping of objects, event processed
FYCR_ERROR
error, stop processing

fy_composer_return_is_ok

bool fy_composer_return_is_ok(enum fy_composer_return ret)
Check if the return code is OK
Parameters
ret (enum fy_composer_return) – the composer return to check



Description

Convenience method for checking if it’s OK to continue

Return

true if non error or skip condition

typedef fy_parse_composer_cb

enum fy_composer_return fy_parse_composer_cb(struct fy_parser *fyp, struct fy_event *fye, struct fy_path *path, void *userdata)
composer callback method
Parameters
  • fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser
  • fye (struct fy_event*) – The event
  • path (struct fy_path*) – The path that the parser is processing
  • userdata (void*) – The user data of the fy_parse_compose() method



Description

This method is called by the fy_parse_compose() method when an event must be processed.

Return

fy_composer_return code telling the parser what to do

fy_parse_compose

int fy_parse_compose(struct fy_parser *fyp, fy_parse_composer_cb cb, void *userdata)
Parse using a compose callback
Parameters
  • fyp (struct fy_parser*) – The parser
  • cb (fy_parse_composer_cb) – The callback that will be called
  • userdata (void*) – user pointer to pass to the callback



Description

Alternative parsing method using a composer callback.

The parser will construct a path argument that is used by the callback to make intelligent decisions about creating a document and/or DOM.

Return

0 if no error occured -1 on error

fy_path_component_is_mapping

bool fy_path_component_is_mapping(struct fy_path_component *fypc)
Check if the component is a mapping
Parameters
fypc (struct fy_path_component*) – The path component to check



Return

true if the path component is a mapping, false otherwise

fy_path_component_is_sequence

bool fy_path_component_is_sequence(struct fy_path_component *fypc)
Check if the component is a sequence
Parameters
fypc (struct fy_path_component*) – The path component to check



Return

true if the path component is a sequence, false otherwise

fy_path_component_sequence_get_index

int fy_path_component_sequence_get_index(struct fy_path_component *fypc)
Get the index of sequence path component
Parameters
fypc (struct fy_path_component*) – The sequence path component to return it’s index value



Return

>= 0 the sequence index -1 if the component is either not in the proper mode, or not a sequence

fy_path_component_mapping_get_scalar_key

struct fy_token *fy_path_component_mapping_get_scalar_key(struct fy_path_component *fypc)
Get the scalar key of a mapping
Parameters
fypc (struct fy_path_component*) – The mapping path component to return it’s scalar key



Return

a non NULL scalar or alias token if the mapping contains a scalar key NULL in case of an error, or if the component has a complex key

fy_path_component_mapping_get_scalar_key_tag

struct fy_token *fy_path_component_mapping_get_scalar_key_tag(struct fy_path_component *fypc)
Get the scalar key’s tag of a mapping
Parameters
fypc (struct fy_path_component*) – The mapping path component to return it’s scalar key’s tag



Return

a non NULL tag token if the mapping contains a scalar key with a tag or NULL in case of an error, or if the component has a complex key

fy_path_component_mapping_get_complex_key

struct fy_document *fy_path_component_mapping_get_complex_key(struct fy_path_component *fypc)
Get the complex key of a mapping
Parameters
fypc (struct fy_path_component*) – The mapping path component to return it’s complex key



Return

a non NULL document if the mapping contains a complex key NULL in case of an error, or if the component has a simple key

fy_path_component_get_text

char *fy_path_component_get_text(struct fy_path_component *fypc)
Get the textual representation of a path component
Parameters
fypc (struct fy_path_component*) – The path component to get it’s textual representation



Description

Given a path component, return a malloc’ed string which contains the textual representation of it.

Note that this method will only return fully completed components and not ones that are in the building process.

Return

The textual representation of the path component, NULL on error, or if the component has not been completely built during the composition of a complex key. The string must be free’ed using free.

fy_path_depth

int fy_path_depth(struct fy_path *fypp)
Get the depth of a path
Parameters
fypp (struct fy_path*) – The path to query



Return

The depth of the path, or -1 on error

fy_path_parent

struct fy_path *fy_path_parent(struct fy_path *fypp)
Get the parent of a path
Parameters
fypp (struct fy_path*) – The path to return it’s parent



Description

Paths may contain parents when traversing complex keys. This method returns the immediate parent.

Return

The path parent or NULL on error, if it doesn’t exist

fy_path_get_text

char *fy_path_get_text(struct fy_path *fypp)
Get the textual representation of a path
Parameters
fypp (struct fy_path*) – The path to get it’s textual representation



Description

Given a path, return a malloc’ed string which contains the textual representation of it.

Note that during processing, complex key paths are simply indicative and not to be used for addressing.

Return

The textual representation of the path, NULL on error. The string must be free’ed using free.

fy_path_in_root

bool fy_path_in_root(struct fy_path *fypp)
Check if the path is in the root of the document
Parameters
fypp (struct fy_path*) – The path



Return

true if the path is located within the root of the document

fy_path_in_mapping

bool fy_path_in_mapping(struct fy_path *fypp)
Check if the path is in a mapping
Parameters
fypp (struct fy_path*) – The path



Return

true if the path is located within a mapping

fy_path_in_sequence

bool fy_path_in_sequence(struct fy_path *fypp)
Check if the path is in a sequence
Parameters
fypp (struct fy_path*) – The path



Return

true if the path is located within a sequence

fy_path_in_mapping_key

bool fy_path_in_mapping_key(struct fy_path *fypp)
Check if the path is in a mapping key state
Parameters
fypp (struct fy_path*) – The path



Return

true if the path is located within a mapping key state

fy_path_in_mapping_value

bool fy_path_in_mapping_value(struct fy_path *fypp)
Check if the path is in a mapping value state
Parameters
fypp (struct fy_path*) – The path



Return

true if the path is located within a mapping value state

fy_path_in_collection_root

bool fy_path_in_collection_root(struct fy_path *fypp)
Check if the path is in a collection root
Parameters
fypp (struct fy_path*) – The path



Description

A collection root state is when the path points to a sequence or mapping but the state does not allow setting keys, values or adding items.

This occurs on MAPPING/SEQUENCE START/END events.

Return

true if the path is located within a collectin root state

fy_path_get_root_user_data

void *fy_path_get_root_user_data(struct fy_path *fypp)
Return the userdata associated with the path root
Parameters
fypp (struct fy_path*) – The path



Return

The user data associated with the root of the path, or NULL if no path

fy_path_set_root_user_data

void fy_path_set_root_user_data(struct fy_path *fypp, void *data)
Set the user data associated with the root
Parameters
  • fypp (struct fy_path*) – The path
  • data (void*) – The data to set as root data



Description

Note, no error condition if not a path

fy_path_component_get_mapping_user_data

void *fy_path_component_get_mapping_user_data(struct fy_path_component *fypc)
Return the userdata associated with the mapping
Parameters
fypc (struct fy_path_component*) – The path component



Return

The user data associated with the mapping, or NULL if not a mapping or the user data are NULL

fy_path_component_get_mapping_key_user_data

void *fy_path_component_get_mapping_key_user_data(struct fy_path_component *fypc)
Return the userdata associated with the mapping key
Parameters
fypc (struct fy_path_component*) – The path component



Return

The user data associated with the mapping key, or NULL if not a mapping or the user data are NULL

fy_path_component_get_sequence_user_data

void *fy_path_component_get_sequence_user_data(struct fy_path_component *fypc)
Return the userdata associated with the sequence
Parameters
fypc (struct fy_path_component*) – The path component



Return

The user data associated with the sequence, or NULL if not a sequence or the user data are NULL

fy_path_component_set_mapping_user_data

void fy_path_component_set_mapping_user_data(struct fy_path_component *fypc, void *data)
Set the user data associated with a mapping
Parameters
  • fypc (struct fy_path_component*) – The path component
  • data (void*) – The data to set as mapping data



Description

Note, no error condition if not a mapping

fy_path_component_set_mapping_key_user_data

void fy_path_component_set_mapping_key_user_data(struct fy_path_component *fypc, void *data)
Set the user data associated with a mapping key
Parameters
  • fypc (struct fy_path_component*) – The path component
  • data (void*) – The data to set as mapping key data



Description

Note, no error condition if not in a mapping key state

fy_path_component_set_sequence_user_data

void fy_path_component_set_sequence_user_data(struct fy_path_component *fypc, void *data)
Set the user data associated with a sequence
Parameters
  • fypc (struct fy_path_component*) – The path component
  • data (void*) – The data to set as sequence data



Description

Note, no error condition if not a sequence

fy_path_get_parent_user_data

void *fy_path_get_parent_user_data(struct fy_path *path)
Return the userdata of the parent collection
Parameters
path (struct fy_path*) – The path



Return

The user data associated with the parent collection of the path, or NULL if no path

fy_path_set_parent_user_data

void fy_path_set_parent_user_data(struct fy_path *path, void *data)
Set the user data associated with the parent collection
Parameters
  • path (struct fy_path*) – The path
  • data (void*) – The data to set as parent collection data



Description

Note, no error condition if not a path

fy_path_get_last_user_data

void *fy_path_get_last_user_data(struct fy_path *path)
Return the userdata of the last collection
Parameters
path (struct fy_path*) – The path



Return

The user data associated with the last collection of the path, or NULL if no path

fy_path_set_last_user_data

void fy_path_set_last_user_data(struct fy_path *path, void *data)
Set the user data associated with the last collection
Parameters
  • path (struct fy_path*) – The path
  • data (void*) – The data to set as last collection data



Description

Note, no error condition if not a path

fy_path_last_component

struct fy_path_component *fy_path_last_component(struct fy_path *fypp)
Get the very last component of a path
Parameters
fypp (struct fy_path*) – The path



Description

Returns the last component of a path.

Return

The last path component (which may be a collection root component), or NULL if it does not exist

fy_path_last_not_collection_root_component

struct fy_path_component *fy_path_last_not_collection_root_component(struct fy_path *fypp)
Get the last non collection root component of a path
Parameters
fypp (struct fy_path*) – The path



Description

Returns the last non collection root component of a path. This may not be the last component that is returned by fy_path_last_component().

The difference is present on MAPPING/SEQUENCE START/END events where the last component is present but not usuable as a object parent.

Return

The last non collection root component, or NULL if it does not exist

struct fy_composer_ops

struct fy_composer_ops
Composer operation callbacks

Definition

struct fy_composer_ops {

enum fy_composer_return (*process_event)(struct fy_composer *fyc, struct fy_path *path, struct fy_event *fye);
struct fy_document_builder *(*create_document_builder)(struct fy_composer *fyc); }


Members

process_event
Callback for processing a single YAML event with path context
create_document_builder
Callback for creating a document builder instance

Description

Callbacks used by the composer to process events and create document builders.

struct fy_composer_cfg

struct fy_composer_cfg
Composer configuration structure

Definition

struct fy_composer_cfg {

const struct fy_composer_ops *ops;
void *userdata;
struct fy_diag *diag; }


Members

ops
Pointer to composer operation callbacks
userdata
Opaque user data pointer passed to callbacks
diag
Optional diagnostic interface to use, NULL for default

Description

Configuration structure for creating a composer instance.

fy_composer_create

struct fy_composer *fy_composer_create(struct fy_composer_cfg *cfg)
Create a composer
Parameters
cfg (struct fy_composer_cfg*) – The configuration for the composer



Description

Creates a composer with the given configuration. The composer processes YAML events using callback methods and maintains path information for intelligent document composition. The composer may be destroyed by a corresponding call to fy_composer_destroy().

Return

A pointer to the composer or NULL in case of an error.

fy_composer_destroy

void fy_composer_destroy(struct fy_composer *fyc)
Destroy the given composer
Parameters
fyc (struct fy_composer*) – The composer to destroy



Description

Destroy a composer created earlier via fy_composer_create().

fy_composer_process_event

enum fy_composer_return fy_composer_process_event(struct fy_composer *fyc, struct fy_event *fye)
Process a YAML event through the composer
Parameters
  • fyc (struct fy_composer*) – The composer
  • fye (struct fy_event*) – The event to process



Description

Process a YAML event by calling the configured process_event callback with path context. The composer maintains the current path and provides it to the callback for intelligent processing decisions.

Return

A fy_composer_return code indicating how to proceed (continue, stop, skip, or error)

fy_composer_get_cfg

struct fy_composer_cfg *fy_composer_get_cfg(struct fy_composer *fyc)
Get the configuration of a composer
Parameters
fyc (struct fy_composer*) – The composer



Return

The configuration of the composer

fy_composer_get_cfg_userdata

void *fy_composer_get_cfg_userdata(struct fy_composer *fyc)
Get the userdata from composer configuration
Parameters
fyc (struct fy_composer*) – The composer



Description

Retrieve the opaque userdata pointer from the composer’s configuration.

Return

The userdata pointer from the configuration

fy_composer_get_diag

struct fy_diag *fy_composer_get_diag(struct fy_composer *fyc)
Get the diagnostic object of a composer
Parameters
fyc (struct fy_composer*) – The composer to get the diagnostic object



Description

Return a pointer to the diagnostic object of a composer object. Note that the returned diag object has a reference taken so you should fy_diag_unref() it when you’re done with it.

Return

A pointer to a ref’ed diagnostic object or NULL in case of an error.

fy_composer_get_path

struct fy_path *fy_composer_get_path(struct fy_composer *fyc)
Get the current path of the composer
Parameters
fyc (struct fy_composer*) – The composer



Description

Retrieve the current path being processed by the composer. The path represents the location in the YAML document structure where the composer is currently positioned.

Return

The current path, or NULL if no path is active

fy_composer_get_root_path

struct fy_path *fy_composer_get_root_path(struct fy_composer *fyc)
Get the root path of the composer
Parameters
fyc (struct fy_composer*) – The composer



Description

Retrieve the root path of the composer’s path hierarchy.

Return

The root path, or NULL if no root exists

fy_composer_get_next_path

struct fy_path *fy_composer_get_next_path(struct fy_composer *fyc, struct fy_path *fypp)
Get the next path in the composer’s path list
Parameters
  • fyc (struct fy_composer*) – The composer
  • fypp (struct fy_path*) – The previous path, or NULL to get the first path



Description

Iterate through the composer’s path list. Pass NULL to get the first path, or pass the previous path to get the next one.

Return

The next path in the list, or NULL if no more paths exist

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March 15, 2026