SystemEnvironment Class Reference

class used to safely manipulate the system environment More...

#include <SystemEnvironment.h>

Static Public Member Methods
static DLLEXPORT class QoreString *	get (const char *name)
	returns the value of the environment variable as a new QoreString object, 0 if not present, caller owns the pointer returned More...
static DLLEXPORT int	get (const char *name, class QoreString &str)
	appends the value of the given environment variable to a QoreString, returns 0 for OK, -1 for not found More...
static DLLEXPORT class QoreStringNode *	getAsStringNode (const char *name)
	returns the value of the environment variable as a new QoreStringNode object, 0 if not present, caller owns the reference count of the pointer returned More...
static DLLEXPORT int	set (const char *name, const char *value, bool overwrite=1)
	sets the given environment variable to the value passed, respecting the overwrite flag More...
static DLLEXPORT int	unset (const char *name)
	unsets the given environment variable More...
static DLLEXPORT bool	valueExists (const char *name)
	returns true if the environment variable exists and has a value, false if not More...

Static Private Member Methods
static DLLLOCAL class QoreStringNode *	get_as_string_node_intern (const char *name)
	returns the value of the environment variable as a new QoreStringNode object, 0 if not present, caller owns the reference count of the pointer returned More...
static DLLLOCAL class QoreString *	get_intern (const char *name)
	returns the value of the environment variable as a new QoreString object, 0 if not present, caller owns the pointer returned More...
static DLLLOCAL int	get_intern (const char *name, class QoreString &str)
	appends the value of the given environment variable to a QoreString, returns 0 for OK, -1 for not found More...
static DLLLOCAL int	set_intern (const char *name, const char *value, bool overwrite=1)
	sets the given environment variable to the value passed, respecting the overwrite flag More...
static DLLLOCAL int	unset_intern (const char *name)
	unsets the given environment variable More...

Friends
class	AtomicEnvironmentSetter

Detailed Description

class used to safely manipulate the system environment

On some platforms (HP-UX for example), the system environment cannot be accessed safely from multiple threads without a lock. This class guarantees thread-safe access to the environment on all systems (as long as all accesses are made through this class). There is only one of the objects; the constructor and destructor are not exported in the public interface of the library and therefore can only be instantiated internally anyway. To make multiple updates atomically within the environment lock, use AtomicEnvironmentSetter

See also

AtomicEnvironmentSetter

Member Function Documentation

get() [1/2]

static DLLEXPORT class QoreString* SystemEnvironment::get ( const char *  name )

static

returns the value of the environment variable as a new QoreString object, 0 if not present, caller owns the pointer returned

Parameters

name	the name of the environment variable

Returns

a QoreString pointer (or 0 if the variable does not exist), caller owns the pointer returned

get() [2/2]

static DLLEXPORT int SystemEnvironment::get ( const char *  name, class QoreString &  str  )

static

appends the value of the given environment variable to a QoreString, returns 0 for OK, -1 for not found

Parameters

name	the name of the environment variable
str	a reference to a QoreString object where the value will be concatenated if the environment variable exists

Returns

0 for OK (environment variable found and value concatenated to string), or -1 for not found

get_as_string_node_intern()

static DLLLOCAL class QoreStringNode* SystemEnvironment::get_as_string_node_intern ( const char *  name )

staticprivate

returns the value of the environment variable as a new QoreStringNode object, 0 if not present, caller owns the reference count of the pointer returned

unlocked

Parameters

name	the name of the environment variable

Returns

a QoreStringNode pointer (or 0 if the variable does not exist), caller owns the reference count of the pointer returned

get_intern() [1/2]

static DLLLOCAL class QoreString* SystemEnvironment::get_intern ( const char *  name )

staticprivate

returns the value of the environment variable as a new QoreString object, 0 if not present, caller owns the pointer returned

unlocked

Parameters

name	the name of the environment variable

Returns

a QoreString pointer (or 0 if the variable does not exist), caller owns the pointer returned

get_intern() [2/2]

static DLLLOCAL int SystemEnvironment::get_intern ( const char *  name, class QoreString &  str  )

staticprivate

appends the value of the given environment variable to a QoreString, returns 0 for OK, -1 for not found

unlocked

Parameters

name	the name of the environment variable
str	a reference to a QoreString object where the value will be concatenated if the environment variable exists

Returns

0 for OK (environment variable found and value concatenated to string), or -1 for not found

getAsStringNode()

static DLLEXPORT class QoreStringNode* SystemEnvironment::getAsStringNode ( const char *  name )

static

returns the value of the environment variable as a new QoreStringNode object, 0 if not present, caller owns the reference count of the pointer returned

Parameters

name	the name of the environment variable

Returns

a QoreStringNode pointer (or 0 if the variable does not exist), caller owns the reference count of the pointer returned

set()

static DLLEXPORT int SystemEnvironment::set ( const char *  name, const char *  value, bool  overwrite = 1  )

static

sets the given environment variable to the value passed, respecting the overwrite flag

Parameters

name	the name of the environment variable to set
value	the value of the environment variable
overwrite	the overwrite flag

set_intern()

static DLLLOCAL int SystemEnvironment::set_intern ( const char *  name, const char *  value, bool  overwrite = 1  )

staticprivate

sets the given environment variable to the value passed, respecting the overwrite flag

unlocked

Parameters

name	the name of the environment variable to set
value	the value of the environment variable
overwrite	the overwrite flag

unset()

static DLLEXPORT int SystemEnvironment::unset ( const char *  name )

static

unsets the given environment variable

Parameters

name	the name of the environment variable to unset

Returns

0 for OK, non-0 for error

unset_intern()

static DLLLOCAL int SystemEnvironment::unset_intern ( const char *  name )

staticprivate

unsets the given environment variable

unlocked

Parameters

name	the name of the environment variable to unset

Returns

0 for OK, non-0 for error

valueExists()

static DLLEXPORT bool SystemEnvironment::valueExists ( const char *  name )

static

returns true if the environment variable exists and has a value, false if not

Parameters

name	the name of the environment variable to check

Returns

true if the environment variable exists and has a value, false if not

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• /tmp/qore/include/qore/SystemEnvironment.h