uint fmt; // [*] default format of the column
const struct xtype *type_def; // [*] pointer to xtype of this column
- const char * (*set_col_opt)(struct table *tbl, uint col, const char *value);
- // [*] process table option for a column instance
- // FIXME: Comment on arguments and return value
+ const char * (*set_col_opt)(struct table *tbl, uint col_inst_idx, const char *col_opt);
+ // [*] process table option for a column instance. @col_inst_idx is the index of the column
+ // instance to which the @col_opt is set. Return value is the error string.
};
-// FIXME: is it correct to have idx and col_def? idx is sufficient and in fact a duplicity of idx
-// idx is used only for initialization and col_def is used in other cases
+/**
+ * Definition of a column instance. The table_col_instance belongs to a struct table. col_def is
+ * pointing to a definition of the column in struct table::columns. The user can fill only the @idx
+ * and @fmt. The @col_def, @cell_content, @next_column are private fields.
+ *
+ * Please use only fields marked with `[*]`.
+ **/
struct table_col_instance {
- uint idx; // idx is a index into struct table::columns
+ uint idx; // [*] idx is a index into struct table::columns
const struct table_column *col_def; // this is pointer to the column definition, located in the array struct table::columns
const char *cell_content; // content of the cell of the current row
int next_column; // index of next column in linked list of columns of the same type
- uint fmt; // format of this column
+ uint fmt; // [*] format of this column
};
/**
struct table_template {
const struct table_column *columns; // [*] Definition of columns
struct table_col_instance *column_order; // [*] Order of the columns in the print-out of the table
- uint cols_to_output; // [*] Number of columns that are printed
const char *col_delimiter; // [*] Delimiter that is placed between columns
// Back-end used for table formatting and its private data
- const struct table_formatter *formatter; // FIXME: should be const?
+ const struct table_formatter *formatter;
};
/**
bool print_header; // [*] false indicates that table header should not be printed
struct fastbuf *out; // [*] Fastbuffer to which the table is printed
- int last_printed_col; // Index of the last column which was set. -1 indicates start of row.
- // Used for example for appending to the current column.
- bool row_printing_started; // Indicates that a row has been started. Duplicates last_printed_col, but harmlessly.
+ bool row_printing_started; // Indicates that a row has been started.
struct fbpool fb_col_out; // Per-cell fastbuf, see table_col_fbstart()
int col_out; // Index of the column that is currently printed using fb_col_out
// Back-end used for table formatting and its private data
const struct table_formatter *formatter;
- void *data;
+ void *formatter_data;
};
/****
* * `TBL_COL_`'type'`_FMT(name, width, fmt)` defines a column with a custom format string
* * `TBL_COL_END` ends the column definitions
* * `TBL_COL_ORDER` specifies custom ordering of columns in the output
- * * `TBL_COL_DELIMITER` and `TBL_APPEND_DELIMITER` override default delimiters
+ * * `TBL_COL_DELIMITER` overrides the default delimiter
* * `TBL_FMT_HUMAN_READABLE` requests human-readable formatting (this is the default)
* * `TBL_FMT_MACHINE_READABLE` requests machine-readable TSV output
* * `TBL_FMT_BLOCKLINE` requests block formatting (each cell printed a pair of a key and value on its own line)
#define TBL_COL_END { .name = 0, .width = 0, .fmt = 0, .type_def = NULL }
#define TBL_COLUMNS .columns = (struct table_column [])
-#define TBL_COL_ORDER(order) .column_order = (struct table_col_instance *) order, .cols_to_output = ARRAY_SIZE(order)
+#define TBL_COL_ORDER(order) .column_order = (struct table_col_instance *) order
#define TBL_COL_DELIMITER(_delimiter) .col_delimiter = _delimiter
/**
**/
#define TBL_COL(_idx) { .idx = _idx, .fmt = XTYPE_FMT_DEFAULT, .next_column = -1 }
#define TBL_COL_FMT(_idx, _fmt) { .idx = _idx, .fmt = _fmt, .next_column = -1 }
+#define TBL_COL_ORDER_END { .col_def = 0, .idx = ~0U, .fmt = 0, .next_column = -1 }
/**
* These macros are aliases to various kinds of table formats.
#define TBL_FMT_HUMAN_READABLE .formatter = &table_fmt_human_readable
#define TBL_FMT_BLOCKLINE .formatter = &table_fmt_blockline
#define TBL_FMT_MACHINE_READABLE .formatter = &table_fmt_machine_readable
-
-/**
- * The TBL_COL_ITER_START macro are used for iterating over all instances of a particular column in
- * table _tbl. _colidx is the column index in _tbl, _instptr is the pointer to the column instance
- * (struct table_col_instance *), _idxval is the index of current column index. The variables are
- * enclosed in a block, so they do not introduce variable name collisions.
- *
- * The TBL_COL_ITER_END macro must close the block started with TBL_COL_ITER_START.
- *
- * These macros are usually used to hide the implementation details of the column instances linked
- * list. This is usefull for definition of new types.
- **/
-#define TBL_COL_ITER_START(_tbl, _colidx, _instptr, _idxval) { struct table_col_instance *_instptr = NULL; int _idxval = _tbl->ll_headers[_colidx]; \
- for(_idxval = _tbl->ll_headers[_colidx], _instptr = _tbl->column_order + _idxval; _idxval != -1; _idxval = _tbl->column_order[_idxval].next_column, _instptr = _tbl->column_order + _idxval)
-
-#define TBL_COL_ITER_END }
+#define TBL_FMT(_fmt) .formatter = _fmt
/**
* Creates a new table from a table template. The template should already contain
* For each column type, there are functions for filling of cells
* of the particular type:
*
- * * `table_col_`'type'`(table, idx, value)` sets the cell in column `idx`
+ * * `table_col_`'type'`(table, col_def_idx, value)` sets the cell in column `col_def_idx`
* to the `value`
***/
-
#define TABLE_COL_PROTO(_name, _type) void table_col_##_name(struct table *tbl, int col, _type val);
TABLE_COL_PROTO(int, int)
TABLE_COL_PROTO(s64, s64)
TABLE_COL_PROTO(u64, u64)
TABLE_COL_PROTO(bool, bool)
-
-void table_col_str(struct table *tbl, int col, const char * val);
+TABLE_COL_PROTO(str, const char *)
/** TABLE_COL_BODY macro enables easy definitions of bodies of table_col_<something> functions **/
#define TABLE_COL_BODY(_name, _type) void table_col_##_name(struct table *tbl, int col, _type val) {\
***/
/**
- * Find the index of a column with name @col_name. Returns -1 if there is no such column.
+ * Find the index of a column definition with name @col_name. Returns -1 if there is no such column.
**/
int table_get_col_idx(struct table *tbl, const char *col_name);
-
/**
- * Sets a string option to an instance of a column type. This is the default version that checks
- * whether the xtype::parse_fmt can be called and calls it. However, there are situation in which
- * the xtype::parse_fmt is not sufficient, e.g., column decoration, post-processing, etc.
+ * Sets a string option on a column instance.
*
- * Each struct table_column has a pointer to a customized version of table_set_col_opt which is
- * called instead of this (default) version of table_set_col_opt
+ * By default, the option is parsed as a formatting mode of the corresponding <<xtypes:,xtype>>
+ * using <<xtypes:fun_xtype_parse_fmt,`xtype_parse_fmt()`>>.
*
- * FIXME: Make table_set_col_opt() a front-end function used by everybody,
- * which checks if the set_col_opt hook is defined and either calls it or
- * processes the options in the generic way. Nobody else should call the
- * hook directly.
+ * As special cases might require special handling (e.g., column decoration, post-processing, etc.),
+ * a column can define a `set_col_opt` hook, which takes over option parsing. (Beware, the hook must
+ * not be called directly and it must not call this function.)
+ *
+ * See <<ucw-tableprinter.5:,the list of options>> for more.
**/
-const char *table_set_col_opt(struct table *tbl, uint col_idx, const char *col_opt);
+const char *table_set_col_opt(struct table *tbl, uint col_inst_idx, const char *col_opt);
/**
* Returns a comma-and-space-separated list of column names, allocated from table's internal
const char *table_get_col_list(struct table *tbl);
/**
- * Sets the order in which the columns are printed.
- * The table converts the integers in @col_order into an internal representation stored
- * in `column_order`. Options to column instances can be set using @table_set_col_opt().
- **/
-void table_set_col_order(struct table *tbl, int *col_order, int col_order_size);
-
-/**
- * Returns true if col_idx will be printed, false otherwise.
+ * Sets the order in which the columns are printed. The columns are specified by array of struct
+ * @table_col_instance. This allows specification of format. The user should make an array of struct
+ * @table_col_instance and fill the array using the TBL_COL and TBL_COL_FMT. The array has a special
+ * last element: @TBL_COL_ORDER_END.
*
- * FIXME: Naming of arguments is confusing. @col_idx sometimes indexes
- * columns, but sometimes their instances.
+ * The table copies content of @col_order into an internal representation stored
+ * in `column_order`. Options to column instances can be set using @table_set_col_opt().
**/
-bool table_col_is_printed(struct table *tbl, uint col_idx);
+void table_set_col_order(struct table *tbl, const struct table_col_instance *col_order);
/**
* Sets the order in which the columns are printed. The specification is a string with comma-separated column
* names. Returns NULL for success and an error message otherwise. The string is not referenced after
* this function returns.
*
- * The format of the col_order string is the following:
- * <col-order-string> := <col-def>[,<col-def>]*
- *
- * <col-def> := <col-name> '[' <col-opt> ']'
- *
- * <col-name> is a string that does not contain comma ',' or '[',']' brackets
- *
- * <col-opt> is currently only one string without commas. In the future the format can be <str1>,<str2>,... .
- *
- * FIXME In the future, we should allow <col-opt> to be a comma(,) separated list of identifiers
+ * See <<ucw-tableprinter.5:,the list of options>> for full syntax.
**/
const char *table_set_col_order_by_name(struct table *tbl, const char *col_order);
+/**
+ * Returns true if @col_def_idx will be printed, false otherwise.
+ **/
+bool table_col_is_printed(struct table *tbl, uint col_def_idx);
+
/**
* Sets table formatter. See below for the list of formatters.
**/
void table_set_formatter(struct table *tbl, const struct table_formatter *fmt);
/**
- * Set a table option. All options have a key and a value. Currently,
- * the following keys are defined (other keys can be accepted by formatters):
- *
- * [options="header"]
- * |===================================================================================================
- * | key | value | meaning
- * | `header` | 0 or 1 | set whether a table header should be printed
- * | `noheader` | 'none' | equivalent to `header`=0
- * | `cols` | comma-separated column list | set order of columns
- * | `fmt` | `human`/`machine`/`block` | set table formatter to one of the built-in formatters
- * | `col-delim`| string | set column delimiter
- * | `cells` | string | set column format mode
- * | `raw` | 'none' | set column format to raw data
- * | `pretty` | 'none' | set column format to pretty-printing
- * |===================================================================================================
+ * Set a table option. All options have a key and a value.
+ * See <<ucw-tableprinter.5:,the list of options>>.
**/
const char *table_set_option_value(struct table *tbl, const char *key, const char *value);