## Hashes Hashes — Key:Value hashes or dictionaries. |

## Synopsis

    typedef             librdf_hash;
    typedef             librdf_hash_cursor;
    librdf_hash *       librdf_new_hash                     (librdf_world *world,
                                                             const char *name);
    librdf_hash *       librdf_new_hash_from_string         (librdf_world *world,
                                                             const char *name,
                                                             const char *string);
    librdf_hash *       librdf_new_hash_from_array_of_strings
                                                            (librdf_world *world,
                                                             const char *name,
                                                             const char **array);
    librdf_hash *       librdf_new_hash_from_hash           (librdf_hash *old_hash);
    void                librdf_free_hash                    (librdf_hash *hash);
    char *              librdf_hash_get                     (librdf_hash *hash,
                                                             const char *key);
    int                 librdf_hash_get_as_boolean          (librdf_hash *hash,
                                                             const char *key);
    long                librdf_hash_get_as_long             (librdf_hash *hash,
                                                             const char *key);
    char *              librdf_hash_get_del                 (librdf_hash *hash,
                                                             const char *key);
    int                 librdf_hash_put_strings             (librdf_hash *hash,
                                                             const char *key,
                                                             const char *value);
    void                librdf_hash_print                   (librdf_hash *hash,
                                                             FILE *fh);
    void                librdf_hash_print_keys              (librdf_hash *hash,
                                                             FILE *fh);
    void                librdf_hash_print_values            (librdf_hash *hash,
                                                             const char *key_string,
                                                             FILE *fh);
    unsigned char *     librdf_hash_interpret_template      (const unsigned char *template_string,
                                                             librdf_hash *dictionary,
                                                             const unsigned char *prefix,
                                                             const unsigned char *suffix);
    int                 librdf_hash_from_string             (librdf_hash *hash,
                                                             const char *string);
    char *              librdf_hash_to_string               (librdf_hash *hash,
                                                             const char *filter[]);

## Description

Interface to implementations of key:value hashes either in memory, on disk and with persistence. Keys may have multiple and duplicate values.

## Details

### librdf_hash

    typedef struct librdf_hash_s librdf_hash;

Redland hash class.

### librdf_hash_cursor

    typedef struct librdf_hash_cursor_s librdf_hash_cursor;

Redland hash cursor class.

### librdf_new_hash ()

    librdf_hash *       librdf_new_hash                     (librdf_world *world,
                                                             const char *name);

Constructor - create a new librdf_hash object.

`world` : | redland world object
`name` : | factory name
Returns : | a new librdf_hash object or NULL on failure

### librdf_new_hash_from_string ()

    librdf_hash *       librdf_new_hash_from_string         (librdf_world *world,
                                                             const char *name,
                                                             const char *string);

Constructor - create a new librdf_hash object from a string.

See librdf_hash_from_string for the string format.

`world` : | redland world object
`name` : | hash name
`string` : | hash encoded as a string
Returns : | a new librdf_hash object or NULL on failure

### librdf_new_hash_from_array_of_strings ()

    librdf_hash *       librdf_new_hash_from_array_of_strings
                                                            (librdf_world *world,
                                                             const char *name,
                                                             const char **array);

Constructor - create a new librdf_hash object from an array of strings.

`world` : | redland world object
`name` : | hash name
`array` : | address of the start of the array of char* pointers
Returns : | a new librdf_hash object or NULL on failure

### librdf_new_hash_from_hash ()

    librdf_hash *       librdf_new_hash_from_hash           (librdf_hash *old_hash);

Copy Constructor - create a new librdf_hash object from an existing one.

`old_hash` : | the hash to use to construct the hash
Returns : | a new librdf_hash object or NULL on failure

### librdf_free_hash ()

    void                librdf_free_hash                    (librdf_hash *hash);

Destructor - destroy a librdf_hash object.

`hash` : | hash object

### librdf_hash_get ()

    char *              librdf_hash_get                     (librdf_hash *hash,
                                                             const char *key);

Retrieve one value from hash for a given key as string.

The value returned is from newly allocated memory which the caller must free.

`hash` : | hash object
`key` : | pointer to key
Returns : | the value or NULL on failure

### librdf_hash_get_as_boolean ()

    int                 librdf_hash_get_as_boolean          (librdf_hash *hash,
                                                             const char *key);

Lookup a hash key and decode value as a boolean.

False values: "no", "false" True values: "yes", "true"

`hash` : | librdf_hash object
`key` : | key string to look up
Returns : | >0 (for true), 0 (for false) or <0 (for key not found or not known boolean value)

### librdf_hash_get_as_long ()

    long                librdf_hash_get_as_long             (librdf_hash *hash,
                                                             const char *key);

Lookup a hash key and decode value as a long.

`hash` : | librdf_hash object
`key` : | key string to look up
Returns : | >0 (for success), <0 (for key not found or not known boolean value)

### librdf_hash_get_del ()

    char *              librdf_hash_get_del                 (librdf_hash *hash,
                                                             const char *key);

Retrieve one value from hash for a given key as string and remove all values with that key.

The value returned is from newly allocated memory which the caller must free.

`hash` : | hash object
`key` : | pointer to key
Returns : | the value or NULL on failure

### librdf_hash_put_strings ()

    int                 librdf_hash_put_strings             (librdf_hash *hash,
                                                             const char *key,
                                                             const char *value);

Insert key/value pairs into the hash as strings.

The key and values are copied into the hash, no sharing i s done.

`hash` : | hash object
`key` : | key
`value` : | value
Returns : | non 0 on failure

### librdf_hash_print ()

    void                librdf_hash_print                   (librdf_hash *hash,
                                                             FILE *fh);

Pretty print the hash to a file descriptor.

`hash` : | the hash
`fh` : | file handle

### librdf_hash_print_keys ()

    void                librdf_hash_print_keys              (librdf_hash *hash,
                                                             FILE *fh);

Pretty print the keys to a file descriptor.

`hash` : | the hash
`fh` : | file handle

### librdf_hash_print_values ()

    void                librdf_hash_print_values            (librdf_hash *hash,
                                                             const char *key_string,
                                                             FILE *fh);

Pretty print the values of one key to a file descriptor.

`hash` : | the hash
`key_string` : | the key as a string
`fh` : | file handle

### librdf_hash_interpret_template ()

    unsigned char *     librdf_hash_interpret_template      (const unsigned char *template_string,
                                                             librdf_hash *dictionary,
                                                             const unsigned char *prefix,
                                                             const unsigned char *suffix);

Interpret keys in a template string to their value in a dictionary.

Can be used to do variable substitution for a string where the syntax that marks the variable is defined by the `prefix` and `suffix` strings, and the variables are stored in the `dictionary` hash table.

`template_string` : | template string to interprate
`dictionary` : | dictionary of key/values to substitute
`prefix` : | prefix to mark a key in the template
`suffix` : | suffix to mark a key in the template
Returns : | Newly allocated string, or NULL on failure

### librdf_hash_from_string ()

    int                 librdf_hash_from_string             (librdf_hash *hash,
                                                             const char *string);

Initialise a hash from a string.

The string format is something like: key1='value1',key2='value2', key3='\'quoted value\''

The 's are required and whitespace can appear around the = and ,s

`hash` : | hash object
`string` : | hash encoded as a string
Returns : | non 0 on failure

### librdf_hash_to_string ()

    char *              librdf_hash_to_string               (librdf_hash *hash,
                                                             const char *filter[]);

Format the hash as a string, suitable for parsing by librdf_hash_from_string.

Note: this method allocates a new string since this is a _to_ method and the caller must call `librdf_free_memory()` to free the resulting memory.

`hash` : | librdf_hash object
`filter` : | NULL terminated list of keys to ignore
Returns : | string representation of the hash or NULL on failure