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sd_bus_message_read_array - Access an array of elements in a message

  #include <systemd/sd-bus.h>

int sd_bus_message_read_array(sd_bus_message **/m/, char type, const void **/ptr/, size_t */size/);*

sd_bus_message_read_array() provides access to an array elements in the bus message m. The “read pointer” in the message must be right before an array of type type. As a special case, type may be NUL, in which case any trivial type is acceptable. A pointer to the array data is returned in the parameter ptr and the size of array data (in bytes) is returned in the parameter size. If the returned size parameter is 0, a valid non-null pointer will be returned as ptr, but it may not be dereferenced. The data is aligned as appropriate for the data type. The data is part of the message — it may not be modified and is valid only as long as the message is referenced. After this function returns, the “read pointer” points at the next element after the array.

Note that this function only supports arrays of trivial types, i.e. arrays of booleans, the various integer types, as well as floating point numbers. In particular it may not be used for arrays of strings, structures or similar.

On success and when an array was read, sd_bus_message_read_array() returns an integer greater than zero. If invoked while inside a container element (such as an array, e.g. when operating on an array of arrays) and the final element of the outer container has been read already and the read pointer is thus behind the last element of the outer container this call returns 0 (and the returned pointer will be NULL and the size will be 0). On failure, it returns a negative errno-style error code.

*systemd*(1), *sd-bus*(3), *sd_bus_message_read*(3), *sd_bus_message_read_strv*(3)