NSPR API Reference

Introduction to NSPR

• NSPR Naming Conventions

• NSPR Threads

  • Thread Scheduling

    • Setting Thread Priorities

    • Preempting Threads

    • Interrupting Threads

• NSPR Thread Synchronization

  • Locks and Monitors

  • Condition Variables

• NSPR Sample Code

NSPR Types

• Calling Convention Types

• Algebraic Types

  • 8-, 16-, and 32-bit Integer Types

    • Signed Integers

    • Unsigned Integers

  • 64-bit Integer Types

  • Floating-Point Number Type

  • Native OS Integer Types

• Miscellaneous Types

  • Size Type

  • Pointer Difference Types

  • Boolean Types

  • Status Type for Return Values

Threads

• Threading Types and Constants

• Threading Functions

  • Creating, Joining, and Identifying Threads

  • Controlling Thread Priorities

  • Controlling Per-Thread Private Data

  • Interrupting and Yielding

  • Setting Global Thread Concurrency

  • Getting a Thread’s Scope

Process Initialization

• Identity and Versioning

  • Name and Version Constants

• Initialization and Cleanup

• Module Initialization

Locks

• Lock Type

• Lock Functions

Condition_Variables

• Condition Variable Type

• Condition Variable Functions

Monitors

• Monitor Type

• Monitor Functions

Cached Monitors

• Cached Monitors Functions

I/O Types

• Directory Type

• File Descriptor Types

• File Info Types

• Network Address Types

• Types Used with Socket Options Functions

• Type Used with Memory-Mapped I/O

• Offset Interpretation for Seek Functions

I/O Functions

• Functions that Operate on Pathnames

• Functions that Act on File Descriptors

• Directory I/O Functions

• Socket Manipulation Functions

• Converting Between Host and Network Addresses

• Memory-Mapped I/O Functions

• Anonymous Pipe Function

• Polling Functions

• Pollable Events

• Manipulating Layers

Network Addresses

• Network Address Types and Constants

• Network address functions

Atomic Operations

• PR_AtomicIncrement

• PR_AtomicDecrement

• PR_AtomicSet

Interval Timing

• Interval Time Type and Constants

• Interval Functions

Date and Time

• Types and Constants

• Time Parameter Callback Functions

• Functions

Memory_Management Operations

• Memory Allocation Functions

• Memory Allocation Macros

String Operations

• PL_strlen

• PL_strcpy

• PL_strdup

• PL_strfree

Floating Point Number to String Conversion

• PR_strtod

• PR_dtoa

• PR_cnvtf

Linked Lists

• Linked List Types

  • PRCList

• Linked List Macros

  • PR_INIT_CLIST

  • PR_INIT_STATIC_CLIST

  • PR_APPEND_LINK

  • PR_INSERT_LINK

  • PR_NEXT_LINK

  • PR_PREV_LINK

  • PR_REMOVE_LINK

  • PR_REMOVE_AND_INIT_LINK

  • PR_INSERT_BEFORE

  • PR_INSERT_AFTER

Dynamic Library Linking

• Library Linking Types

  • PRLibrary

  • PRStaticLinkTable

• Library Linking Functions

  • PR_SetLibraryPath

  • PR_GetLibraryPath

  • PR_GetLibraryName

  • PR_FreeLibraryName

  • PR_LoadLibrary

  • PR_UnloadLibrary

  • PR_FindSymbol

  • PR_FindSymbolAndLibrary

  • Finding Symbols Defined in the Main Executable Program

• Platform Notes

  • Dynamic_Library_Search_Path

  • Exporting Symbols from the Main Executable Program

Process Management and Interprocess Communication

• Process Management Types and Constants

  • PRProcess

  • PRProcessAttr

• Process Management Functions

  • Setting the Attributes of a New Process

  • Creating and Managing Processes

Logging

• Conditional Compilation and Execution

• Log Types and Variables

  • PRLogModuleInfo

  • PRLogModuleLevel

  • NSPR_LOG_MODULES

  • NSPR_LOG_FILE

• Logging Functions and Macros

  • PR_NewLogModule

  • PR_SetLogFile

  • PR_SetLogBuffering

  • PR_LogPrint

  • PR_LogFlush

  • PR_LOG_TEST

  • PR_LOG

  • PR_ASSERT

  • PR_ASSERT

  • PR_NOT_REACHED

• Use Example

Named Shared Memory

• Shared Memory Protocol

• Named Shared Memory Functions

Anonymous Shared_Memory

• Anonymous Memory Protocol

• Anonymous Shared Memory Functions

IPC Semaphores

• IPC Semaphore Functions

Thread Pools

• Thread Pool Types

• Thread Pool Functions

Random Number Generator

• Random Number Generator Function

Hash Tables

• Hash Table Types and Constants

• Hash Table Functions

NSPR Error Handling

• Error Type

• Error Functions

• Error Codes