DTDTSDATATYPETOATTRIBUTELIST(3)

🎀 NAME 🎀

DtDtsDataTypeToAttributeList — get a list of attributes for a data type. It's a library call, bestie, so pull up a chair and let's get into it. 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include &<Dt/Dts.h>
DtDtsAttribute **DtDtsDataTypeToAttributeList(
const char *datatype,
const char *opt_name);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so DtDtsDataTypeToAttributeList is literally the function that returns a list of attributes for a data type. Iconic behavior, no cap. ✨

The datatype argument is a pointer to a data type name string. That's the whole assignment. 🎀

The opt_name argument can be used to specify a name to be associated with the data type. If opt_name is not NULL, it gets used as a pseudo file name in typing — yes, typing. Otherwise, certain attributes may be returned as NULL because the filename components could not be determined. 😭

🔥 RETURN VALUE 🔥

Upon successful completion, DtDtsDataTypeToAttributeList returns a NULL-terminated array of pointers of *DtDtsAttribute, or NULL if no value could be determined. That's the return value, bestie. 👑

💖 APPLICATION USAGE 💖

The application should use DtDtsFreeAttributeList(3) to release the memory for the returned value. Do not ghost the memory, fr fr. 🫶

The opt_name argument is useful when the attribute being returned contains a modifier string that depends on having a file name included. For example, if the INSTANCE_ICON attribute had the value %name%.icon, opt_name would be used to derive the %name% portion of the attribute value. See dtdtsfile(4). 🌸

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Dt/Dts.h
• DtDtsLoadDataTypes(3)
• DtDtsFreeAttributeList(3)

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