NNG_LISTENER_GETOPT(3)

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💖 NNG_LISTENER_GETOPT(3) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the NNG Reference Manual — this is the page for nng_listener_getopt, and we're gonna get you fluent in it, no cap ✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

nng_listener_getopt — get listener option. that's it, that's the vibe, she retrieves things 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <nng/nng.h>

int nng_listener_getopt(nng_listener l, const char *opt, void *val, size_t *valszp);

int nng_listener_getopt_bool(nng_listener l, const char *opt, bool *bvalp);

int nng_listener_getopt_int(nng_listener l, const char *opt, int *ivalp);

int nng_listener_getopt_ms(nng_listener l, const char *opt, nng_duration *durp);

int nng_listener_getopt_ptr(nng_listener l, const char *opt, void **ptr);

int nng_listener_getopt_size(nng_listener l, const char *opt, size_t *zp);

int nng_listener_getopt_sockaddr(nng_listener l, const char *opt, nng_sockaddr *sap);

int nng_listener_getopt_string(nng_listener l, const char *opt, char **strp);

int nng_listener_getopt_uint64(nng_listener l, const char *opt, uint64_t *u64p);

nine whole formas. she's got range 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

⚠️ NOT ME BEING THE BEARER OF BAD NEWS ⚠️ These functions are deprecated. Please see nng_listener_get. They may not be present if the library was built with NNG_ELIDE_DEPRECATED.

so yeah. she's iconic but she's retired. go look at nng_listener_get instead, fr fr 😭

The nng_listener_getopt() functions are used to retrieve option values for the listener l. The actual options that may be retrieved in this way vary, and many are documented in nng_options(5).

Additionally some transport-specific options are documented with the transports themselves. (yes gurl, the transports have their own lore 🚌✨)

💫 Forms 💫

In all of these forms, the option opt is retrieved from the listener l. The forms vary based on the type of the option they take.

The details of the type, size, and semantics of the option will depend on the actual option, and will be documented with the option itself. iykyk — every option is her own main character 🎀

  • nng_listener_getopt() — This function is untyped and can be used to retrieve the value of any option. The caller must store a pointer to a buffer to receive the value in val, and the size of the buffer shall be stored at the location referenced by valszp.

When the function returns, the actual size of the data copied (or that would have been copied if sufficient space were present) is stored at the location referenced by valszp. If the caller's buffer is not large enough to hold the entire object, then the copy is truncated. Therefore the caller should validate that the returned size in valszp does not exceed the original buffer size to check for truncation. 🚨 truncation is real, bestie, check ur sizes 🚨

It is acceptable to pass NULL for val if the value in valszp is zero. This can be used to determine the size of the buffer needed to receive the object. (peak "let me just ask how big this is gonna be" energy 👑)

💡 Tip It may be easier to use one of the typed forms of this function.
  • nng_listener_getopt_bool() — This function is for options which take a Boolean (bool). The value will be stored at bvalp. true or false, pick a lane 🫶
  • nng_listener_getopt_int() — This function is for options which take an integer (int). The value will be stored at ivalp.
  • nng_listener_getopt_ms() — This function is used to retrieve time durations (such as timeouts), stored in durp as a number of milliseconds. ⏱️
  • nng_listener_getopt_ptr() — This function is used to retrieve a pointer, ptr, to structured data. The data referenced by ptr is generally managed using other functions. Note that this form is somewhat special in that the object is generally not copied, but instead the pointer to the object is copied. ⭐ (she points, she doesn't clone. very demure)
  • nng_listener_getopt_size() — This function is used to retrieve a size into the pointer zp, typically for buffer sizes, message maximum sizes, and similar options.
  • nng_listener_getopt_sockaddr() — This function is used to retrieve an nng_sockaddr into the value referenced by sap.
  • nng_listener_getopt_string() — This function is used to retrieve a string into strp. This string is created from the source using nng_strdup() and consequently must be freed by the caller using nng_strfree() when it is no longer needed. 🌸 do NOT forget the free, that's a memory leak and a whole heartbreak 🌸
  • nng_listener_getopt_uint64() — This function is used to retrieve a 64-bit unsigned value into the value referenced by u64p. This is typically used for options related to identifiers, network numbers, and similar.

✨ RETURN VALUES ✨

These functions return 0 on success, and non-zero otherwise. slay or no slay, that's the whole system 🌈

💀 ERRORS 💀

  • NNG_EBADTYPE — Incorrect type for option. (wrong vibe, wrong type)
  • NNG_ECLOSED — Parameter l does not refer to an open listener.
  • NNG_EINVAL — Size of destination val too small for object.
  • NNG_ENOMEM — Insufficient memory exists.
  • NNG_ENOTSUP — The option opt is not supported.
  • NNG_EWRITEONLY — The option opt is write-only. (look but don't touch? no bestie, the opposite — she's touch-only 🙈)

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

nng_listen(3), nng_listener_create(3) nng_listener_setopt(3) nng_getopt(3), nng_strdup(3), nng_strerror(3), nng_strfree(3), nng_duration(5), nng_listener(5), nng_options(5), nng_sockaddr(5), nng(7)

okay that's the whole page bestie, you ate that 🍓 this was the NNG Reference Manual, dated 2026-06-30, and honestly? iconic. now go use nng_listener_get instead, periodt 💖✨🎀

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