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37.Dd April 22, 2006
38.Dt PROP_OBJECT 3
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm prop_object ,
42.Nm prop_object_retain ,
43.Nm prop_object_release ,
44.Nm prop_object_type ,
45.Nm prop_object_equals ,
46.Nm prop_object_iterator_next ,
47.Nm prop_object_iterator_reset ,
48.Nm prop_object_iterator_release
49.Nd general property container object functions
50.Sh LIBRARY
51.Lb libprop
52.Sh SYNOPSIS
53.In prop/proplib.h
54.\"
55.Ft void
56.Fn prop_object_retain "prop_object_t obj"
57.Ft void
58.Fn prop_object_release "prop_object_t obj"
59.\"
60.Ft prop_type_t
61.Fn prop_object_type "prop_object_t obj"
62.Ft boolean_t
63.Fn prop_object_equals "prop_object_t obj1" "prop_object_t obj2"
64.\"
65.Ft prop_object_t
66.Fn prop_object_iterator_next "prop_object_iterator_t iter"
67.Ft void
68.Fn prop_object_iterator_reset "prop_object_iterator_t iter"
69.Ft void
70.Fn prop_object_iterator_release "prop_object_iterator_t iter"
71.Sh DESCRIPTION
72The
73.Nm prop_object
74family of functions operate on all property container object types.
75.Bl -tag -width ""
76.It Fn prop_object_retain "prop_object_t obj"
77Increment the reference count on an object.
78.It Fn prop_object_release "prop_object_t obj"
79Decrement the reference count on an object.
80If the last reference is dropped, the object is freed.
81.It Fn prop_object_type "prop_object_t obj"
82Determine the type of the object.  Objects are one of the following types:
83.Pp
84.Bl -tag -width "PROP_TYPE_DICT_KEYSYM" -compact
85.It Dv PROP_TYPE_BOOL
86Boolean value
87.Pq prop_bool_t
88.It Dv PROP_TYPE_NUMBER
89Number
90.Pq prop_number_t
91.It Dv PROP_TYPE_STRING
92String
93.Pq prop_string_t
94.It Dv PROP_TYPE_DATA
95Opaque data
96.Pq prop_data_t
97.It Dv PROP_TYPE_ARRAY
98Array
99.Pq prop_array_t
100.It Dv PROP_TYPE_DICTIONARY
101Dictionary
102.Pq prop_dictionary_t
103.It Dv PROP_TYPE_DICT_KEYSYM
104Dictionary key symbol
105.Pq prop_dictionary_keysym_t
106.El
107.It Fn prop_object_equals "prop_object_t obj1" "prop_object_t obj2"
108Returns
109.Dv TRUE
110if the two objects are of the same type and are equivalent.
111.It Fn prop_object_iterator_next "prop_object_iterator_t iter"
112Return the next object in the collection
113.Pq array or dictionary
114being iterated by the iterator
115.Fa iter .
116If there are no more objects in the collection,
117.Dv NULL
118is returned.
119.It Fn prop_object_iterator_reset "prop_object_iterator_t iter"
120Reset the iterator to the first object in the collection being iterated
121by the iterator
122.Fa iter .
123.It Fn prop_object_iterator_release "prop_object_iterator_t iter"
124Release the iterator
125.Fa iter .
126.El
127.Sh SEE ALSO
128.Xr prop_array 3 ,
129.Xr prop_bool 3 ,
130.Xr prop_data 3 ,
131.Xr prop_dictionary 3 ,
132.Xr prop_number 3 ,
133.Xr prop_string 3 ,
134.Xr proplib 3
135.Sh HISTORY
136The
137.Nm proplib
138property container object library first appeared in
139.Nx 4.0 .
140