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29.Dd November 9, 2011
30.Dt DWARF_ATTRLIST 3
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm dwarf_attrlist
34.Nd retrieve DWARF attribute descriptors
35.Sh LIBRARY
36.Lb libdwarf
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In libdwarf.h
39.Ft int
40.Fo dwarf_attrlist
41.Fa "Dwarf_Die die"
42.Fa "Dwarf_Attribute **attrbuf"
43.Fa "Dwarf_Signed *attrcount"
44.Fa "Dwarf_Error *err"
45.Fc
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47Function
48.Fn dwarf_attrlist
49retrieves the DWARF attribute descriptors associated with a
50debugging information entry descriptor in argument
51.Ar die .
52The descriptors are returned as an array of values of the opaque type
53.Vt Dwarf_Attribute .
54The data associated with each returned attribute descriptor may be
55queried using the form query functions in the
56.Xr dwarf 3
57API set.
58.Pp
59Argument
60.Ar attrbuf
61points to a location that will hold a pointer to the returned
62array of DWARF attribute descriptors.
63Argument
64.Ar attrcount
65points to a location that will hold the number of descriptors in
66the returned array.
67.Pp
68If argument
69.Ar err
70is non-NULL, it is used to return an error descriptor in case of an
71error.
72.Ss Memory Management
73In the current implementation, the memory allocated for each DWARF
74attribute descriptor and for the returned array of descriptors is
75managed by the library and the application does not need to explicitly
76free the returned pointers.
77However, for compatibility with other implementations of the
78.Xr dwarf 3
79API, the application is permitted to pass the pointers returned by to
80the
81.Fn dwarf_dealloc
82function.
83.Sh RETURN VALUES
84Function
85.Fn dwarf_attrlist
86returns
87.Dv DW_DLV_OK
88on success.
89.Pp
90If the debugging information entry descriptor denoted by argument
91.Ar die
92does not contain any attribute, the function returns
93.Dv DW_DLV_NO_ENTRY
94and sets argument
95.Ar err .
96For other errors, it returns
97.Dv DW_DLV_ERROR
98and sets argument
99.Ar err .
100.Sh EXAMPLES
101To retrieve the attribute list for a DWARF debugging information
102entry use:
103.Bd -literal -offset indent
104Dwarf_Die dw_die;
105Dwarf_Error dw_e;
106Dwarf_Unsigned dw_count;
107Dwarf_Attribute *dw_attributes;
108int error, i;
109
110\&... variable dw_die contains a reference to the DIE of interest ...
111
112/* Retrieve the attribute list from the DIE. */
113if ((error = dwarf_attrlist(dw_die, &dw_attributes, &dw_count,
114	&dw_e)) != DW_DLV_OK)
115	errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "dwarf_attrlist: %s", dwarf_errmsg(dw_e));
116
117/* Process the attribute list. */
118for (i = 0; i < dw_count; ++i) {
119	/* Use the returned pointers in dw_attributes[i] here. */
120}
121.Ed
122.Sh ERRORS
123Function
124.Fn dwarf_diename
125can fail with the following errors:
126.Bl -tag -width ".Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT"
127.It Bq Er DW_DLE_ARGUMENT
128Arguments
129.Ar die ,
130.Ar attrbuf ,
131or
132.Ar attrcount
133were NULL.
134.It Bq Er DW_DLE_NO_ENTRY
135Argument
136.Ar die
137had no attributes.
138.It Bq Er DW_DLE_MEMORY
139An out of memory condition was encountered during the execution of the
140function.
141.El
142.Sh SEE ALSO
143.Xr dwarf 3 ,
144.Xr dwarf_attr 3 ,
145.Xr dwarf_dealloc 3 ,
146.Xr dwarf_hasattr 3 ,
147.Xr dwarf_hasform 3 ,
148.Xr dwarf_whatattr 3 ,
149.Xr dwarf_whatform 3
150