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   1 =head1 NAME
   2
   3 memcached_callback_get memcached_callback_set
   4
   5 =head1 LIBRARY
   6
   7 C Client Library for memcached (libmemcached, -lmemcached)
   8
   9 =head1 SYNOPSIS
  10
  11   #include <memcached.h>
  12
  13   memcached_return
  14     memcached_callback_set (memcached_st *ptr,
  15                             memcached_callback flag,
  16                             void *data);
  17
  18   void *
  19     memcached_callback_get (memcached_st *ptr,
  20                             memcached_callback flag,
  21                             memcached_return *error);
  22
  23 =head1 DESCRIPTION
  24
  25 libmemcached(3) can have callbacks set key execution points. These either
  26 provide function calls at points in the code, or return pointers to
  27 structures for particular usages.
  28
  29 memcached_callback_get() takes a callback flag and returns the structure or
  30 function set by memcached_callback_set().
  31
  32 memcached_callback_set() changes the function/structure assigned by a
  33 callback flag. No connections are reset.
  34
  35 You can use MEMCACHED_CALLBACK_USER_DATA to provide custom context if required for any
  36 of the callbacks
  37
  38 =over 4
  39
  40 =item MEMCACHED_CALLBACK_CLEANUP_FUNCTION
  41
  42 When memcached_delete() is called this function will be excuted. At the
  43 point of its execution all connections have been closed.
  44
  45 =item MEMCACHED_CALLBACK_CLONE_FUNCTION
  46
  47 When memcached_delete() is called this function will be excuted. At the
  48 point of its execution all connections have been closed.
  49
  50 =item MEMCACHED_CALLBACK_USER_DATA
  51
  52 This allows you to store a pointer to a specifc piece of data. This can be
  53 retrieved from inside of memcached_fetch_execute(). Cloning a memcached_st
  54 will copy the pointer to the clone.
  55
  56 =item  MEMCACHED_CALLBACK_MALLOC_FUNCTION,
  57
  58 This alllows yout to pass in a customized version of malloc that will be used instead of the builtin malloc(3) call.
  59 The prototype for this is:
  60
  61 void *(*memcached_malloc_function)(memcached_st *ptr, const size_t size);
  62
  63 =item  MEMCACHED_CALLBACK_REALLOC_FUNCTION,
  64
  65 This alllows yout to pass in a customized version of realloc that will be used instead of the builtin realloc(3) call.
  66 The prototype for this is:
  67
  68 void *(*memcached_realloc_function)(memcached_st *ptr, void *mem, const size_t size);
  69
  70 =item  MEMCACHED_CALLBACK_FREE_FUNCTION,
  71
  72 This alllows yout to pass in a customized version of realloc that will be used instead of the builtin free(3) call.
  73 The prototype for this is:
  74
  75 typedef void (*memcached_free_function)(memcached_st *ptr, void *mem);
  76
  77 =item  MEMCACHED_CALLBACK_GET_FAILURE,
  78
  79 This function implements the read through cache behavior. On failure of retrieval this callback will be called.
  80 You are responsible for populating the result object provided. This result object will then be stored in the server and
  81 returned to the calling process. You must clone the memcached_st in order to
  82 make use of it. The value will be stored only if you return
  83 MEMCACHED_SUCCESS or MEMCACHED_BUFFERED. Returning MEMCACHED_BUFFERED will
  84 cause the object to be buffered and not sent immediatly (if this is the default behavior based on your connection setup this will happen automatically).
  85
  86 The prototype for this is:
  87 memcached_return (*memcached_trigger_key)(memcached_st *ptr, char *key, size_t key_length, memcached_result_st *result);
  88
  89 =back
  90
  91 =head1 RETURN
  92
  93 memcached_callback_get() return the function or structure that was provided.
  94 Upon error, nothing is set, null is returned, and the memcached_return
  95 argument is set to MEMCACHED_FAILURE.
  96
  97 memcached_callback_set() returns MEMCACHED_SUCCESS upon successful setting,
  98 otherwise MEMCACHED_FAILURE on error.
  99
 100 =head1 HOME
 101
 102 To find out more information please check:
 103 L<http://tangent.org/552/libmemcached.html>
 104
 105 =head1 AUTHOR
 106
 107 Brian Aker, E<lt>brian@tangent.orgE<gt>
 108
 109 =head1 SEE ALSO
 110
 111 memcached(1) libmemcached(3) memcached_strerror(3)
 112
 113 =cut
 114